Perfect video for today. I went to my therapist yesterday and I came back completely overwhelmed by the magnitude and length of time I've been struggling with anxiety and OCD. I was speaking to my colleague this morning and I said to her "my brain keeps telling that there is no point trying to fix myself, how can I, I'm almost 35 and it would take years and years to try and change the way my brain worked for basically my entire life, it just seems impossible". I have to constantly remind myself to take one day at a time....baby steps in the right direction.
Enjoy those steps! Something I found really helpful was changing my definition of success and making sure it was something very close. For instance, if you were preparing for a marathon, you would spend months not running the full distance of the marathon. So if you only see success as completing the marathon, then you'll spend months being unsuccessful. That probably won't be an enjoyable way to train. Overcoming mental health issues is very similar. Sure, we want to complete the marathon, but each step is actually a component of that goal. So it's useful to see the steps as successes. It's much easier to build on success than to constantly be chasing a far-off goal.
Yeah...good idea. It will help to make it all a bit more possible, just need to keep reminding myself. I downloaded a little gratitude journal, thought that might help me to list the things I've done and maybe learn to take some pride in them even if it was just to meditate for 5 minutes that day. So when I have really really bad days I can just look back at where I've come and what I've managed to do even if it's just small things. I'm gonna get postads and stick them around like you suggested with little bits of inspiration and reminders. My weekend task :)
I really resonate with this metaphor. I've had a similar idea in mind for a while actually- like I'm drowning under the water while other people are surfing on the waves. Thanks for all that you do Mark. I really appreciate your videos.
Bless this video. I'm so done with therapists or people in support groups (mainly on Facebook,) telling me I'm chemically imbalanced, "just don't let your thoughts get the better of you", "here just take this pill", "just be positive" "don't let those thoughts get the better of you," "just calm down." Ughhhh.
I am drowning right now. I keep telling mental health providers that and they don't get it, so it's time to make some changes. I'm looking into an ERP therapist and Act therapist and leaving my insurance plan for someone with better psych training. Can't keep doing this. I think this the most helpful video I've seen so far cause I'm learning now that I've gone about this all backwards and so have my mental health professionals. I'm so sick of labels holding me back and avoiding, I've run out of things to avoid.
I have been asking for 3-4 years why can’t depression and anxiety and even past trauma be treated like bad habits or unhealthy coping mechanisms that need a recovery program? And here you are 😁 🙏🏼 I learned about you from Kingofkingsenergy who I actually also just discovered today. I have so much more hope. Your content is revolutionary IMO! Tysm.
Great analogy Mark .... As you mension, many people don't have access to treatment. In my case I don't have money to pay for psychotherapy but the psychiatrist helped me with medication and your videos have been helping me to learn how to swim .... thank you for the lessons!!! thanks to your videos now i feel as if i have control over OCD !!!
It really feels like drowning. I'm going through the worst crisis in my life and I truly feel like struggling to stay afloat...sometimes I even feel I can't breathe...
Hello Mark, first i really respect what you do for people. See im struggling with ocd for 4 years now and im finally getting better. A great deal of that is by your video's and therapy. now there is something id like more information about and its one of my last things i need to clear up. What's your take on the URGES you can feel? i hate those the most and they bug me the most. What's the most effective way of dealing with those? Greets Christophe. Ps:keep up the good work Mark!!!
Thanks! That's great you're seeing progress. Urges are things I include with feelings, thoughts, and memories as: STUFF IN YOUR HEAD. I don't differentiate between feelings, thoughts, memories, or urges. So now when I'm talking about them, I try to remember to refer to them as "stuff in your head". But I do forget sometimes. But it really is all the same--it's your internal experience. A big component of any mental health issue is reacting to our internal experience with coping, checking, and controlling compulsions. The label you stick on it doesn't change how to accept it. The urges are there. You're experiencing them. That's fine. They don't have to change the healthy things you're going to do that align with your values and will help you work towards your goals in life. So I'd say the way I've dealt with them is basically by not doing anything with them. They can be there. I don't have to react to them. It is a process of learning how to let urges be there and not engage in compulsions so start with something small. Recently I did a video on not checking your cellphone: th-cam.com/video/Je3r2mg3EEg/w-d-xo.html That's a typical exercise I give clients early on when working together and it's just for learning how to catch an urge and not react to it. There are many urges we react to in our daily lives. So there're lots of opportunities to practice!
