How To Deal With Depression - Tactics That Work Immediately 

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you saved my life. I was going to end my life tonight. I don't want to anymore. God bless you man! you are my hero. :)

I wish somebody else understood I can't control what I think sometimes and it drives me crazy.

To EVERYONE watching this video, I LOVE YOU ALL. You have been through so much shit and you're still here, so you are stronger than you think, trust me. You're a survivor. Life is a cycle of ups and downs, and i promise you the up part is coming. Stay positive my friends

To everyone who reads this, I love you.

pretty much, thoughts are mostly always why I become depressed. I wish sometimes I could just be a little kid again where you wouldn't give a care about anything and no sadness

I hate school. I want to cry everyday because I have no one. I have 2 friends , but I only talk to them because I have nobody else . My best friends are at another school and I'm lonely . I hate waking up in the morning . I'm always miserable , even out of school. I'm so sad and I want to be happy again . I feel so alone

I’m either sad, or depressed. I barley have any friends left and the ones that are left never wanna hang out. Ik always stuck inside on Friday nights. In my classes I have no one. My grades are awful, my friends aren’t loyal, and the only thing going good for me, and something I love is basketball. I dread going to school everyday, or even just waking up😔

Don't make permanent decisions based on temporary conditions. "Feelings aren't facts." Thank you for this video.

if you are reading this, please smile, say something nice about yourself.. just know this will pass, tomorrow is a new day.. i too have severe depression right now. we can all make it through ❤

This helped me out of suicide

Do you understand depression? We don’t think about things and get depressed - we just wake up EMPTY for no reason

I just get depressEd. I don't have any thoughts. This pain, empty feeling suddenly appears out of nowhere.

yeah, you know you got a problem when you start crying 20 seconds into it when he started saying "I'm going to help you not feel depressed, or I'm going to try" thanks for the vid

I am so depressed that I cant even concentrate on listening to this video....

I can't believe this guy just saved my life! I'm in deep debt, with a wife and two kids, my daughter was scheduled to join school but I haven't been able to. Add extended family expectations to that, the pressure at my workplace...I swear I was having nasty wild thoughts of a possible easy way out. God bless this guy...I know better now, I may be down but not out

You’re gonna get through this. Well all are together. Just stay strong, whatever caused this isn’t worth spending you’re life in misery. I struggle with depression, anxiety, anorexia Nervosa, and insomnia. I can’t keep hurting the people I love. I’m watching this to get better. We will get better, just think about you’re loved ones who are rooting for you. Get some inspiration, something to keep you going. Don’t give up yet. Suicide isn’t worth it either, trust me. I survived a suicide attempt, right when I took those pills, regret washed over me. Don’t do it. You’re given a life to live, whatever comes your way is for a reason. You’re strong, fight it. Stay strong🖤

Almost 3 years after this video and I still strongly stand by the feeling that my life would've been ended by my own hands if it wasn't for this man.

I'm depressed because I hate people I'm always nice to people and I want to make friends but I'm always taken for granted when at work I help other staff members with there jobs but no one helps me and best off all everyone at work talks shit about me I can't drive yet but when I've learnt how to drive I'm going to work with the RSPCA because I get more gratitude from animals than I do people animals don't irrationally hate people there's always reason behind there behaviors unlike people animals are always true to themselves

Everyday I feel more and more depressed I get voices in my head telling me life is meaningless,I lay in bed at night and cry myself to sleep.Knowing that nobody likes me at school I try to be funny to lighten up.My aunt who I loved very much died.i just want to say thank you for this video it helped me thanks.

It's so easy to focus on what hes saying and to understand. The way he speaks is incredibly soothing, i came here crying and now I feel way different, I am calmer. This is so reasonable and it helped me so much. Thank you 💖

I've had depressive thoughts for a long time, and just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, my girlfriend of 5 years broke up with me a couple weeks ago. I've felt so horrible for these past few weeks, and i lost interest in my normal hobbies and have had suicidal thoughts....they have been terrifying, especially when i wake up every morning feeling like i would rather be dead. I must say that i find these videos to be a great therapy. Thank you so much Noah. You're a life saver.

