Thank you Douglas, I've been struggling with Depersonalisation Disorder for over a year now and I think my anxiety response comes very much from my amygdala and thats why the years of CBT hasn't made a dent. Thanks so much for sharing this it really is an important video! I'm doing tons of exercise now and getting out of my self-isolation more and more now. I'll share this with those I know who have anxiety whom CBT hasnt benefitted :)
Thanks. I'm glad that the video was helpful. I have other videos about exercise and mood. Here are two of them. ua-cam.com/video/BF8p__PraUM/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/estnZa7CZwQ/v-deo.html
Oh thanks, this is great stuff. I'm walking about 10 miles a day, anything more intensive seems to flare my Depersonalisation symptoms. I'm also on prozac so I'm hopeful it will bring back the pleasure and enjoyment I once had. These are all very helpful keep up the good work :)
i have also chronic irrational fear. CBT is not helping me. No other thing worked even medication. So what did work for you if we assume it's amyglada based anxiety?
Berj cbt is kind of a short cut. I think that if depression and anxiety is related to childhood issues cbt is practically useless. Trauma is so deeply held in the nervous system and muscular system that cbt will not work. Have you looked into bioenergetic therapy or reichian work. Trauma release exercises are helpful as well.
Rest in Peace dear Douglas ❤ You helped so many people even while going through your own struggles. You are my hero and I’m so glad you are healed and whole again in heaven. I miss you but am glad I can come here and listen to you whenever I need you ❤😢
Wow it actually feels incredible to be validated , I always told my doctors cbt didn’t help. I needed a hard fast exertion of energy to feel any kind of relief. My anxiety is and has always been triggered by the amygdala before a stressful situation has even occurred. To fix it the only cure for me is to truly bipass thinking mind and go balls to the wall with an intense Workout.
The best way to get rid of anxiety and depression is the realization that you are different from your mind. Mind is auto pilot mode which runs based on impression you create in your life while your actual identity is consciousness. Mind is just a tool like your arms but has its own behavior, so do not worry. It's not You. You own the mind and not the other way round. Just close your eyes and see what's happening.. Your ability to watch your auto pilot thoughts is awareness and more and more you watch them the lesser the anxiety. At every moment just be aware what your mind is doing. It does take practice, but once mastered, your life will be great. I've been anxious and depressed for years until now when I started watched my mind. IT WORKS!
I was alone with my depressive episodes for years before I found your channel Douglas. I hope you know every day what a special gift you give to the world.
My problem is anxiety while driving or in social situations. It's truly made life so hard. I get a lump in my throat and feel like I'm choking. I've had to pull off the road several times to calm myself down. I'm headed to see a psychologist on Wednesday so hopefully he can help me. It just hit me out of the blue one day and now I'm terrified of driving. My commute to work is 20 miles each way so that doesn't help matters. I avoid restaurants and grocery stores like the plague. I actually had a doctor tell me to ignore it and that's not something anyone suffering from this wants to hear. To all of those that suffer with this I pray you are able to overcome it. Cheers
I had a client who had a fear of driving over bridges. But she gradually the exposed herself to what she was afraid of and worked through it. You can visualize yourself driving on the roads calmly and rehearse this every day. The mind cannot tell the difference between something imagined and something real. You can also try hypnosis. Hopefully your psychologist knows about these techniques.
I have fear of diving. If someone asked me “you want to go to (whatever)”... and I know it’s more than 30min, I won’t go. My eyes water up, heart races just thinking of going on the highways to get wherever I need to go. If I am starting to panic even outside of a car....I feel like time is slowed down and the narration begins “you just blinked” “turn the air off” “now open the window” “close the window” “radio is too loud” It’s on and on and on. I also researched agoraphobia. I don’t like going to crowds anymore and the thought of sitting at an arena is scary. Do you have any suggestions?
I am exactly the same it's awful I actually crashed my car in a panic attack, I've never driven again, that lumpy feeling in throat is horrendous you feel you are going to choke, supermarkets and shops oh that's a task inducing panic and anxiety, run out is what I do, I was told many years ago not to talk about how you feel but I really think it's good to hear how others suffer all these sensations because anxiety makes you feel that you are different and you will never be free of it, I have never really been a one for swearing bad words and I would never swear at people but I sure as hell tell the anxiety and panic to bleep - off, it's good to talk to others 💜💜
Hi Douglas, what are some initial steps I should take to heal from childhood trauma deriving from sexual abuse? My academics and day-to-day life have been affected significantly in the last few years and I feel lost.
