It’s a pity frostbit boy wasn’t on the show. Seems after his swimming escapades down in Kerry he is a fairly hardy buck, and a real character too. He probably wouldn’t take well to the verbal abuse though as is a bit of a free spirit.
The Rory McStory fella was a greedy pig in the last episode and didn’t care too much for the physical health of the lad who’s dinner he was swallowing. Maybe the main reason all these z-listers harp on about their depression and anxiety is because they are narcissists and have an unhealthy obsession with themselves.
Rory O'Connor wasn't mentally fit for the programme. He's clinically depressed.
He has a lot of work to do and I hope he returns to full health.
No. I'm suggesting a lot of the waffle talk is having no impact.
I know a lot more than you about what I'm talking about.
If you think that Rory fella is going to have a major influence on the mental health of the nation, or Bressie you're simply not at the races.
Out of 5 who watch the show in my workplace all thought he'd set mental health advocacy back years. He's an incoherent, bawling, babbling mess. Listening and looking at him would only further depress people. His online sketches are mostly rubbish, something similar to the 2 Johnnies. That's the problem with Ireland, too small, the elevation of mediocrity. And if they mention mental health oh give them their fill of airtime.
There are an awful lot more factors than social media effecting people's mental health. Increases in suicides in the 40-65 age group have nothing whatsoever to do with social media. Most of this age group don't give 2 sh*ts about social media.
You are very poorly informed.
From what Barry and Trimby were saying on their show about it everyone loved Rory, he was a serious team player and he dragged them through scratch. Everyone here has their own view which is fair enough but it's based on a portrayal on a heavily edited TV show.
For the record I'd heard of Rorys Stories before the show but had no idea what it was or who this guy is. Still haven't seen him do anything outside of the show so I'm not an apologist, a relative or a massive fan or anything.
No what you're doing is undermining it and acting like it's not a real thing - you even called it a "trope". People like you are exactly the problem we've had in this country for years.
And are you seriously suggesting that that's because people are talking about mental health rather than hiding it? You don't think it has more to do with social media and resulting bullying and societal pressures which have both grown enormously in the last 10 years? You don't know what you're talking about.
Fair enough. I've never heard a second of him so not aware of his shtick. Assume it's an accent thing you're mocking spelling it that way then since hes from Limerick?
Was just curious as I thought I was missing something but doesnt seem so.
I know hes a big unfit bloke in comparison to some of the other contestants, but he just cried from the start, asked to climb a ladder and he cried. He did SCRATCH, I don't remember him doing much else physically exerting. The rest looked like good fun.
I think Rory is Marmite. Very little middle ground opinion.
I find him totally uninspiring. A bluberer. If I was in the midst of a bad bout of depression seeing or hearing him would probably make me worse. John Kirwan more my type of man. Look if he helps one person that's enough. Just didn't expect to see him take over Hell Week.
I'm referring to Blindboys obsession with mental health. He's like a pokemon who just repeats the words mintl hilt
Jaysus, if you're recommending blindboy, things must be bad.
I'll pass.
Was just wondering why you've said it a couple of times cos I havent seen the phrase like that before is all.
Have a listen to Blindboy just once and you'll know why I say it.
By the way, my personal opinion is that we've gone overboard in the mental health talk. Every man and his dog now seems to claim they suffer from depression or something. "it's ok not to feel ok" is what they say. But I would add "It's ok that you don't feel not ok too!"
Listening to all these people you would subconsciously think you have a problem if you're not depressed or anxious. Getting nervous for an exam or job interview isn't a mental illness. Feeling down for a day or two is not depression.
What do you mean when you say MINTL HILT? I've seen you use it a few times and I dont get it. Am I missing something or is it just a way of devaluing the phrase mental health?
Jesus wept can you not see 'it's ok not to feel ok' etc aren't doing anything to lower suicides. They are just empty platitudes that sound good. Jesus wept!
The root causes are much deeper. In relation to young males' roles in society today, things the fluffy mental health charlatans will never touch. Bressie talking about Jeffrey etc is childish nonsense.
The mental health debate refers to the increased coverage of mental health issues on current affairs shows, talk shows and the media in general. Some good, a lot of fluff. John Kirwan, former Kiwi rugby player is excellent. Articulate and informed.
You reckon they're correlated? Jesus wept.
And what's this "debate" you speak of? What are people debating?
'If they can make a living more power to them'. All absolute charlatans.
Suicide rates have risen while the Bressies etc self indulge.
And Rory didn't bawl after an arduous week, he bawled from task 1. Go look on the player after climbing flights of stairs, task 1.
Since the mental health debate has gone mainstream over the past 10 years suicide rates have risen.
When I say each week it's pretty obvious I mean what we see on consecutive Wednesday nights.
He's bawling after every task. Was kept on after failing at least 3 tasks, it's ridiculous the air time he was given to help him along his path of becoming an amateur Irish mental health guru.
I'm desperately poor on heights and wouldn't dare apply. He's been desperately poor at everything bar the minutes boxing.
What was an enjoyable show about people with extreme mental and physical thoughness has turned into the Rory's stories show.
And no, if you're in as poor health mentally as that you have no business on a survival of the fittest show on national TV. You'd be far better seeking professional help, working on your self esteem etc away from the cameras. This is coming from someone who has suffered with bipolar II. There are way too many charlatans popping up on the nouveau mental health bandwagon. Those are my beliefs on the subject.
If there wasn't money to be made in the MINTL HILT trope, they wouldn't be half as quick to come out with that kind of talk.
