When practicing life saving skills one of my instructors was loudly saying “you panic he dies” repeatedly as he walked up and down the rows of trainees. Fast forward about a decade. I’d been asleep about two hours after working a 12 hour graveyard shift. My wife burst into our room carrying our infant son (who was limp and blue) screaming that he wasn’t breathing. As I took him from her I felt fear welling up in me. At that moment I heard my trainers voice “you panic he dies” I immediately became calm and went to work trying to save my sons life. Thank God I succeeded. We just bought him his first puppy this week.
@@quest4adventure495 wow...that sounds like a scary situation. First two checks nothing, but did you do something differently on the third? Like after the first two checks did any panic at all start to creep in?
In my opinion 2 Timothy 1:7 is the best self talk available. I repeat this verse to myself when dealing with stress, negativity and doubt. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, love, and a sound mind.
The rule of 3. You can live 3 weeks without food. 3 days without water. 3 hours without shelter (in an extreme environment). 3 minutes without oxygen. 3 seconds without hope or a plan. (That last one is THE most important). Stay present & stay positive, y’all!
I love the symmetry of this rule! :-) But at the risk of spoiling it may I just add that you can go 4 weeks and more without food, although it depends on your cal burn rate of course! :-)
@@jameslougheed9537 It does have a beautiful symmetry. That 4th week, you are likely so weak & hallucinating so bad you might as well be dead… Can I also add that you can live for eternity on 3 words…Father, Son, Holy Ghost.
@@chuckclark6162 Exactly! All one must do to be forgiven their sins and have everlasting life is to trust in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of their sins which is the Gospel we read in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. Ephesians 2:8-9 says that our salvation is the gift of God and that we are saved by grace through our faith, and not by the things we do or do not do.
Served on submarines 21 yrs, used to take you guys on missions now and then. Was always amazed at your focus, no bull crap attitutes and excellent gear you were issued. Really glad we have warriors like you guys on our side.
Submariner here, my dad was a combat diver in Vietnam and he taught me not to panic and stay focused in bad situations. I think that really helped me. I wish they would have had this kind of training for Submariners, essential not to panic and stay focused when there's a casualty at depth!
@@DanielDraper-ki4hr Very true Dan, at same time we both know little chance of us ever escaping from a casualty at depth, the depths we usually ran at. Also didn't we both see the tender crew or shipyard birds come over to the escape trunk, and tac weld them shut before we got underway? First time I saw that figured what the hell was the reason for the escape training in the tall tower in groton or pearl?
Lost a daughter suddenly in 2004. Its like forced swimming in darkness until your heart dies. You live for a while with a dead heart. You come out different on the other side but you can make it. Strength and powers to you.
i am a cave diver and bodybuilder. i can confirm every word you said. avoid negative words, even in your thoughts. visualize everything. control your breath = control your heartbeat. wise words, sir!
I wish some guys that drowned in an underwater cave in Norway knew about those three techniques because they should probably be alive know if they did. They got stuck in the deepest part of that cave system and panicked. When you panic then you raise your heart rate and breathing. When under water that will kill you.
I felt like I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown from working and never catching a break. Been working overtime for 6 months just to make it back and forth to work. This video alone pulled me into a better mindset. You're a tremendous teacher. Subscribed.
Damn brother. I feel you. We do need time for ourselves. People forget that when working hours were created the people most of the time lived within at least 10 minutes of walking. Now it's 2 hours of commute
I took lifeguard class when I was in high school. They taught us to be drown proof. I since have become a firefighter. I know how to find a peace bubble. No matter what is happening around me I am in that bubble. For me being at peace in the moment is the thing that keeps my head straight. And the breathing works well when your air starts running out in our tank. I have been Safety Officer for 10 years and a firefighter/EMT for almost 20 years.
At an earlier point in my life I took scuba diving training and became a certified dark water rescue diver on a fire department dive squad. That sort of training will teach you mental self control and how to rely upon the training you have to deal with problem situations. With dark water diving, you can't see anything, thus we did all our pool training blindfolded. If you think jumping into the deep end with hands and feet tied is mentally challenging, try doing it completely blindfolded. But that training was the BEST thing I ever did as, along with prior martial arts training, gave me the mental focus to stay calm and maintain self control in situations where panic tends to set in. Things can and will go wrong at unexpected times. But by staying calm, maintaining self control, and following your training, most of the time you can successfully deal with the issues that arise. In one memorable training session I was blindfolded as usual and following a rope course through all sorts of underwater obstacles. One obstacle was a tire suspended in the water, with the rope going through the tire. This meant I had to remove all my scuba gear and push it through the tire ahead of me because the tire wasn't large enough diameter to allow a human wearing scuba gear to make it through. This simulated narrow spots such as might be encountered in a cave or a sunken boat. I was able to get my gear off, push it through the tire, and hold onto my BC and tank with one hand as I wiggled my body through the tire. At about halfway through the tire, the weight of my equipment stretched the air hose too far and it pulled loose from the regulator in my mouth. Without the air hose connected, my next breath was nothing but a huge mouthful of water! With no air to breath, broken scuba equipment that I wasn't even wearing, stuck underwater with a tire around the middle of my waist, and being blindfolded, if there was ever a situation that would create panic, that was it. But I didn't panic. Why? I retained mental self control and let me training take over. First I simply spit the water out. While sill needing a breath of air, I already knew I had about 30 seconds to work to get loose before becoming dizzy from lack of air. Second, I let go of all my scuba gear. It could be retrieved later. Third, I dropped my weight belt, which gave me instantly more buoyancy, allowing my body to move a little bit closer to the surface while I was getting myself free. And thus free of the gear, I simply pushed backward against the tire to free my body and headed to the surface for air. All this was done blindfolded but making myself buoyant let me know which way was up. Its amazing how fast all of this can be done almost without thinking if you ignore the lack of vision and the presence of the water but merely concentrate on getting free while following standard training procedures. The point of this is to mentally realize that being in a predicament DOES NOT mean you are not still in control of the outcome. Keep your wits about you at all times. And as for the video demonstrating drown proofing, one thing not shown is the fact that once the push off the bottom raises you to the surface and you inhale a large quantity of air, all that you need to do to REMAIN at the surface is lay back with your nose barely out of the water and stay still, floating right at the surface. You will be able to breathe freely and are then in no danger of drowning despite your hands and feet still being tied. You won't sink back to the bottom either. The bobbing up and down back to the bottom was just to show that he had mentally mastered the situation and was not afraid to go back down. So if you learn to deal with water emergencies, there really is no need for panic. Nice video!
I have driven away from what should have been deadly auto accidents by not panicking. I still believe angels must have guided my van out of the near death situation.
Going through my cancer treatments for head & neck cancer I kinda used these same techniques to get through the most barbaric treatment in the cancer world ! I’m here 5 yrs later medically cured ! Great advise sir your a true Patriot and a fine example of an American 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
Good bless, brother. I went through the same head&neck treatments back in 2018. It was one hell of a struggle. It came down to one hour at a time. The food peg was the killer.
One of the main ways to combat anxiety and stress is to completely cut alcohol out of your life . Cigarettes will also cause anxiety. Believe it or not marijuana can cause stress and anxiety as well. A healthy diet and some good ol physical exertion are probably the two best ways to combat anxiety and or stress
Additionally, Sleep. Get sleep. Plenty of sleep will almost eliminate it. Caffeine can cause anxiety because it is a stimulant. And, anxiety gets eliminated when you use logic. Like asking yourself, "What's the worst that can happen?" Focus on your senses too. Sense of smell, taste, touch, sight and sound.
I spent 8 years in the navy....one thing i know for sure deep down into my core....i will never, ever die from drowning! Thats how confident and relaxed i am in water.
Hey brother, must have fate. I had a total knee replacent surgery this morning and, not going to lie, was a bit anxious about it. The procedure, getting off the table alive, the rehab, all that stuff didn't bother me, my blood pressure did! I'm one of those "white coat syndrome" dudes and watching your video, I mean dude, just watching this and recalling it my mind while they put the cuff on me and left it there until they wheeled me in, was a God send! People watch this stuff and you left impression. Thanks man! You have no idea how grateful I am for your time and words! My youngest is a officer in the Marines and this is the kind of shit that I send to him and he sponges it up. You're damn straight he's gonna watch this and you! All the best to you and yours!
I have severe claustrophobia, just the breathing techniques alone, and trying to concentrate and keep myself calm. Thank you very much. It’s actually helped quite a bit.