The idea is the more You will tell Yourself not to go into Depression or Stop Anxiety or Panic Attacks the More it will come as Human Mind is Rebellious so Please Don't go the Opposite way or Don't try even to stop your anxiety or depression as due to action reaction it will come more as Human Brain is Rebellious & Argumentative ,SO The idea is to take out the fuel from the thoughts as the fuel is provoking those anxious thoughts so don't give your thoughts fuel or simply tell your mind or yourself as this is very normal & boring thought & it has nothing much importance the minute you will start doing it the brain won't get a counter thought to argue or fight with so the fuel will start blown off & gradually the thoughts will go just as you don't think about your lunch or breakfast you took 3 days ago as it was a very normal & boring event same way trick your mind to normal & boring events ,as Only You & You are giving Fuel to the Brain by giving 10 thoughts in Counter part & due to those 10 thoughts 10 More thoughts were born in Defense of Anxiety & Depression SO You have to stop giving fuel to the brain as Only You & You are responsible for making yourself anxious so First thing You have to do is to stop this Counter Debates & arguments with the brain & then you will see the anxiety will disappear ,as subconscious mind is always surrounded by fear from & the moment you start discussing with your mind,Mind will be more feared & then anxiety & panic attacks will arise so a very very simple strategy is to consider it as a very very normal & too much boring event so subconscious mind will get rid of fear & your anxiety will go as there is never an exact reason of anxiety its just a cloud of uncertain thoughts with no firm thoughts & your one though of firmness of considering it normal & boring will disperse the cloud of ambiguous thoughts away, Understand the game of brain as one thought even in oppose or in counter attack will give rise to so many other thoughts as a chain reaction so just don't give any argument or counter thought same way when you are sinking in mud the more efforts you give to come out ,the more you will sink in the mud same way don't give here any efforts here as well otherwise you will sink in the mud of anxiety ,even as you cannot explain a good or a bad experience in words ever so just don't try even to explain in words or thoughts , just feel an experience good or bad when you felt it, the matter is finish there only,let it go , you cannot again explain it in words or thoughts to yourself & if you will try to do,it will give you only anxiety & panic attacks
I always think of my grandfather who was a WW2 veteran when I think of amygdala based anxiety. My dad talks about the time they had heard a car backfire right behind them and my grandfather took off at a full run and he ran directly into a telephone pole and knocked himself out cold. What was even weirder was that my dad said he doesn't understand how he couldn't see the telephone pole right in front of him, so he believed my grandfather was even unaware of his surroundings after his fear became too great.
The water thing is actually very useful. I didn't know it was a legitimate way to reduce anxiety, but it sure worked for me. I remember during a panic attack I jumped into the swimming pool (a plastic one) and it calmed me down immediately and I'll never forget that moment
I walk around believing I am the most anxious person in the world. When I'm around people I obsess so much on my presence and interactions that it draws attention away from those interactions.
Try to take a step back and watch yourself obsess over those things. Don't try to stop it, but do your best to just notice what pictures you see in your mind, what your internal dialogue is like, and what you feel like. "Whatever you resist, persists"
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The best thing that's worked for me is to identify I'm having an irrational thought, and realize that other's are not viewing me the way I view myself and that I should accept the outcome regardless of what happens. If you keep forcing yourself into that situation, you will slowly retrain your brain to not place as much importance on such interactions... It's weird, but social anxiety in some ways can be considered a form of narcissism. So know that you matter, but you're not as important as you might think you are. (At least that's one of my problems.) Much love, and I wish you well!
I remember my Mother saying that we had to wake Daddy up from the doorway and not stand close to the bed because he came awake fighting. It scared me as a child. I remember him saying that in WWII you never knew if it was one of your buddies waking you up or the enemy. This is the amygdala’s anxiety response. He never got over it. Thank you for helping me understand this better.
