As a blessed yet tortured philosopher, I answer the 2 biggest philosophical questions in the Universe in a bit long winded but totally worth your while rant. Watch till the end, it might just blow your mind.
Honestly; Maybe.
It’s been a rough week — I’ve been grappling with some health issues that triggered a bit of an existential spiral. Highs and lows, waves of depression, questioning everything… My blood pressure even spiked to 170 at one point. It’s been hard to feel calm or grounded. Sometimes it feels impossible to relax or calm down.
It wasn't all bad though I delve into a bunch of creative projects that I love. I played a lot of piano, and learned a few complex new songs I really enjoy and have been meaning to learn... I did a lot of artwork. And I did a lot of great writing. All of which I am proud of, sadly, no one might ever see any of it or get to enjoy it like I do. I've been struggling with the existential concept of the existence of love. In an attempt to understand life and it's meaning and purpose — trying to make sense of this life, my insane brain and where I stand in it all.
My name is David W. Coon. I’m a 100% disabled USMC Afghanistan veteran.
YouTube has been my creative outlet, my mental health support system, and my connection to the outside world.
I’ve been a passionate user for nearly 20 years and a content creator for the last three.
Recently, my channels — @SunsetGuitarist and @SunsetPiano — were removed under YouTube’s Spam, Deceptive Practices, and Scams Policy, but I truly believe this was a mistake.
I have never scammed or deceived anyone, and I was not given a clear explanation or a chance to fix any issue before the removal.
This decision has had a devastating impact on my mental health and well-being. As someone who lives alone with no close family, my YouTube work is more than content — it’s a lifeline.
I’m asking for a second review, clarity on what went wrong, and a chance to make it right. I am fully willing to remove or correct any flagged content.
I am a disabled veteran, and YouTube has been my main form of connection, therapy, and purpose.
I never knowingly broke any rules, and I’ve never engaged in deception, scams, or spam.
I lost over 1,600 videos and 3 years of hard work — including private therapy sessions and mental health logs.
I was not told specifically what I did wrong, nor given the chance to fix or respond before my channels were removed.
I’m willing to remove, edit, or do whatever is necessary to be in full compliance with YouTube’s policies.
This decision is hurting me, not protecting the community.
I’m simply asking for clarity, fairness, and the opportunity to fix the issue and recover my work.
Can you tell me exactly what video(s) or content triggered the violation?
Was this a manual review or an automated system decision?
If there’s specific content at issue, can I remove or adjust it to restore the channel?
Why wasn’t I given a warning or a chance to fix it before the channel was removed?
What’s the next step in the appeal process, and is there a higher-level review I can request?
Can I recover my watch history, playlists, comments, and subscriptions?
Is my second channel, @SunsetPiano, still active and safe from removal?
Even if the channels can’t be reinstated, can I at least get access to back up my videos?
Is there anything I can do—training, verification, acknowledgment—to demonstrate my commitment to the guidelines?
Does YouTube offer any special help or reconsideration process for disabled veterans like me?
I think I may have figured out why my channel was removed.
While I was never given a clear explanation, I’ve been reflecting on my past activity, and I now have a strong theory about what might have triggered the violation. I believe it could have been that I uploaded similar or even identical videos across multiple channels. This happened early on when I was still learning how content creation worked — I was experimenting with different topics, formats, and audiences.
To be clear, I always made efforts to change things like the titles, thumbnails, and descriptions. I was genuinely trying to learn what worked, not to deceive anyone or violate policies. If this was the issue, I want to say sincerely: I’m so sorry. It was never intentional, and I now understand how that could have been seen as spam or deceptive behavior.
I'm asking:
Can I report all the channels I own to ensure transparency?
What steps can I take to make sure this never happens again?
Is there a way to clarify my intent and correct any past mistakes without being permanently removed?
Not having a clear explanation has made me anxious and scared to create again. I want to do everything the right way going forward. Please give me the opportunity to make this right.
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I recently made a life-changing decision: to fully pursue my passion for healing and become a doctor specializing in psychiatric medicine.
Originally, I planned to build my career as a mental health counselor, expanding on my master’s degree. But deep down, I knew something was missing. I realized I was meant to do something more—something deeper and more aligned with the impact I truly want to make in the world.
After a lot of reflection, the answer became clear: I want to return to school, earn my medical credentials, and be able to prescribe psychiatric treatments. This path is a natural extension of a lifelong passion for mental health, psychology, and healing. Over the years, I have independently studied neurology, mental health disorders, and evidence-based treatments.
The truth is, I've always wanted to become a doctor. I just didn’t always believe I could. For a long time, fear and self-doubt held me back.
Not anymore. Today, with clarity and renewed determination, I know this is my calling. Pursuing a doctorate in psychiatric medicine isn't just a career move—it’s a commitment to living my values, serving others at the highest level, and making a real, lasting difference in the world.
