These videos are great even for someone who suffers from very mild symptoms. They have helped me have a greater gratitude for life & appreciate what my life has to offer more. Thank You!!!
I like your reference to Tony Robins. Changing our physical state is very powerful. Head up, chin up, shoulders back, full breaths and our mood WILL change. The opposite of this posture is depression state.
Hi Douglas, I'm not sure if you'll read this but your videos have made my life more bearable in recent times. I began watching your videos about a year ago. Recently, however, I've been affected by a medical episode which has caused great anxiety and panic attacks. Your videos on the topic of anxiety have given me crucial insight which has helped me overcome my biggest obstacles, and now I'm more confident in coping with anxiety effectively. Now I'm on a medical plan which serves as a long-term solution, but I'm grateful to have had your perspective and knowledge guide me through the initial step of my recovery. Much love from Australia, Travis 🇦🇺
I’m a Christian, and this is also what the Bible states. Take every thought captive and determine if it’s the truth. Changing my thoughts has been a big help to my mood. It requires constant vigilance in the beginning. Thanks for the great video
Thank you for you candid and kind words. A bad relationship took my inner joy and optimism away, but I try to find motivation and fulfillment in my work, kids and friends, as I work my way out of it. You stories and words are so relatable and uplifting. Thank you.
Thank you Douglas! I have some good news, I've been doing better lately! I don't know if it's because of spring, all the help from my therapists and listening to your videos (which I will always watch!), as of today, I've decided to see how I do without going to therapy twice a week, and going down to once a month. I've come a long way after going over my assessment with my therapist, and even asking them to go over where I started compared to where I am now, gave me the confidence and the realization that I have learned quite a bit! (I have a ways to go, but I'm learning that life is a ball of yarn pieces, pull one, and something else may come loose, and in the background of my brain, things worked themselves out and don't bother me as much any more). I have complex PTSD, MDD, OCD, ADHD, and the umbrella of anxieties. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your videos, your humor, and your time, and I will always be here learning more from you! 👍😊
I’m glad to see you’re feeling better, Chris. I just received some wonderful handouts on complex PTSD. If you leave your email here I will send them to you.
I've just finished two weeks of ECT therapy at a local hospital. Now I am in the maintenance phase where I only go back once a month. I was surprised by how many people actually have this treatment done. I will say that I do feel a bit of an uplifting inside my mind. Essentially, ECT is kind of doing what you discuss here in the video about regrooving the mind, however it is done utilizing a grand mal seizure.
I use a couple of apps to remind me to do some quick journaling each night to retrain my brain for positive thinking. One is Presently which asks you to enter one thing each day that you're thankful for. When you feel horrible, it seems hard at first, but it can be something very basic like I'm thankful for oxygen or sunshine. The other is 3 Good Things, which asks for 3 good things you did that day. Again, it can be something very simple like you took a shower, made your bed, or went outside. There have been studies showing that if you do this for 2-3 weeks, it'll train your brain to notice more positive things. I think it's working for me!
Hi Douglas. I'm scared of becoming a father. My wife is due in about four months and I've been dealing with a lot of anxiety. I really want to be happy and not cause any stress for my wife. I have days when I feel great and grateful and happy about the future. Other days I feel I have a lack of energy and almost feel like I've used up much of my life energy and don't feel like I have enough left to do what I need to do - work, advance in my career, be a good dad and husband and enjoy my interests.
My godson was also terrified about taking care of his son and he also became a great father so, perhaps this is just anticipatory anxiety. Being a parent is a great gift.
Hi Douglas, this is a symptom that has been troubling me for a while now that i cant seem to stop thinking about. I think this is a symptom of my depression but im not sure if others have experienced similar. Its as if nothing looks as good as it did before all this happened to me, like a nice car doesn't look like anything really or an attractive women, sunset, nature. Everything can look just flat.
I'm not quite sure why that happens. Do you have any ideas. Maybe it's hard for you to accept the good. You might want to talk to a counselor about this
Externally when things all seem to be in my favour, I feel I should be happy, try and force it, then feel like a failure and get more depressed when it doesn’t work.
