Reduce Depression With Behavioral Activation: CBT & DBT Skills

Behavioral Activation is a CBT technique that helps us improve our mood by changing our behavior, and an example of opposite action, one of the emotion regulation dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills. If you'd like to support my channel, please see links below ⬇️⬇️
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[@TinaSotis]

Been in therapy for 14 years. The work I've done has taught me so much about myself, but I've come to a place where I must now walk the road on my own. Your videos, with your calm, wise, compassionate voice, are giving me the skills I need to do so. The steps are doable and I'm actually able to move through my day. Subscribed and follow your videos. Thank you so much

[@igivehonestcommentsonly]

im a psych doctor. These are really good, and im telling them to watch these. Concise and digestable. Thanks man

[@SelfHelpToons]

Thanks, I appreciate it.

[@geneg3776]

I have been doing the achievement and enjoyable activities on most days for about 2 weeks now. My moods have uplifted alot. I would highly recommend this. At the moment I am doing 2 achievement activities and 1 enjoyable a day and so far feel much better. Not major tasks but little things that are not too overwhelming for me and slowly I am building up. Key i find is to make it easy enough to do,even if you do something for 5 or 10 minutes to start off. Thankyou. Great video and very effective.

[@SelfHelpToons]

Thanks for sharing, and glad to hear you've been finding it helpful.

[@tonyf68]

This is a really good video and makes lots of important points. I know that behavioural activation is an effective way of managing my depression but I still find it difficult to put it into practice when my mood is at its lowest! I'll keep chipping away at it though and will keep coming back to this video for some encouragement.

[@kmccartn1955]

Thank you for a clear, compassionate look at lack of motivation. Your suggestions excellent your explanations why we need to move ourselves even if just a small bit. This is an excellent video!

[@SelfHelpToons]

Thanks so much!

[@jasminemariedarling]

Very helpful. Definitely explains why I've been so down. Was sick, isolating, couldn't work & even after I got better I've been feeling like sleeping all day, not wanting to wake up. Haven't wanted to do anything at all. Just sad. Kinda scary. Thanks for the video.

[@Reree-gz5bg]

I will agree with this. Sometimes doing something feels better

[@larryharper852]

Well done, I’m very comfortable sharing these with my clientele. I’m certain they’ll be helpful

[@SelfHelpToons]

Thanks, I'm always happy to hear that people are sharing these with clients.

[@SeekingGodwithallmyheart]

Thank you so much for your videos, watching it makes more sense to me ❤May God bless you and others through you 🙏🏽

[@diana.julita]

love youre - short video cartoons - they are so relevant and helped to understand. the process of depression clearly, thank you. Youre voice is so peaceful and brings clam in the tourment of negativities feelings and behaviors I can found my self. It open new path and give peance. Thak you

[@AARON-hf7wl]

I wish i found these videos when i was younger they are very valuable thank you

[@bettystandiford5631]

Thank you - I appreciate your help. It’s very hard to get myself going. Miss my grandchildren who live 1200 miles away.

[@ankitwankhede4710]

Sir, you are really doing great job.
Thanks for making such videos. Keep it up.

[@SelfHelpToons]

Thanks!

[@Kayse_Kay]

This is amazing

[@deeparana3660]

I’ve enjoyed watching these. Thank you

[@SelfHelpToons]

Thanks for watching and glad to hear you like them.

[@frostypaw8493]

Thank you so much for all this free information. It means more than you know.

[@ralph7545]

Good video. Thanks.

[@SelfHelpToons]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@rabbitpunch1422]

Thankyou!

[@lourenssianturi4373]

Thank you. Great vudeo

[@SelfHelpToons]

Glad you liked it!

[@byssacpack]

I chuckled at the unicorn and rainbow

[@Masi.Capone]

If you go down a more spiritual path, you find out there really is no purpose in doing anything else. Nothing has any inherent meaning. It sounds dark, but it's actually the most beautiful aspect of life. Everything just is. Language dumbs everything down, which sounds like a paradox cause I'm using language to get my point across, but everything is. Why do anything? For the sake of doing it. Existence is truly abstract art that cannot truly be defined by the analytical mind. We are the universe experiencing and learning itself. The best medicine was learning who I am. "Who are you?" I am...

[@pragatishukla3587]

Very informative video

[@SelfHelpToons]

Glad you liked it

[@grace.b.cleveland]

Million dollar advice

[@chgofirefighter]

If the individual is clinically depressed how can these techniques work? Depression can be a host of a lot of things...sadly, big pharma profits immensely from the suffering of others or better said, humanity’s suffering...

[@SelfHelpToons]

Therapy for clinical depression is as effective as medication. Some people benefit more from therapy, some benefit more from medication, some from a combination of both. On average recovery from depression is about the same whether the treatment involves therapy or medication.

[@Avalonserena]

It’s definitely very hard work as someone who’s been hospitalized for mental illness many times growing up these skills are hard to push yourself to do them! It’s a long slow and painful process. Personally I believe it’s a mix of medication and therapy that has gotten me onto the right track

[@dianarusnov292]

@@Avalonserena Totally agree! Depends on the source of the depression too. If I'm depressed as a result of a BPD trigger, it's a little easier to work through. But if it's a bipolar episode coming almost out of nowhere and it's gotten to a severe point, it's almost hopeless to get out of. Because it's so much more physically exhausting and more severe.

[@rubelmd9883]

Great video! Which software do you use to make the animations?

[@SelfHelpToons]

Thanks! The animations are all done in PowerPoint

[@rubelmd9883]

MBCT Online that’s amazing? How long does it take you on average to produce a video?

[@SelfHelpToons]

My videos are between 4-13 minutes long. The shorter ones take about 30 hours and the longer ones about 60.

[@rubelmd9883]

MBCT Online bless you 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@eveerose6971]

I can't get the documents to download, it says to check internet but the connection is totally fine. Thanks.

[@SelfHelpToons]

I'm not sure what the issue is. I was able to download them from a couple of different browsers and devices. If you email me I can send them to you. My email address is on my about page www.youtube.com/@SelfHelpToons/about

[@Reree-gz5bg]

Ooh one girl, a classmate loves the smoothies from smoothie king. I had a few smoothies from there & fancy chocolate 🍫🖤

[@Star-dj1kw]

✅

[@bleh2590]

My husband has been in therapy and despite seeing these videos and having free access to therapists, he doesn't do anything. So I'm moving away, either he swim or sink at this point.

[@arpankumarpal5478]

God bless you 🙏

[@melissahouston4071]

This sounds like my classmate can't mention her name due to confidential information

[@dasilva10101]

Thanks!

[@SelfHelpToons]

Thanks so much!