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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 20
Mychal Threets, 36, Seeks Hospital Care for Mental Health and Reassures Followers He Is Safe
Updated
Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 20

Mychal Threets, 36, Seeks Hospital Care for Mental Health and Reassures Followers He Is Safe

3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 20

Summary

  • Aug. 17 posts from Mychal Threets said he was "not OK," planned to go to the hospital the next day and was seeking help for personal struggles.
  • A later message told followers he was safe and thanked the people in his life who worry about and support him.
  • Before that update, Threets shared a TikTok praising Doechii's song "Anxiety," calling it a needed anthem; the track was released in 2019 and went viral in 2025.
  • Threets, known online as Mychal the Librarian and named host of Reading Rainbow in 2025, has spoken publicly about long-running mental health struggles, including suicidal thoughts in March 2024.

Sources

Yahoo! Voices4d ago
Mychal Threets Announces Hospital Stay for Mental Health, Reassures Followers
currently.att.yahoo.com5d ago
Reading Rainbow's Mychal Threets Shares He Is 'Not Okay' & Checks Himself Into a Hospital
TheWrap5d ago
Reading Rainbow Star Mychal Threets Says He Is Checking Himself Into Hospital
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Insights

What happens when the internet's most joyful librarian reaches a breaking point he can no longer manage alone?
Will his brave decision to seek hospital care change how we view the heavy burden of online positivity?
How does the immense pressure of public mental health advocacy impact the very figures trying to save others?

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Yahoo! Voices4d ago
Mychal Threets Announces Hospital Stay for Mental Health, Reassures Followers
currently.att.yahoo.com5d ago
Reading Rainbow's Mychal Threets Shares He Is 'Not Okay' & Checks Himself Into a Hospital
TheWrap5d ago
Reading Rainbow Star Mychal Threets Says He Is Checking Himself Into Hospital
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