Fresh Start Crash Course with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk - Depression & Anxiety

Thoughts on managing stress and anxiety on a journey of healing with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk.

[annastone]

I would add a stage previous to activity. For me, forcing myself into activity echoed the force and control I’d experienced through abuse. What I find helps, is self-soothing. I say things like ‘I have every right to feel depressed’ etc eventually this might soothe me enough to inspire other self caring impulses.. like to fill a hot water bottle.. often once I am just a little bit kind to myself.. the miraculous often happens.. I find myself actually wanting to talk a walk etc.. no force required.

[edl]

Wonderful video! Thank you. Having a dog is the best thing a person with depression can have. After having 46 years of depression, dogs forced me to get up and go when I felt like dying in bed.

[tessajetta]

To the interviewer:
My parents butcher used to call me sheifaleh. I heard you say that word close to the end of the interview. Thank you

[robynhope]

Kinda old for a fresh start: I’m in my senior years🙁

[lindazulinov]

I'm presently on a psych ward with intense abdominal pain. Will be moving soon & have extreme stress. Can't return to my apt. Spent a year suffering there. I try to walk but pain never decreases. Want to consult with someone who deals with body pain. Esp. Abdominal. Came from alcoholic background but consulted a therapist who abused his power & sexually abused me.

[CreamyBeige]

This doesn’t acknowledge that ppl with trauma, or those with long term anxiety and depression, often have chronic pain disorders or neurological issues, such as migraines and these are often aggravated by exercise or make exercise impossible.
I appreciate that movement of some kind is better than nothing but if it was a simple as “got depression, have a walk” then we all wouldn’t be in this mess.
Also, did he use the army as an example of physical accomplishment, ignoring the PTSD risk that goes with war? I dunno man. This seems really tone deaf. I thought this guy was supposed to know what he was talking about.