🧠 A scientist by profession (psychology, neuroscience, mental health)
🎶 A musician by passion (piano, guitar, and vocals)
💭 A philosopher at heart (exploring theology, spirituality, and nihilism)
🎨 An artist (oil and acrylic painter, visual creator)
Above all, I am a lifelong learner—always growing, creating, and evolving.
I’m a passionate musician, blending the smooth strings of guitar with heartfelt vocals and the occasional burst of piano melody.
As a disabled USMC Afghanistan veteran, music has become my refuge—a place where life’s challenges are transformed into stories, emotions, and art.
Every song I play carries a piece of my journey. My performances aren’t about perfection—they're about authenticity, resilience, and heart.
🎶 Music is my therapy, my joy, and my connection to others.
🎶 Every lyric I sing holds deep personal meaning, capturing emotions and stories that words alone cannot express.
🎶 Every chord I strum and every note I play is a reflection of the life I've lived and the dreams I still chase.
The countless hours I spend practicing, arranging, and creating are a true labor of love—and I'm honored to share this journey with you.
If my music resonates with you, please like, subscribe, and leave a song request in the comments—I would love to add your favorites to my repertoire!
I first picked up a guitar as a kid, but life’s twists and turns carried me through many different paths: Seven years of undergraduate studies, Eight years in the Marine Corps, A deployment to Afghanistan in 2009, And eventually, a long journey home again.
After my service, life fell apart. I ended up homeless, living in VA hospitals where I dove deep into piano. By 2015, I pulled my life together: I found my way back to the guitar, got married, raised a family, earned my master’s degree, started a business, got a dog, bought a house—and then went through divorce and lost it all. Except the dog, I still have him. Still, somehow, I kept moving forward. And here I am today.
Around 2022, I started content creation and officially launched my first YouTube channel. By 2024, I had more than 30 channels and over 2,000 videos—videos covering everything I’m passionate about: from science, philosophy, theology, sunsets, cute dog videos, tutorials, commentary, comedy, parody, wisdom, guitar and piano covers, oil painting, video games, politics—whatever subjects spoke to my soul.
Now, in 2025, I am fully focused on two things: mastering piano and becoming a doctor. I absolutely love piano sheet music and music theory. While I haven’t mastered everything yet, I’m getting close—Circle of Fifths, all major key signatures, sight-reading sheet music, that sort of thing.
I’ve been diving deeper into songwriting, storytelling, rearranging covers into mashups, creating parodies, and doing deep lyric analysis.
And oh, how I love classical piano—Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin. I have a list of about 100 classical and pop songs I’m actively working on.
What I do need, and would be interested in, is singing lessons. Unfortunately, I’m not sure how much help anyone can give; I might be a little tone-deaf!
Still, music is a form of therapy for me—it’s my joy, my creative outlet, and my way of connecting with you.
Every lyric I choose to sing resonates deeply with me, capturing emotions and stories that words alone can't express.
And while I sometimes think it’s unfortunate that I’m not a naturally gifted singer, my passion has never wavered.
I hope that passion shines through—and maybe, just maybe, someone out there will find something beautiful (or at least entertaining!) in my efforts.
After all, some people actually love imperfect singers.
🙏 Thank you for being here.
May God bless you on your journey, wherever it may lead.
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I recently made a life-changing decision: to fully pursue my passion for healing and become a doctor in psychiatric medicine.
Originally, I planned to begin my career as a mental health counselor, building on my master’s degree. But something about that path never fully ignited my passion—I realized I wanted something deeper, something more aligned with the impact I truly want to make.
After much reflection, it became clear: I want to return to school and earn the credentials to prescribe psychiatric medication. This is a natural extension of my lifelong passion for mental health. I have spent years independently studying neurology, mental disorders, and evidence-based treatments. Deep down, I’ve always wanted to be a doctor—I just didn’t always believe I could. I let fear and doubt hold me back.
Now, with a clear vision and renewed confidence, I know this is my calling. Pursuing a doctorate in psychiatric medicine is not just about advancing my career—it’s about living my values, serving others more fully, and making a real, lasting difference in the world.
I see myself as many things:
🎨 An artist (oil and acrylic painter)
🧠 A scientist by profession (psychology and mental health)
🎶 A musician for joy (piano, guitar, and singing)
💭 And a philosopher at heart (exploring everything from theology to nihilism).
Above all, I am a Mental Health Clinician—continuously learning, growing, creating, and evolving.
I’m a passionate musician, blending the soothing strings of guitar with heartfelt vocals and the occasional piano melody. As a disabled USMC Afghanistan veteran, music has become my sanctuary—a place where life’s challenges are transformed into meaningful art.
Every song I play carries a piece of my soul, reflecting the emotions and experiences of my journey. My performances aren’t about perfection—they are about passion, resilience, and authenticity.
Music is my therapy, my joy, and my bridge to others.
Every lyric I sing holds deep personal meaning, capturing emotions and stories that words alone can’t fully express.
The countless hours I spend practicing and creating are a true labor of love, and I’m honored to share that journey with you.