Things will never get better... It is relative, for a decade, or more things haven't been improving, and I'm too set in my ways due to my personality disorder to change my life, I'm to weak. I yearn for a better life, but it hasn't improved, it makes me unhappy, and hopeless.
Since diagnosed with Parkinson's disease two years ago I'm experiencing a lot of depression. I'm told this is common with PD. What are your thoughts sir?
Douglas thank you again I really needed this talk this morning. I’ve been going down that slippery slope of negative thinking and without your help this morning I think I would have wound up in the pit of dispair. My thoughts are with on your knee surgery I wish you a speedy recovery. With much gratitude.
Sir I suffer from multiple sclerosis with 80% disability without walking aid. I was misdiagnosed as a psychiatric patient for a long time. I was recently properly diagnosed. I still wanted to live . So I joined MD Biochemistry, as it is available in India. All the other students feel irritated with me, from no talking to rude answers. I really want to die now .
They said it's my fault that I am slow. And not to create a further issue of it, otherwise, somebody will report the journalist and reputation of the medical college will be tarnished. I feel like I am trapped.
@@DouglasBloch I live in kolkata, I get treated for both neurological, psychiatric problem in Bangalore. I have to go there in June. The psychologist referred by NIMHANS in Kolkata sits in the morning. I am waiting for June. I have to go to the medical college in the morning.
A 20 mile cycle? brilliant Douglas! I also cycle but nothing of that span. Have been finding at 71 and with PTS, commiting daily to a prominent brain-changer site and its exercices is improving mental well-being fantastically. (Brain neuroplasticity, right?) I'm getting older but brain is getting younger! Highly recommend to others as a programmed distraction and changing your focus.
I reacted the same way when I heard the part about the 20 mile cycle! That would be impressive at any age! Grateful for Douglas' good friend to point that out.
@@DouglasBloch Post traumatic stress - guess I should have used PTSD - or has the name changed? I'm not in therapy any more and haven't taken any medication for 38 years. I use whatever tools work, a lot of them what you share and teach.
I was looking for a video that both explained and gave ways to overcome negative bias for work. This is the best one I've come across so far. Thank you.
This channel is underrated. I hope he gets more subscribers and views. He's helped so many people including myself.
Well said totally agree!
I agree. The channel has been losing viewers and I don't know why.
Collaborating with other TH-camrs sometimes helps. You don't have to be in the same room with them. A lot of it is done like a zoom meeting.
@@DouglasBloch I could use a friend instead of changing the depression mentality. I’m only 19, trying to find happiness since 5th grade 😞
Completely agree
These videos are great even for someone who suffers from very mild symptoms. They have helped me have a greater gratitude for life & appreciate what my life has to offer more. Thank You!!!
always so grateful for you
Thank you.
I like your reference to Tony Robins. Changing our physical state is very powerful. Head up, chin up, shoulders back, full breaths and our mood WILL change. The opposite of this posture is depression state.
That's exactly how Tony puts it.
Hi Douglas,
I'm not sure if you'll read this but your videos have made my life more bearable in recent times.
I began watching your videos about a year ago. Recently, however, I've been affected by a medical episode which has caused great anxiety and panic attacks.
Your videos on the topic of anxiety have given me crucial insight which has helped me overcome my biggest obstacles, and now I'm more confident in coping with anxiety effectively.
Now I'm on a medical plan which serves as a long-term solution, but I'm grateful to have had your perspective and knowledge guide me through the initial step of my recovery.
Much love from Australia,
Travis 🇦🇺
Wow all the way from Australia, that's awesome! This channel has helped me too. So happy you're doing better, Travis! I hope you had a good day today.
I'm glad the videos have helped you to feel better.
Doug has done great things for so many , he deserves so much
Thanks.
You always help me. Im in a (feels like) no way out situation. Im going to try the methods you mentioned. Thank you. ❤️
Thank you Douglas. I get through the day by knowing that your videos are available.
