Therapist Reacts to Toxicity by System of a Down

Therapist uses System of a Down's song Toxicity to talk about how people often get stuck in a life that feels dreary, hopeless, and boring, and they will often rage against that but quickly go back to living an unfulfilling life. We can use anger, the rage to help us get out of this situation if we are intentional about directing our anger and giving it a purpose instead of just shooting it out into the world.

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[leewalker]

He used his anger to become the sun and shine on others... That's such an amazing thought.

[jbohler]

These reactions are by far the most cathartic, and have been like therapy sessions in the sense of how much I’m learning and healing from them. They’re perfect for me to watch while I wait for my next therapy session.

[scottclark]

Before i finished my degree, I was angry at my life, my circumstances, and my job. I used that anger as motivation to finish my degree....and it has done nothing but good for me. People think anger is a negative emotion. But energy derives from both the plus and negative. I found it to be a great motivator.

[MrBracey]

I love this positivity, I’m 53 and have just been diagnosed with depression and anxiety (on tablets just to take the edge off)
Rock and metal has always been my refuge, in the metal clubs and concerts nobody ever judges and that acceptance has been incredibly important (and even life saving for some.)
Thankyou so much for being a voice of understanding and reason 😊

[RogerFlynt]

Great vid seeds" was used in the 90's as a reference for popping pills. The takeaway i always got from the song was "in between the sacred silence, and sleep....disorder" was a reference to the rise in ADHD diagnosis' and the treatment was to just hand somebody pills.(if you werent asleep, you were in the "sacred silence" aka drugged state. Anything else was disorder) Parents in the 90's didnt want to work with kids deemed "disorderly" because they couldnt focus, so they were given drugs as an overprescribed quick fix.

[jimmy_jarhead]

I love when the sounds match the feeling in the lyrics and your scrunchy face tells me you get it. Love it!

[GeorgepiggyGP]

I love how therapists like metal, like my therapist like metal too

[theoldjedimindtrick]

I’m a member of a covers band. You have no idea how euphoric four middle aged guys feel shaking off the day job, kids & life commitments raging this tune in a room in the middle of nowhere.. Just as a break from the mundane. Thanks for these reaction vids.

[ZerofeverOfficial]

"hey SoaD, how many time signatures are you gonna use in this one?"
SoaD: "Yes."

[FUBAR_]

I remember when this song came out when I was in school. The drums have always been the best part of this song. Good times.

[whattheysaidarabi]

what an awesome take on this song.
This song is basically about ADHD and how it feels living with it. Anger is mostly the feeling, but it can't be focused.

[unclefoot]

You’ve quickly become one of my new favorite reactors!!!

There’s so many SOAD tracks out there for you to sink your teeth into!!! I’d love to hear your take on “Spiders” or “Hynotize”!!!

Some of the tracks you’ve reacted to recently (including this one) don’t have any plainly stated emotional commentary, yet you dig through the political/societal commentary and find the emotional red line. And, you take the time to turn that perspective into something actionable. Fuckin awesome.

Also, I’d LOVE to see your take on the piano version of “Mien Herz Brennt” by Rammstein!! The lyrics are in German but it’s so worth checking out. The video for it expresses a simple, yet profound representation of childhood trauma. It’s beautiful. Keep up the great work!!!

Cheers

[timsloan]

One of most impressive things about SOAD is the production and even with all the chaos you can hear every instrument. The way they wrote and produced their songs is genius.

[WindyBritches]

This is what is beautiful about great art. She didn’t spend 1 second analyzing lyrics or musicality but rather mood and it lead to a similar but unique understanding of the song. I just think it’s cool that a musician will hear one thing, a lyricist another, a composer another, a therapist another, and so on and so on. Do you ever just feel overwhelming gratitude for being able to comprehend something even at your limited capacity? Maybe too many mushrooms but praise God.

[ryansecakuku]

its amazing that hearing a couple analysis on songs I loved growing up and realizing that a lot of my problem were muted in my mind due to some of these songs. but hearing you perspective allowed me to further think and internally. search for the answers inside, and how to get them to the surface in order to do some healing.thank you very much for your channel and your time, it truly helps many of us daily.

[Plastikdoom]

Killer song, amazing band, glad Serj got back with them, finally. Old school system, mind blowing and ground breaking in all ways. Mid/late
80’s kid here

[yodasears]

The song is called Toxicity, and it talks about eating seeds is a pastime activity - to me, that's significant - it's not just that life is dreary, but also that our dreary lives are toxic to our environment at large. Our ennui is an immensely destructive force - and it is only when we can conquer that, that we can shine a light for others.

[WTFuSTPD]

Love your take on these songs, that were there at my and so many others lowest points. You nailed it with everything you have said.
These songs helped so many of us to be able to express our rage, oppression, anger, sorrow, and all the rest we couldn't express and deal with at those points in our lives.
These songs helped a lot of us coop until we were finally able to face at least face some of our demons to slowly heal from what we needed to heal from.

[Cadncee]

I always took disorder as his rebellion against the monotony of order, of going through the motions of life following a prescribed path feeling empty but feeling helpless against the flow of time so he just pursues disorder for the sake of disorder to break apart the order of his life and try to find himself in the pieces.

[iliesrai]

I'm from Algeria and I used to listen to soad in the UK early 2000 when I was in the university, best brand