When I was on the YMCA swim team back in the 60s it used to be a regular exercise to tie up someone's hands and legs before tossing them in the deep end of the swimming pool. It's amazing how buoyant you are and how with just a little patience you can get to the surface and then over to the shallow end of the pool.
That sucks very much. When I think I've got a plate full of stuff I dont enjoy dealing with, I read something like your comment to remind me that many people are dealing with things, and doing so with calmness and decorum. I hope I am not insulting you or out of line when I say that I am sorry that happened to you. God bless you.
I’ve heard of the breathing technique since it’s emphasized in martial arts. Visualization for prepping scenarios in gun battles, but the self talk technique and watching what you take in via media daily really struck a cord. Thank you for sharing your expertise and demonstrating it.
Thirty plus years ago, when I was a teenager in therapy, this was the first "homework" assignment I was given: monitor my self-talk, and every time I caught myself saying something negative, e.g. I'm stupid, I suck at this, etc, I had to immediately, OUT LOUD, say five positive statements about myself. When you actually focus on paying attention to negative self-talk, you will likely be shocked at just how often you say something negative to and about yourself. I know I was. But by faithfully doing this exercise, I broke the negative self-talk habit in a matter of a couple of weeks. To this day, on the very rare occasion that I let a negative self-statement slip through my filter, I still say five positive things about myself, out loud. By doing this, you will also start noticing so many people around you constantly engaging in negative self-talk. The other thing I have done is to become really careful about the kind of music I listen to, and avoid any type of music that has negative messaging, of whatever kind. What really got my attention about this was listening to music with negative messaging in the evening, only to find myself repeating some negative snippet of chorus, over and over and over, like a skipping record, as I was coming up out of sleep the next morning. It's programming your mind with negative shit in the worse kind of way.
Stumbled onto your channel by chance. Really enjoying the videos. My dad was career Navy (RIP/22) and I am an RN that worked in a correctional setting for 28 years. This is FANTASTIC advice that can be applied by so many individuals under so many situations. I've used these techniques for a long time, and they damn straight work. Great video and thank you for your service, Sir.
This is Incredible.....Chadd is sharing life changing secrets he picked up from goin thru Seal Grinder & passes them on to all of us for FREE....This is an Awesome channel...Thk you Chadd ..gonna order a hat 👍
I am a vet and really am glad that I have taken time to listen to you speak. Your pre thoughts that you used in Pre Buds are outstanding and can be used in everything you do. I think it will even help my golf game by knocking out those negative thoughts and remain positive can only make me better. Thanks
I’m currently suffering with stress and anxiety which I do struggle with. After watching your video I’ve picked up some great tips that I will look to implement next time I either feel a panic attack coming on or if I’m put in a stressful situation. Thank you
Don’t avoid anything. That just reinforces that anxiety is a danger. Anxiety is just energy in your body. Allow yourself to have the panic attack and not fight it. Sit with it and allow that energy to flow through your body and watch how quickly it ends. Panic attacks while uncomfortable cannot harm you. Let the energy flow like waves while you relax. It’s not the situation that people are using scared of it’s usually people being scared of the feeling of a panic attack. Once you stop fearing the panic attacks watch them stop. You’ll have to experience them for them to stop though. Like the saying goes feel it to heal it. You got this.
Let’s say every time you get into a car you began to panic or worry that you may have another panic attack in the car. Go do it anyway. Get in that car and have that panic attack and don’t fight with it. Tell yourself do what you want but this panic can’t harm me. Once you stop fearing the panic attacks I promise they will become less and less and eventually stop. Your brain with retrain it’s that this amount of anxiety for a car ride is unnecessary and that you’re safe. Just sit with it bro I promise. Check out this TH-cam page called vacate fear. He does a great job explaining panic attacks and anxiety. There is nothing wrong with you and you are completely normal and human. Not broken and your anxiety and panic is nothing that needs to be fixed. You just have to not fear that feeling and let it be
Diving while constant ballast freediving , or on Scuba . I have gotten myself outta some bad spots . I think the thinking process you explained best describes for myself how I survived time an again. It also happens on land under stress. This is something that you shared with us that we can hang on to and teach others . DEEP !
I'm already drown proofed😎😁😏 Class 213😂😂😂 we didn't have "Pre BUD/s" back then. Unfortunately back then I had about zero body fat and sunk like a damn rock, it wasn't until much later when I got a more balanced BMI for my height and weight and finally found my neutral buoyancy and that changed the whole game and I became far more comfortable in the water.
When I was 4 I was at the shore, and I was allowed to walk to the shallow float and jump off - did it for weeks. One day I was doing it and then lay down on the float and didn't realize 1 the tide was rising. 2 the float had pivoted. I jumped off and the depth was way over my head, and I didn't know how to swim. I actually pushed off the bottom and realized I could push myself up high enough to get another breathe. After a dozen or so times it dawned on me, I just got closer to the float - thought about it within a few more bobs and then figured out how to touch bottom and push up and forward. I made it back to the float. Took a long run and jump towards shore - I knew if it was still over my head, I could deal with it. At age 4 I learned about panic and control. The next morning my granny had me taking swimming lessons and by the end of Summer I was in a swim competition against 7-year old's and came in 3rd. Basically, since then nothing makes me panic.
Thank you sir for this!!! My 19 year old will leave January 4th 2023 for Navy boot camp hoping then to make it through pre buds and so on to become a Navy Seal. I’m thankful I found you on you tube as Im try to prepare myself for this journey as his mother. My son Jordan has come to learn a lot of what to expect but this info you gave right here is great! I will be sharing it with him. I’ve been trying to find a believer to help encourage him be prepared. With His Savior, he absolutely has al the strength available to him. I’ll be watching a lot of your videos. Thank you again!
Thanks for the videos, Chadd! My 3 of 7 Project caps arrived and I wear them with pride. You're a great source of inspiration. I also bought the NUFF Said running course it has really helped me. My goal is to complete 50k by the end of July. I'm well past half way sometimes it is challenging with the hot weather etc but it comes down to breathing and just focusing on that NEXT STEP. Don't ring the bell! Take quitting off the table man! Much respect!
I totally believe that you will succeed with your goal!!! I can tell you'll keep after it just by the energy and focus you put into your post. I'll wish you luck, but you won't need luck!
This is what I’ve used for years when weight lifting competition. An now that I’m old I use it when I attempt new PRs in the gym for my age. Just bench 285 this week I’m 64
I remember practicing this in high school in preparation for the air force. I would do it in ten minute segments. Of course I had a trainer present just in case. First three times I freaked after a couple minutes and had to be pulled out. I recall my friend telling me to pretend no one was there to rescue me - that sort of forced me to stay calm…the alternative of course being death. Eventually got so good at it I was able to maneuver myself all over the pool tied up after an evolution. Haven’t done it in decades, though. Pretty sure I’d drown now after a few seconds 😅
I am a therapist, and I teach this stuff all the time. When i got back from Iraq.i thought it was " goofy" as shit, but they can be quite powerful. However, you have to practice it. A good breath technique to engage more of your parasympathetic nervouse sytem is 5 seconds in using the diaphram to pull it deep and 7 seconds out or shorter if that is too long but extending that last breath a second either way. Great seeing you promote this. When i get vets saying this is "foo foo" shit, i can tell them it is good enough for Navy SEALS, 😆.
Man how do people breathe in for 6 seconds? When I’m amped up I deep breathe within a second or 2, I can’t even control my diaphragm to go slow it just moves on it’s own
Thanks for letting people know about Drown Proofing. I will be 77 year old in about 3 weeks and Drown Proofing was developed at Georgia Tech by Coach Fred Lanoue in response to too many sailors drowning after their ship being sunk in WWII. When I attended Georgia Tech from 1965 to 1970 it was a MANDATORY course for all students. I took it in the winter of 1965-1966 in the indoor heated pool and I still think it is the best water safety and survival training anyone can have. Unfortunately, I only know of a few places where is is taught any more. After I graduated from Georgia Tech in 1970 I enlisted in the Air Force in 1971 and served in South East Asia for my first tour of duty. I have never needed to use my drown proofing skill, but may have come close once when we lost an engine over the Pacific Ocean but were able to make an emergency landing at Guam. The confidence and peace of mind it gave me knowing that if we had to ditch and I made it through that, I could take care of myself in the open waters of the Pacific Ocean while awaiting rescue was priceless.
I learned these tools in high school sports football and wrestling. Then I served 4 years in the corps and utilized them there and now in life as a father of 5 and being married for 28 years! My point? It never ends! BUT you got this!