I have suffered from anxiety and depression for most of my life. Anxiety has been the more troublesome one and the one that sticks around full time. Depression can come up on me but once I identify it I can work myself out of it. I've seen psychiatrists, taken more medicines that anyone should, and listened to various people talk about CBT. Never has anyone explained it so well as you have. I cannot logically think my anxiety away, I've tried and it's still there. Thanks to you I have at least learned what causes my version of anxiety and also that CBT will not work for it since it's not a cognitive based anxiety.
Gautam Mure Yes but what about the anxiety exhibited in my gut. My whole explanation is posted here in this vid. Being a neurologist can u recommend anything . The gut is the enteric nervous system which I just found out in a documentary called GUT. Our gut has everything to do with our brain causing depression and anxiety. Thank u for reading this.
Gautam Mure. I’ll remember that next time some turd bag is trying to kill me! And if I survive that, I’ll remember your cognitive therapy when much of the uninformed public scorn me and my efforts for peace and order. Got something stronger Doc?
I have watched almost every anxiety related video and this is the first time I've heard cortex based anxiety and amygdala based anxiety. Amazing!! Thank you so so much for this, it helped lots!
What has been helping me is to notice when my sense of self is trying to give me a sense of value or "betterness." I've realize that this has truly been helping me to recognize, although I still struggle, I have come a long way. This allows me to see that I struggle with my triggers and gives me the ability to be better at seeing my triggers. I have realized that all of this is coming down to me feeling like I'm not good enough for me, my sense of self worth is very low. However, with this practice, I have and continue to improve. Some days are worse then some, but there is positive change, and it's not my brain that's changing me, it's me that's changing my brain. But obviously, you do what works and try to improve your life in a healthy way if possible. Best wishes!
I’m in awe of your channel. Thank you so much for putting yourself out there to help others. I’m not only using this for myself but for hundreds of patients I see. Bless you and thank you
I'm glad the channel has been so helpful. If you provide your email address, I can send you two PDF diagrams that contain wellness tools for depression recovery. I can also send you my memoir, "When Going Through Hell...Don't Stop!"
I've been searching for an answer on "body's in panic but mind's calm" problem that I had FOR YEARS! Oh my how good to finally understand where its coming from!
Wow, this way of explaining me depression taught me so much more than the multitude of online articles about depression and how to overcome it ! Thank You Douglas !
I wake up in the morning and tell myself don't get up yet. Then I stay in bed for the whole afternoon. At around 3:30 to 4pm I finally wake up and shower, eat something . I try to make myself go to work. I used to go to the gym but now I'm in a small town. I found a meditation on you tube to clear negative thoughts. This helped a bit. I'm going to find a doctor to help me with my depression and anxiety this week. I feel paralyzed with despair in the morning. However, in the evening I'm wide awake.
I vent, I ruminate, and I get anxious and depressed a lot of times, and a lot of the times, I just wished it would stop. The way I try to make it stop is by replacing those negative thoughts with positive thoughts, and acknowledging what has been making my heart ache and then doing my best to let them go. Anyways, thank you for the information, I hope you realize that they are people who think you are unhelpful while they are the ones not helping! Keep going Doc!
Dear Dr. Bloch, I can’t thank you enough for this video! This video explains everything so clearly and helps me to understand what is going on with me. Exercising with 2 and 5 pound weights hugely diminished my anxiety and OCD symptoms. Thank you so very much!!! ❤
just bought the book... this video helped... knowing the different types, knowing that i cant talk myself out of amygdala anxiety makes a lot of sense since it hasn't been working
Thank you thank you THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!! WHO KNEW IT WAS SO SIMPLE. I was literally having an anxiety attack which got worse from stress of looking for a anxiety video. Took 39 years to find this....it went away. I just started crying. I've never been able to break it. Now I have a plan for both types of anxieties. Thank you so much because it's been with me my whole life
You are welcome. To get the most out of these ideas, I highly recommend that you get the book that I used to make this video. It is so clear and so readable that you will love it. The name of the book is “rewire your anxious brain.“ I’m not sure of the name of author but I think there’s an image of the book on the video or you can just go to Amazon.com and type in the title. Let me know if you are able to locate the book.
Thanks Douglas. What I take from this video is that we should all aim to live more in the present. Some of my worries have become really silly recently.
