Despite the stars aligning regarding his dream job, Jake Shane continues to deal with serious anxiety and OCD — and he's not hiding it. In fact, the opposite is true.
Speaking to GQ, Shane explained that while he loved that his content was resonating with so many people, it definitely has had an impact on his mental health. "I catastrophize a lot of things. Part of my anxiety has always been that when something is going good, all I can think about is how it could go bad," he told the outlet. That's meant agonizing over content, concerned that everything could take a turn for the worse. As he pointed out, "It's so scary because it feels so good when everyone loves you, but I can only imagine how bad it feels when everyone hates you." It's also reignited his anxiety over captioning.
Even with all the anxiety, however, Shane is determined to work through it — and part of that has been opening up about his mental health with his audience. "I'm not going to lie! What am I going to do? I'm not going to sit there and cry. I'm going to laugh and see if anyone else is anxious too," he shared. In an interview on The Zach Sang Show, he revealed that he'd also started writing poetry to calm his mind. "It gets a few giggles out of people, and that makes me feel better," she joked.
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