After divorce and losing my career as a deputy shetiff in one fail swoop, i spent the nxt 10yrs letting that 'inside voice' absolutely ruin me. The self talk will be whats saves/helps me. Thank u.
It wasn't you voice inside you r head, that tried to to make you feel desperate, That negative thoughts that came out of nowhere, are demons that tried to take advantage of your situation. Their one and only plan, is to make you finaly believe, that your only solution is to suicide. That's always their final goal. I wouldn't believe what I just said, if it was 10 years ago. However, even though I can't say what happened, or how I learned all that, for your own protection, you should know, that that's the truth. I know, that either you or most people ,will call me a crazy for tellig the truth, but no matter what you or they believe, truth is truth. If what I say, isn't the truth, then someday, it will be revealed, to all of you. I personaly have million of proofs, but I won't insist, if someone wants to have his own theories built in his mind, I respect that. Finaly, they only way, to win when these kind of thoughts come to your mind, is to not accept them, act like you never heard of that negative thought that came out of nowhere inside your head. You don't talk with th Devil or his dogs, because you'll never will never win any kind of such conversation. The only weapon, that kills the Devil, is ignorance. Ignore him when he hits with wrong thoughts, and choose the opposite than what he suggested. That's the ONLY way to win him. You/we have to learn our one and only enemy, he usually hides behind our "Ego" you know, he exists, BUT you HAVE to ignore him, to win him. Remember, we DO NOT talk with him or his dogs (demons). If you don't ignore him, the second he hits, and you do even one thought accepting what he said, then you'll already a loser. Hope this helps all people who read it. Sounds crazy, but knowledge is the more powerfull thing in life, and THIS is the most powerful knowledge one can have God bless you all!.
I hate that inside voice. Stops me from doing everything! Thankfully i have some hiking mates who are super positive and they're helping me to ignore the voice.
Thanks so much. I am on the cusp of a new, challenging and frankly scary endeavour. The tools you mention are things I have used in the past and I will use them for sure in my coming project. Cheers man!
I’ve used the visualization strategy successfully once or twice. I had an excellent run doing mounted archery- 6 arrows hitting the target in 15 seconds. I was a beginner and wasn’t able to replicate it. It’s an excellent technique.
Thank you Brother. Sometimes you don’t realize how down you may be until you stop and think. It’s important for self care. You have to recognize- to correct. It’s always for you.
anxiety attacks Lower your phone and device usage immediately ! There is frequencies that you have no business knowing about coming through ! Watch and see the RESULTS, Its only FREE WILL if you use it!!! Your breathing is a scripted biological Algorithm , until YOU control it! Get it now! FM PRINCIPLE -its magikall-
Yes, my self defense instructor is a former SWAT team leader. He calls it "tactical" breathing...I use it in a lot of every day situations with good results
very helpful. i heard another SEAL talk about a retired SEAL teaching them during high school before they went to SEAL training to focus on every single word the instructors were saying. never let your mind drift away to something else because often times there is a 5 second bit of info that if you miss you are screwed. the young male mind is prone to drift. that is why so many young males do poorly in school. focus is a superpower you have to develop. these three tools in this video ultimately turn off the noise in your brain and force you to focus on what is important. this is the same goal of mediation--to learn that your mind is in a constant state of non-sensical chatter. you have to learn to control your mind, instead of it controlling you. most people never figure this out and for those that do, it is a lifelong battle that gets easier with time.
Greetings from Brazil! Great video! I've always admired the US Navy Seals, especially since I learned about how you guys train. I gotta say, drown proof totally freaked me out, since I'm not a water guy myself. The way you describe how to manage the stress and stay calm during the exercise is incredible and inspiring. Like so many people nowadays, I struggle with anxiety and stress issues so I thank you for this video, I'll apply these tools to my life. Thank you!
I subscribed the very 1st time I saw your 1st video when it came out. At least I thought it was but the important part is that you give such great life lessons and what's really amazing is many of these techniques were trained by the Navy SEAL's to help its members believe in themselves and their skills and abilities to the maximum degree possible!!! To succeed in combat, yet many, if not all of these lessons are the same needed to succeed in our daily lives and they're important enough to you that you continue to put these lessons to work for you in your daily life because they work! It's so cool that you share these important lessons for success to help others work through their daily lives to the best degree possible and pass on what you know because you care about people. Thanks for your service and for being a great human!!!
At truck school I learned the mantra Take your time and Think. Got me through many a stressful moment over the road. Good tip on drown proofing which I used when surfing.
I doubt I would ever make it through BUD/s training. Even in my best shape. I don’t think I ever wanted to do the job of being a SEAL and that is why I wouldn’t make it. I highly respect anyone that goes through this training. I realize you have to WANT to be a SEAL and do whatever it takes to do that job. Amazing people that go through this. 👍🏻
I swim a few times a week at least 1,000 meters on an average workout and I could feel the anxiety just thinking about a 50 meter swim under water that’s an extremely long distance without breathing. Wow. The pool where I swim is also used by the Air National guard rescue swimming. I’m always amazed at their level of fitness and training. AND NO I WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT TIE MYSELF UP AND JUMP IN A POOL. Your a different breed. Thank you for your service.
drown proofing, it is what i taught my last 4 1/2 years in. Fear motivates, panic kills....i dont know how i found this channel, but im digging it. good stuff.....
These videos are tremendous teaching tools and what a tremendous edge for them as they grow older. If possible, have them read as well the Way of the Seal, by Divibbe, as well as Mach , The Warrior Within, I believe. He had a great motivating mantra that allowed him to complete Seal trainng, when he said "Not dead yet, so I can't quit."!!!! In the fog of war, it works to clarify. Keep us posted on their progress. Regards.
Thanks brother I needed this video. I’ve been struggling with anxiety and stress in certain situations. I tend to loose confidence in my abilities when there is a greater risk factor for failure involved, even though I’m completely capable of doing the task successfully.👍
Been dealing with a similar thing. Being in traffic on the highway where you can't pull off. Out of nowhere. Never really had any anxiety before. Sucks.
I just want to tell you thank you for your service and I am enjoying your channel. I am a 21 year retired Seabee steelworker in the Navy. Later part of my time I became a drug and alcohol counselor. After retiring in 2003 I worked as a drug and alcohol therapist at the VA at the Bay Pines VA medical center. I just want to say that I used the same methods to teach veterans how to turn their lives around and stay in recovery for the long haul. I found it very interesting that we used the same tools that you was give in pre - BUDS. One more thing, I worked at the amphibious base Coronado 1977-82 building and repairing causeway bridges. I enjoyed watching you guys train in the air and the sea and was very impressed. I also would talk with some of your guys that worked with the dolphins right next to our steel shop. Peace and God bless.
I just watched the video where Chad put a group of people through a combat readiness workout. So inspiring man. I wish I had made the right decisions early in life. Never to late though, ill figure out a way to serve.
I did some cross training with you SEALs back in 99 on Coronado when i was with 2-5 out of oceanside. Im glad i never tried to get to where yall are, even as a MARSOC Marine, i cant hold a candle to yall. Respect.
Nice. We were taught the 4/7/8 breathing for anxiety attacks. High work, hot work, claustrophobia, etc... for electricians. Good stuff. Works every time. I really like the 4x4x4.
One and two I can confirm, having done them in combination as I was talking out loudly to myself about how I would get out of a nasty situation and why I would be able to pull it off... that breathing exercise seems to be interesting as well though, as I caught my self repeatedly breathing like moron in high stress situations
I remember doing this they tie the restraints rather tight but enough that you can break out of them but doing so would result in a fail. Brings back memories you’re right about the lightly push off
Awesome video. I would like to see a video of some of the dive gear and techniques you used in the Teams though. That's something you don't see much of.
I really appreciate your videos, I am preparing to join the special forces in my country, which are nothing compared to the navy seals, but thanks to you, I decided to prepare myself physically and mentally to join the navy. I will have it all the easier for the training I am going to. Sorry for my english, have a nice day !
Box breathing. Sometimes extending your exhale to 8 has an even more relaxing effect! stole that from the Valsalva Manuever (look that up) it hacks tour vagus nerve which will pull you out of fight or flight (sympathetic nervous system dominance) in 1-3 breaths
Thank you for the brilliant words. This is exactly the challenge I have to get mastered. Got the adhd and the cptsd and I learned that at 60. I though I was just a jack ass sometimes. I'm going to take your advice to heart. I hope it works. I've have the therapy and the meds....man I gotta get control especially in stressful situations. Thank you brother
Good stuff..all the tips are real world. The breathing technique is my go to when in a s^it storm. We panic and start taking shallow breaths in which is lack of oxygen, the 4 breath technique gets oxygen to the brain, clears up thinking instantly back down to the present and your thoughts of how to work thru a situation broadens.