That's just the answer i was looking for:D (or my ocd) :p. I just find it difficult because the urges feel different somewhat since they are not experienced like they are in my head, its the all physical thing aswell but i'll try to just let them be there and accept them. Thanks Mark:)
Oh my goodness....this made my brain go...click... Oh my goodness...I have had people take care of me sense teenager because of mental illness..Now that I am twenty eight...I have become completely depended on people for my stability...Now it seems that everyone has move on...I guess because Im too old...And Im having a hard time....I guess I never learned how to swim...But I can now...thank you so much...you have no idea how much this has help me....
I'm not special and my obsessions are not special...they go in the big heap of garbage as everyone elses trash...cause thats all they are ..trash from a glob of brain matter that wasnt wired rite. Im spendin my time on fun things i want and deserve to do. When the grievous guilty fear comes in and tells me the whole world is g onna fall apart because your so irresponsible to do one simple checking task, i say Awesome!!:) i want the world to blow up and for all my family and friends to die. That would make me so happy. !! Yippie!! The disorder can fill me with lies, i got lies too. It doesnt matter...whatever gets me out of the loops to get to freedom...normalcy where god wants me. Thanks for All the Positive videos Mark!!
Very interesting perspective. In the nature vs. nurture debate, I guess it is worth noting that how an individual responds to their biology makes a big difference, just like in the example of physical fitness. While I have seen strong evidence of biological factors in OCD and other mental illnesses, I very much appreciate the reminder that I can control my recovery, I can control how I respond and learn. Very empowering, thanks.
Hi Mark, my OCD themes are horrible i.e obsessions over obsessions. HAVING INTRUSIVE THOUGHT AND THEN HAVING ANOTHER THOUGHT VERIFYING THAT WHETHER THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT WAS INTRUSIVE OR NORMAL.
@@TheManuelPhoenix yeah I have watched and they are really relatable + informative, now em in position to ignore every obsessive thought, but still quality of life has been deteriorated due to anxiety.
@@malaikatariq4840 just keep on don't check things etc. and don't avoid challenging situations and anxiety will get lower and lower. I know it's hard though.
I'm going to develop a coaching training program in the new year. I do have a mental health writing workshop that I run that tends to be popular amongst people looking to get into this type of work: www.thetoolkitstore.com/product/write-your-brain-mental-health-writing-workshop/?v=3e8d115eb4b3 I did an ACT training program with Steven C Hayes. He has an online program now that you can do and find by Googling his name and something like "online ACT course". If you want to get into this, what I encourage people to do to get started is to start sharing content and building a community. You can't just show up tomorrow and announce that you're an expert. A certificate isn't going to mean anything. 10 certificates won't mean anything. We're moving into an era with mental health that's much more like physical fitness. If you want to find a personal fitness trainer, you go on TH-cam and watch exercise videos. When I hired a personal trainer, I found him on Instagram, so I could hear what he had to say and try workouts he suggested. I could experience firsthand that he was an expert and he demonstrated those skills in his life and I could see he had a track record of demonstrating skills. That's what makes somebody an expert in this work. So get started on sharing and building community!
So you obviously had ocd in the past, and you still do- could you give me a bit of a breakdown on how life is after overcoming the basic fears you have? Like are thoughts still there 24/7, are you still constantly aware of things that bother you and make you want to compulse or is it like it's just normal and you don't see it as anything wrong, I myself have mostly pure O and I'm wondering after I overcome this is it just gonna be that I don't care anymore about the thought even though they are still there? Or is it they'll stop happening as much
Justgirlythings I actually don't have OCD now. I've been OCD free for around five years. I wouldn't classify as having OCD by any measure. And to answer your first question, life after OCD is AWESOME. The other questions you asked are common reassurance-seeking questions. I don't provide reassurance because seeking it is a compulsion and providing it only makes things worse. You also mentioned thoughts bothering you and making you want to "compulse", but you also mentioned having Pure O. Reacting to thoughts with compulsions isn't Pure O, that's just OCD. One tip I can provide is that it helps to tackle OCD holistically. The labels and "themes" that you see thrown around on the Internet aren't necessarily helpful and can often become barriers to overcoming OCD. Instead of focusing on thoughts and whether they'll be there in the future, it can help to shift the focus to doing things that will make you healthy and happy in the long-term. You may find it helpful to access help from a psychologist trained in helping people overcome OCD and they can help you start to make those changes.