Stephen Fry put it in a very useful way. Depression is like the weather. If it's raining, it's no use pretending that it's sunny. You can't dance the rain away and make it dry. But by the same token, it isn't going to rain forever. It's raining now, it may have been raining for a while and will continue to rain for some time; but Life is not rain, you're not doomed to be in the rain forever.

You're here for a reason. Even if you don't know it or see it yet.. . Keep going and don't give up

Noah, i think you are saving my life... I just found you on youtube, searching out of depression, and now after seeing only two of your videos, i feel relief, the knots, the unbearable sadness, the choking, it actually disappeared, ok, not forever, but enough to let me breathe and march on, thanks a million, i will keep watching... ♥️

My depression isn't brought on by thoughts. I can be in a really good place and happy when all of a sudden I feel this dark cloud moving in and enveloping me. After, I may have positive thoughts or negative thoughts, but regardless, that cloud is holding me down. It is physiological. After the cloud takes over, negative thoughts become more prevalent. But the arrival and overtaking of the cloud is independent of my thoughts. Can you speak to this? Thank you.

My mom passed away and my father isn't there for me, I'm 14 and feel very sad. I try to think positive, but it's very hard. This video did help me a step forward, thanks!

If you're reading this. I just want to tell you, I love you and you're born for a reason. You can make the change just make the right choices and pull yourself out of the shit you're going through. I search for others approval but I never got it. But I don't want that to happen with you. I love you and you matter to me. I don't know how long I can survive this, I'm a looser but you're not. You can be a brave fighter. Fight it, don't quit

A day after watching this video, I felt peace for the first time in years. Thank you so much.

This made me feel like someone understood for once

I'm dying from depression. I have ZERO motivation, I have voices in my head telling me Ive wasted my life away, I can never be the person I imagine I could be. Ive destroyed myself and all my relationships due to depression and insecurity. I go to bed at night with the hopes I dont wake up in the morning and am angry when I do. I hope your videos can help me

This was the best talk about depression that I've ever heard & spoken at a pace, that I was able to comprehend & take in. Thanks so much.

My pug just died and I wanted to join him because he was the only one who loved me but. I watched this video and realized I’ll join him someday we all will

if you read this you're a beautiful person have a nice day :)

I feel unwanted and just want to go back to when I was little and had friends and no problems. Now I can't trust anyone and feel empty all the time. There's so much stress on my mind I just want to die so I don't have to deal with all of this

I have been going through a very difficult time in my life personally where i was almost at the point of giving up. That is until i came across your content, which has given me the boost and confidence i needed. Thank you so much.

I literally cried during the whole video. This was such an great experience. Especially the end: Having depression might be the greatest gift you ever got. This part made me open my eyes even more. It was like you were really talking to me the whole time. Thank you very very much!

I moved to a new state and school over a month ago. I was eager to make new friends and everything, but after going to my new school for a month, I haven't made any friends. I am really shy around new people, and I feel like I've already missed my chance to meet people. Everyone has just written me off as a shy person who doesn't talk much or anything. My family is disappointed in me for not making friends yet, and I feel like I am letting them down by being this shy. I don't have anyone to talk to. I'm lonely, but I won't admit it to anyone but myself. I don't want to harm myself or anything, but it's just gotten to the point where I feel like nothing affects me anymore. I haven't felt happy or looked forward to anything since I moved, and I can tell that from the outside it shows. I think my depression, if I can even call it that is making me worse at making friends. Because I am unhappy, I have lost the ability to have fun, make jokes or do any of the things I used to do with my old friends. I feel like I've let everyone I know down, and I don't have any way to deal with it.

I wish I never had to time to think because that is when I feel the worst, my sleep disorder dosent help as I lay there for hours every night trying to sleep.

I love you dude. Thank you for your knowledge and calm demeanor. You are spot on. Literally helping me solve ten year old issues in my own mind/ life

Thanks so much, you explained everything perfectly what's happening in my life. You have saved my life, this depression almost literally has killed me.