Thanks for sharing this. More people need to learn to not freak out when under stress. I have by no means reached the stage where I am unfazed by everything but I certainly got a lot calmer. Having a stress reaction is perfectly normal and it taps right into that good ole fight or flight caveman response. As you said: First thing to go completely out the window is rational thought. No matter if you were tossed into the water with your hands and feet tied together or got an email with potentially disastrous (for your career) content - there does not seem to be a lot of delta between the two as far as gut reaction goes. I distinctly remember feeling a panic attack coming on during lifeguard training - which is absolute childs play compared to BUD/S - when our group had to don some heavy cotton coveralls, button them up and were tossed in the water with instructions to get out of the coverall under water. That was....an interesting experience that I do not particularly care to repeat but it was certainly educational. That is when I first learned about the mantra "if you want to be fast, you better slow down" (of which countless variations exist). Ever since, whenever I come across something that causes me stress or anxiety in my relatively sheltered, comfy civilian kind of life, I always take a metaphorical breath and consciously remind myself that I am not in immediate physical danger. Whatever just happened or why it happened, I probably cannot undo it - so I usually do not bother thinking about those aspects. Then I go right into problem solving mode, trying to figure out what the next best thing to do is in order to cope with or resolve the situation. I usually dont deal with the "why" until a lot later when there is more clarity and some of the dust has settled. In my view, too many people try to understand first why something happened, which in the moment, under stress and not being able to think straight, is time wasted that you could spend working on a solution (or at least an idea of a solution). This has worked for me in most cases, leaving some people to wonder how I can stay calm in "that situation".
Brooooo....this was in my feed and the NAVY drew me in because I'm a veteran of the Army. I went to your about section and was blown away. I am subscribing because you believe in God and are about helping facilitate a belief through life experiences. That's what i got out of reading just half of your about section. Brother keep it up.
I kept waiting for the "disclaimer". Finally, in the last minute he says "don't try this yourself". I would encourage more of this at the beginning, middle and end of these types of demonstrations. Kid's are just doing some real stupid crap nowadays with those internet challenges, etc. The video demonstration and the discussion on mental and physical preparation has served you well. Thank you for your service. 👍
Verygood learning. I just got pver taking care of my wofe dying from cancer ..in ways i believe i utilized some of the techniques you showed taking care of her 24/7 until dhe passed away 8/14;..I never was in the service just a full / partime volunteer firefighter and captain I never tjought about ot tjis way ehen going onto burning building to fight fire ..with limited visibility . . Wish i knew of theses techniques when i took scuba lessons . Thank you for everything you do ..lost my wife 8/14:from cancer ..Thank you for helping me through this time with things ..
I use visualization to contain my panic with an overwhelming project. I reviiew every step in detail. It might push the project back a day, but when I do the project it will go smoothly.
Excelente!! Siempre me costó dominar esa técnica y a pesar de realizarla por años - nunca logré sentirme del todo cómodo. Cuando hice el Curso Comando en mi País - me sacaron desvanecido la primera vez que lo intenté. Un cordial saludo!
Thank you so much for this one. I have 4 years to go until I can retire from the worst Job I have ever had. The Breathing and seeing myself being able to do an impossible Task has helped me. Just 5 more Minutes.
Thankyou this is something i had to teach myself. I come from high stress circumstances and rapid danger. And this I had to find. I hit rock bottom and it was either I drown in this or I excel and get out or get it done. So I grabbed the lifeboat...my mind. At times I thought this self talk and mental skills meant I was goin nutty!! I feel I can change my brain chemistry and how my brain works but changing my thoughts and patterns. Etc etc.
Visualization is crazy if you can see yourself accomplishing something you actually can. Done it plenty of times whether it’s something small or something really hard if you can see it you can make it happen power of the mind.
A good friend of mine was an instructor and told me a couple stories that happened during this training which you get two tries at it. It gave me more respect towards another branch.
For the past 6 months I've been on a journey to heal my anxious behaviors, I've done hours of research, I've legitimately made it my job to rewire my brain so I can live better. And with out a doubt this short video surpasses about 85 % of other resources from mental health experts , just based on the practical aproach with no out any whishy washy bs i have never been more impressed
1978 Open water scuba we did D.P.drills but hands at small of back thumbs in trunks. No tie for safety and first panic will be strong but with practice you can over come it. It was great benefit for Judo being choked and later in life I had a heart attack and they put a stent in and something went wrong I died and they brought me back. It would have been very traumatic but I stayed claim and told them there's something wrong. It saved my life. So yeah great training and will help with any stressful situations!
As a Freediver, aka Breath Hold diver spearfishing, and scuba cert, your words ring true. Example, if a person tries to breath hold dive with numbers in their head like depth and time it can be a mental constraint. But when a turtle swims buy and the diver follows it down, the agenda changes and the diver achieves best breath hold or depth.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I always wondered how you guys did that. That was major educational. I'm gonna try this without being tied up. Just getting the rhythm down, and getting comfortable with the whole experience. Then with a small object holding it behind my back. Visualisation is a real thing. I've used this in baseball. It indeed gets you comfortable in stress situations, if you've seen it many times over. It all becomes natural.
The way to train for something complex and difficult is to train in segments, breaking it down into easier steps then working up to the harder parts. Once you have trained your body to do a certain task in a certain way, it will do it that way instinctively under a real, high stress situation. That's because your mind understands from your training the techniques you have taught your body will get your out of the predicament.
When practicing life saving skills one of my instructors was loudly saying “you panic he dies” repeatedly as he walked up and down the rows of trainees.
Fast forward about a decade. I’d been asleep about two hours after working a 12 hour graveyard shift. My wife burst into our room carrying our infant son (who was limp and blue) screaming that he wasn’t breathing.
As I took him from her I felt fear welling up in me. At that moment I heard my trainers voice “you panic he dies” I immediately became calm and went to work trying to save my sons life. Thank God I succeeded. We just bought him his first puppy this week.
awesome work.
What was wrong with him if you feel comfortable saying? What did you have to do?
@@azarel7 he had a piece of plastic wrapping from a dvd case blocking his airway.
I found it on my third visual check of his airway.
@@quest4adventure495 wow...that sounds like a scary situation. First two checks nothing, but did you do something differently on the third?
Like after the first two checks did any panic at all start to creep in?
In my opinion 2 Timothy 1:7 is the best self talk available. I repeat this verse to myself when dealing with stress, negativity and doubt. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, love, and a sound mind.
Amen
Roger that
Yeah, babe!
Amen to that 👐🏻🙌🏻👏🏻
Amen Brotha
The rule of 3.
You can live 3 weeks without food. 3 days without water. 3 hours without shelter (in an extreme environment). 3 minutes without oxygen. 3 seconds without hope or a plan. (That last one is THE most important).
Stay present & stay positive, y’all!
I love the symmetry of this rule! :-) But at the risk of spoiling it may I just add that you can go 4 weeks and more without food, although it depends on your cal burn rate of course! :-)
@@jameslougheed9537
It does have a beautiful symmetry. That 4th week, you are likely so weak & hallucinating so bad you might as well be dead…
Can I also add that you can live for eternity on 3 words…Father, Son, Holy Ghost.
@@chuckclark6162
Exactly!
All one must do to be forgiven their sins and have everlasting life is to trust in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of their sins which is the Gospel we read in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4.
Ephesians 2:8-9 says that our salvation is the gift of God and that we are saved by grace through our faith, and not by the things we do or do not do.
Make no mistake! The most important ONE in this is the Trinity of God.
@@Adam-ed6vm
Death, burial, resurrection…another 3.
Served on submarines 21 yrs, used to take you guys on missions now and then. Was always amazed at your focus, no bull crap attitutes and excellent gear you were issued. Really glad we have warriors like you guys on our side.
Hooyah! Go Navy…thanks.
Submariner here, my dad was a combat diver in Vietnam and he taught me not to panic and stay focused in bad situations. I think that really helped me. I wish they would have had this kind of training for Submariners, essential not to panic and stay focused when there's a casualty at depth!
@@DanielDraper-ki4hr Very true Dan, at same time we both know little chance of us ever escaping from a casualty at depth, the depths we usually ran at. Also didn't we both see the tender crew or shipyard birds come over to the escape trunk, and tac weld them shut before we got underway? First time I saw that figured what the hell was the reason for the escape training in the tall tower in groton or pearl?