Hi Mark, have you heard about such obsession. Since last few days i am getting obsessive intrusive thoughts where i feel like getting a bad words in my mind for loved ones. Is this common? thank you
Judging an obsession as unusual and checking if it's common are very common compulsions! If you go online checking to see if people have similar obsessions to you, that's a compulsion that will just create a feeling that people don't have similar obsessions to you. All uncertainties are just uncertainties. Instead of getting caught up in superficial differences, cut out the compulsions.
I approach mental health and fitness the same as physical health and fitness. When it comes to physical fitness, genes certainly play a role and you can go to any gym on the planet and see many different body shapes and sizes that reflect that genetic diversity. But if somebody wants to get into great physical shape, no matter where they're starting at with their genes, they've got to do the same things: exercise and eat healthy. Each person might vary the type of exercise because of how their bodies are built, but inside the body it's all very similar--it's about raising the heart rate, pushing the cardiovascular system, breaking down and building up muscle, and either taking in more calories than you're using, or expending more calories than you're taking in. Everybody can get into great shape if they do the things that help them get into great shape. Genetics are part of the context and if you view that as a barrier, then it's just a challenge to overcome. Likewise, when it comes to mental health, sure, genes play a role. But I don't see how that would impact the healthy things you have to do to build recovery: accepting the stuff in your head and doing healthy things that align with your values. I think looking for the genetic cause of something like OCD would be like looking for a genetic cause for why somebody can't swim. You could find common genetic traits amongst people who don't swim because they may come from an area that doesn't have water to swim in. If you did genetic testing on people who live in the desert and have lived there for centuries, you'd find common genes AND they'd also be non-swimmers. That doesn't mean you've found the gene that causes drowning. Whether somebody comes from a long history of non-swimmers or a long history of swimmers, they still have to learn how to swim or they won't be able to swim. The healthy things they need to do will not change. What I'm suggesting is that mental health is no different. If something is inherited or not is just fine. That's part of the environment of recovery along with a million other things. What's important are the healthy things you do now.
***** I liked the analogy and I do believe it's probably a useful aide in recovery, although I was a little concerned that part of you video sort of suggested that all Mental Health illnesses aren't illnesses and are just a lack of skillsets etc to combat them. I'm sure you didn't mean that, and were more referring to the recovery aspect.
***** I think that's a good analogy. It's important to not make any genetic history into a symbol of determinism. It may be that it's just a tendency or it may be that it's a mosaic structure of a myriad factors, one of which is a genetic sensitivity or emotional "impressability" of sorts. Pathologization is almost always wrong. I'm with you on that :)
Great video ! Thank you ! I have an idea. Why not use analogy of push-ups or pull-ups as well ? If I were not able to do 10 or whatever number of pull-ups, would it help if I just beat myself up and never practiced ? I guess, no. It's obvious, that I need to practice and one day I will be able to do them. So, overcoming the issues with mental health is the matter of actually doing some work-out . Why not also set up a mental training routine (analogous to fitness training routine ) to get more issues fixed ?
Exactly, it's just like that. Yes, setting up a regular mental fitness program is a great way to overcome mental health issues. I have an online course called Mental Fitness 101 that covers the basic exercises I start clients on during the first month of working together. If you're interested in trying that out, send an email through my website www.markfreeman.ca and I'll send you a discount code.
Perfect video for today. I went to my therapist yesterday and I came back completely overwhelmed by the magnitude and length of time I've been struggling with anxiety and OCD. I was speaking to my colleague this morning and I said to her "my brain keeps telling that there is no point trying to fix myself, how can I, I'm almost 35 and it would take years and years to try and change the way my brain worked for basically my entire life, it just seems impossible".
I have to constantly remind myself to take one day at a time....baby steps in the right direction.
Enjoy those steps! Something I found really helpful was changing my definition of success and making sure it was something very close. For instance, if you were preparing for a marathon, you would spend months not running the full distance of the marathon. So if you only see success as completing the marathon, then you'll spend months being unsuccessful. That probably won't be an enjoyable way to train. Overcoming mental health issues is very similar. Sure, we want to complete the marathon, but each step is actually a component of that goal. So it's useful to see the steps as successes. It's much easier to build on success than to constantly be chasing a far-off goal.
Yeah...good idea. It will help to make it all a bit more possible, just need to keep reminding myself. I downloaded a little gratitude journal, thought that might help me to list the things I've done and maybe learn to take some pride in them even if it was just to meditate for 5 minutes that day. So when I have really really bad days I can just look back at where I've come and what I've managed to do even if it's just small things.