Me too man, recently I've gotten some anxiety and it sucks. I know this is an old comment but your not alone man, and thankfully neither am I it seems. :)
You CHANGED MY LIFE!! I would lie down and feel as if I had to jump up and run down the street! The panic was so real and it was not anxiety because I was anticipating nothing. It would happen sporadically and I never knew what to do. On a whim I listened to this video and it changed my life. I understand now the difference between anxiety and physical amygdalic responses, where no thinking can stop that stimulation! I love that you made that distinction! No one is doing this! So I purchased some kava kava supplements and they WORK!! I no longer get ANY attacks. I just pray that it continues to work. It’s been 2 months of heaven!! Thank you for saving my life! And I say that teary eyed. I’m so glad I listened.
Thanks Lisa, I’m glad that the kava seems to be working. In addition there are cognitive and behavioral strategies that can also help. If you email me douglasbloch@gmail.com I will send you links to the videos I’ve made about these strategies. Also, have you subscribed to the channel?
I definitely learned something new. I didn’t know anxiety was triggered in two areas. My anxiety definitely is Amygdala based. Very automatic and sub conscious. I’ve conquered the thinking part of anxiety (neo cortex).
I am currently (finally!) in recovery from a life-long battle with anxiety. I am so glad that I found your videos yesterday, as they make a lot of sense. Thank you!
Douglas, thank you so much for your videos. I recently had a nervous breakdown and started having panic attacks. I went to a psychiatrist and have been taking SSRIs for 6 days. Unfortunately I had a quite unpleasant panic attack today that took 90 minutes to come down from. Luckily I was at home. Watching this video has a calming effect on me and I really appreciate your help. Thanks again.
This just made me cry. I feel so relieved that I understand what is going on in my body now. I’ve been through several traumas in my life and have been diagnosed with GAD and PTSD, for the most part I have coped with the symptoms but after a prolonged 7 month stressful ordeal recently went to a doctor to seek help for symptoms that have gotten way out of control and have left me non-functional and feeling paralysed by panic and anxiety. I was referred to a social worker and for the last two months have had him dismiss what I say I am experiencing. I’ve been through CBT therapy before and it was most helpful for the anxious thoughts that plagued me and resulted in bodyIly sensations of anxiety. But now I am also plagued by what you’re referring to as amygdala based anxiety - I can sometimes get in a car and have an overwhelming panic attack, if I go near particular streets I find myself having a panic attack, I can go to bed fine and wake up all of a sudden having a terrible panic attack (not having had a nightmare or anything) and I have this social worker saying “you have to have an underlying thought that’s causing the anxiety, all anxiety comes from thoughts, you can’t have anxiety without thoughts” and when I counter that this is different, it feels different, I am not having any anxious thoughts or thinking anything negative, it can occur when I’m feeling good and having a good time doing nothing that provokes anxiety, he’s completely dismissive and I’ve been feeling so misunderstood and frustrated.
For nine months, I had anxiety attacks with no thoughts whatsoever. The nurses in the psychiatric ward we’re trying to convince me that it was all due to my bad thoughts. It was due to fight or flight chemicals in my nervous system that were out of control.
I am sorry you had to go through that. I just saw a psychiatrist who asked me if I had physical anxiety-which means no thoughts- just the physical sensations like butterflies and nervousness and I was surprised because I thought it was from negative thoughts. Apparently it’s not just from thoughts. If I drink coffee that makes me super anxious and it’s physical- not from thoughts
Thank you so much. Ive spent the longest time trying to think my way out of anxiety that i didnt realize was in reality amygdala based, and that i need to take a different approach. Really enlightening.
You’re welcome. There are many ways to change your physiology such as exercise, deep breathing, mindfulness meditation, putting your face in a sink of cold water and holding your breath, and sometimes medication.
Why does the human brain have to be so complicated? This fight-or-flight 95% of the time causes more problems than it solves, I wish we could just evolve out of it!
Phill Simmer What is regressive behavior? Nothing they said is considered regressive behavior? They were just expressing an opinion and a frustration with the fact that our flight or fight mechanism occurs at what would be considered inappropriate times SOMETIMES. Obviously, sometimes, it’s necessary (the 5%). But, for people who struggle with anxiety, fight or flight kicks in when it is not necessary for the most part.
Phill Simmer First of all, you can’t ignore you fight or flight. And second of all, we don’t need a lecture about how successful you are. People are just venting their frustrations. Instead of sympathizing, you use it as an opportunity to praise yourself. And regressive behavior is a psychology term. Our bodies aren’t going to evolve away from fight or flight unless a time comes when we really don’t need it anymore.
