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The Peak Mindset
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 30 มี.ค. 2023
Welcome to Peak Mindset - The place where you can learn techniques from licensed therapists to reach your potential when it comes to maximizing your effectiveness and gaining a healthy mindset. Thanks for joining us!
To submit questions or for business inquiries, send us a message at jayden@mypeakmindset.com
To submit questions or for business inquiries, send us a message at jayden@mypeakmindset.com
Mental Health and Drug Use
In this episode, we dive into a critical topic: Mental Health and Drug Use. It’s crucial to be open with your provider about any substance use, even if it’s something you don’t think is a big deal. We explore how using substances to manage emotions can actually keep you stuck in therapy, preventing real progress.
We also talk about how certain drugs can impact your ability to process emotions and trauma during therapy. If you’ve ever felt like you’re not getting anywhere in your sessions, this might be something to consider. Don’t miss this important conversation-it could make all the difference in your mental health journey.
Looking for trusted mental health support? Whether you're dealing with anxiety, trauma, depression, suicidal thoughts, self-harm, OCD, bipolar disorder, or just need some guidance, you've come to the right place. On this channel, we cover all things mental health-from breaking down complex diagnoses to offering practical tips that make a real difference in your daily life. As therapists, we want to share all of the takeaways we have with our clients in session so that you can navigate your own mental health journey more effectively.
For access to our online courses that include videos and workbooks check out www.mypeakmindset.com/
Want to get set up to be successful in therapy? www.mypeakmindset.com/therapy-jumpstart-kit
Need help managing your emotions?
www.mypeakmindset.com/thriving-through-crisis
www.mypeakmindset.com/cultivating-emotional-stability
www.mypeakmindset.com/finding-serenity-through-stress-reductio
Find the audio only version on Spotify and Apple Podcasts here: linktr.ee/healingconnectionsut
My Peak Mindset is created by Chera Mann, Joshua Holmes, and Jayden Freeman-three licensed mental health providers dedicated to helping you succeed on your mental health journey. We understand that therapy doesn’t always work for everyone, and there can be many reasons for that. Through our experience as therapists, we’ve seen what makes the difference for those who thrive in therapy, and we’re here to help you overcome the barriers that might be holding you back.
Whether you’re currently in therapy, working on your mental health through self-help, or considering a new approach, we’re here to support you. Our goal is to provide free, accessible information on managing issues like OCD, anxiety, depression, and mood instability. We also tackle topics that can be tough to bring up in therapy-like substance abuse, suicide thoughts, and self-harm-offering guidance on how to address these challenges in a therapeutic setting.
We believe that change is possible and that there’s always hope!
We also talk about how certain drugs can impact your ability to process emotions and trauma during therapy. If you’ve ever felt like you’re not getting anywhere in your sessions, this might be something to consider. Don’t miss this important conversation-it could make all the difference in your mental health journey.
Looking for trusted mental health support? Whether you're dealing with anxiety, trauma, depression, suicidal thoughts, self-harm, OCD, bipolar disorder, or just need some guidance, you've come to the right place. On this channel, we cover all things mental health-from breaking down complex diagnoses to offering practical tips that make a real difference in your daily life. As therapists, we want to share all of the takeaways we have with our clients in session so that you can navigate your own mental health journey more effectively.
For access to our online courses that include videos and workbooks check out www.mypeakmindset.com/
Want to get set up to be successful in therapy? www.mypeakmindset.com/therapy-jumpstart-kit
Need help managing your emotions?
www.mypeakmindset.com/thriving-through-crisis
www.mypeakmindset.com/cultivating-emotional-stability
www.mypeakmindset.com/finding-serenity-through-stress-reductio
Find the audio only version on Spotify and Apple Podcasts here: linktr.ee/healingconnectionsut
My Peak Mindset is created by Chera Mann, Joshua Holmes, and Jayden Freeman-three licensed mental health providers dedicated to helping you succeed on your mental health journey. We understand that therapy doesn’t always work for everyone, and there can be many reasons for that. Through our experience as therapists, we’ve seen what makes the difference for those who thrive in therapy, and we’re here to help you overcome the barriers that might be holding you back.
Whether you’re currently in therapy, working on your mental health through self-help, or considering a new approach, we’re here to support you. Our goal is to provide free, accessible information on managing issues like OCD, anxiety, depression, and mood instability. We also tackle topics that can be tough to bring up in therapy-like substance abuse, suicide thoughts, and self-harm-offering guidance on how to address these challenges in a therapeutic setting.
We believe that change is possible and that there’s always hope!