I got depression when I was 13 and I denied it until I was older. Now I accepted the fact i had it. I found out when I couldn't talk to people and I consistently felt tired. I couldn't maintain friends and my heart felt empty of emotion, so not having friends didn't hurt me until I was out of school. Depression is a mix of low energy levels like anemia and punching yourself down or not feeling satisfied with the life that you set up. Maybe other things that I don't know about.

anyone else wacthing this while crying for a reason you don't understand?😂

thank you, I have been struggling and i thought it was my fault. and i know having depression isn’t me. its not that i’m weak or bad. i can’t control my thoughts. we are so used to saying negative stuff to ourselves. it’s in our culture. drama is popular. boring isn’t popular.

Thank you for existing! Every time when my depression came back I just go to your channel and listen to your voice and words, it helps every time :) You have such a great energy that is impossible to stay depressed when I hear and see you...

A while ago, during my intermediate school year I was going through tough times. My parents were fighting and I thought there was no meaning in life. I sat alone at lunch, I talked to no one, I ignored everything. My grades dropped, despite the teachers noticing my introvert bookworm nature. I didn't really know what friends were. Now, 4 years later, I have tons of friends who share the same interests as me, I'm in the advanced classes and even smile. The ideas of a fatherly figure still reside in my head, but I have a goal, and I will not die or become overwhelmed by emotions. That goal is to become a computer engineer and earn lots of money to make sure my family has a good life, and to have a great wife so they don't have to feel what I felt. I'm currently 14 for those wondering.

Depression , Anxiety , Panic Attacks ......... I noticed that the people who are suffering from these are mostly introverts or say those who spend more time surfing online rather than any real life activity. I would advice just try to stay away from Laptop , Smartphone .... and involve yourself into some physical activity. Keep yourself busy and at the end of the day you will feel tired that will help you get some good sleep. It's just a brain game , just like a computer , your brain needs to be restarted so that it can function properly. I hope it helps. .............................................................................Peace.............................................................................................

3 years ago I was in a deep depression triggered by loss of job. I watched this video and didn't help in the moment but it stayed with me and helped me live with the depression. As time moved on and I got on some meds and life got better I kept watching this video and when I was just coming out of the depression this video really helped me believe that I am a human that is worth being alive

I wish I could see you to thank you personally for what you just did in my life. Since morning I just found what I have been looking for. Thanks so much

the thing that really bothers me is that there are so many people who have to struggle everyday with this kind of shit. it makes me even more depressed.

33:48 at this moment I concluded a very important thing in my life... I still cant process it well and clear, but it opened me to another conclusion of knowing myself. if somebody is reading the comments to know if this video worth 30 minutes, I encourage you to watch it, it will help everyone, depressed or not. thank you Noah!

I watch this all the time to keep myself from ending it all thanks for making this it has saved me multiple times so god bless

Freedom begins when you decide you're going to find a solution.