Those icerts ain’t fun lol
I’m gonna say no you didn’t…
I've been dealing with a lot since my son died a year ago and I greatly appreciate this video. Thanks brother 🙏
Sorry about the loss of your son
Sorry for you loss
Sorry for your loss
Lost a daughter suddenly in 2004. Its like forced swimming in darkness until your heart dies. You live for a while with a dead heart. You come out different on the other side but you can make it. Strength and powers to you.
Hope you find the peace and happiness that is there still, God bless you and your family, and strength while griefing for your sons loss.
i am a cave diver and bodybuilder. i can confirm every word you said. avoid negative words, even in your thoughts. visualize everything. control your breath = control your heartbeat. wise words, sir!
FRESH+ CAVE DIVER..YOUR ODDS ARE ALREADY AGAINST YOU
worst feeling in the world is getting lost doing cave diving.
Negative thought manifests through your objective reality. Like attracts like.
I wish some guys that drowned in an underwater cave in Norway knew about those three techniques because they should probably be alive know if they did.
They got stuck in the deepest part of that cave system and panicked.
When you panic then you raise your heart rate and breathing.
When under water that will kill you.
You have any tips for holding your breath??
I felt like I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown from working and never catching a break. Been working overtime for 6 months just to make it back and forth to work. This video alone pulled me into a better mindset. You're a tremendous teacher. Subscribed.
Damn brother. I feel you. We do need time for ourselves. People forget that when working hours were created the people most of the time lived within at least 10 minutes of walking. Now it's 2 hours of commute
Sounds like you were an essential worker. Same happened to me during the lockdown but we got through it.
I took lifeguard class when I was in high school. They taught us to be drown proof. I since have become a firefighter. I know how to find a peace bubble. No matter what is happening around me I am in that bubble. For me being at peace in the moment is the thing that keeps my head straight. And the breathing works well when your air starts running out in our tank. I have been Safety Officer for 10 years and a firefighter/EMT for almost 20 years.
At an earlier point in my life I took scuba diving training and became a certified dark water rescue diver on a fire department dive squad. That sort of training will teach you mental self control and how to rely upon the training you have to deal with problem situations. With dark water diving, you can't see anything, thus we did all our pool training blindfolded. If you think jumping into the deep end with hands and feet tied is mentally challenging, try doing it completely blindfolded.
But that training was the BEST thing I ever did as, along with prior martial arts training, gave me the mental focus to stay calm and maintain self control in situations where panic tends to set in. Things can and will go wrong at unexpected times. But by staying calm, maintaining self control, and following your training, most of the time you can successfully deal with the issues that arise.
In one memorable training session I was blindfolded as usual and following a rope course through all sorts of underwater obstacles. One obstacle was a tire suspended in the water, with the rope going through the tire. This meant I had to remove all my scuba gear and push it through the tire ahead of me because the tire wasn't large enough diameter to allow a human wearing scuba gear to make it through. This simulated narrow spots such as might be encountered in a cave or a sunken boat.
I was able to get my gear off, push it through the tire, and hold onto my BC and tank with one hand as I wiggled my body through the tire. At about halfway through the tire, the weight of my equipment stretched the air hose too far and it pulled loose from the regulator in my mouth. Without the air hose connected, my next breath was nothing but a huge mouthful of water! With no air to breath, broken scuba equipment that I wasn't even wearing, stuck underwater with a tire around the middle of my waist, and being blindfolded, if there was ever a situation that would create panic, that was it.
But I didn't panic. Why? I retained mental self control and let me training take over. First I simply spit the water out. While sill needing a breath of air, I already knew I had about 30 seconds to work to get loose before becoming dizzy from lack of air. Second, I let go of all my scuba gear. It could be retrieved later. Third, I dropped my weight belt, which gave me instantly more buoyancy, allowing my body to move a little bit closer to the surface while I was getting myself free. And thus free of the gear, I simply pushed backward against the tire to free my body and headed to the surface for air. All this was done blindfolded but making myself buoyant let me know which way was up.
Its amazing how fast all of this can be done almost without thinking if you ignore the lack of vision and the presence of the water but merely concentrate on getting free while following standard training procedures. The point of this is to mentally realize that being in a predicament DOES NOT mean you are not still in control of the outcome. Keep your wits about you at all times.
And as for the video demonstrating drown proofing, one thing not shown is the fact that once the push off the bottom raises you to the surface and you inhale a large quantity of air, all that you need to do to REMAIN at the surface is lay back with your nose barely out of the water and stay still, floating right at the surface. You will be able to breathe freely and are then in no danger of drowning despite your hands and feet still being tied. You won't sink back to the bottom either. The bobbing up and down back to the bottom was just to show that he had mentally mastered the situation and was not afraid to go back down. So if you learn to deal with water emergencies, there really is no need for panic.
Nice video!
Great story. Thank you
I think this man's story was more about how it applies to life in general. But good for you.
I have driven away from what should have been deadly auto accidents by not panicking. I still believe angels must have guided my van out of the near death situation.
Great advice!!☝🏼💪🏼
Going through my cancer treatments for head & neck cancer I kinda used these same techniques to get through the most barbaric treatment in the cancer world ! I’m here 5 yrs later medically cured ! Great advise sir your a true Patriot and a fine example of an American 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
I went through stage 3 head and neck cancer 2 years ago! It sucked! I hope you are doing well!
God is good.
God Bless
Good bless, brother. I went through the same head&neck treatments back in 2018. It was one hell of a struggle. It came down to one hour at a time. The food peg was the killer.
God Bless you. Keep the Faith.
My dad was in Force Recon back in the late 50’s / early 60’s and he has the same mindset as this gentleman.
One of the main ways to combat anxiety and stress is to completely cut alcohol out of your life . Cigarettes will also cause anxiety. Believe it or not marijuana can cause stress and anxiety as well. A healthy diet and some good ol physical exertion are probably the two best ways to combat anxiety and or stress
You are absolutely correct, Praise and thank God for your post and all those who heed your advice. Have a great day and God Bless.
Additionally,
Sleep. Get sleep. Plenty of sleep will almost eliminate it.
Caffeine can cause anxiety because it is a stimulant.
And, anxiety gets eliminated when you use logic. Like asking yourself, "What's the worst that can happen?"
Focus on your senses too. Sense of smell, taste, touch, sight and sound.
I spent 8 years in the navy....one thing i know for sure deep down into my core....i will never, ever die from drowning! Thats how confident and relaxed i am in water.
Hey brother, must have fate. I had a total knee replacent surgery this morning and, not going to lie, was a bit anxious about it. The procedure, getting off the table alive, the rehab, all that stuff didn't bother me, my blood pressure did! I'm one of those "white coat syndrome" dudes and watching your video, I mean dude, just watching this and recalling it my mind while they put the cuff on me and left it there until they wheeled me in, was a God send! People watch this stuff and you left impression. Thanks man! You have no idea how grateful I am for your time and words! My youngest is a officer in the Marines and this is the kind of shit that I send to him and he sponges it up. You're damn straight he's gonna watch this and you! All the best to you and yours!
I have severe claustrophobia, just the breathing techniques alone, and trying to concentrate and keep myself calm. Thank you very much. It’s actually helped quite a bit.
When I was on the YMCA swim team back in the 60s it used to be a regular exercise to tie up someone's hands and legs before tossing them in the deep end of the swimming pool. It's amazing how buoyant you are and how with just a little patience you can get to the surface and then over to the shallow end of the pool.
After 15 years working for a company in the I.T. department I was laid off last month. So I can relate to stress. Thank you.
That sucks very much.
When I think I've got a plate full of stuff I dont enjoy dealing with, I read something like your comment to remind me that many people are dealing with things, and doing so with calmness and decorum.
I hope I am not insulting you or out of line when I say that I am sorry that happened to you.
God bless you.
Got laid off doing pharmacy work
Mastering the mind is perhaps the most difficult thing any man can achieve. The benefits are astounding
I’ve heard of the breathing technique since it’s emphasized in martial arts. Visualization for prepping scenarios in gun battles, but the self talk technique and watching what you take in via media daily really struck a cord. Thank you for sharing your expertise and demonstrating it.