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When I was teen and adult they always still told on me when I was in my early 20’s. The therapist I have now she hasn’t told but told me she needs to tell the psychiatrist but one thing I don’t like is my therapist wants to see them to make sure they aren’t two deep and they are kept clean I don’t know why I have been doing it from the age of 13-am 38 years now
So I read they make you focus on an event or core memory that we think our anxiety, depression, etc could stem from. What if you don’t have an event? I suffer from anxiety, depression, and possibly add and sone mood disorder. I’m just not okay, I’ll say that. I’ve had people suggest this to me and I’d love and being to try, however… I don’t have a memory that pops up that ever happened to me that was so negative I think it could be affecting me now. Is that how I works? What about for someone like me? Could they help maybe unlock that memory? Or maybe show me a memory I didn’t believe had an affect on me but truly did, or even something I’ve forgotten or blacked out of my mind?
Totally! There doesn’t always have to be a specific memory, just an image as a starting point. You’re more trying to help resolve an untrue and negative belief, and we get those from all kinds of places, not always a specific memory.
@@MyPeakMindset okay. Thanks for the reply. With others I’ve seen stuff like abuse, SA, emotional abuse from a parent or guardian, and they say it really triggers those memories and you’ll be really upset and almost reliving those memories for a couple days…. But I don’t have any of that. That I’m aware of anyway. I was given up by my parents when I was a very young child and then adopted by an amazing HUGE Italian family… so I think like for sure maybe something to do with my Biological parents could be affecting me. I have no memory of them at all though. I was an infant, all I know is the family I have now. So well it could be something that affects me, there are no memories associated with it… so I always thought maybe this was for people with trauma that they remember. Where myself I don’t have those kind of memories or experiences.
@@MyPeakMindset thanks for the information. I will certainly take a deeper look into this. I know a lot of people who have said it changed their life, and i would love to be able to say the same. My anxiety more than anything causes issues in my life. Things I can’t do or are afraid to do that my children want to do or my significant other wants to do. That is the big one for me, I don’t want them missing out because I have issues. Thanks again for the info.
Therapy’s been a joke. 1.5 years of weekly sessions with the first therapist and 6 months of mostly weekly sessions with the second therapist. It’s all been a complete waste of time and money.
All these questions are very annoying and if you suffer from clinical depression and suicidal ideology for over 50 years, I’m sorry 45 years to answer the questions if you have insurance and psychology lesson if you don’t have insurance, it’s like going to prison. Avoid hospitals at all cost . It might take me a little while to snap out of it. I finally went back to work after three years. No, I know I never collected disability. I didn’t even get my damn stimulus checks locked up. I don’t know why we force if somebody has children or family and it’s just like , they just can’t cope for that or that or that thing if this is something that’s needed to do for decades and has been trying to save their family from and they no longer have a family to save because they already saved them and they’re just trying to save themselves that’s different. The keyword phrases we know the difference between suicide ideology and suicide and I have never always get sick of hearing. Do you want to hurt yourself? I told shrink the priest when I was 17. I don’t hurt myself. I just wanna kill myself. I want to die I went to a successful career and many many many people and those people went on to help many many many people, but I still suffer from depression and anxiety , very hard to get a roof over my head… I’ve had bananas with therapist and they’ve called the cops to find me and then I am an anxiety attack because I’ve been beaten up by cops. I stopped calling check on and also do not if your child specially a teenager your child is acting out and you don’t know what to do call fire department do not call 911 or the police Because your kid goes screaming they’re very likely to shoot them. Police are not trained and mental illness. Does it matter if it’s a real knife or nothing doesn’t matter what color you are it doesn’t matter what color you are you call the police your teenager and they will get they may get shot and you will live with that for the rest of your life so, how do you get, an answer Dr. Phil doesn’t have the answer unfortunately social doesn’t have the answer but you have to try. Don’t know what you’re supposed to for God, friends, friends, friends, prayer, prayer, Pastor, relative compassionate of the same sex actually just in case I asked my family and friends all I ask is if somebody could just call me and text me good night I’d like them to call me but nobody ever does. Somebody could just text me good night but they don’tknow that means I’m on a string breathe that I wish I wasn’t waking up. You know not interested in texting me good night but you don’t want to harass the person either so there are a lot of groups about this and then illnesses become a lot more important or recognized.
everytime i go in they put me in a room with a security guard watching me in case i try anything and i always got admitted never did they ask me for a contract for safety they saved me more than once.