I'm gonna get postads and stick them around like you suggested with little bits of inspiration and reminders. My weekend task :)
Lisa Bulpin I hope you're doing better!
I'm learning to swim. I'm getting better. Sometimes I just get tired of practicing, but I don't sink completely anymore :)
Daniela Ravenous You're a swimmer now! It's totally ok to take breaks and admire the scenery. All swimmers do that. Happy swimming!
Man thank you so much for these videos, these are the only ones on OCD that have really helped me so far.
Happy to be part of the journey!
This analogy is so accurate. Thank you for all your videos, Mark.
Amazing content, absolute GOLD..
Thank you very much 🙏😘
Thank you!
I really resonate with this metaphor. I've had a similar idea in mind for a while actually- like I'm drowning under the water while other people are surfing on the waves. Thanks for all that you do Mark. I really appreciate your videos.
Bless this video. I'm so done with therapists or people in support groups (mainly on Facebook,) telling me I'm chemically imbalanced, "just don't let your thoughts get the better of you", "here just take this pill", "just be positive" "don't let those thoughts get the better of you," "just calm down." Ughhhh.
This is amazing man this helped me a lot as I begin to "swim" myself.
William Bachman Enjoy the swimming, William!
I am drowning right now. I keep telling mental health providers that and they don't get it, so it's time to make some changes. I'm looking into an ERP therapist and Act therapist and leaving my insurance plan for someone with better psych training. Can't keep doing this. I think this the most helpful video I've seen so far cause I'm learning now that I've gone about this all backwards and so have my mental health professionals. I'm so sick of labels holding me back and avoiding, I've run out of things to avoid.
I have been asking for 3-4 years why can’t depression and anxiety and even past trauma be treated like bad habits or unhealthy coping mechanisms that need a recovery program? And here you are 😁 🙏🏼
I learned about you from Kingofkingsenergy who I actually also just discovered today. I have so much more hope. Your content is revolutionary IMO! Tysm.
Thank you so much, you really helped me with your videos through years of struggling. May god bless you and help you all your life. Thank you a lot !
Happy to be part of the journey :)
Dude! This is such a unique look. I love it!!!!
Wow man, thank you for this!! It was beautiful!! 🥰
Thanks!
Great analogy Mark .... As you mension, many people don't have access to treatment. In my case I don't have money to pay for psychotherapy but the psychiatrist helped me with medication and your videos have been helping me to learn how to swim .... thank you for the lessons!!! thanks to your videos now i feel as if i have control over OCD !!!
Leo da Silva Thanks, Leo! That's awesome you're getting a handle on OCD. Happy swimming!
I wish I can thank this guy in person. He is so amazing. Thank you so mush mark. God bless you. I really hope to meet you one day
Great analogy about the drowning or swimming.
I'm kinda floating.
Enjoy the float!
Love it Mark, I am on the journey to becoming a good swimmer!!
Scott Adams You're already swimming such amazing distances!
It really feels like drowning. I'm going through the worst crisis in my life and I truly feel like struggling to stay afloat...sometimes I even feel I can't breathe...
Brilliant comparison. Thanks again!
That’s a great analogy.
Hello Mark, first i really respect what you do for people. See im struggling with ocd for 4 years now and im finally getting better. A great deal of that is by your video's and therapy. now there is something id like more information about and its one of my last things i need to clear up. What's your take on the URGES you can feel? i hate those the most and they bug me the most. What's the most effective way of dealing with those?
Greets Christophe.
Ps:keep up the good work Mark!!!
Thanks! That's great you're seeing progress. Urges are things I include with feelings, thoughts, and memories as: STUFF IN YOUR HEAD. I don't differentiate between feelings, thoughts, memories, or urges. So now when I'm talking about them, I try to remember to refer to them as "stuff in your head". But I do forget sometimes. But it really is all the same--it's your internal experience. A big component of any mental health issue is reacting to our internal experience with coping, checking, and controlling compulsions. The label you stick on it doesn't change how to accept it. The urges are there. You're experiencing them. That's fine. They don't have to change the healthy things you're going to do that align with your values and will help you work towards your goals in life. So I'd say the way I've dealt with them is basically by not doing anything with them. They can be there. I don't have to react to them. It is a process of learning how to let urges be there and not engage in compulsions so start with something small. Recently I did a video on not checking your cellphone: th-cam.com/video/Je3r2mg3EEg/w-d-xo.html That's a typical exercise I give clients early on when working together and it's just for learning how to catch an urge and not react to it. There are many urges we react to in our daily lives. So there're lots of opportunities to practice!
