'Reading Rainbow' host Mychal Threets shares mental health update: 'I am running out of time'

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Set us as preferred Months after viral librarian and “Reading Rainbow” host Mychal Threets revealed he sought mental health treatment through a five-day psychiatric hold, he published another update.On Sunday, Threets said he believes he is “running out of time.” “People keep on saying, ‘Mychal, I’m glad to see you’re doing well.

I’m glad to see you’re OK,’” he began the video.“But I’m not doing well.

I’m not OK, but I believe that’s OK because I’m trying my best.My brain is very loud.

My feelings are very big.” “I believe I am running out of time,” he continued.“I don’t know how much time I have left, but I’m going to keep on trying to find joy each and every day.

No matter what happens, I believe joy is out there for me.Joy is there for you.

I am going to pursue joy relentlessly with all the time I have left.” Television Beloved PBS series ‘Reading Rainbow’ is being revived with new host Mychal the Librarian (a.k.a.Mychal Threets), new friends and a new home on YouTube.The Bay Area librarian-turned-social media star stirred concern online this summer after a series of posts in which he discussed his declining mental health.

He also shared that he had been diagnosed with autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compulsive disorder and is “very likely” bipolar.Threets detailed sleepwalking episodes he found terrifying, panic attacks he thought were heart attacks and intrusive thoughts tied to his depression and anxiety.

“I don’t know what tomorrow has in store.I haven’t met tomorrow yet, but I have hope,” he continued in Sunday’s update.

“I want to see you at the library, at the bookstore, in the world where we all belong.I want to stay.

I am trying to stay.I am asking for help.

I am asking for joy.I am seizing hope.

I am on...