@justinebourke9449

Anyone else feel that every suggestion they get is just futile. I'm so overwhelmed with the pain of loneliness and depression,  I  just can't bear it. Nobody wants to be around someone so negative.

@jeannes.356

My shelter pets have always helped my soul.  I rescue them and they rescue me.

@CynthiaChandler-z3c

i really wanted to hear this but every day feels like an eternity without my husband by my side. The ache in my heart refuses to subside, and I'm consumed by memories of our life together. I long for his return and the chance to rebuild our love.

@smokingcrab2290

If you're lonely and depressed it's because you're not getting your relational needs met. All brokenness is solved in relationship and nurture, feeling accepted, loved, like others care. The disconnection is what's causing it. All mental health issues stem from lack of connection most of the time. If you're depressed and reading this, know that I'm there too. And I wish I could help. Because I feel your pain.

@tarikay93

The point is to make that little voice who cares about you LOUDER and LOUDER, until it becomes the prominent voice in your life. I destroyed my depression thanks to this mindset, by total perseverance

@veronikathornley6516

Just the tone of his voice calms me down immediately, than I start focusing on the meaning of his words...He is a true gift 🙏

@airplane800

A few years ago, I was unemployed, and people sent me sermons, bible verses, quotes, etc. There was one person that didn't do any of those things. She talked to her boss, got me an interview and a job. The reality is that no one wants to help you. Very few people will move a finger to help you.

@nocando89

Its social support. Social support is everything. Non-judgmental, active listening, validating support. Your nervous system which feels burdened will feel a sense of relief. If its not that "bad" yet, then perhaps going outside and looking at a tree is enough. We must cultivate a culture of active support that lacks judgement. But alas, a portion of humans can, most can't.

@teslinjoe5938

"still seeing it through the eyes of that child . . . " He so calmly, simply and gently says it and there it is as it's always been.

@jessenoelle262

There's a part of you inside you that cares about you. ❤ Best thing I ever heard from any psych doc ever

@MaryT.Fitzgerald

This video is so refreshing. I’ve been trying to distract myself after my breakup it’s still so fresh. We were together for seven years, and he ended things out of nowhere. I can’t stop thinking about him. I still feel like he’s the only one for me

@jamesl9371

I suffered depression most of my life and self medicated with alcohol and drugs. Thank goodness I quit the alcohol and drugs but the depression continued. Finally the solution was a lot of 12 step meetings and working the 12 steps and making friends in the fellowship. Isolating and loneliness and negative thoughts really contributed to the depression. I had to break out of the isolation and negative thoughts. Now I have a lot of friends and keep working on being positive. I also do agree that library books and YouTube are good things to feed your brain with positive energy

@blpa1711

Basically, it's finding "meaning" or "purpose" in your life once again. Feeling  needed by someone that you can help with whatever you have is a positive feeling. Helping those who are suffering is a good step towards recovery.

@technocraticarchification7973

The part of me talking that way is the part that lives in reality. I don't have a car so I can't get to the library. I don't think watching even more youtube after watching hours of it every day for 10 years is going to do any more good for me than it has in the last 10 years. Going outside to look at a tree won't help me get friends or a job. All the online groups I join are either dead or full of kids who don't care about what the random 32 year old who just joined has to say. There are people in even worse situations than me who don't have internet or a phone so joining an online community for them is actually just impossible.
The part that's convinced it won't work for me is not my internal child. It's the part that lives in reality. The part that sees the price of food going up and knows that if I don't eat I'll die. The part that's applied to over 1000 jobs last year and got nothing back at all. The part that knows nobody cares because they honestly just don't have any reason to. People say they care sometimes because they're being nice but they never actually do. Why would they?

@DanielaRosenrot

Small steps in the healing direction are better than no steps at all 🙏

@yoursubconsious

I know that my depression and anxiety is connected to my connections to the world. But when you truly try to connect to the world, you see all the dark sides of things and you realize that you're better off alone. Even if it's extremely depressing. Find it a happier place than being surrounded by fake people.

@Dumballa

Gabor Mate is a world treasure. So happy you were able to meet and speak with him.

@กันยาทองพันธุวงศ์

Mansaarnault guided me through a healing process I didn’t even know I needed. It’s incredible how much lighter I feel after releasing trauma

@zenithperformancefitness6897

That "which part of you is saying that", that's frighteningly powerful

@Prolab521

The child part hit me hard. It's exactly right (in my case). I still feel like that trauma damaged and misunderstood child and I'm 48 years old. The trauma was never dealt with and that child is still me (or in me), and he's still trying to deal with the trauma and make sense of it all. I wish I could have been there for him, if that makes any sense.