I’m Emma McAdam, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and my mission is to make mental health resources easier to access. I take therapy skills and psychological research and condense them down into bite-sized nuggets of help.
As a licensed therapist, one thing I’ve noticed is that most people have no idea of what they can do to improve depression, anxiety, or other mental illness.
I’m here to spread the message that while mental illness is real, it’s common, it’s debilitating, it’s also treatable. There are dozens of research-backed approaches to treating depression, anxiety, ptsd, and other mental illness. Change, growth, and healing are possible. Please keep courage! Try one little thing every day to improve your life and health, and things can get so much better!
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I'm about to do this exercise. Can I just say this video is the only video with a clear way to let go of the regrets of the past. Bless you for making it. ❤
I used to work in media. We ran a survey where we asked our television audience what they wanted to see. They responded overwhelmingly with "positive news." So we launched a new show that focused on positive news. We cancelled it less than a year after launching because nobody watched it. People instinctively gravitate towards the negative.
also like the dog thinking “no it’s not gonna bite me” it’s like us and work… trying to somehow rewire our brain to no longer feel anxiety with the conditions they have us in… they get off to it they can’t see us as a person from that province it seems dealt with it our entire life so far but ya when every single communication one has is them purposefully mentally abusing you cause you’re indigenous and “they don’t believe in it” ya… they are blind to their biases it would be nice if Tomasz would let us leave … but 🚫 and PSPC ensures he gets what he wants every time … but ya been trying to reframe it as the anxiety goes up as “not everyone is out to end you” just have to remind ourselves of that when we get a phone call… or an email #2Spirit #ottawa
the perceived versus actual threat for anxiety… it really affects ppl with cluster b personality disorders currently trying to rein in the splitting personally… perceiving that you’re not heard when you could be… find that sitting the discomfort and breathing a while over time slowly makes it lesser and lesser #2Spirit edit: yup they are self aware at work… self aware can’t care they did this to us and are still doing it wonder how great saying our emails are inappropriate is gonna be on their year end reviews they won’t face a single bit of accountability that’s THEIR culture and yet they tell us to leave ours at the door “keep your research to yourself”
Really, after the pandemic the entire world is not as it was. 24 hour news from the entire world does not help either. Drinking and illicit drugs are on the rise as well.
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I’m a clinical psychologist and professor who specializes in PTSD. I’ve also recovered myself when I was younger using Prolonged Exposure therapy. The way this is presented is irresponsible and is likely to discourage individuals with PTSD from accessing highly effective, evidence-based, first-line treatments for PTSD. All the gold standard interventions involve a key component of exposure. It is also the provider’s job to help patients build distress tolerance and optimize engagement so that they can benefit from this challenging form of treatment. There’s no way around the distress, but there’s a straightforward way through it. We also can’t change the past or erase or push a memory out, but exposure is a highly effective means to change the way we react to past trauma. We carry our traumas with us and so the best thing we can do is to get comfortable with what rides alongside us anyways, always right below the surface.
I got rid of TV 14 years ago… don’t watch it, no Disney, No Netflix, No radio either…. My life has moved to way better levels since then. “Your brain is not designed to keep you happy, it’s designed to keep you alive”.
1000% me and it’s awful. I don’t even think of a job or a busy day ahead. I constantly think of all health things related. Or world news that worry me. I start to think… “what’s that weird feeling in my chest, something wrong with my heart, why does my leg hurt, is that a headache or a tumor”. I worry about my grown children if they’re eating right, I wonder if people I saw on the news are okay. Ugh.. my brain is just non stop. I’m exhausted by 5am when I finally fall asleep. I will try these tips for sure. Thank you for this video🤞🏼🙏🏼
Busy mind/racing thoughts and anxiety are not the same and shouldnt be conflated. My brain won't shut up, but it's not worry or rumination. Just random crap. I've always done the paper based data dump at the end of my day. I've spent hours doing the 'mindfulness ', intentional breathing etc in the wee hours of the morning. I'm utterly relaxed for HOURS but I'm not asleep.
listening to this while emptying the dishwasher and I couldn't stop laughing over the absurdity that this video made me cry, so wonderful. I definitely have issues with shame and having a light shone on it was nice.
I think I should watch this vedio frequently 😂 as a reminder to check on my , well cant say horrible now… well sometimes out of control emotional times
Your advice came just in time, I'll make it just in time, ... 🎵🎶 ... on Monday night! I've gone through a number of scenarios, the worst one - rejection - as well, whereby I know that there will be another chance soon. Besides, he has tried a couple of times already (including a lavish event in May) - and my anxiety got in the way each time. So, many many MANY thanks for ALL your advice!
My goal: self confidence and able to embrace change. Even small changes throw me into a panic. I've got a change of job coming up and I'm using all the tools I have to move towards it, last few years since anxiety has become more severe I've turned things down instantly (i didnt relate to my anxiety and i want to as my world is shrinking)but I want to go through this now to learn to live with anxiety and not be stopped by it. I agree with other comments that anxiety is exhausting. Im proactive and upped exercise, journal, looked at diet etc but i think this course is going to be beneficial for postive thinking..."focus on what you do want and less on what you want to avoid" ...