You are welcome
I’m a Christian, and this is also what the Bible states. Take every thought captive and determine if it’s the truth. Changing my thoughts has been a big help to my mood. It requires constant vigilance in the beginning. Thanks for the great video
I'm glad it was helpful.
Thank you for you candid and kind words. A bad relationship took my inner joy and optimism away, but I try to find motivation and fulfillment in my work, kids and friends, as I work my way out of it. You stories and words are so relatable and uplifting. Thank you.
You are very welcome.
Amazing video. Much needed for me today. You're so eloquent and articulate. You've earned a subscriber in me. Thank you Doc! ❤️
This is something I've been thinking about recently myself
May you live to reach 100 years, Douglas! You can do it!
Thank you sir your making me feel better
Thank you Douglas! I have some good news, I've been doing better lately! I don't know if it's because of spring, all the help from my therapists and listening to your videos (which I will always watch!), as of today, I've decided to see how I do without going to therapy twice a week, and going down to once a month. I've come a long way after going over my assessment with my therapist, and even asking them to go over where I started compared to where I am now, gave me the confidence and the realization that I have learned quite a bit! (I have a ways to go, but I'm learning that life is a ball of yarn pieces, pull one, and something else may come loose, and in the background of my brain, things worked themselves out and don't bother me as much any more). I have complex PTSD, MDD, OCD, ADHD, and the umbrella of anxieties.
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your videos, your humor, and your time, and I will always be here learning more from you! 👍😊
I’m glad to see you’re feeling better, Chris. I just received some wonderful handouts on complex PTSD. If you leave your email here I will send them to you.
@@DouglasBloch I'll send you my email to your inbox you send your video links to, thank you! 👍
Thank you so much for your words of encouragement. You are always a strength.
Thanks Malcolm. Always good to hear from you.
Thank you for all the information you share. Please don’t stop. We need you and you make a difference ❤️
Thank you, I will
I've just finished two weeks of ECT therapy at a local hospital. Now I am in the maintenance phase where I only go back once a month. I was surprised by how many people actually have this treatment done. I will say that I do feel a bit of an uplifting inside my mind. Essentially, ECT is kind of doing what you discuss here in the video about regrooving the mind, however it is done utilizing a grand mal seizure.
I understand. I did a video called "rebooting your brain with ECT." Also, I underwent the treatment myself.
I guess I'm part of the club then. 🤯
Great, practical and so rational ❤
...by listening to Douglas Bloch, naturallly... 😸❤️🙏🌹😸
Thanks.
Excellent video. I try so hard to stay in the moment. Key word, try. Great techniques. 20 miles, congratulations.
Thanks 👍
This is why I look at my childhood memories in elementary 😃 the happiest state of mind in my experience 😁
I use a couple of apps to remind me to do some quick journaling each night to retrain my brain for positive thinking. One is Presently which asks you to enter one thing each day that you're thankful for. When you feel horrible, it seems hard at first, but it can be something very basic like I'm thankful for oxygen or sunshine. The other is 3 Good Things, which asks for 3 good things you did that day. Again, it can be something very simple like you took a shower, made your bed, or went outside. There have been studies showing that if you do this for 2-3 weeks, it'll train your brain to notice more positive things. I think it's working for me!
That's a very good practice that you are doing
Thanks for this 👌
Hi Douglas. I'm scared of becoming a father. My wife is due in about four months and I've been dealing with a lot of anxiety. I really want to be happy and not cause any stress for my wife. I have days when I feel great and grateful and happy about the future. Other days I feel I have a lack of energy and almost feel like I've used up much of my life energy and don't feel like I have enough left to do what I need to do - work, advance in my career, be a good dad and husband and enjoy my interests.
My godson was also terrified about taking care of his son and he also became a great father so, perhaps this is just anticipatory anxiety. Being a parent is a great gift.
@@DouglasBloch Thank you, Douglas. Much appreciated.
@berit mason Thanks for that! Yes, I'm sure you're right.
I found this very helpful, Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Douglas, this is a symptom that has been troubling me for a while now that i cant seem to stop thinking about. I think this is a symptom of my depression but im not sure if others have experienced similar. Its as if nothing looks as good as it did before all this happened to me, like a nice car doesn't look like anything really or an attractive women, sunset, nature. Everything can look just flat.