That's just the answer i was looking for:D (or my ocd) :p. I just find it difficult because the urges feel different somewhat since they are not experienced like they are in my head, its the all physical thing aswell but i'll try to just let them be there and accept them. Thanks Mark:)
Oh my goodness....this made my brain go...click... Oh my goodness...I have had people take care of me sense teenager because of mental illness..Now that I am twenty eight...I have become completely depended on people for my stability...Now it seems that everyone has move on...I guess because Im too old...And Im having a hard time....I guess I never learned how to swim...But I can now...thank you so much...you have no idea how much this has help me....
IAMLONDA Have fun learning how to swim! It's never too late to get started on learning healthy skills. I'm glad the video helped!
I'm not special and my obsessions are not special...they go in the big heap of garbage as everyone elses trash...cause thats all they are
..trash from a glob of brain matter that wasnt wired rite. Im spendin my time on fun things i want and deserve to do. When the grievous guilty fear comes in and tells me the whole world is g
onna fall apart because your so irresponsible to do one simple checking task, i say Awesome!!:) i want the world to blow up and for all my family and friends to die. That would make me so happy. !! Yippie!! The disorder can fill me with lies, i got lies too. It doesnt matter...whatever gets me out of the loops to get to freedom...normalcy where god wants me. Thanks for All the Positive videos Mark!!
thanks alot , very impressive video
Great Insigjt Mark. Thanks
Very interesting perspective. In the nature vs. nurture debate, I guess it is worth noting that how an individual responds to their biology makes a big difference, just like in the example of physical fitness. While I have seen strong evidence of biological factors in OCD and other mental illnesses, I very much appreciate the reminder that I can control my recovery, I can control how I respond and learn. Very empowering, thanks.
+Sonya Henson Happy swimming!
Hi Mark, my OCD themes are horrible i.e obsessions over obsessions. HAVING INTRUSIVE THOUGHT AND THEN HAVING ANOTHER THOUGHT VERIFYING THAT WHETHER THE ORIGINAL THOUGHT WAS INTRUSIVE OR NORMAL.
I hope you're better now.
@@TheManuelPhoenix its the same misery😨
@@malaikatariq4840 I am sorry to hear that. Have you watched the others mark's videos? They have been immensely helpful for me, among other material.
@@TheManuelPhoenix yeah I have watched and they are really relatable + informative, now em in position to ignore every obsessive thought, but still quality of life has been deteriorated due to anxiety.
@@malaikatariq4840 just keep on don't check things etc. and don't avoid challenging situations and anxiety will get lower and lower. I know it's hard though.
Hello Mark do you know how can I enroll in a program to become an expert in ERP or a coach to help people?
I'm going to develop a coaching training program in the new year. I do have a mental health writing workshop that I run that tends to be popular amongst people looking to get into this type of work: www.thetoolkitstore.com/product/write-your-brain-mental-health-writing-workshop/?v=3e8d115eb4b3 I did an ACT training program with Steven C Hayes. He has an online program now that you can do and find by Googling his name and something like "online ACT course". If you want to get into this, what I encourage people to do to get started is to start sharing content and building a community. You can't just show up tomorrow and announce that you're an expert. A certificate isn't going to mean anything. 10 certificates won't mean anything. We're moving into an era with mental health that's much more like physical fitness. If you want to find a personal fitness trainer, you go on TH-cam and watch exercise videos. When I hired a personal trainer, I found him on Instagram, so I could hear what he had to say and try workouts he suggested. I could experience firsthand that he was an expert and he demonstrated those skills in his life and I could see he had a track record of demonstrating skills. That's what makes somebody an expert in this work. So get started on sharing and building community!
Haha damn this is so true and everyone needs to hear it
😁🙌
Inspirational!
Helps alot, keep it up!
So you obviously had ocd in the past, and you still do- could you give me a bit of a breakdown on how life is after overcoming the basic fears you have? Like are thoughts still there 24/7, are you still constantly aware of things that bother you and make you want to compulse or is it like it's just normal and you don't see it as anything wrong, I myself have mostly pure O and I'm wondering after I overcome this is it just gonna be that I don't care anymore about the thought even though they are still there? Or is it they'll stop happening as much
Justgirlythings I actually don't have OCD now. I've been OCD free for around five years. I wouldn't classify as having OCD by any measure. And to answer your first question, life after OCD is AWESOME.