I'm guessing this is in the US? I'm from the uk and when it happened with me, I went in with ambulance and was put in what was called an 'assessment room'. I was there for hours, all it was, was a room with some chairs. Though this might have been because they were struggling to get beds. After many hours, they tried to face time me to do an assessment but by that point, I had gotten worse physically and just said I can't talk about this now. Then I eventually got a bed and altogether I stayed in hospital for 3 days. But once I was physically fit, I was able to go home. They don't seem to keep people for mental health reasons. The first time I was able to self-discharge then I went back the next night for the same reason and was still able to self-discharge. Even in the assessment room I was still quite able to just walk out despite it being the third or fourth time in a week. Pleased to say I am much better now though :)
Glad you are better! And yes this the US. Thanks for the insight into what it was like for you
Wow, that makes perfect sense that “suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.” However, what if it’s not a “temporary problem”? For example, the patient had a serious spinal cord injury that has resulted in other serious medical conditions and he suffers from chronic pain every day of their life. The patient has had over 20+ surgeries to try and fix their pain; including an internal drug pump that provides hourly fusions of pain meds, and a neurostimulator implant to try and help block the pain, but it doesn’t work. The more pain medication he uses to ease the pain, causes him to sleep all the time or be too tired to effectively function. The doctors, all experts in their fields are clueless on how to end the patient’s daily suffering. The patient has literary tried everything to stop the pain and live a productive life, but he’s simply told by every doctor he see, “you’re complicated” and they walk away. This patient has become a burden to his family. 1. He can’t engage his 10 year old daughter in any meaningful “father, daughter” way (play house, soccer, etc.) 2. Despite his best effort, he can’t hide his pain from his daughter, and she worries about him, which causes her to be upset. 3. He can’t sleep at night, due to his pain and PTSD. 4. He has a short temper with his wife, who doesn’t fully support him. 5. He fails asleep while eating his dinner, practically every night, due to his insomnia and pain medication. The list goes on, but the point is that his problems are not “temporary” and yet he’s expected to go on suffering each day in tremendous pain, because there’s supposed to be a solution to every problem? He has weighed his options very carefully. In fact, it’s been 10 years since he was first injured. He’s exhausted every possible way to find a way to control the pain and even the doctors are saying they’ve done all they can. He isn’t acting impulsively, or solely at the time when his pain is too high to accurately measure. What other cute slogan can you come up with that is a truly valid argument against this patient choosing to kill himself and end his suffering?
Wrong...get up early ..go to bed early... eat right... exercise strenuously daily... care about others more than you care about yourself... Counseling isnt necessary...counselors needing work is the problem
It's hard realizing that at 22, almost 23, that this is both my parents. I'm hoping to learn more about why my parents did what they did to me.
Another banger video. I like the idea of tracking and lessening restless nights as a measure of improving mental health. Any other examples that are widely encompassing like that? If not, are there pretty common goals for various problems mentally you guys would suggest? I hear things like journaling, meditation, working out, but I haven’t heard tracking restless nights (now it seems obvious having heard it 😂).
Well said!
Thanks! Very helpful
The bad “advice” people give me makes me want to end it. They say I should go outside and hang out with friends but I am so disabled whenever I engage in these activities I get sicker and am reminded of how I do not belong in this world.
Thanks. This was helpful. I cannot stand when people tell me I look healthy when I am clearly not. It makes me feel like I do not being in this world and I should just end it.
It took a while for my female therapist to understand that I was depressed because my chronic illness prevented me from working or maintaining friendships.
Great video
When a man hires an expert in a certain area whether it is to run a business of do tasks around the home, he is establishing a male dominance hierarchy which is normal for a man and necessary for societal structures. It is different from showing personal concerns.
Men are shamed into being slaves for the system. Any deviation from being a robotic cog in a machine will be met with hostility by your average person.
What party would you disclose sewercidal ideation to?
Great summary! I always though a hypothetical scenario was a confession.
Thank you for the informative video. You are very kind. Does mentioning these thoughts to your therapist go on your medical records?
It will be kept in your therapists notes, and if you go to the hospital, it will go on your medical record.
@@MyPeakMindset Thank you that was very helpful. My therapist is now working on a prevention plan with me. I feel much better now.
Thank you. This was incredibly helpful for me, I’m currently setting up a therapist appointment. Feeling very nervous. ❤
Glad it helped! Best of luck ❤️
I don't understand why it is recommended to give it time and give us several sessions. But insurance loves to only pay for 5 to 10. Which is ridiculous.
True!! It’s frustrating for us as professionals too. Insurance companies still don’t do a good job differentiating therapy from other medical care.
