If You're Feeling Overwhelmed Watch This

Join us for an insightful discussion on effectively managing the experience of feeling overwhelmed. In this video, we'll embark on a journey to diagnose the underlying causes of being mentally overwhelmed and explore strategies to navigate and alleviate this sensation.

Addressing feelings of being overwhelmed requires a multifaceted approach. We'll begin by delving into the root causes, and understanding why the mind experiences this state in the first place. Unraveling these triggers is crucial as it provides a roadmap for instigating change.

▼ Timestamps ▼
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00:00 - Introduction
00:48 - Passive and active challenges
01:49 - The imbalance of challenges
03:23 - I can't choose more challenges
04:01 - Increase the active challenges
05:49 - Behavioral activation
07:09 - Play the tape through
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[jamesbuchanan]

This is why overbearing parents can be so deadly. They take all your active challenges and make them passive challenges.

[reallyanotheruser]

No wonder i got absolutely nothing done while living with my parents. They would tell me everything i should do, and the more they told me the less i actually did stuff. Everything, from doing the dishes to going to partys, as soon as they told me it went from an active to a passive challenge in my mind and my motivation would drop below zero.

[anewbeggin]

That explains why I procrastinate by doing other things instead of solving the main problem.

[hospie]

This channel is like discovering a Demon's Souls guide after dying 150 times in the first area, you wish you had known it all from the start but just thinking how many people will find and be helped by this makes you smile. Thank you for everything Dr K!

[mexisamurai]

It’s like going back and doing a bunch of side quests because the main story boss looks difficult, once we do enough the boss doesn’t seem as difficult and we might get skills that end up helping us in the fight.

[tafellappen]

I dont have an eating disorder but ive always found that putting more effort into cooking is the first step to getting out of a slump. Going out of my way to make even just pasta for dinner, rather than a pile of granola bars or a microwave meal or ordering out, always gives me a sense of control and agency.

[jwhojme]

Resonates with the opening of the Serenity Prayer: “Please grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot control, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference”

[SuperBlackHurricane]

This is 100% true. For the longest time I felt like I was drowning in a foot of water. I was struggling to do the bare minimum in my life. Things changed once I started challenging myself in things that I was able to control. Changed everything

[aanaa]

I was scared to even click on this video because recently I've been so overwhelmed with everything I couldn't add more self awareness to it but still I did click on this video and I'm so glad I did I genuinely feel better and also motivated to tackle everything that's in my way. Thank you Doc, you're an absolutely incredible human being.

[J.Darwin]

Recently I stopped pursuing all active challenges I had to only focus on the massive amount of passive challenges and I've started feeling completely overwhelmed to the point of being paralyzed. Maybe this man knows what he's talking about

[katherinegeorge]

When I look at my dishes and it feels like it is too hard to do them, then looking at dirty dishes makes you think you are depressed because that's what depressed people do and then when you do the dishes you feel less depressed because you don't have a pile of dishes telling you that you are depressed.

[burt]

That explains why telling yourself "I I must do this" is so corrosive. I often set goals for myself and then tell myself "I must do them", instead of holding on to the original "I want to do this."

[ziziorens]

It feels so good when someone much more knowledgeable than me puts my feelings into words so eloquently.
Indeed, taking on more challenges made me feel SO much better: a month and a half ago I started working out. I couldn't work out in the evenings because of social life, so I decided - I have to force myself to go to sleep early to wake up early. Bam, two challenges in one. While I'm working out at home, I have a lot of free time while resting between the sets. So, why waste that time? Bam, done the dishes. Bam, took out the laundry. Workout is done and I still have time to take a shower and take a walk at my own pace (instead of rushing) to my work. Just one good decision led to many other healthy ones.
If anybody reads this, heed my words: it takes one small step. One choice. And even if you fail, you still can get up and try again. What matters is that you try - and those who try succeed. Good luck!

[okfine_]

1.Passive challenges:-
Occurred by surroundings

2.Active challenges :-
You have taken

3.Increase the number of active challenges.

4.Behavioural activation

[koda_pop]

I've unknowingly been doing this and always wondered why I felt better some days tackling my GAD than others. It's because those days I set out to do small menial tasks like cleaning, reading, or going for a walk. That allows me to do larger tasks like scheduling an appointment, attending a social event solo, or trying new things.

[mrmojo]

That explains my negative feeling as a parent, so much more „maintenance“ tasks to do and no time left for growth tasks

[spencerbrown]

Yes, I find that doing something simple with my hands like the dishes, cooking, laundry or gardening helps me process and calm my mind during overwhelming times.

[dashadow]

2 minutes in and I already feel the gold that Dr.K has bestowed upon us

[nd]

I’m trying to finally declutter all the stuff I’ve accumulated from stress buying over the years. It’s not an egregious amount but enough that I recognize it’s an issue.
I just wiggled i to bed because I was feeling overwhelmed and opened YouTube and saw this video. Thank you for this, honestly.

[chronischgeheilt]

Just remember that the active Challenge can become a passive one If you Just do it "because it is gonna Help you feel better". That is what happened to me. Self Care became a passive Challenge. I now try to Put in Things that I randomly chose to do. Feels good and accomplishing.