What To Do if You Feel Hopeless - Teal Swan -

The state of hopelessness is the feeling state that follows the thought that you are trapped in an intolerable situation and powerless to do something about it… permanently. It is total despair. In this Episode, Teal explains what to do if you are in a state of hopelessness and how to overcome it.

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Teal Swan is a revolutionary for personal transformation and is one of The Most Spiritually Influential Living People in the world. As a renowned author, speaker and social media star, she travels the world teaching self-development and teaching people how to transform their emotional, mental, physical and spiritual pain.

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Beginning Song:
Kuan Yin's Mantra (c) 2002 Lisa Thiel

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[nikkisix]

I appreciate that you validate childhood trauma.  How my parents treated me growing up has affected me my whole life.  Most people have the mindset that if your a grown up you need to grow up and get over it.  Its not that easy to do, I don't want to blame my parents for everything gone wrong in my life but they definitely impacted who I am today.

[Tri-zen-]

I got to a place where I had no choice but to go deeply into the hopelessness. It was one of the most difficult things I have done in my whole life but over two weeks I went from suicidal plans to rebuilding my life. I owe it to people like Teal for giving me the tools to do that.

[RobertLongM]

OMG ... Finally someone who explains why...
Every time I try to work on hope or positive I Crash into despair and rage.

[AndJusticeForMe]

I’m a 43 year-old man, but I am still a terrified child, cowering in a corner.

[queenk]

when feel hopeless:
- allow yourself to feel the emotion when triggered
- 1) do anything to distract yourself, something light that will make you feel better (that demands full attention)
2) focus all attention on consciousness and the state of hopelessness. allow yourself to sink deep into that feeling-state and be completely unconditionally present with it.
- allow yourself to feel it fully
- it might be related to your childhood condition responses to traumas
3) disidentify with your thoughts and feelings by being the observer
- misidentify from thoughts and emotions
- think of yourself as a deep, still lake, your thoughts and emotions are like ripples in the surface
- sink beneath them and you can experience yourself as the stillness underneath who is now observing the feelings and thoughts on the surface of you
- experience them without judgment about whether they are right or wrong or about what they mean
- it helps a lot to stop the momentum of negative spiral thoughts

- appreciation
- let yourself cry
- meet the challenges head on --- solve it. Or, if not able to, what doors does it open to?

[worldmarie]

I am 28 and i feel hopeless. I feel that nothing is going to change and most of the times crying. I don't want to live anymore. Life is a race and I can't stand up up for myself. I am tired. I am not sleeping and all the thinking that evething is wrong. I don't feel worthless anymore, but pessimistic. I am not willing to change, because nothing is going to change. Sometimes i say so not think that way, but when something goes wrong then i say, " i wanna die". I am stuck and lonely.

[impossibledreams]

Its not hopelessness. Its helplessness for me.
There some things I cannot control and I need help from other people.
Its helplessness to get my needs met.

[ginaunger]

tonight I was searching and was at one of my lowest points. then I found this. thank you, you helped realize it's OK to feel this way.

[robroy]

I can't even get off this couch I can't even get out of this house

[MC-cgrr]

This is what I say to all my friends going through hell. I lost my boyfriend a year ago, he suddenly passed away. No need to explain the despair that followed.
I immediately dived into all my feelings. All-of-them. Head on. No hesitation.
I had no other choice. It was excruciating. But it saved my life. I still do that on a daily basis.
I love myself more than ever, and all the voices I have inside of me are most welcome. It’s incredible when I liberate them and face them. It’s incredibly moving even... I can’t believe how sad I can be. My sadness has the right to be.
That’s self love for me. Then all that remains is actually the fear. So then I hug myself as much as I can, and I am not scared to ask my friends to hug me sometimes (though with Covid it’s a bit more complicated).

Anyhoo. Love yourself. Welcome your dark thoughts, all of it. Welcome yourself...

[armandoWebDev]

I forget how many times I watched this video, Livining in a country (Venezuela) where seems that no matter how hard you try seems that there's no way to move forward. You work just to survive, and I know a lot of people will say that I need to be thankful for having at least something to eat when so many people have no food.. But when you're stuck in the same situation during 24 years may be you could start thinking what is the point of all that.. I will continue working as a slave just to buy food and having a mediocre live, with no hope of any change.

[chrispavlou]

"So consider that by surrendering to your own hopelessness, the jail bars might actually swing open!" That is so true! And so poetic said! Thank you a thousand times Teal!!! :)

[JohnnyX]

Teal should seriously consider becoming a porfessional pschologist, she has great insights, and she has sincere compassion for people's suffering.

God bless you Teal.

[madney]

I've been damaged by psyche meds and have been severely depressed after 4 months of severe withdrawal, plenty of ER visits, isolation and now new meds that seem to have made things worse.
Am now bedridden with anxiety and depression
Praying I can get through and see the light ... my Son is my world and I need him as much as he needs me.
This is med induced, have never been a negative person ever.
You are amazing Teal ❤

[WisdomWithin]

Teal Swan is a gift to this earth plane. Everything she says is on point and I doubt any modern new age era philosopher would disagree with her wisdom.

[ASMRconKiki]

The right video, just when I needed it the most. Thank you so much, Teal!

[indegruv]

I made a list 10 years ago, and now my list has become the source of my hopelessness.

[worldmarie]

I am 28 and i feel hopeless. I feel pessimistic. Not worthless, but pessimistic. I am not willing to change, because nothing is gong to change. I don't wanna live anymore. Life is a race and I can't stand up for myself. Sometimes when something goes wrong i say, "i wanna die". I feel so lonely. I am stuck. I am not sleeping anymore i am thinking and thinking until i sleep only 5 hrs a day. When i feel sand in the evening i am not eating just crying or sleeping many hours, opposite way, so as to stop crying. I am trying to do something that i like so as to forget hopelessness, however i am overworking with no break and that makes me tired to do so.

[daria]

She really is a healer❤️thanks you Teal

[kaiman]

Difficult to do things when your depressed, the mind is always confused