I have depression and anxiety but when I go to London which is my happy place i hide it it doesn’t go away but I feel more content. I don’t hide away either I have a full time job and save and save so I can travel which I actually do on my own. Maybe Gary does have troubles bug he isn’t doing himself any favours
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Flouncing around on a vlog doesn’t mean somebody doesn’t have mental health issues serious enough to claim benefits, though. Mental health is not as black and white as that.
That said I still think he could show more commitment to addressing his issues- he has the strategies to manage when he’s in Disney so he should be practicing in adapting them to situations when he’s not there. He also seems to lack awareness of how it looks to viewers, talking about his anxiety one minute and then splashing his benefits (IF that’s what he’s doing) on pins the next.
A lot of us have anxiety, work in the field etc and understand that one diagnosis does not fit all, but if he can be a performer in a 5* hotel and travel to the US to do YT, brag about spending thousands on Disney tat, then of course his claim of social anxiety will raise questions. What does he expect?
I’m wondering if the views most of us have on Gary gain any traction now he has his own thread.... would Adam distance himself?
Why? Would a grown man living off of his parents to the tune of a 35K DVC contract after sitting on his rump for 2 years have a moral objection to someone allegedly spending a meager disability allowance on pins? If Adam didn't have the bank of mom and dad he'd be working in KFC and getting fired for calling some drunk girl the c-word when she asks him where her wings are
I would say adam is more disliked on Tattle so good luck to him going solo.
No I fully agree (love the bit about kfc!) But because he’s such a massive snake he would be the type to happily throw Gary under the bus!Why? Would a grown man living off of his parents to the tune of a 35K DVC contract after sitting on his rump for 2 years have a moral objection to someone allegedly spending a meager disability allowance on pins? If Adam didn't have the bank of mom and dad he'd be working in KFC and getting fired for calling some drunk girl the c-word when she asks him where her wings are
I would say adam is more disliked on Tattle so good luck to him going solo.
That documentary about Gary….. 
Maybe he doesn't give a toss what it looks like to others, once we reach a certain age that's something we should all be thinking, also, is it confirmed he claims benefits? I know tattle isn't supposed to be a supportive platform but it seems like a lot of people have their own view of what mental health issues should look like and it's not that cut and dry. I personally think he does come across as someone who suffers social anxiety, he seems quite agitated and nervous a lot of the time
My OH has anxiety and depression so I recognise the symptoms and signs. I do see them in Gary C also. However, my OH holds down a full time job and contributes to our way of living as a couple so has high functionality. He manages well with a mixture of medication, exercise, and dare I say it, trips to Florida and that includes Disney. He's said it helps him lots.
I plan everything but he said just knowing he's got it to look forward to and being there for nearly three weeks does wonders for his mental health. So if Gary gets any joy on help from being in Florida then good luck to him. The benefits Gary C gets are supposed to help with a quality of life too so if he chooses to spend it on things he enjoys then that's Ok with me too although I do think he's a bit obsessive in this regard.
Just my opinion of course.
I plan everything but he said just knowing he's got it to look forward to and being there for nearly three weeks does wonders for his mental health. So if Gary gets any joy on help from being in Florida then good luck to him. The benefits Gary C gets are supposed to help with a quality of life too so if he chooses to spend it on things he enjoys then that's Ok with me too although I do think he's a bit obsessive in this regard.
Just my opinion of course.
No, it's not. I worked in that department and have some doubts that he is. If he is then he has ironclad letters from doctors if he's been left on it all these years. They will try to take it from you any way they can. Mental health services are not great and GPs tend to throw medication at people because it's not easy to get everyone seen by a qualified therapist and getting holistic help to get someone back in the workforce forget about it! They'll take away disability shove someone into a terrible min wage job or some exploitative jobs program and then the person is back in the GPs, given more tablets, and out of work again.
The idea that people receiving benefits should spend it on bread and water only and be lying in the gutter looking miserable in the morning so working people can feel better about going into the job is a tale as old as time. It's a way to distract people by turning them on those beneath them so they cannot see the royal sc***ing they're getting from the upper classes. Biggest wealth transfer in history just took place during covid. My best friend's law firm took 2 million from the government in ''pandemic aid'' and then paid themselves massive Christmas bonuses. Nobody says a thing and if anyone notices they'll say ''oh look a welfare mother bought her children 200 presents'' and people will spew bile at her instead. The number of letters we'd get where someone would rant at the government and general state of the country and then end by reporting their neighbour doing a few nixers. It wasn't about the neighbour earning a few quid but he was low hanging fruit, they were really angry at the powers that be but where do you report them
With Gary spending $800 on pins is evidence of how off track his life has become. I don't think he's aware enough to just be living his life and not giving a toss. I don't think he knows that what he's doing will piss off tax payers and all that. He seems very detached from the real world and almost childlike in the way he views things. He spends nothing day to day and then comes out of his room once in a blue moon to partake in outrageously priced trips. None of it is 'normal'
Oh yes I don’t disagree with you, it doesn’t look good, but I just don’t think it’s fair for people to throw statements around like “he’s dressed as a pumpkin in Disney therefore he can’t possibly have anxiety (be that social anxiety or any other form)” as its a misinformed point of view. That would technically be the viewer’s problem due to their lack of understanding of anxiety, as opposed to Gary lying about it
I think what most people take umbrage to is him seemingly having no earned income and then splashing the cash left right and centre on Disney and Disney merch which I TOTALLY understand, especially if he is on extra benefits for mental health issues. And I think that’s what riles a lot of us up about these “influencers” is that so many of them doss about doing duck all and rake the money in and pretend it’s really overwhelming and hard when they have no idea how the rest of society functions
I wonder how much Adam earns from his videos. Is it possible he not only gives Gary a free trip but gives him a cut of the earnings from the videos? Which is how Gary then affords merch etc?
Im a bit skeptical of him claiming PIP or extra universal credit for his anxiety as well, it’s not easy to get and stay on these days, as another poster has pointed out. I wonder if he maybe just claims the usual bog standard UC rate, doesn’t come clean about earnings from Adam (if they exist), and keeps his social media work to under a certain amount per month to avoid his UC payments being cancelled.
No amount of money or holidays would let my “friend” speak to me like a piece of tit on their shoe for entertainment purposes anyway!!!!
Adam cannot make much from YouTube. He barely puts out any content.
Interesting, what about his book? Or do we think his parents bankroll him? That’s a HELL of a lot of money to splash on your son, and his mate Gary C!
Probably not. These days they go through you with a fine-tooth comb and hand out sanctions to beat the band. The amount of BS involved now is hard enough for a mentally healthy person to deal with let alone someone like Gary. I can't see him being able to handle the pressure he'd be under.
I would just love to know
and to be able to afford DVC too.He's not making enough from the book to pay for his groceries let alone anything else. I work in e-commerce and am very familiar with the business model of his merch. I don't know how much he's sold but I do know the margins and he'd have to sell a LOT to pay for one Disney trip. It's impossible with his current numbers IMO.
He had to essentially give away the last edition of his book, as COVID, the 50th Anniversary, and the advent of Genie+ made the entire thing laughably out of date. I know the markup on the generic candles that he slaps a sticker onto has to be huge, but considering The Hattan Company apparently has a physical office, the overhead must be enormous.
Company accounts are here actually if you're nosy - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12089527/filing-history
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