Major depression and moderate depression have completely different things going on. This is a great video for someone with moderate depression. It's always helpful to be mindful of our reaction to our thoughts. But if you suffer from major or moderate depression, these are two separate diseases, and in anyone with Major Depressive Disorder, it's a very physiological disease, more so than it is mental. The depressed feelings and thoughts are secondary effects from the actual primary cause. If you look at a person with major depressive disorder and a person with moderate to little depression, there are distinct difference. Both will experience an event that triggers a depressive episode such as a loss of a loved one or job, eventually both get past their feelings of sadness or emptiness or grief associated to the loss, but the person with MDD (Major Depressive Disorder) does not bounce back to daily living. The person with moderate depression does eventually pull out of it. Instead the person with MDD might become apathetic, they can't muster energy or motivation, simple tasks feel overwhelming. Scientist found that the initial event or loss signaled the brain of trauma, so the brain kicked the body's physiological stress response in by releasing stress hormones which then signaled the adrenals to release more stress hormones, and all these stress hormones impact the brain's ability to see the beauty in butterflies, therefore, it impacts the neurotransmitter balance and makes it imbalanced, and the brain is not capable of talking itself out of its depression but rather becomes even less resilient to struggle because this stress response is occurring and it's heightened our senses and awareness so when you find your dog chewed up your brand new pair of work shoes, guess what happens? It signals the brain of more trauma or stress, and that stress response keeps going and it becomes a viscous cycle that doesn't get shut off by the parasympathetic nervous system in the person's body with MDD. They don't even what's going on often times. Those stress hormones have shown in studies to kill brain cells in the hippocampus. The severely depressed person with MDD suffers psychomotor retardation (agitation, low resiliency, sequencing and memory issues, difficulty in simple tasks like walking to the bathroom suddenly feels like a marathon) while the stress response occurring is trying to protect the person from the very outside trauma or stressors that is kesping their fight or flight in overdrive, and it does this by activating certain areas and shutting down other areas. However, chronic stress can eventually lead to premature aging of the brain, and ppl with lifelong or years of suffering with MDD are at high risk, so if you suffer with persistent depression, please see a doctor. Anyway, the depressed person might look chill like nothing major is happening or shit ain't going on, perhaps they even seem slowed down or stoned due to the lack of response in the hippocampus, but internally their body is so stressed it's as if it's been running from an entire army. Studies show this stress response is even occurring during sleep (ha! which means that our negative thoughts are not at cause in the MDD patient because we are not conscious or thinking negative thoughts in our sleep). Why this stress response does not get shut off in the person with MDD, is the mystery. Approx 1/4th have a thyroid hormonal imbalance at play. Perhaps some sort of deficiency as well. There's also a gene factor, as well as our environment. Now someone with moderate depression differs from the person with major depression. Watch Robert Sapolsky's lecture on Depression. He's a neuroscientist professor at Stanford. Brilliant. He is changing how we view depression in the medical field, and I hope others who do NOT suffer can understand that their friend or loved one who does is very much suffering from a physiological disease just like asthma or diabetes.

I lost a very important person in May.. she was young , full of life , with kids.. cancer took her away. I am still so depressed about it.. I don t have the money to go to psychologist , and I pretty much can t handle it , and can t handle life. I don t have a job , or close friends.. I am spending almost all of my time alone in my room. Life is hard. She was the one and only person I was 100% open with , the only one so close to me that I talked about any problems etc with ... and now she is gone.

I love that you are trying to help, but watching this made me feel even worse, I feel terrible, empty, and sad. I already dont have much of a reason to be depressed, but the fact that you reinforced that thought made me crack and burst out into tears. Thank you for trying tho

You are really a very great person there is no person in the world like u

You're videos are very valuable. I've just weaned off Lexapro and feel much better. I recently quit a job that was a toxic environment. I find that meditation helps so much. If I get anxious about anything, I just tell myself " All you have to do right now is breathe".

I hate being the one to mask who they really are. At school I'm this funny guy who will cheer you up when your down but away from my friends someone who you won't recognise. Sometime I tell myself I need to stop being everybody's life guard because I'm drowning myself. 😖

Thank God I Found Ur Channel... Just got diagnosed with clinical depression and I'm having an episode

I keep coming back to this video,I can't stand depression anymore.

I don't know if this guy talks mambo jumbo or not, but he made me feel shockingly better about myself after a totally unexpected relapse. Instant subscribe. And many thanks for this. I go to bed with a positive attitude. My life is awesome.

I'm lonely. Sometimes when I'm alone, I think it's because of me. I always think I'm lame, ugly, annoying, stupid.. Even when people say the opposite, I can't let those thoughts out. When I just don't know I'm really sad. Even when I believe my life would get better, the other day I just say something different. I'm not comfortable with my house getting dirty everyday, my brothers pressure me, my parents keep yelling at me that I need only A's, even when I could argue, they don't understand my explanation, and I can't feel good when they don't acknowledge my problems. Girlfriend, I don't beg for a girlfriend. Being loved from someone from not your blood is a new feeling for me. I believe it's good, a different person that tells you "I love you" tells a lot for me.. Now that I've let all that out, I don't know anymore what I'm doing..