Yes, that is a symptom of depression it's called anhedonia, having a lack of pleasure in one's life
Thanks Douglas , your words are very helpful 👍and inspiring. 😀
Glad to hear that!
Thank you for posting. Can you explain why when something good happens, which isnt often, my immediate feeling is one of depression. Thank you.
I'm not quite sure why that happens. Do you have any ideas. Maybe it's hard for you to accept the good. You might want to talk to a counselor about this
Externally when things all seem to be in my favour, I feel I should be happy, try and force it, then feel like a failure and get more depressed when it doesn’t work.
You need the “ Thanks “ button, it sits next to the save button. Ppl can donate to you while watching these videos.
Can you call me and show me how it works. Where is the "thanks button."
Thank you so much for sharing! Do you think depression cause attention deficit and memory issues?
Yes, depression can bring with it cognitive problems. Talk with your service or your prescriber
Things will never get better... It is relative, for a decade, or more things haven't been improving, and I'm too set in my ways due to my personality disorder to change my life, I'm to weak. I yearn for a better life, but it hasn't improved, it makes me unhappy, and hopeless.
In what way have things not improved?
I hear you....I do not have the strength or interest to face the modern world
I'm sorry to hear you feel stuck. Have you tried going to a counselor therapist. Psychotherapy can help change past patterns.
@@DouglasBloch No, but if things deteriorate more, I just might, thing is that I'm currently financially unsound...
Since diagnosed with Parkinson's disease two years ago I'm experiencing a lot of depression. I'm told this is common with PD. What are your thoughts sir?
😊😊😊
Sometimes I will ask myself this simple question- Life is hard enough why do I always make it more difficult than need be? 😆
Douglas thank you again I really needed this talk this morning. I’ve been going down that slippery slope of negative thinking and without your help this morning I think I would have wound up in the pit of dispair. My thoughts are with on your knee surgery I wish you a speedy recovery. With much gratitude.
Thank you
Why did the Easter egg hide?
Because he was a little chicken 🐣🌻🤗
I appreciate your efforts, but there are some people for whom this will not work.
haha. Switzerland.
correct
Sir I suffer from multiple sclerosis with 80% disability without walking aid. I was misdiagnosed as a psychiatric patient for a long time. I was recently properly diagnosed. I still wanted to live . So I joined MD Biochemistry, as it is available in India. All the other students feel irritated with me, from no talking to rude answers. I really want to die now .
I'm sorry they're irritated with you. Can you talk to the teacher about it.
@@DouglasBloch they don't care
They said it's my fault that I am slow. And not to create a further issue of it, otherwise, somebody will report the journalist and reputation of the medical college will be tarnished. I feel like I am trapped.
Do you have a counselor you can talk with.
@@DouglasBloch I live in kolkata, I get treated for both neurological, psychiatric problem in Bangalore. I have to go there in June. The psychologist referred by NIMHANS in Kolkata sits in the morning. I am waiting for June. I have to go to the medical college in the morning.
A 20 mile cycle? brilliant Douglas! I also cycle but nothing of that span. Have been finding at 71 and with PTS, commiting daily to a prominent brain-changer site and its exercices is improving mental well-being fantastically. (Brain neuroplasticity, right?) I'm getting older but brain is getting younger! Highly recommend to others as a programmed distraction and changing your focus.
I reacted the same way when I heard the part about the 20 mile cycle! That would be impressive at any age! Grateful for Douglas' good friend to point that out.
Jan, what is PTS
@@DouglasBloch Post traumatic stress - guess I should have used PTSD - or has the name changed? I'm not in therapy any more and haven't taken any medication for 38 years. I use whatever tools work, a lot of them what you share and teach.
Ha ha 😂 my first ex mother in law is Swiss (flag joke!) x
I'm glad somebody got the joke
I was looking for a video that both explained and gave ways to overcome negative bias for work. This is the best one I've come across so far. Thank you.