Why JaackMaate Needed Therapy 

Have you guys had any experience with therapy that you’d be willing to share? If you’re comfortable with it, post below and maybe together we can continue breaking down the taboo of “getting help”. 💛 🇳🇺

This is huge for me as a 19 year old lad who is going through a hard time at the moment. This makes me want to look into therapy more seeing you talk about it mate thank you.

God on you mate. My girlfriend started going a little while ago and I went along to a couple sessions with her just for moral support. Turns out there’s a lot of stuff I’ve got to work on that I was originally too proud to face. I start my own therapy next month.

Trauma by a thousand paper cuts. Hard to acknowledge, easily overlooked and often played down. Not all trauma is one huge catastrophic event. Well done for speaking your truth. TY

I've been doing Addictions counselling for about eight years. Think it's great to deliver a message to talk out. Keep up the good work guys.

It’s not very easy to talk about things like this so publicly and openly, thank you jack 💪

Well done mate massive step, just started myself for the exact reason. Not easy and took me ages to finally do it, but I love it. You're gonna smash it mate, you deserve to be happy and hope it works out pal.

Health anxiety has really flared up for me recently. Just want to say thank you to you Jack because the way you speak about it so openly in itself makes me feel better.

Glad you’ve opened up Jaack, hope it goes well!

I've suffered from health anxiety for over 2 years now. I can definitely say that if you have any sort of anxiety, which you are keeping to yourself, you need to speak about it. I found that speaking to my parents and now a psychologist has greatly helped me see what reality is.

I'm looking into doing CBT therapy to help me with my confidence. I have lost out on many great opportunities in my love life due to a lack of confidence stemming from my mindset, friendships and career-wise as well. I am getting closer and closer to taking the plunge and videos like these do help, so appreciate you talking about such issues and your experience. My advice to anyone else would be just doing it, stick it out and don't take any regrets. If you're like me and having a pride battle within yourself, just think of where you could be a year from now. That's what I'm doing and it makes it so much more appealing. Just getting it planned into my financial situation now.

Therapist here, great video Jack. Just wanted to let people know there is FREE therapy available through your GP or by self referring to you local IAPT (improving access to psychological therapy) service. Either speak to your GP to refer or Google IAPT and your county and you should find details online to self refer. There's lots of support out there and we work with lots of different conditions and severities x

A good therapist truly can be a life saver, but you have to be ready for it. Not just doing it because someone suggests it

I'm a huge happy hour fan listened to all of them at work or at home and honestly I've been struggling so much with life in general, I'm 26 and have been genuinely unhappy since 18 but I'm scared to talk to someone about the things I've been through or experienced but I know deep down I need help. Not sure why I'm typing this really but you boys help so much in my life

The NHS offers therapy for lots of different issues, but the waiting lists are long. I've had counselling,cbt,talk therapy etc for years since 9 years old through the NHS. Currently waiting to do dbt, I've noticed that you seem to find yourself accelerated onto the waiting list higher up if you have been previously sectioned If you need help immediately from the nhs, you can call the crisis team! It's a 24hour thing.

I’ve had significant mental health issues since I was four and to date, the only thing that therapy has FULLY helped me with was my ocd. I had it to a very debilitating degree for ten years and now seven years on I still can’t believe it doesn’t control my life anymore. It’s been SOOOOOOOOO much better and I never thought it could be.

So glad therapy is a great journey for you jack, proud x

Hy 20yr old male here, have eating disorder, have a NHS route after 2 years of being on the list not an ed specialist because "I am not under BMI enough" also have OCD and anxieties too. Just began therapy going into my 4th session with the therapist. As you said a "male thing" I think I have that too where I tend not to talk to anyone about it and still feel shamed and scared of being stigmatised as a loony. I dint think I have opened up to anyone except for here and I feel great for doing it. Although this is a burner account of mine (again just in case) and loony shame.

I’ve got ocd, intrusive thoughts. Went to therapy for a while for my ocd, didn’t do too muhc in the sense of helping, but her saying that you have ocd (intrusive thoughts) helped on its own... cuz it confirmed to me I’m not my thoughts, this is a genuine MH issue.

You'd be surprised how it feels getting things off your chest and being honest with someone. Not when you're off your face or pissed, that doesn't count. It can be a huge wait off your shoulders and the first step of changing your life for the better

Great video. Fair play to open up on this and encourage others to reach out.

Highly recommend checking your HR policy. My workplace offers 6 free counselling sessions for example. which I was great full for

Hope it's going well jack ❤️

Glad to hear your getting help mate. I decided to consult my local GP during lockdown when I couldn’t fill my time as much and was forced to face my tonight’s. Much like you, mine was oriented around health; specifically mental health (I’d convince myself I was going to become schizophrenic or have a psychotic episode amongst other things). The anxiety these tonight’s cause would only reaffirm the notions. The waiting list was long but the idea of seeing a specialist at the end of it was a beacon of hope. Therapy was the best thing I did and has tuned my life around. I’d say to anyone suffering with OCD or an undiagnosed anxiety disorder that it doesn’t hurt to speak to someone, even if your head tells you it might.