Just keep swimming and eventually you’ll stop feeling the water. Just keep living and eventually you’ll stop feeling the pain 🪦
In my experience. Going to the hospital about 12 times in just as many years. They do try to safety contract so that you don't get admitted. I only got admitted 4 times out of the 12 times I went. And all 12 times I never waited in the waiting room. Sometimes I went by police, ambulance, walk in. I never waited in a waiting room. They explained that it was a liability if I left while I was waiting on the waiting room.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I think it’s a really scary thing for people so it helps to have some actual insight.
Really I used to walk out all the time they wouldn’t even call me ..
I would never tell a therapist that because i wouldn't want to be a in mental institution
No one comments on your videos.....I don't know why.
It’s okay, we’re still growing!
@@MyPeakMindset I'll hit "like" on all of them.
Im a 30 year old man I used to cut my arms and chest .the word part is how it affects youre life later on .
Another banger of a video. Another highlight to the importance of balance. I like that horseshoe theory as well and have always attributed it to politics hahaha. As far as ideas go, how about some favorite psych studies? Or maybe experiences in your lives that felt like wake-up calls or big learning moments. How much inner monologue is normal? Any supplement studies that have peaked your guys' interest? (I saw something about creatine in a clinical study "helping" with depression in tandem with an SSRI). If you guys could create your own clinical study, what would it look like? Thanks again for the videos!
Great ideas! Thanks for the support
Dude are you my therapist from 7th grade????????? You ever work in Utah?
He might have 👀
@@MyPeakMindset no that’s weird why is my old therapist on my page after 5 years
Definitely like when you guys talk about methods you guys use. As far as vid ideas, maybe topics that get talked about in therapy, but aren’t necessarily the highlight. Things such as boredom or intrusive thoughts. Or a different direction that is still in the same vein, bad or terrible coping methods, why they work, and how to get rid of them.
Those are really good ideas- thanks for the suggestions. Our video this Thursday is actually about boredom! We appreciate the comment (:
A therapist for my child with selective mutism told me she cured her daughter from the same condition when she was 4 years old. That was so annoying because her kid just started talking. My kid had this for 10 years.
Yeah that’s a big difference! 😬 Hope your child is doing well
Hmmmm. I read it "the rapist" and thought "jail him dammit, he a bad dude. its a no no time for interview, but yes yes jail". But then i realise im the idiot
😂 that would be quite the video
i gonna go to my school nurse rn to tell i wanna cut myself because of private stuff i dont wanna tell rn wish me luck pls
This is an amazing episode for me. 😂
Sorry for the video problems at the end- it’s not like that in the full one, not sure what happened!
if a fat person claims they have ocd tell them they forgot the B (obcd)
I’m going to therapy soon, I do self harm it’s all over my legs and it’s a lot. I’m so scared to be put in a psych ward because of all the things I’ve heard. I just need to talk about it though. I want to break this endless cycle. I’m ready to be done with this addiction, but I’m scared. I’m so scared of being locked in a place with people that need the attention more than me, and not being able to see my mom.
Disclaimer I didn’t watch the whole thing but this sounds neurotic. Its okay to be late sometimes and miss a thing or two. Seeking perfection is not healthy!
Totally! You should check out the full video, we talk a lot about the importance of being flexible with your routine. :)
Thank you very much I want to study with you Good job keep going 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Josh is definitely a "buzzkill" 🤣
I'm going to therapist tomorrow for the first time (I'm 13) and I'm really scared that they will tell my parents about me self harming. Well.. whatever will happen, I guess it's meant to be. This video helped a lot. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful! I hope that it’s a really good experience for you. Going to that first one is the hardest! You can do it.
Are you a Freeman?
Love this!! I had no idea what I was contemplating with but you all helped me put words to my feelings!! Thank you!!
You can setup iphones to do it automatically for you at a set time. The first week i stopped social media at 8:30 every night and i have had dreams/REM sleep nearly every single night and im two weeks in.
Ion know how to describe it but you dont look real
😂
Did I lo ck the door, did I wash hands? Did I check the gas stove? You call those OCD when people have much bigger symptoms like avoidance OCD from childhoo trauma and they are also labelled as OCD instead od childhood trauma. And if someone gives same treatment that's given to the obsessive door locker, they got to be out of their mind.
That’s a good point! Trauma responses can look very similar to OCD symptoms, and hopefully your therapist would be able to help you identify the root cause and come up with the most helpful and correct interventions.
As I’m watching this at 1:44 am 🤦♀️
Now you know 😂
Please Mention a structure and how to overcome it. I have already recognized it but can't break the loop.