The Geography of Recovery from Mental Illness

(It's called THE MIND WORKOUT in the UK and Australia/New Zealand, DAS MIND-WORKOUT in Deutsch, ENTRENA TU MENTE en español)

[dd_]

The switching themes thing is LEGIT. That has knocked me down a couple times lol.
Protip: when you get to a spot when you're okay enough to pause and look back, you'll see that as you drop these compulsions and live your life through the meaningful actions that YOU want, that "new uncertainty" never actually mattered.
Mark is 1000% right in everything he's saying. The brain just wants something to figure out.
Double also: if you ever catch your brain saying "what if?" for example: "what if it isn't OCD?" "what if it's different this time.." "what if.." well, what if we all turn into cotton candy tomorrow??
What if = RED FLAG WORDS. DO NOT LISTEN. You'll be able to catch the monster before it grabs you ;)

[AmandaJackson-vf]

This is the most refreshing approach I have come across Mark. thank you and take care

[floweryunicorn]

currently trying to recover from ocd as a person that also has adhd and tourette's. Thank you for this video, it made me feel better.

[Zgembo]

Mark this is great work, huge respect for your work and for helping others. Keep it up as u r hekping so many. Take care.

[onyllindoro]

I am out of the cliff and headaches and pain are the new stage in this journey, thanks for the advice Mark ❤

[erickk]

I wish I had your videos 20 years ago. As I had HOCD for years and despite managing to ‘reign it in’ I always doubted myself and never perished any relationships bc ‘how can I expect someone to have to deal with my problem?’

Even with my recent relapse these videos are useful. I signed up with NOCD and started doing therapy and despite literally saying my goal was to disassociate my physical pains from OCD my therapist didn’t understand that I was having a problem there. Knowing that it’s common now helps.

[stevepepin]

Mark - great stuff as always and thank you for your commitment to changing the conversations and education around mental health.

[majaexploring]

This was super helpful! I like the thought of making values less rigid and trying paths out with curiosity

[letsgoBrandon]

I'm recovering from a non-existence disorder. 37 years clean! 😁

[bettina_s]

Thank you for this. These videos help me motivate myself (even though I don't need motivation, right?) trough this cutting out compulsions thing. I have just started, but it's killing me inside. 😖

[ignacioandreszubeldia]

Mark, Thank you for all your wonderful work! You are Greatest of all times!!!!

[Kellso]

For physical sensations look up Dr.John Sarno and TMS ....all of what Mark talks about rings true. The mind is incredibly powerful ans wants to keep yoh in a state of fear trying to protect you

[lumpyunicorn]

This is really helpful video thank you. I especially liked that you gave a couple of analogies with the fridge and forest that helped me get the concept, and the Q&A to share how the skills in the presentation can be applied :)

[eprkya]

more people need to see this!!! therefore my comment

[Alrokerthon]

So helpful in so many ways. Thank you for sharing this with the world!

[sanjeev]

This was actually GREAT stream to watch.

[jacobmorres]

Ayooo ur an inspiration dawg i appreciate u

Also, I really resonate with your idea on systemic barriers and not thinking it's a complete mind thing. The way I'm interpreting it is that your mental health is complex and affected by many factors so you need to look at all the factors around you that could be affecting you mental health. Like one thing could even be nutrition but if you can't afford healthy food, then that is what im assuming is a systemic barrier (though overcomable). So I think whatre you're implying is that this is a holsitic approach to mental health rather than just looking at solely the mind

[haneenbany-mohammed]

Thank you so much for all your videos :)

[Albz]

Hey Mark. I haven't been diagnosed, but in the beginning of this year i got intrusive thoughts and began doing lots of compulsions and ruminating, and while searching my symptoms i came to the conclusion that i had OCD. There are no ocd specialists where i live, so when I came across your videos and they have helped me so much. In the beginning i had lots of anxiety trying to not do compulsions and ruminate, and now 3 months later i keep getting better better. Right now i still get unwanted thoughts but i just ignore them or say to myself that that thought could be true, or not true, and move. Just wanted to say Thanks a lot

[WFE-clyt]

Mark I have a quick question. I am a Christian and have always valued my faith. It used to be so much so I had no shame talking about it in public. Of course as with everything in my life I’ve had debilitating doubting over the years and I’ve noticed in order to run away from the anxiety associated with that doubt, I’ve avoided God and everything in between for a long time now. Even when I would go to church again for the first time in a while, my mind would be elsewhere for much of the time. I realized all of these things are compulsive behaviors or avoidance of anxiety. I’ve recently had a tough brush up with depression feelings because of this among many other ruminating issues and anxiety’s. Sexuality doubting, harm fears, existence fears, control/am I gonna go crazy. I understand you may or may not believe in God or hold those values, but what are some ways I can face these compulsions that have made something I loved now something I’m afraid of?