Don't Believe Everything Your Brain is Telling You

In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch shares five distorted perceptions that your brain can give you when you are depressed.

[elise]

I tell myself "This too shall pass" and "It changed the last times, it will change again." and "Everything will be ok again." It helps.

[adrian-oqom]

"I am going insane" is a common one i think

[eshalpaari]

I keep telling my self I’m a millionaire. That tricks my mind and keeps me happy.

[adrianne]

Douglas, binge watching your videos got me through an extremely dark period in my life.. as you know depression and anxiety is an ongoing challenge but I continue to use the strategies and techniques I’ve learned from you with great success! I want to sincerely thank you and also let your listeners know how effective your channel is! Much thanks and blessings!!!

[battleborn]

This man is a god send. He is soothing for some reason.

This is kinda outsmarting yourself if you think about it

[andrewbell]

I love this video. It makes me realise my illness is not my fault.

[mustacheofgold]

My thoughts are my biggest hurdle in the survival of depression. It keeps telling me I'll always be like this, hope is futile, I'll never be the old one again etc. But It's good to know that those thoughts, as real and they may feel, are just another symptom of depression. It helps me cope with them more.

[californiadreaming]

"Can you hold please" LOL good one

[mitch-]

Great video. In the rut of depression it’s definitely hard not to believe your depressed brain when u feel so horrible and numb and empty

[coreytaylor]

Depression is very tricky and feels so real, there are many hopes out there, stay drug and alcohol free and just watch the thoughts and don’t engage with them .

[aaronramsden]

Also something I've learned is to decorate my home with plants and water features, it's like a hack for my mind to see where I live as a great place for life to flourish and is deeply calming

[paulasynjohnson]

I'm more like Atlas than Hercules, with the weight of the world on my shoulders. Asking and getting help is difficult as I'm scared of other people taking control away from me.

[clarinamascarenhas]

"you're such a bad person" is one that resurfaces again and again. And I try and focus on the yin and yang, the bad in the good the good in the bad together is life, but it just feels like I'm trying to justify the bad things i've done.

[SuffocateMe]

in the post-COVID world people need this man now than ever

[hparamesh]

I feel like that this feeling will never end.

[susaneverts]

I have been in a really dark place and recently came across your videos. I love them all, but this one is especially helpful to me right now.

[anythingbootneck]

Taking antidepressants makes me feel guilty, but when I try to come off them, my depression returns, I’ve now decided to not try again and just accept that It’s medical science which helps me, and not to feel guilty.

[stevewilliams]

Douglas Bloch Im struggle with depression Pstd trauma currently unemployed bad track record for holding a job . It really hits me in the morning get really bad intrusive thoughts currently on paxil losing hope . Please pray for me it truly isn't good right now i feel there is any hope anymore I could hardly function anymore. This PTSD bad images trauma how it wires it self into ur nervous system it seem for ever to process and move out of your system its so terrible. Yes i do have a therapist currently doing session EMDR please pray for me i have multiple trauma since childhood I've been in therapy all my life i feel so defeated complex PTSD multiple traumas to deal with and process i feel so defeated




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[arnoldstallone]

i had health anxiety issues.. i still do feel anxious and depressed sometimes..but i'm working on it..one thing which is helping me out is physical exercise and positive self talk..