Thirty plus years ago, when I was a teenager in therapy, this was the first "homework" assignment I was given: monitor my self-talk, and every time I caught myself saying something negative, e.g. I'm stupid, I suck at this, etc, I had to immediately, OUT LOUD, say five positive statements about myself. When you actually focus on paying attention to negative self-talk, you will likely be shocked at just how often you say something negative to and about yourself. I know I was. But by faithfully doing this exercise, I broke the negative self-talk habit in a matter of a couple of weeks. To this day, on the very rare occasion that I let a negative self-statement slip through my filter, I still say five positive things about myself, out loud. By doing this, you will also start noticing so many people around you constantly engaging in negative self-talk.
The other thing I have done is to become really careful about the kind of music I listen to, and avoid any type of music that has negative messaging, of whatever kind. What really got my attention about this was listening to music with negative messaging in the evening, only to find myself repeating some negative snippet of chorus, over and over and over, like a skipping record, as I was coming up out of sleep the next morning. It's programming your mind with negative shit in the worse kind of way.
I use these techniques in jiu jitsu and skydiving. The filter is something I need to improve on as well.
So my friend I am 67 years old. I’ve seen some stuff in my life, I am loving your videos I learn something new every day. Thank you for your service.
not many guys our age are even willing to look at ourselves.
Stumbled onto your channel by chance. Really enjoying the videos. My dad was career Navy (RIP/22) and I am an RN that worked in a correctional setting for 28 years. This is FANTASTIC advice that can be applied by so many individuals under so many situations. I've used these techniques for a long time, and they damn straight work. Great video and thank you for your service, Sir.
This is Incredible.....Chadd is sharing life changing secrets he picked up from goin thru Seal Grinder & passes them on to all of us for FREE....This is an Awesome channel...Thk you Chadd ..gonna order a hat 👍
I am a vet and really am glad that I have taken time to listen to you speak. Your pre thoughts that you used in Pre Buds are outstanding and can be used in everything you do. I think it will even help my golf game by knocking out those negative thoughts and remain positive can only make me better. Thanks
I’m currently suffering with stress and anxiety which I do struggle with. After watching your video I’ve picked up some great tips that I will look to implement next time I either feel a panic attack coming on or if I’m put in a stressful situation.
Thank you
Start avoiding garlic, ginger, and caffeine. It helps a lot. Also add tobacco to that list.
@@krishnaprabhat6165 another typical woman with her dumbass weigh losss routine
@@krishnaprabhat6165 Zero fun
Don’t avoid anything. That just reinforces that anxiety is a danger. Anxiety is just energy in your body. Allow yourself to have the panic attack and not fight it. Sit with it and allow that energy to flow through your body and watch how quickly it ends. Panic attacks while uncomfortable cannot harm you. Let the energy flow like waves while you relax. It’s not the situation that people are using scared of it’s usually people being scared of the feeling of a panic attack. Once you stop fearing the panic attacks watch them stop. You’ll have to experience them for them to stop though. Like the saying goes feel it to heal it. You got this.
Let’s say every time you get into a car you began to panic or worry that you may have another panic attack in the car. Go do it anyway. Get in that car and have that panic attack and don’t fight with it. Tell yourself do what you want but this panic can’t harm me. Once you stop fearing the panic attacks I promise they will become less and less and eventually stop. Your brain with retrain it’s that this amount of anxiety for a car ride is unnecessary and that you’re safe. Just sit with it bro I promise. Check out this TH-cam page called vacate fear. He does a great job explaining panic attacks and anxiety. There is nothing wrong with you and you are completely normal and human. Not broken and your anxiety and panic is nothing that needs to be fixed. You just have to not fear that feeling and let it be
Diving while constant ballast freediving , or on Scuba . I have gotten myself outta some bad spots . I think the thinking process you explained best describes for myself how I survived time an again. It also happens on land under stress. This is something that you shared with us that we can hang on to and teach others . DEEP !
I'm already drown proofed😎😁😏 Class 213😂😂😂 we didn't have "Pre BUD/s" back then. Unfortunately back then I had about zero body fat and sunk like a damn rock, it wasn't until much later when I got a more balanced BMI for my height and weight and finally found my neutral buoyancy and that changed the whole game and I became far more comfortable in the water.
When I was 4 I was at the shore, and I was allowed to walk to the shallow float and jump off - did it for weeks. One day I was doing it and then lay down on the float and didn't realize 1 the tide was rising. 2 the float had pivoted. I jumped off and the depth was way over my head, and I didn't know how to swim. I actually pushed off the bottom and realized I could push myself up high enough to get another breathe. After a dozen or so times it dawned on me, I just got closer to the float - thought about it within a few more bobs and then figured out how to touch bottom and push up and forward.
I made it back to the float. Took a long run and jump towards shore - I knew if it was still over my head, I could deal with it.
At age 4 I learned about panic and control. The next morning my granny had me taking swimming lessons and by the end of Summer I was in a swim competition against 7-year old's and came in 3rd.
Basically, since then nothing makes me panic.
Impressive, not bad for a 4 year old.
Thank you brother joining the navy and taking these tools with me. God bless you brother
I am a day trader and this is what I aim to apply in my life. Its beautiful how positive self talk works
Thank you sir for this!!! My 19 year old will leave January 4th 2023 for Navy boot camp hoping then to make it through pre buds and so on to become a Navy Seal. I’m thankful I found you on you tube as Im try to prepare myself for this journey as his mother. My son Jordan has come to learn a lot of what to expect but this info you gave right here is great! I will be sharing it with him. I’ve been trying to find a believer to help encourage him be prepared. With His Savior, he absolutely has al the strength available to him. I’ll be watching a lot of your videos. Thank you again!
Thanks for the videos, Chadd! My 3 of 7 Project caps arrived and I wear them with pride. You're a great source of inspiration. I also bought the NUFF Said running course it has really helped me. My goal is to complete 50k by the end of July. I'm well past half way sometimes it is challenging with the hot weather etc but it comes down to breathing and just focusing on that NEXT STEP. Don't ring the bell! Take quitting off the table man! Much respect!
I totally believe that you will succeed with your goal!!! I can tell you'll keep after it just by the energy and focus you put into your post. I'll wish you luck, but you won't need luck!
Respect. Most of these lessons can be applied to all of our everyday lives, drown proofing is just the extreme. I learned a lot from this
This is what I’ve used for years when weight lifting competition. An now that I’m old I use it when I attempt new PRs in the gym for my age. Just bench 285 this week I’m 64
Great job Chad
Over coming emotional fear by facing it with a positive substitution allows you to stay in the moment
Great teacher!!
I remember practicing this in high school in preparation for the air force. I would do it in ten minute segments. Of course I had a trainer present just in case. First three times I freaked after a couple minutes and had to be pulled out. I recall my friend telling me to pretend no one was there to rescue me - that sort of forced me to stay calm…the alternative of course being death. Eventually got so good at it I was able to maneuver myself all over the pool tied up after an evolution. Haven’t done it in decades, though. Pretty sure I’d drown now after a few seconds 😅
The conversation inside the head is the utmost importance I cannot stress enough from my point of view of how right you are about that
I am a therapist, and I teach this stuff all the time. When i got back from Iraq.i thought it was " goofy" as shit, but they can be quite powerful. However, you have to practice it. A good breath technique to engage more of your parasympathetic nervouse sytem is 5 seconds in using the diaphram to pull it deep and 7 seconds out or shorter if that is too long but extending that last breath a second either way. Great seeing you promote this. When i get vets saying this is "foo foo" shit, i can tell them it is good enough for Navy SEALS, 😆.
Man how do people breathe in for 6 seconds? When I’m amped up I deep breathe within a second or 2, I can’t even control my diaphragm to go slow it just moves on it’s own
@@Randomyoutubecommenter adjust fire as needed. if 4 seconds in or 5 Seconds out is all you can do for example. the trick is just do it slower.
Good stuff man! Know a few dudes who went from warrior to healer. It’s uncommon.
woo woo (not foo foo) 🙃
@@psychicmarketingblueprint depends on the local accent and lexicon. The terms are synonymous.
Amazing endurance! Hats OFF to Navy Seals!
Thanks for letting people know about Drown Proofing. I will be 77 year old in about 3 weeks and Drown Proofing was developed at Georgia Tech by Coach Fred Lanoue in response to too many sailors drowning after their ship being sunk in WWII. When I attended Georgia Tech from 1965 to 1970 it was a MANDATORY course for all students. I took it in the winter of 1965-1966 in the indoor heated pool and I still think it is the best water safety and survival training anyone can have. Unfortunately, I only know of a few places where is is taught any more. After I graduated from Georgia Tech in 1970 I enlisted in the Air Force in 1971 and served in South East Asia for my first tour of duty. I have never needed to use my drown proofing skill, but may have come close once when we lost an engine over the Pacific Ocean but were able to make an emergency landing at Guam. The confidence and peace of mind it gave me knowing that if we had to ditch and I made it through that, I could take care of myself in the open waters of the Pacific Ocean while awaiting rescue was priceless.
