The End of Supernatural

So it’s official Supernatural is ending after Season 15. It shouldn’t come to a surprise for Supernatural fans as the show has been going for nearly 15 years and yet most us thought it would never end. I remember hoping every time that Supernatural got renewed for a new season, this news came as such a shock for me. I think I’m still processing but I feel so much sadness that it’s over but also happiness that I got to witness Supernatural while it was still going.

I’ve mentioned before in previous blogs that Supernatural has really helped me in my life, I found Supernatural when I was in a really rough part of my life and it made me not feel alone. Whether that was watching the show, talking to other fans or even Jared Padalecki’s Always Keep Fighting campaign.

It’s all touched me in a way I never thought would be possible from a TV show. I’ve found so many new actors that I love such as Felicia Day and Mark Sheppard. I loved Felicia Day as Charlie Bradbury in Supernatural and when I googled her I found The Guild which I loved every minute of and then I bought her book You’re Never Weird on the Internet which I also loved. I also found out Jared Padalecki was in Gilmore Girls and gave that a go and I loved the whole of Gilmore girls. I found so many different things I love just from watching Supernatural and in extension the actors. I got involved in some Gishwhes challenges such as popcorn monster baby grow and an angel made out of sanitary products and I loved every minute of it.

Top Five Favourite TV Shows

1. Supernatural – I love Supernatural. The characters are amazing, They have flaws you can relate to and other flaws we might not be able to relate to. Since I started watching Supernatural it really helped me deal with my Mental Health and be a part of campaigns such as the Always Keep Fighting campaign and the Love Yourself First campaign.
2. Doctor Who – I first started watching Doctor Who in 2005. I watched the first episode when it aired with my uncle, it was something we used to do every Saturday. It was a tradition we loved to do and it brought us closer and although I don’t like him very much anymore it was nice when I was growing up. I loved Doctor Who and I still do I haven’t stopped watching it. I watched it when Christopher Eccleston was in it and I loved it, when David Tennant was in it and I loved it. When Matt Smith was in Doctor Who even though I really liked David Tennant I still loved Matt Smith as the Doctor. I thought Peter Capaldi was also great as the Doctor and I can’t wait to watch Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor this year.
3. Gilmore Girls – I got into this towards the end of last year. My best friends both love this Tv Show and they wanted to share this with me. I love it, I’m currently rewatching it now. I love the characters, I grew up with a single parent, my mum, and I drew so many similarities from Gilmore Girls from my own life. Emily Gilmore reminds me of a warmer version of my grandmother only my grandmother treats me the same way Emily treats Lorelai.
4. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – This is something I started watching February this year. Another one of my friends recommended this Tv Show to me. I love that it’s kinda like a musical comedy. The songs are amazing and some of them are funny and others speak to you on another level. I suffer with Mental Health and it’s nice to see it portrayed and not glamorised in Tv. We see the nitty gritty of Rebecca’s breakdown and suicide attempt and the affect it has on everyone include herself.
5. Parks and Recreation – I found this Tv Show by myself. I found lots of posts about Parks and Rec and lots of quotes and they seemed funny and I was interested in actually watching the show. I got amazon prime and I realised I could watch it on amazon prime so that’s when I decided to watch it. I loved it. All the characters are amazing (Yes even Jerry). My favourite character is Leslie, she’s a very powerful role model and it’s nice to see her struggle but also beat the odds.

What Motivates Me

A lot of the time I want to give up. Sometimes I’m just tired, so tired of constantly trying to fight with my thoughts to get myself through the day. Occasionally I can’t get out of bed and I have to force myself. The main motivation I have is that my younger cousin also has mental health issues and I want to be a good role model for her and not give up.

Another motivation for me are my friends. This is because they are always there for me and listen to me when I need them. I try and get out of bed and fight through the day to make them proud. And also to make myself proud I have a record of beating every hard day that has come my way so far and I’d like to continue that. I want to make my future self proud of how hard I tried and how hard I fought continuously.

Another motivation I find is that I make the negative thoughts a person I don’t like and then when the thoughts say I can’t do something I hear that person saying it and it makes me want to try even harder to prove them wrong.

Jared Padalecki isn’t perfect!

Jared Padalecki isn’t perfect…..and that’s why he has made such a big impact on myself and many others.

He has struggled with mental health. So many of us suffer from a type of mental health issue and even if we don’t we know someone close to us that does. So often people don’t address mental health and there’s a massive stigma about it. Instead of not letting the public know Jared shared not only his mental health issues he also started the ‘Always Keep Fighting’ campaign which also led to the ‘You Are Not Alone’ campaign and also a phrase which I have learnt to love ‘ Love yourself first’.

Not only has he admitted to his own mental health issues once, he has shared countless times his own struggles with his mental health. Every time he helps someone else. He used his mental health issues to not only raise mental health awareness but also to raise money for loads of people who need help.

I’ve been dealing with my mental health for 4 years now and when I first heard about the Always Keep Fighting campaign and found out one of my favourite characters in Supernatural was also dealing with his on struggles suddenly I didn’t feel so alone with all my problems. It also inspired me to start this blog so I could raise awareness about mental health and also hopefully make someone else feel less alone.

So Jared Padalecki may not be perfect but neither are we and that’s ok because we are still fighting everyday.

One of my Favourite Male Actors

Jared Padalecki

I first found out who Jared Padalecki was when I watched Supernatural first time. I had heard of him before this on Tumblr and due to so many different gifs and memes. This is also why I started watching Supernatural because I had so much second hand fandom. I had a pretty healthy obsession with him while watching Supernatural and I loved the character Sam and I thought he played it so well and the on screen and off screen chemistry with Jensen was just amazing and unbelievable.

The Always Keep Fighting (AFK) Campaign was something I kinda stumbled on by chance, I had decided to start following all of the supernatural characters pages Jared, Jensen, Misha, Mark Shepard and many others where included in this crazy following episode. By following Jared Padalecki’s page this meant that when he posted about his latest campaign it came up on my timeline on Facebook and I saw it and clicked on it and found out so much about his struggle and his campaign and also about the charity. I bought my first T-Shirt from Creation Stands due to that and I am so grateful because wearing that T-Shirt and the many others I bought from the AFK campaign and many other campaigns bring me so much strength and also make me feel like I’m not alone in my mental health issues. I owe that to Jared Padalecki and him using his fame to help people and that is why he is one of my favourite male actors.

I also recently like a month ago started watching Gilmore Girls and I finished it all Saturday last week and Jared was such a good actor even when he was younger and I was really amazed by his acting when I watched it and was also surprised because I didn’t know he was in it. It is so weird that he is called Dean in Gilmore Girls and then in Supernatural he has a brother called Dean.

 

I think that Jared Padalecki is an amazing Actor and is an even more amazing and incredible person. His campaigns have helped so many different people and every time I see someone write about one of his campaigns I see so much love and how another persons life has been changed for the better as a result. He has inspired so many people to get help with their tough times or to just talk to someone. He helped me to realised how strong I am and even though he will never know who I am or how he helped me I will always know just how much those campaigns helped me and my mental health.