The other questions you asked are common reassurance-seeking questions. I don't provide reassurance because seeking it is a compulsion and providing it only makes things worse. You also mentioned thoughts bothering you and making you want to "compulse", but you also mentioned having Pure O. Reacting to thoughts with compulsions isn't Pure O, that's just OCD. One tip I can provide is that it helps to tackle OCD holistically. The labels and "themes" that you see thrown around on the Internet aren't necessarily helpful and can often become barriers to overcoming OCD. Instead of focusing on thoughts and whether they'll be there in the future, it can help to shift the focus to doing things that will make you healthy and happy in the long-term. You may find it helpful to access help from a psychologist trained in helping people overcome OCD and they can help you start to make those changes.
Hi Mark, have you heard about such obsession. Since last few days i am getting obsessive intrusive thoughts where i feel like getting a bad words in my mind for loved ones. Is this common? thank you
Judging an obsession as unusual and checking if it's common are very common compulsions! If you go online checking to see if people have similar obsessions to you, that's a compulsion that will just create a feeling that people don't have similar obsessions to you. All uncertainties are just uncertainties. Instead of getting caught up in superficial differences, cut out the compulsions.
Does it matter if it's genetic or just a lack of skills? Does it matter in terms of the outcome of therapy?
I approach mental health and fitness the same as physical health and fitness. When it comes to physical fitness, genes certainly play a role and you can go to any gym on the planet and see many different body shapes and sizes that reflect that genetic diversity. But if somebody wants to get into great physical shape, no matter where they're starting at with their genes, they've got to do the same things: exercise and eat healthy. Each person might vary the type of exercise because of how their bodies are built, but inside the body it's all very similar--it's about raising the heart rate, pushing the cardiovascular system, breaking down and building up muscle, and either taking in more calories than you're using, or expending more calories than you're taking in. Everybody can get into great shape if they do the things that help them get into great shape. Genetics are part of the context and if you view that as a barrier, then it's just a challenge to overcome.
Likewise, when it comes to mental health, sure, genes play a role. But I don't see how that would impact the healthy things you have to do to build recovery: accepting the stuff in your head and doing healthy things that align with your values.
I think looking for the genetic cause of something like OCD would be like looking for a genetic cause for why somebody can't swim. You could find common genetic traits amongst people who don't swim because they may come from an area that doesn't have water to swim in. If you did genetic testing on people who live in the desert and have lived there for centuries, you'd find common genes AND they'd also be non-swimmers. That doesn't mean you've found the gene that causes drowning. Whether somebody comes from a long history of non-swimmers or a long history of swimmers, they still have to learn how to swim or they won't be able to swim. The healthy things they need to do will not change. What I'm suggesting is that mental health is no different. If something is inherited or not is just fine. That's part of the environment of recovery along with a million other things. What's important are the healthy things you do now.
***** I liked the analogy and I do believe it's probably a useful aide in recovery, although I was a little concerned that part of you video sort of suggested that all Mental Health illnesses aren't illnesses and are just a lack of skillsets etc to combat them. I'm sure you didn't mean that, and were more referring to the recovery aspect.
*****
I think that's a good analogy. It's important to not make any genetic history into a symbol of determinism. It may be that it's just a tendency or it may be that it's a mosaic structure of a myriad factors, one of which is a genetic sensitivity or emotional "impressability" of sorts. Pathologization is almost always wrong. I'm with you on that :)
Great video ! Thank you ! I have an idea. Why not use analogy of push-ups or pull-ups as well ? If I were not able to do 10 or whatever number of pull-ups, would it help if I just beat myself up and never practiced ? I guess, no. It's obvious, that I need to practice and one day I will be able to do them. So, overcoming the issues with mental health is the matter of actually doing some work-out . Why not also set up a mental training routine (analogous to fitness training routine ) to get more issues fixed ?
Exactly, it's just like that. Yes, setting up a regular mental fitness program is a great way to overcome mental health issues. I have an online course called Mental Fitness 101 that covers the basic exercises I start clients on during the first month of working together. If you're interested in trying that out, send an email through my website www.markfreeman.ca and I'll send you a discount code.
I am still hearing dogs ,
It is terrible , and I Felt guilty .
I can't swim
Mark thanks. Can I have your email address?