Therapist Reacts to Forty Six and 2 by Tool

Therapist analyzes the lyrics of Forty-Six & 2 by Tool to discuss the importance of stepping THROUGH your shadow in search of evolution instead of around it. It's vital to face your pain and your patterns that may arise from subconscious beliefs. It's a vital part of healing and reaching a higher state of consciousness.

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[jameswatt]

As a therapist, you should really do The Grudge by Tool. It’s a great lesson about how holding grudges will drag you down unless you let them go.

[barte]

This song helped me through my Step 4 & Step 5 during my recovery.
Almost 5 years clean now
✌️❤️

[bubbasboyngirl]

I was 32 years old when this came out. This song changed my life forever. It helped me realize what I needed to do to take me from a very lengthy dark time and place in my life, to experiencing the most wonderful and magical journey through the past 28 years. Thank you for an amazing reaction!

[SavageDawgJoshua]

Wow.... Just.... Wow... 52 year old Marine, tons of issues, Tool fan since "Sober", 46&2 my favorite song, I got it but didn't get it. You just brought me through the other side and I'm weeping. Thank you, ma'am.

[scooterthefish]

I absolutely love her metal face and dancing 😅
Probably my favourite tool reaction videos... Nothing better than seeing someone listen to tool for the first time

[joshs]

If you want to gain insight into the specific patterns Maynard is stepping through during his journey, listen to Judith by his other band A Perfect Circle. It's the story of Maynard's anger towards his mother's faith that she clung to in spite of a crippling disability she was forced to live with. The song 10, 000 Days by Tool was written after his mother passed away, and is the conclusion to the story begun in the song Judith. ❤

[garyovich]

I love watching the physical reactions people have to Danny’s polyrhythms.

[joseramirez]

A few years ago, I was going through a dark time in my personal life, especially my marriage and my relationship with my kids. This song inspired me to study Carl Jung and his psychology regarding the shadow self. It was long, hard work, but I finally began wrestling with and accepting those ugly parts of myself that I was allowing to take over me during times of high stress. I credit this song with inspiring my journey towards self improvement.

[gaijinronnie]

Please do “Lateralus” and “Parabol/Parabola”. So good.

[maldad]

You're gonna love Right in Two by these guys, Maynard has a great depth of understanding of human nature.

[Duck-D-Koi]

Highly suggest the O'Keefe Music Foundation video of kids perform 46&2

[volafox]

This is the second video I've watched with you, and you've done more to heal me in this last hour than three therapists and almost 6 years of pain. I have to face a lot, and honestly, I'm so diminished from what I used to be. I will continue to listen, and learn. And heal. Thank you more than words can say!

[RequiemaDrAm]

This is my jam. absolutely love this song. Great break down of it. Please keep doing Tool songs. They are all great.

[Jimmith]

you are CRANKING out these Tool vids, love it

[bjensen]

When I first learned about 46 & 2 theory and connected it to Forty Six and 2, I ended up crafting this theory that the song is about not evolution as a natural process but evolution of a state of mind to shed your old self and step into a new self. The lyrics, “See my shadow changing, Stretching up and over me, Soften this old armor, Hoping I can clear the way by, Stepping through my shadow, Coming out the other side” really speak that evolution of self to me. “Soften this old armor” always gets me as a man who had to deconstruct faith, replace hate with understanding, grow into empathy and sympathy, and learn to accept faults in order to become the person I am today. Love your videos from a therapist’s POV. My wife is a therapist and this really speaks volumes to the profession and interpreting skills of therapists.

[Psychonut]

I’ve actually been helping my daughter (new mom) work through some tough times. I’ve been a TOOL fan since early 90s but have really been working on myself through their music the last couple years and I believe she’s noticed the change in me. Which has made her curious what I’ve been doing so I’ve been sharing TOOL and your reaction videos with her hoping she can relate and she has.
I literally just spent 30-45 minutes texting her about the concept of our shadows, then I check out YT and this is the first thing I see. Crazy!!

[NickBrooks-zxny]

Whoa...so many people have just considered this "noise". I've considered this music as a blueprint for healthy life. It's helped me through really difficult times and been so insightful. Thanks for your video. This is so validating.

[leningarcia]

The Patient by Tool next please, love your reactions

[BrewmasterDedspace]

Tool-Eulogy
You will not be disappointed!!

[FahqTyrants]

This was always my fav T00L song, but listening to this video days after my bestfriend, employer who is also my Father passed-
It really hit home, since this last year
I fell into alochol badly.
Even though it has only been days since he left,
I've had to do a 180
To keep the business & the dozens of families including my own who depended on what my Father has provided for them, both with his generosity, love & constant employment.
I'm shedding that skin to evolve