I said this on twitter but it's such a relief to hear you talk about this, I have OCD too and I just want people suffering to know it's possible to get better!!! 🌈🌈🌈

the happiness lab is a great pod for anyone struggling

So happy it’s going well for you. I wish I could say the same- therapy isn’t working for me in the slightest and I’d say I’ve had almost no benefits from it (been doing it for 8 months). So this makes me happy to hear. All the best of luck Jack!!!

Hey dude , been following for ages, your content helps me though my day. Your guests, your humour, it’s amazing. Keep it up. Ever in Exeter you’ve got a place to stay even though your experience with “Wetherspoons imperial was atrocious “ lol . It’s not all bad . Just wanted to say love the content again and quality that your having therapy if it’s helping you battle whatever thoughts / concerns you have . Ledge #keepodding

Respect 🙌

Im 29 year old man, I started therapy after the breakdown of my 5 and half year relationship with my ex and therapy is the best thing I’ve done in my life, please guys if you’re reading this just go for it.

I know this is quite late but the NHS does do therapy. Search ' NHS talking therapies' + your constituency and it will probably come up. As someone who has done therapy, i can promise you that its worth it. That first session is one of the most memorable hours of your life, you learn so much about yourself.

I'm happy that he opened up

Always worth the try, even if you don’t feel like there is much to talk about

Mental health support is absolutely available on the NHS!! You don't even have to get a referral from a doctor, you can self refer to your local IAPT service and have a telephone call with somebody to talk about the support they can offer to help you!

I really needed to hear this

the problem is the waiting list for nhs therapy (in my area anyway) is so long i’ve been waiting for like over a year, the working class can’t afford to go to therapy unfortunately we just have to wait or give up trying. The only therapy i’ve been able to get is like a phone call monthly which they stopped after 6 weeks because i needed to see a specialist :/

I’d love to have a therapy session for my anxiety just to see if it works. It’s getting worse every year I get older so something needs to change

The NHS do offer it if you can wait a year. If you have a crystal ball and can anticipate when you'll need mental health assistance, then the NHS is great.

best of luck 👍🏻

I suffer with ocd yet I’m none too mental health services kinda sad as I was making 2k a month but due to poor communication on there behalf I’m now out of work… getting help was the worst thing I’ve done

Health > Wealth

So proud of u bro

Thank you for talking about this, & raising awareness of something that could really help save people’s lives. Much respect Jaack 👍🫶

Good man for sharing no shame with this stuff is 2022

respect

i dont have memories from when i was 11/12 and im 16 so thats a worry for me

Honestly therapy is the best thing I'm doing at the moment. So my story if anyone's wondering is during September 2021 I was suicidal and I was eating my way to death and also experience anxiety attacks my first proper anxiety attack lasted a solid month at first I thought I was dieing I wasn't too worried about it however the pain never stopped the pain was increasing and I wonder well am I going to die at 80 with this pain by the way I was 19 at the time. So I went to my GP told everything unfortunately there was a 4 month delay. So instead I put my self on the list but at the same time it was my cousin wedding in Pakistan so I went to the wedding hoped on a plane 2 weeks later her wedding was over and o was looking to return but my cousin said hey why don't u do therapy in Pakistan. At first I was reluctant since the media made out like Pakistan was filled with crazy doctors with no degrees. However I thought to myself your probably going to kill yourself u may as well try. At first they gave me 2 weeks worth of pills I mean in England they wanted me on the pills for 2 months however after the 2 weeks I started my therapy with this amazing women she spoke fluent English (American English) I know the scum didn't learn English from the British. However my therapy is still continuing were still trying to find out the many different reason behind my deppression but so far so good. I just wanted to say if England is still the way it was when I left then I know it may sound strange but try finding doctors in other countries. I'm so grateful I trusted my cousin and went to Islamabad to do my therapy. Everyone out there in the world stay strong it does get better and don't be afraid of therapy if u are worried about people judging remember one thing u are in control u don't have to tell people what your doing stay strong and thanks jack and Stevie your pod is great way for me to relax and also remember home. Lots of love from a fat brown man in a 3rd world country.

On a lighter note… Stevie’s hairline is looking good

Why does jack look exactly like Damian Lewis lmao

There’s no shame in going to therapy, if you think you might need it to get some stuff off your chest go for it!

Should've done Invisalign instead

Retroactive jealousy, yet another thing I think I have wrong with me

Can someone explain what happened with Jack and his mum ?

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I do not trust therapists, psychiatrists, or psychologists. I was referred to many when I was a child and as a teenager and those experiences were entirely negative.

The irony is therapists are more fucked up than anybody else.

Bs he’s a posh kid he has no real problems piss me off people like that

Oh boo hoo everywhere is whinging about mental health it’s so overplayed

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