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The Montana comments had me laughing as I am an MSW student through Carroll College in Helena Montana and I'm listening to this while working on homework. I currently work at a psychiatric treatment facility called Yellowstone boys and girls ranch in Billings Montana. People pull up to our ranch at times because the sign down the road has an arrow that says Yellowstone Ranch.
Im so depressed, i basically have to break up with my practice , because i used to be able to tell them anytting , but i brought up something that happemed casually in a state that was legal (and also legal because of the compansanate care act , something allowed for ptsd and autisim , which. I have) and they treated me like a drug addict , i genuinely thought it was legal ok (which it may be) but like it went from fam , to i feel unsafe to say anything , i dont even care if i have to get my adhd /autism meds elsewhere , it was just heartbreaking. 😢
ACT is not really a "therapy." It's accepting that everything is shit and pushing forward with your "values" despite it. That's the short version. I've done it, and this is how it was presented to me. PS: It doesn't really work.
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I experienced my first panic attack when my best friend passed away,and it took me six months to get well again,but I'm always afraid they could come back again,what do you suggest
That concept of creating space between thought and response is SO crucial. Even a half-second of awareness, of recognition, it is such a huge step from that "automatic" thing you mentioned, the absolute fusion with that thought, the negative self-talk, etc. If you can get a half-second, you've won a major battle.
I attended an ACT therapy group for about a year, and although it was, at first, a bit hard to wrap my head around the concept of acceptance as it relates to anxiety, I can now say it is absolutely transformative. The real trick is to keep this idea in your mind and not beat yourself up for not "noticing" and accepting the thoughts and patterns that can hold us back, and indeed start to try to learn not to "beat yourself up" at all, as that's part of the damage that comes from constantly dancing with anxiety without mindfulness and acceptance. Notice and accept even the compulsion to engage in negative self-talk ABOUT noticing and accepting! It can get very meta. It takes time, but it's so effective. Thank you for your work in this area!
as I see it there's a lot of shit I can't control but that's a different animal from acceptance. Whether I can or can't control it is the same thing. With acceptance I look at that annoying politician and view him/her almost like viewing a tv screen.
I'm having a blast getting into ACT. Acceptance yeah but what nails it for me is the term radical acceptance. Wow! I go around all day repeating that term as it completely opens up that observer self, it disconnects that self from any and all that's going on at that moment.
Yeah all the shit I've dragged around my entire life. Like a sled piled with bricks. Not to mention the way that sled compelled me to act, in defense and in ways to get things to boost my ego. This is almost spooky! A waking up thing.
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your knowledge on ACT I just recently became a counselor at a company where their core curriculum is ACT I'm enjoying it so much I love the way you present it though its really helping me a lot thank you!
My new goal is to watch this video daily. To remind myself of the journey instead of focusing on the destination. This video is exactly what I needed to hear today.
Therapy is not for me. I always knew my situation could not be fixed by therapy but people pushed/forced me into it. I had a moment of weakness and wanted to believe the lie that therapy could help me. It only made me worse. To anyone reading this, do not let anyone force you into therapy. It has to be voluntary.
I had breast cancer in remission, since diagnosis then I have anxiety and panic. Dr said it’s only ocd not related to bc. What can I do to forget the bc and cut down the anxiety.
Thank you for sharing this video, finally someone explained really well how to identify your core values - this was very helpful to me, with your help I was finally able to name values in my current life without any doubt :)
Thank you so much for creating this video series, Jessica. I'd heard of ACT but never really knew what it was. Now that I've seen this overview, I feel like I've found something that will really work for me! Thank you!
Jesus Christ, please get to the point. UPD: very little said about the therapy modality itself, it's just fluff around it. The title of the video is "what is ACT? ", not "what act does?" or "conditions that benefit from act" and definitely not "I'm a cool psychologist from California, buy my book".
hey there, happy to answer any further questions you have about ACT! This video is a general overview which usually includes how it works and who it works for, but if there are more specific questions you have I'd be happy to answer them.
Genuinely curious--what if it was sensory overload that put in that headspace to begin with? Trying to focus even more on the senses causes even more sensory overload and panic. What would you suggest in place of that? I find a lot of the techniques people normally give--like counting, focus on breathing, focus on 5 senses--are not helpful for me. I'm so overwhelmed that trying to do those things just adds extra anxiety. So what would you suggest for that?
This is the first time I have ever heard my experience with anxiety expressed clearly. I was mugged as well as a teenager and years later, out of nowhere, some guy approached my car quickly at a gas station ( without harmful intent) but I hyperventilated and locked the doors sitting there until it was over. I felt stupid bc “ I didn’t have it as bad as other people” but trauma is relative, especially when you have an existing mental health issue. Thank you. ♥️
