How To Make Healthier Life Choices (DBT Wise Mind Tutorial)

Making healthy decisions is one of the most difficult things to do for people struggling with mental illness. Conditions like depression, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, affect both our conscious thoughts, as well as, our emotional experiences.

Living with anxiety or depression can make you doubt your judgment, leading to cycles of poor choices and regret. I've been there, and I've discovered a powerful DBT technique that changed everything.

In this video, I'll teach you the Wise Mind method to balance your emotional and rational minds, helping you make decisions you won't regret later.

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Disclaimer: This content is not intended to be a replacement for receiving treatment. It is purely educational in nature. My relationship with you is that of presenter and audience, not therapist and client.

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[lagging_around]

I very much enjoy this channel. Even though I don’t have the energy to execute all your tips, it feels good to have some sort of handbook from someone who also went through our troubles.

[stevec]

After psychological trauma at the age of seven, I lived the next six decades from an emotional mind perspective...exclusively. I started to use the wise mind combination just a few months ago; and it has made a big difference. Unfortunately, it takes an incredible effort to fend off my tendency towards emotional 'reasoning'. This overview clears up a lot for me.

[heybaby]

You make more sense than all of the seven counselors that I've been to in my life. I'm 73 now, and it's just almost too late to be of any use to me. I mean can't live forever.

[JoshuaAdajetJhoshua]

I'm studying bs psychology im on my 1st year on this degree. I would like to thank Dr. Scott Eilers because i learned valuable lesson; and also his shared knowledge helped me grow personally and realise things in a better way than before.

[toricat]

The mental health system is broken beyond repair. So we pay a very high price. THIS IS THE TRUTH

[GrEditrix]

Napoleon once said, "The mind and the heart are always battling each other. But ultimately the mind wins."

I find that something may attract me or move me emotionally, and often it has to; but ultimately it has to agree with the intellect.

[avivashore]

Thank you Dr. Scott. Good information!

[DebGreen-kxjd]

wow ! a new concept for me ! my thoughts and emotions are at constant war with each other...for the 1st time ever, i saw this play out after watching your video...

[emilyhardage]

I'm a simple girl I see Dr. Scott video I click video. Lol but seriously have you ever considered having people email in questions because I would love to hear your perspective on peoples questions and be able to ask my own. Thanks for everything you do ❤

[shadowjolteon]

Always appreciate your insight. Thanks, Doc! I'll do my best going forward! 🏃‍♂️

[nanapaints]

Your videos are the best. So thankful I found you

[pamwatkins]

Clear cut on the edge, dispelling myrhs and feelings, to squarely look a t lifé, i liked this talk think it makes alot of sense🎉😂!

[BSmithPPG]

Ketamine and TMS have helped me have a fighting chance to think well and recognize flawed thinking.

[CL-mnyq]

Emotional vs logical decision: i was asked last min to attend a holiday work function (fancy smanshy). The question was put "do you want to come?" and i really didn't know WHAT i wanted. Didn't go.
This is helpful video.

[mrs.reluctant]

Appreciate your work greatly. Well, in my case it's not so much that I feel I loose trust in my ability to form healthy decisions. It is more, that my body profits from my decisions ( so they can't be THAT bad) but my mental state does not. Nothing really seems to work against depressive states. Meanwhile I came to the conclusion that these states are some form of highly overlearned protective mechanism. Btw I'm a (former) psychologist too. My bias is more towards the intuitive-emotional I would say, but not Sure. I really have to think this through, thank you for your inspirational content, Dr. Eilers.🎉

[RobinsTinyHomestead]

Oh brother I'm doomed. I'm exhausted from out of control BPD and BD symptoms.

[regularguy]

Oh, there is no problem here for me, my emotions and my thinking always work together:

I am stressed and i go full panic mode and then i think about not going outside for a month

[katrinbandel]

One thing I have learned through trial an error is that when using my rational mind to make a choice, I have to take my mental and emotional state into account. For example, I might think: "I have the ability and the time for, so it would make sense to take this project", but then it ends up in chaos because I forgot to include my ADHD in the analysis. It should have been: " In principle I have the abilities and the time, but I know I will probably procrastinate, then anxiety will kick in, and I will end up not even having started on the day before the deadline, and feeling like a total failure. So either I have a strategy to prevent that from happening, or I should rather not do it."

[john-oeh]

Dealing with clinical depression 11 months. Just tired of it, tired of trying to get well. Days I can go for a walk and days I dont want to do anything because sick of crying, feeling down. Going to counselling. In bed most days at 4 or 5 pm. Just feel terrible and cant seem to get well, just so tired of it all. I have no one in my life, in a job I hate and dont want to go back. 52 now just tired of life and struggling 😢

[konsol]

Интуиция усиляется с опытом и развитием логики. А задвигать свои чувства на задний план при принятии решений, может правда сыграть злую шутку в долгосрочной преспективе, когда человек долгое время отрицает свои моральные принципы и то что ему нравится, ради выгоды, он может сильно перегореть и улететь в депрессию