How your brain is working against you

My productivity desk:

[MaximilianTheBassFisherman]

That fact that you’re so straightforward with your “subtle” YouTube tactics somehow makes them bearable.

[gioovannabp]

It's bizarre how most times we even know we are not what we are setting for but being in the comfort zone is somehow secure even though it hurts to be stuck, taking risks and exposing ourselves is as well...

[AlexAwssp]

I'm on a war with myself 24/7 . My biggest enemy is my own self. I'm still on it tho . I still lose sometimes . But I'm taking more control than I ever been .

[AJuresic]

One question that I always ask myself when I face negative thoughts or doubts is: What evidence is there for these thoughts? This helps me to zoom out and realize most of the time these thoughts are just, well thoughts. Also, celebrate your successes. As I am a person who likes to challenge himself I find it hard to say ‘’You did a good job, Albert”. But I realized by doing so, you will feel much happier. Everyone one of you can do this! You are an amazing storyteller and inspired me to also start a channel. I am nowhere near your level. But then again: what evidence is there for not give it a try? Keep going with your content!

[TylerDamsma]

I’m not usually one to comment on YouTube videos, but this spoke to me. I’ve been doing some reshaping of my brain and imposter syndrome for the person you want to be is a very real thing. As a younger, less “popular” brother myself, I’ve definitely internalized that. I’ve always felt like an “introvert by force” and whenever I act the way I wish I would I get overcome with anxiety and guilt for not being “me”. But I’m going to keep making myself uncomfortable in small ways to slowly become the person I’m supposed to be.

[InnerLightGuns]

damn this was beautiful I legit almost cried - this dude feels way more genuine than the other self improvement channels that have these weird and useless brands that they promote

[lacey]

I've had to deal with severe major depression and anxiety my whole life and I've worked very hard on rewriting my brain. A negative thought would come by and I have learned to say, "this feeling is real, but it may not be true." And I now face the negative feelings as they come instead of letting them build up. It has gotten to the point now where I don't even have to try to do this anymore, my brain does it automatically. I'll be going through my day and an intrusive negative thought will pop into my head and literally I react shocked and think to myself, "Woah there, edge lord. Chill out it's not that bad we are fine and we are safe." I have found that a lot of this is just learning to have conversations with yourself and mediate yourself.

[Ellary_Rosewood]

Something I've been trying to do the last few years is to stop telling myself these negative things, such as "Ellary, why are you so lazy? You need to edit and post that video to YouTube!", or "Ellary, why are you so stupid?" and instead tell myself all the things that I'm proud of and have overcome. It's really made a lot of difference in both my confidence and mental health. I noticed that things immediately started to get better for me, even in just a short time. Of course, I still tell myself these things every once in a while, but I've gotten much better at catching myself and saying "NO!" to those thoughts. ❤️

[_danfiz]

I am in a rut of negative thinking, feeling hopeless and helpless. Plus seeing people achieveing my dream life makes me feel so useless. So yeah, i am in a self loathing state. But thank you for the reminder this video provides.

[TheDhammaHub]

Our biological programming can really work against us in many situations. The context changed so much that we aren't "forced" to act the same way as before - this can really throw us off track

[CurtisOnYoutube]

You read my mind with this video! I accidentally became agoraphobic 6 months ago. Right at the end of December I changed the story I was telling myself and it’s been working wonders. I had tried to use exposure therapy to get over this but I would end up at square one time and time again so this time I had an idea. I would stop telling myself I’m agoraphobic and I did that through having a plan to leave the house every day this year. Even if I’m not feeling well do a small trip around the block and as long as I do that then how can I be agoraphobic. Would an agoraphobic person be out of the house every day in a year while even doing two trips a day some times and I was like well no. It’s only been 1 month and I’ve been across town a handful of times where less than a month ago I couldn’t keep it together going around the block. This changing the story we tell our selves is so powerful and truly an amazing thing.

[AhmetKaan]

*Everything negative around you is an opportunity for you to rise up. Stop caring about what others are thinking, just start putting in the work. I am cheering for you...*

[Mr_M_History]

BetterIdeas - the channel we all want to be!!

[Hanzo]

Joey I can’t thank you enough for everything you’ve posted.

You seem to always post a video when things aren’t going as planned for me, they have helped me so much.

This journey of self improvement is hard and difficult, but you’ve helped me tremendously.

Thank you Joey

[MegaLuc]

This channel has done so much for me, thank you for the uploads!! It's funny that he always seems to find a new way to put something into words to help out (even if it could be repetitive advice, its delivered in a way that offers a new outlook on it)

[nordic_edits]

This sentences at 4:55 "It feels like its not really YOU doing these things [...]" wow man this catched me really hard! Feels really true. I really give my best now to change things and that the brain biological adapts to behaviour changes really motivates me to go on. Thanks for this video (and this crazy good ending, escpecially because you didn't really hit the 10 minute mark :D) and have a wonderful day! :)

[someguynamedsteve]

Ive been dealing with someone online pretending to be me and setting up blogs trying to portray me as a heartless sexhound who parades around the women ive supposedly been with. It took a tremendous toll on my mental and emotional health and destroyed my relationship with my now ex-girlfriend.

These days because of this ive felt trapped inside my own head; constantly saying things to myself over and over such as "Maybe falling in love with someone and being happy with her just isnt in the cards for me.". Or "this must be some sort of karma for my past mistakes and bad behavior.".

I dont know what the solution is or if there even is one for the online thing, but im actually more unnerved by my mental fragility and how ive been handling it. I feel exhausted by it all.

[mithilmithani]

Amazing video. I really needed this this today. Over the last few months I have gone through some really difficult times as I lost my father at the age of 21, that too after 2020 which already had such a huge mental effect. I have tried really hard to be strong during this tough time by meditating, reading Non-Fiction, working out etc. But in spite of all this it has still been very difficult which triggered a very negative point of view of myself, but this video directly addressed it and I am very thankful to you for creating deep, meaningful content.

[ryko]

Scarily what I needed to hear! Been looking for a way to get rid of my limiting beliefs, the idea that I can't do anything well or change the monotony of life, and this is exactly the answer to what I was looking for! Thanks a lot!!

[wooyaa]

I had no idea how badly I've needed to hear this. I've been following self improvement for a while, and this, along with the slight edge, are the BEST self improvement advices I've heard so far