I don't think Rory is in a fit state to go around giving talks on mental health when he was on the show for 3 days and was crying about not wanting to go home to his wife dead, how he has 3 kids to support and how his wife was so good for letting him do it. (He was gone for 3 days ffs) Or how he didn't want to give up as he didn't want to be seen as a quitter...he's far from a good example when talking about mental health.
There were 17 other participants in the show and not one of them kept on and on and on about their fears or their worries. Ryan Andrews started crying when he had a balaclava on because his dad was in ICU with covid and struggled to breathe and it reminded him of that. We heard about it once, not multiple times like Rory.
If Rory was booted off the show when he deserved to be booted off the show we wouldn't have had to put up with his whinging as much.
Mental and physical thoughness way above the norm.
It's not a show for someone who cries at the drop of a hat.
I have yet to see any of the public figures actually doling out medical advice. They refer to their own experience and the resounding message from all of them is to being open to getting help if needs be. If they help a single person, great, If they can make a living off it, more power to them.
Your airplane analogy is total nonsense and in no way comparable.
The shaming on here of a guy for crying after a week of arduous physical challenges, sleep and food deprivation as well as being away from their families is absolutely pathetic and says alot more about them than the fella on the screen.
For years in this country mental health was a taboo subject and this contributed greatly to growing suicide rates. The reality is people will listen to musicians and comedians on this stuff and that's why it's now part of the mainstream. No one wants to listen to a clinical psychologist drone on. I think there is a place for people with professional training, like psychiatrists, alongside people who have actual experience of suffering mental health trauma to speak on the subject.
Also your analogy about flying the plane is completely inane. More appropriate would be would you want to hear a comedian talk about the time they suddenly had to fly a plane and had no idea what to do? My answer would be yes actually, that would probably be funny!
That's incorrect. It was only 5 days. Not 5 weeks. Clue is in the name of the show.
I'm fairly certain he didn't plan to be as emotional as he was. Nobody on this forum has any idea what it's like doing hell week. You yourself could be bawling your eyes out from Day 2 - the fact is you don't know until you're doing it. But just because you might have mental health concerns doesn't disqualify you from challenging yourself.
You just said it's about mental and physical toughness and then you question why mental health has to be a part of it? Would you not think that physical and mental health are obvious components?
There were clips of interviews from day 1, corresponding to week 1, day 2 corresponding to week 2 etc. It wasn't Rory just crying in one interview at the end of his stay. All participants had one or two emotional lapses. Rory's were constant and he seemed totally self absorbed. You put yourself on a show like this you put yourself up for criticism aswell as praise.
Ultimate Hell Week is about mental and physical toughness. You should know your weaknesses, unless of course you want to go on the show for self promotion. Why had mental health to be shoe horned into this show, which was so enjoyable in 2019 and 2020? Surely there are better alternatives to promote mental health awareness...
Rory took up approximately one third of air time of the 24 contestants. It seemed RTE had an agenda with this celebrity show. Personally i wanted to watch contestants completing physically and mentally demanding tasks as in the non celebrity seasons. I didn't want to watch a man child bawling his way through most of the air time. If you've had mental health issues, as I've had, you go seek professional help, you don't apply for Ultimate Hell Week. It's only career building stuff.
I havent got a problem with Rory as such but I do have a problem of this trend of minor celebrities talking about mental health and making money out of it as if they are some kind of experts in the field. The experts in mental health are psychiatrists so why has this important topic been outsourced to musicians and comedians? They are all over the media talking about it, never do you hear a proper qualified professional psychiatrst talking about it on tv and radio, i.e. someone with actual clinical experience across thousands of treated patients.
You wouldnt be happy with a comedian or musician flying your airplane so why would you be happy with them doling out out advice on a serious medical issue for many people. Thats the problem I have with Rory and Bressie and the rest of them grifting for the mental health dollar. Having a crappy 10 week diploma in 'wellness' does not make them experts in mental health when there are proper experts who study and practice in this field for years and years. The Irish media need to wake up to this and have psychiatrists on tv and radio talking about the problem, not musicians and comedians.
I'm genuinely surprised at some of the nastiness towards Rory on here. To be calling out a guy with a history of mental health issues, who was way bigger than anyone else and so operating in a bigger calorie defecit, for being emotional? Seriously??
And for anyone criticising him for constantly crying, all those snippets are taken from the one interview they do after they leave the course. So if you're emotional for the interview you're likely to be so through the whole thing. You're just as sleep deprived then.
Rory says Welcome after walking onto the stage...
And so it starts.... Maybe it will help some people, and good look to him, and them. Wouldn't be for me.
'Rory O'Connor of Rory's Stories is well known for his comedy sketches, is a best selling author and is vocal about positive mental health. Rory has sold out venues across Ireland, has a large social media following and is currently appearing on RTE1 for Hellweek. The talk will take place in the Abbeyleix Manor.
During Rory's talk, he will share his own personal journey with mental health. Nobody thought Rory O’Connor would make it – written off as 'thick' at school, he later struggled to find a career he felt he could succeed in. When a hot tip led to a win on the horses it was the beginning of a dangerous spiral into a gambling addiction that gnawed away at his self-esteem even further.
How did the man struggling with depression who thought he had nothing to live for go on to become a stand-up comedian selling out venues around Ireland and reaching 1 million people through his social media platforms? This is Rory’s Stories - An Unexpected Journey to Self Belief.
Rory stresses the importance of knowing your own worth, being happy within your own life and also maintaining that work/life balance. He talks about his decision to follow his passion and the importance of finding passion in your own life - in whatever aspect that may be.
Although a serious topic Rory brings fun to his talks, mixing in some classic Rory's Stories to ensure everyone enjoys themselves but most crucially everyone walks away taking something from the evening.'