Thank you. It was immensely comforting to hear that I'm not lacking, and that I could just be me.

I was in my school toliet when watching this while crying my eyes out

I get suicidal thoughts very frequently, haven't attempted any so far

I have no friends, I've buried myself in video games and RU-vid it takes my mind of things but in the end I'm just worse and I want to kill my selfe. I feel like no one likes me and I just want someone to love. My grades are slowly slipping and at times I think my family doesn't even like me I've even hidden it from everyone else... I lost a friend and I just need a hug from even a total stranger as long as it isn't from my family it'll help...😭😭😭😭😭😢😢😢😢😢😪

Noah: "you get in a moment where you want icecream.." Me: *presses pause* *gets icecream*🍨 *presses play*

after listening to you for 10 minutes I was bawling like a baby, thank you for helping.

my depression is set off by loneliness I'm all alone.

I suddenly lost interest in everything. I don't feel like doing anything. My appetite is gone too. BUt the most frustrating ting is that I don't know the reason. I don't even know if there is a reason or not. Can anybody help me or suggest me anything?! Thanks is advance!

I fought back my tears this entire video. This was really helpful, Thank you so much.

I found this video about 4 years ago when I was about to end my life youtube still recommend's this video I just get happy whenever I see this because it helped me a lot. I'm safe and happy now!!

I'm even more depressed that I'm watching this

my depression mainly comes from loss, when I was in senior in high school I had everything I could ever want, I had a great relationship, good friends my dream career was in line after I graduated, but after I graduated everything fell apart. I lost my job I had to move to a new state with my parents, shortly after me and my girlfriend broke up. I struggled with the thought of going to back to school like my parents wanted me too but I did it because I was to sad and trapped in my own bubble to do anything I wanted to do. until a few months ago when I started talking to some old friends and they reminded me of all the great things I did, and they convinced me to do what I wanted to do even though it was terrifying because I already experienced my fall from grace. I'm still struggling every day but even on my worst day I have enough confidence in my self that I can be what I want to be and do what I want to do as long as I work on it little by little every single day.

If you are having a good day, I suggest that you don't read the comments.

totally agree with you our thoughts are our worst enemies ! and they make us misunderstand ourselves and this video made my mind opener about it thank you my dear you are so brilliant !

If I'm walking on a street, and someone throws a stone at my back... I very much will blame myself for that and, definitely, I will think it signifies who I am. This is the essence of depression for me. Thinking that I must be that repulsive, that inferior - that I'm being openly despised by others

I have a terrible job. It's destroying my social life, I'm miserable and exasuasted all the time and people don't want to be around me because of it.

I cant help but comment on the compassion in this mans eyes.I think this is how I would like jesus to look and act with understanding peace . encouragement non judgemental gentle .comforting. I hope this young man works in the mediical field he is of perfect temperament to get through to any age group in distress thank Godfor fine young people like him from noeleen in my ireland whear the grass is greener than green.....still

Spoken perfectly....spoken with meaning, spoken slow enough for information to absorb, spoke eloquently enough to understand what is being said and received to believe what is being said. Well done from the content, to the delivery, to the tempo, well done. I've never before heard it said this way. Out of the thousands of times that I've read on the topic or listened to discussions on the topic, this has been the most understandable and eloquently put in decades of my reading on the topic. I can't imagine the amount of relief and peace you are giving to so many people. How heavy that would weigh, if the relief from people pains that you have helped from this one video could be weighed. It's staggering.