I ran into burning buildings for 30 yrs, been trapped twice and I can honestly say the swimming pool would freak me out.
I learned these tools in high school sports football and wrestling. Then I served 4 years in the corps and utilized them there and now in life as a father of 5 and being married for 28 years! My point? It never ends! BUT you got this!
After divorce and losing my career as a deputy shetiff in one fail swoop, i spent the nxt 10yrs letting that 'inside voice' absolutely ruin me. The self talk will be whats saves/helps me. Thank u.
I went through the exact same thing man. It was rough, but it can get better. Feel free to reach out man.
@@JaySully_ i appreciate it. Thnx
It wasn't you voice inside you r head, that tried to to make you feel desperate, That negative thoughts that came out of nowhere, are demons that tried to take advantage of your situation. Their one and only plan, is to make you finaly believe, that your only solution is to suicide. That's always their final goal.
I wouldn't believe what I just said, if it was 10 years ago. However, even though I can't say what happened, or how I learned all that, for your own protection, you should know, that that's the truth. I know, that either you or most people ,will call me a crazy for tellig the truth, but no matter what you or they believe, truth is truth. If what I say, isn't the truth, then someday, it will be revealed, to all of you. I personaly have million of proofs, but I won't insist, if someone wants to have his own theories built in his mind, I respect that.
Finaly, they only way, to win when these kind of thoughts come to your mind, is to not accept them, act like you never heard of that negative thought that came out of nowhere inside your head. You don't talk with th Devil or his dogs, because you'll never will never win any kind of such conversation. The only weapon, that kills the Devil, is ignorance. Ignore him when he hits with wrong thoughts, and choose the opposite than what he suggested. That's the ONLY way to win him. You/we have to learn our one and only enemy, he usually hides behind our "Ego" you know, he exists, BUT you HAVE to ignore him, to win him. Remember, we DO NOT talk with him or his dogs (demons). If you don't ignore him, the second he hits, and you do even one thought accepting what he said, then you'll already a loser. Hope this helps all people who read it. Sounds crazy, but knowledge is the more powerfull thing in life, and THIS is the most powerful knowledge one can have God bless you all!.
you're still alive.
I hate that inside voice. Stops me from doing everything! Thankfully i have some hiking mates who are super positive and they're helping me to ignore the voice.
Thanks!
Thanks so much. I am on the cusp of a new, challenging and frankly scary endeavour. The tools you mention are things I have used in the past and I will use them for sure in my coming project. Cheers man!
I’ve used the visualization strategy successfully once or twice. I had an excellent run doing mounted archery- 6 arrows hitting the target in 15 seconds. I was a beginner and wasn’t able to replicate it. It’s an excellent technique.
I’m a therapist and I practice these techniques (not the drown proofing) for myself and with my clients.
I will be sharing this with all my clients.
Thank you Brother. Sometimes you don’t realize how down you may be until you stop and think. It’s important for self care. You have to recognize- to correct. It’s always for you.
Thank you! This is as much for me at age 63 as it is for my 16 year old son.
63 👍💪
Always have a competent "buddy" (or 2 or 3) when you do something like this pool dunk. Esp. if you're "fit to be tied".
Excellent brother. I’ve been using the breathing for anxiety attacks. It’s working. Thank you.
anxiety attacks
Lower your phone and device usage immediately !
There is frequencies that you have no business knowing about coming through !
Watch and see the RESULTS, Its only FREE WILL if you use it!!!
Your breathing is a scripted biological Algorithm , until YOU control it! Get it now!
FM PRINCIPLE -its magikall-
Breath helps with panic attacks, but yoga helps also. Even just touching your toes.
Yes, my self defense instructor is a former SWAT team leader. He calls it "tactical" breathing...I use it in a lot of every day situations with good results
very helpful. i heard another SEAL talk about a retired SEAL teaching them during high school before they went to SEAL training to focus on every single word the instructors were saying. never let your mind drift away to something else because often times there is a 5 second bit of info that if you miss you are screwed. the young male mind is prone to drift. that is why so many young males do poorly in school. focus is a superpower you have to develop. these three tools in this video ultimately turn off the noise in your brain and force you to focus on what is important. this is the same goal of mediation--to learn that your mind is in a constant state of non-sensical chatter. you have to learn to control your mind, instead of it controlling you. most people never figure this out and for those that do, it is a lifelong battle that gets easier with time.
Absolutely love your content, your energy, and I love you brother. God bless.
Greetings from Brazil! Great video! I've always admired the US Navy Seals, especially since I learned about how you guys train. I gotta say, drown proof totally freaked me out, since I'm not a water guy myself.
The way you describe how to manage the stress and stay calm during the exercise is incredible and inspiring.
Like so many people nowadays, I struggle with anxiety and stress issues so I thank you for this video, I'll apply these tools to my life.
Thank you!
I subscribed the very 1st time I saw your 1st video when it came out. At least I thought it was but the important part is that you give such great life lessons and what's really amazing is many of these techniques were trained by the Navy SEAL's to help its members believe in themselves and their skills and abilities to the maximum degree possible!!! To succeed in combat, yet many, if not all of these lessons are the same needed to succeed in our daily lives and they're important enough to you that you continue to put these lessons to work for you in your daily life because they work! It's so cool that you share these important lessons for success to help others work through their daily lives to the best degree possible and pass on what you know because you care about people. Thanks for your service and for being a great human!!!
At truck school I learned the mantra Take your time and Think. Got me through many a stressful moment over the road. Good tip on drown proofing which I used when surfing.
I doubt I would ever make it through BUD/s training. Even in my best shape. I don’t think I ever wanted to do the job of being a SEAL and that is why I wouldn’t make it. I highly respect anyone that goes through this training. I realize you have to WANT to be a SEAL and do whatever it takes to do that job. Amazing people that go through this. 👍🏻
Don’t ever say you can’t do something, believe in yourself buddy!! 🤘
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I have done the box breathing or 4x4 breathing. Has been a big help for me when needing to stay calm in tough situations. Great stuff
I swim a few times a week at least 1,000 meters on an average workout and I could feel the anxiety just thinking about a 50 meter swim under water that’s an extremely long distance without breathing. Wow. The pool where I swim is also used by the Air National guard rescue swimming. I’m always amazed at their level of fitness and training. AND NO I WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT TIE MYSELF UP AND JUMP IN A POOL. Your a different breed. Thank you for your service.
drown proofing, it is what i taught my last 4 1/2 years in. Fear motivates, panic kills....i dont know how i found this channel, but im digging it. good stuff.....
It's nice having a legit warrior I can watch with my sons. Much appreciated Battle 🇺🇸💪💯
These videos are tremendous teaching tools and what a tremendous edge for them as they grow older. If possible, have them read as well the Way of the Seal, by Divibbe, as well as Mach , The Warrior Within, I believe. He had a great motivating mantra that allowed him to complete Seal trainng, when he said "Not dead yet, so I can't quit."!!!! In the fog of war, it works to clarify. Keep us posted on their progress. Regards.
@@spencerwinston4334 youre weird. people like you will all be captured alive. surrender. you live in a fantasy world.
Concur. I learned this on the US Army Marksmanship team.
Thanks brother I needed this video. I’ve been struggling with anxiety and stress in certain situations. I tend to loose confidence in my abilities when there is a greater risk factor for failure involved, even though I’m completely capable of doing the task successfully.👍
Been dealing with a similar thing. Being in traffic on the highway where you can't pull off. Out of nowhere. Never really had any anxiety before. Sucks.
Yes , always had a fear of water and drowning , Thank you Chad
I just want to tell you thank you for your service and I am enjoying your channel. I am a 21 year retired Seabee steelworker in the Navy. Later part of my time I became a drug and alcohol counselor. After retiring in 2003 I worked as a drug and alcohol therapist at the VA at the Bay Pines VA medical center. I just want to say that I used the same methods to teach veterans how to turn their lives around and stay in recovery for the long haul. I found it very interesting that we used the same tools that you was give in pre - BUDS. One more thing, I worked at the amphibious base Coronado 1977-82 building and repairing causeway bridges. I enjoyed watching you guys train in the air and the sea and was very impressed. I also would talk with some of your guys that worked with the dolphins right next to our steel shop. Peace and God bless.