If my music resonates with you, please like, subscribe, and leave a song request in the comments—I would love to add your favorites to my repertoire!
I first picked up a guitar as a kid, but life’s journey took me down many paths: school, college, the Marine Corps, deployment to Afghanistan, and eventually home again. After my service, I earned my master’s degree, started a business, and kept moving forward.
In 2015, I rediscovered my love for the guitar. In 2022, I launched my YouTube channels. As of July 2023, I truly feel like I’m just getting started—and there is so much more to come.
🙏 Thank you for your support, and may God bless you.
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I offer lessons (piano/singing/theory/etc) if you want to connect and see if I can speed up your learning process, currently I’m not charging anything at all for the first few sessions just building up the audience and new students.
I'm definitely interested in connecting, collaborating, and taking lessons.
I absolutely love piano sheet music and music theory. While I haven’t quite mastered everything in music theory yet, but I'm getting close— the Circle of Fifths and all the major key signatures, sight-reading sheet music, that sort of things.
I've been getting more into song writing, composing story-telling, rearranging covers into in my own mashups, creating parodies, doing deep lyric analysis, and oh do I love classical piano! Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin. I have a list of about 100 songs I am working on.
What I do need and would be interested in is singing lessons. Unfortunately, I’m not sure how much anyone can help; I might be a little tone-deaf.
That said, I'd be open to exploring ways to work around it—maybe even using technology like a voice equalizer, if that's a thing. I do want to start using a microphone setup. I have a quality microphone, but so far I mostly just sing right into my phone camera.
But hey, you're the teacher, so I’m here to learn. So then let's teach me something.
You know I'm glad I ran into you, and you suggested lessons, first few free you had me hooked. I've been thinking about getting singing lessons for a while now. I always thought it would be great to not be so terrible at it, because I love Piano so much, and I love the wide range of emotions I feel when singing. Every song I choose to play and sing carries a piece of my soul, reflecting emotions that I deeply feel. I am an empath, and I love to express myself with music.
Music is my therapy, my joy, and my way of connecting with you. Every lyric that I pick to sing resonates deeply with me in one way or another, capturing stories and feelings that words alone can't express. And I always thought it was unfortunate that I kind of suck at it. But oh man do I have passion. And I hope that passion shows through, and someone out there by chance might at least be amused at my efforts. Some people actually like bad singers for some reason.
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I've been thinking about getting singing lessons for a while now. But I didn't know where to start, and I decided to just focus on improving my core music skills first. I want to get extremely technically proficient at piano and guitar first. and I always hoped the rest would naturally come when it was meant to.
List of Piano Songs I am working on:
100 Years - Five for Fighting
A Long December - Counting Crows
A Whole New World - Aladdin
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Brick - Bens Fold Five
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Cheers Theme - Gary Portnoy
Clocks - Coldplay
Hey There Delilah - Plain White Ts
Dreams - The Cranberries
Dust in the Wind - Kansas
Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
Für Elise - Beethoven
Glycerine - Bush
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley
Hey Jude - The Beatles
I Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan
Imagine - John Lennon
Last Kiss - Pearl Jam
Let It Be - The Beatles
Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven
One Headlight - The Wallflowers
Pachelbel Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel
Pianoman - Billy Joel
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
Someone Like You - Adele
Superman (It's Not Easy) - Five for Fighting
Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
The Scientist - Coldplay
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
What's Up - 4 Non Blondes
Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Yesterday - The Beatles
Your Song - Elton John
Hey Sarah,
I’m working on my communication and trying to get better at expressing my needs. I’m doing okay overall, but the mental rollercoaster I’m on makes some parts of my life extremely difficult.
I know you're really busy and mentioned you don’t have much time to visit — I totally respect that. Still, I’d really appreciate it if you could come spend a little time with me at my home. My home is where I'm most comfortable and it is where most of my problems lie. There are a couple of specific things I could use help with in regards to activities of daily living, and I’ve also been dealing with some pretty serious health issues. I went to the doctor and my health results are frighting. I feel like I could have a heart attack anytime, which is scary to think about dying alone with so much left unfinished.
Beyond that, I just want to share more of myself with you — the good parts, too. I’m an immensely, complex, interesting, diverse, dynamic and creative person, and I’d love for you to experience more of that side of me while there’s still time.
If you’re able to find a little room in your schedule, your presence would mean the world to me right now. Please try to come spend some time with me. That's what I really need the most.
With love,
Hey, Sarah. I am working on my communication and voicing some of my needs. I'm doing all right. Bought this mental rollercoaster that I'm on. Every day makes certain parts of my life extremely difficult. I know you are extremely busy and you said you don't have time to come over and visit me. But I really, he's usually come spend some time with me in my home can help me with a couple of specific things. I'm having some pretty severe health problems.And I struggle with other activities of daily living. But at the same time, I am anne, immensely, complex and interesting and diverse and dynamic person. And I'd like to share some of the good things about me with you while there's still time.
Tow, if you could possibly find it's time in your schedule to come spend some time with me. That's what I really need the most.