I have an odd form of depression, my sadness comes not from my own pain and suffering, I came to the realization a long time ago I am not going to attain much in life (I am 16 years old), I don't think of myself as ignorant or moronic, but I just feel as though I see others sad, and that makes me sad (especially minority groups - LGBT, black ect..). I feel as though my life is meaningless, I know this, but I feel so weak when I sob to myself about how stupid, ugly (I look, well, normal,, but I tell myself this over and over for some reason), and how annoying I am, why? Because so many people are in a much worse situation than me, and that makes me feel worse, because I know I shouldn't have the option to be sad, I have a good family, I have financial support, but seeing others sad makes me feel so sad and I can't overcome this. One of my main issues is with people who gay, I feel so saddened knowing so many people who are gay won't be able to enjoy the same things as me. One last thing, sometimes I actually feel at my most happy when I am condescending myself (I know how weird that sounds), I am not a religious person, but I truly hope there is something in the after-life, not for me, but so people can have the justice and fairness and for their love and kindness to be rewarded. When I see people truly happy, gay, straight, white, black (and so forth), I will be truly at peace, knowing all these people can enjoy each others company. And then I can fade away, to be forgotten. I hope that everyone in life feels happy, be true to yourself, because you all deserve so much better. Also, when I was younger I remember bullying some classmates, and some of them bullied me back but it was mainly me. (all has been forgiven, but I still feel like crap because of things I did years ago). If you have read this far, I thank you. Your happiness is my happiness, because without any of you, I am nothing. So please, for me, enjoy life to the fullest.

Thank You for creating this video Noah, I've never had the strength to really get help or spoken with anyone about the feelings I feel, the one's I label depression, still now at 20. You creating this video allowed people like me to make that first step without having to actually speak to anyone physically but instead to just listen. Thank you sincerely. Emily

Thx ur a good person I just broke up with a girl that I loved more then anyone I couldn't sleep I never talked to anyone anymore but I'm finally getting sleep and I started talking to my friends again

I cried so much throughout the vid.That was absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much.

To be honest I sometimes think why am I alive what's my purpose to be here, am I even helpful to someone. I just really feel unappreciated. I feel lonely. Someone please tell me what's the purpose of life

thank you. What you said has really helped me

You posted this video so long ago and yet it is extremly relevant today. Thank you so much for posting this as it is helping me through a rough time.

I learned a lot, when you're depressed, you put too much attention to your negative thoughts, you can think of a positive future and think of the good focus on the good things in the present

Watch in 1.5x for normal human talking speed.

Depression and suicidal thoughts have plagued me for who knows how long. I thank you for trying to help. I guess I might try to continue.

I've been listening to Noah Elkfrief for a while, and always come back to his videos whenever I need it. They always help and resonate well. Thanks, Noah. You've helped so many people.

I'm very thankfull to you, I've never seen depression the way you showed it in this video. You sir have participated in changing my life. Thank you

Talk talk talk... the problem with me is my brain is too smart to talk myself out of anything.. its like it knows i'm trying to cheat it.

I was triggered and having such a depressive episode, where I felt meaningless. Thank you for changing my mood. Every word of your made sense. Please know that you changed my tears to smile. You are a good therapist. Thank you with all my heart.

I love how he calmly talks with detail how to not being okay is okay🥺❤️

i feel nothing but i know i want help

Thanks a lot! i was going through the phase of depression and wanted to get rid put of this, i knew i was luckier than other but this feeling didn't help me. when i saw your video, it has given my mind a clear path to control my thoughts by letting it go. you saved me.

I can't even remember who I was before I was depressed. Feels like I've been depressed forever.

I don't know who you are . . . all I know is that when I clicked on this video and started listening to your voice . . . telling my "inner voice" to quit telling or reminding me of things that make me "feel" depressed . . . I became in awe and realized that our thoughts are able to dictate how we feel about ourselves and our whole existence in general. YOU were a God send to me, and likewise will be to anyone else who feels depressed and happens to come across this video and your message. I subscribed immediately to your channel. This will not be the last time I listen to this video. It bears rewinding over and over again. Your message was so simple, yet we try to make it complicated. Tomorrow when I wake up, with thoughts running through my head telling me how depressed I am, I will hear your voice in my head reminding me that my "thoughts" are trying to dictate how I feel, and the power lies within my mind as to how I manage my feelings. Again, . . . You are a God send . . . and such a blessing to so many, including me. Can't thank you enough. GOD BLESS YOU.