I just watched the video where Chad put a group of people through a combat readiness workout. So inspiring man. I wish I had made the right decisions early in life. Never to late though, ill figure out a way to serve.
I did some cross training with you SEALs back in 99 on Coronado when i was with 2-5 out of oceanside.
Im glad i never tried to get to where yall are, even as a MARSOC Marine, i cant hold a candle to yall. Respect.
Nice. We were taught the 4/7/8 breathing for anxiety attacks. High work, hot work, claustrophobia, etc... for electricians. Good stuff. Works every time. I really like the 4x4x4.
One and two I can confirm, having done them in combination as I was talking out loudly to myself about how I would get out of a nasty situation and why I would be able to pull it off... that breathing exercise seems to be interesting as well though, as I caught my self repeatedly breathing like moron in high stress situations
I remember doing this they tie the restraints rather tight but enough that you can break out of them but doing so would result in a fail. Brings back memories you’re right about the lightly push off
Awesome video. I would like to see a video of some of the dive gear and techniques you used in the Teams though. That's something you don't see much of.
I really appreciate your videos, I am preparing to join the special forces in my country, which are nothing compared to the navy seals, but thanks to you, I decided to prepare myself physically and mentally to join the navy. I will have it all the easier for the training I am going to. Sorry for my english, have a nice day !
Man, I’m digging this content. Chadd, can you do a video on your plate carrier set-up and battle belt?
I love this guy. If I was in the mountain trying to survive, I would without a doubt want to be by his side. Thanks buddy your priceless.
I’m saving this to use when I train and compete!!!!! THANK YOU 🥋
Box breathing. Sometimes extending your exhale to 8 has an even more relaxing effect! stole that from the Valsalva Manuever (look that up) it hacks tour vagus nerve which will pull you out of fight or flight (sympathetic nervous system dominance) in 1-3 breaths
God bless you Chadd
Thank you for the brilliant words. This is exactly the challenge I have to get mastered. Got the adhd and the cptsd and I learned that at 60. I though I was just a jack ass sometimes. I'm going to take your advice to heart. I hope it works. I've have the therapy and the meds....man I gotta get control especially in stressful situations. Thank you brother
Outstanding!
Good stuff..all the tips are real world. The breathing technique is my go to when in a s^it storm. We panic and start taking shallow breaths in which is lack of oxygen, the 4 breath technique gets oxygen to the brain, clears up thinking instantly back down to the present and your thoughts of how to work thru a situation broadens.
Thanks for the sharing of good advice!
Awareness of where one's thoughts are is a bit like keeping check of one's cars' speed.
Thanks for sharing this. More people need to learn to not freak out when under stress. I have by no means reached the stage where I am unfazed by everything but I certainly got a lot calmer. Having a stress reaction is perfectly normal and it taps right into that good ole fight or flight caveman response. As you said: First thing to go completely out the window is rational thought. No matter if you were tossed into the water with your hands and feet tied together or got an email with potentially disastrous (for your career) content - there does not seem to be a lot of delta between the two as far as gut reaction goes. I distinctly remember feeling a panic attack coming on during lifeguard training - which is absolute childs play compared to BUD/S - when our group had to don some heavy cotton coveralls, button them up and were tossed in the water with instructions to get out of the coverall under water. That was....an interesting experience that I do not particularly care to repeat but it was certainly educational. That is when I first learned about the mantra "if you want to be fast, you better slow down" (of which countless variations exist).
Ever since, whenever I come across something that causes me stress or anxiety in my relatively sheltered, comfy civilian kind of life, I always take a metaphorical breath and consciously remind myself that I am not in immediate physical danger. Whatever just happened or why it happened, I probably cannot undo it - so I usually do not bother thinking about those aspects. Then I go right into problem solving mode, trying to figure out what the next best thing to do is in order to cope with or resolve the situation. I usually dont deal with the "why" until a lot later when there is more clarity and some of the dust has settled. In my view, too many people try to understand first why something happened, which in the moment, under stress and not being able to think straight, is time wasted that you could spend working on a solution (or at least an idea of a solution). This has worked for me in most cases, leaving some people to wonder how I can stay calm in "that situation".
Thank you sir for all your sacrifices, much much respect to you and your brothers in arms. God bless.
I remember utilizing the technique in Marine Corps Boot Camp 51 years ago, and I currently use this technique. Great stuff. Semper Fi
Brooooo....this was in my feed and the NAVY drew me in because I'm a veteran of the Army. I went to your about section and was blown away. I am subscribing because you believe in God and are about helping facilitate a belief through life experiences. That's what i got out of reading just half of your about section. Brother keep it up.
I kept waiting for the "disclaimer".
Finally, in the last minute he says "don't try this yourself".
I would encourage more of this at the beginning, middle and end of these types of demonstrations. Kid's are just doing some real stupid crap nowadays with those internet challenges, etc.
The video demonstration and the discussion on mental and physical preparation has served you well. Thank you for your service. 👍
Verygood learning. I just got pver taking care of my wofe dying from cancer ..in ways i believe i utilized some of the techniques you showed taking care of her 24/7 until dhe passed away 8/14;..I never was in the service just a full / partime volunteer firefighter and captain I never tjought about ot tjis way ehen going onto burning building to fight fire ..with limited visibility . . Wish i knew of theses techniques when i took scuba lessons . Thank you for everything you do ..lost my wife 8/14:from cancer ..Thank you for helping me through this time with things ..
Brilliant. Much respect to you Sir. Seal training takes bravery & self mastery !
Lived in field with United nation troops in 80s(GLCM); one mission was 60* below zero with wind chill factor; LOVE VIDEO. Subscribed
I use visualization to contain my panic with an overwhelming project. I reviiew every step in detail. It might push the project back a day, but when I do the project it will go smoothly.
Excelente!!
Siempre me costó dominar esa técnica y a pesar de realizarla por años - nunca logré sentirme del todo cómodo.
Cuando hice el Curso Comando en mi País - me sacaron desvanecido la primera vez que lo intenté.
Un cordial saludo!
Thank you so much for this one. I have 4 years to go until I can retire from the worst Job I have ever had. The Breathing and seeing myself being able to do an impossible Task has helped me. Just 5 more Minutes.
I’ve been a good swimmer all my life, when I started this exercise a couple of years ago it took me to another level!
Thankyou this is something i had to teach myself. I come from high stress circumstances and rapid danger. And this I had to find. I hit rock bottom and it was either I drown in this or I excel and get out or get it done. So I grabbed the lifeboat...my mind. At times I thought this self talk and mental skills meant I was goin nutty!! I feel I can change my brain chemistry and how my brain works but changing my thoughts and patterns. Etc etc.
Visualization is crazy if you can see yourself accomplishing something you actually can. Done it plenty of times whether it’s something small or something really hard if you can see it you can make it happen power of the mind.
A good friend of mine was an instructor and told me a couple stories that happened during this training which you get two tries at it. It gave me more respect towards another branch.
For the past 6 months I've been on a journey to heal my anxious behaviors, I've done hours of research, I've legitimately made it my job to rewire my brain so I can live better. And with out a doubt this short video surpasses about 85 % of other resources from mental health experts , just based on the practical aproach with no out any whishy washy bs i have never been more impressed
1978 Open water scuba we did D.P.drills but hands at small of back thumbs in trunks. No tie for safety and first panic will be strong but with practice you can over come it. It was great benefit for Judo being choked and later in life I had a heart attack and they put a stent in and something went wrong I died and they brought me back. It would have been very traumatic but I stayed claim and told them there's something wrong. It saved my life. So yeah great training and will help with any stressful situations!
Great video! I’mexperiencing anxiety and I need this bad. I’m going to,start using these tips literally now!
As a Freediver, aka Breath Hold diver spearfishing, and scuba cert, your words ring true. Example, if a person tries to breath hold dive with numbers in their head like depth and time it can be a mental constraint. But when a turtle swims buy and the diver follows it down, the agenda changes and the diver achieves best breath hold or depth.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I always wondered how you guys did that. That was major educational. I'm gonna try this without being tied up. Just getting the rhythm down, and getting comfortable with the whole experience. Then with a small object holding it behind my back. Visualisation is a real thing. I've used this in baseball. It indeed gets you comfortable in stress situations, if you've seen it many times over. It all becomes natural.
The way to train for something complex and difficult is to train in segments, breaking it down into easier steps then working up to the harder parts. Once you have trained your body to do a certain task in a certain way, it will do it that way instinctively under a real, high stress situation. That's because your mind understands from your training the techniques you have taught your body will get your out of the predicament.