What a soothing personality! Simple yet profound and precise explanation is a breath of fresh air, and your humour are jewels that shines in between the session! Congratulations!
Thanks. This the 2nd time I've watched this video. The 1st time my anxiety was at near panic level. I must have listened to the words but I didn't hear them. Wow, no wonder I can't just talk my anxiety away! Thank you so much.
Thank you for the video. I absolutely love your humour. We should probably laugh and poke fun at our anxiety. We give it too much power. May be even treating it like an annoying little sibling. Thanks again, you made me smile
Yes! I good part of cognitive therapy is learning to talk back to the irrational and annoying voices and thoughts! But his point about the onslaught of biochemistry when in the middle of anxiety is spot on...an immediate physical/chemical intervention is called for to interrupt the downward cycle. Breathing and temperature change abruptly changes the inputs into the autonomic nervous system.
Rex Erection : you recognize that you are/can be an observer of thoughts. You are not your thoughts...don’t believe everything you think...this has been extremely effective in breaking OCD, you recognize that your brain has developed a glitch (a reoccurring yet faulty logic loop), once you see it from that perspective you can reject it. Dr. Daniel Amen also discuses ANTs (automatics negative thoughts) which we can recognize and reject and begin to break patterns.
Holy moly this is incredible. My anxiety started when my Dad died and I described it as like my 'internal monologue' had stopped working. Now I think it's because prior to that I'd only had the 'rational' kind, and now I have a constant sense of never-ending doom which seems like the amygdala sort. No wonder I can't rationalise myself out of it! This has totally changed my attitude and given me almost a sense of hope which honestly I didn't think was a possibility these days :/
Hi Douglas Ive suffered from depression for many years. But approx 3 years ago the story changed with the onset of anxiety & panic attacks which were off the dial nearly 24/7 . I could not read a book, let alone undertake meditation or cbt both of which i had availed myself of in the past. The only thing that worked was seeking the help of a pyschiatrist who was able to prescribe medication. I was not well enough or able to change the way i was feeling by applying mindfullness principles or concepts of meditation. The only thing that saved me from self destruction was medication.
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I get anxiety when in a stressful situation, public speaking, job interviews, etc. And yet no matter how positive my thinking or how much I try to reassure myself I can never stop the anxiety itself. I'll always have elevated pulse, distracted mind and sweaty palms.
So informative ! I had my first panic attack at 22 ( 19 years ago) and I was given antidepressants. I was very depressed at 17-18 years of age - did nothing about it then. So now I realize that I probably have the second kind of anxiety - Amygdala- no thoughts really provoke my panic attacks . They are just random , mostly at night. I will watch all the videos. Thanks for doing them ! :)
Maya The Bee same here, I’ve had my first panic attack at 9 years old, I’m 16 now.. it’s literally sparked by absolutely nothing. Except mine will be mid day more then at night.
Just to mention, I have been off meds since '12. I have done the inner work myself and have come a very long way through my own type of CBT and yoga. Side note, cold stimulates the vagus nerve which also reduces anxiety.
I am glad i came across this video,the more i learn what anxiety is and isnt has been helping,ive pretty much suffered with this since i was 14,im now 48,somedays are harder then others,but i push along and do what i have to do,it is a struggle though,the ironic thing is that i rarely even have panic attacks,but its because i shrunk my comfort zone so small,the fear of the panic attacks is much worse then the actual attack,i am on a couple meds which i plan on getting off ,alcohol has been the only thing thats ever worked,but we know how that goes,it got me into more trouble then anything,anyway ive been sober now 11 years and drinking is not an option or do i desire it ,what ive been trying to do is get uncomfortable,facing situations that scare me,im tired of having my life resvolve around panic and i will conquer it,sorry if i rambled on, FEAR - false evidence appearing real
I’ve been dealing with it from a young age as well. I’m 38 now and still struggling from time to time with periods of no anxiety at all. But then it will just hit me out of nowhere. Sometimes there is a trigger.
I found this to be very enlightening what you said about the two places where fear is arising from and that there are different approaches to cope with it! It totally makes sense! Thank You!
Could you do a video on depersonalization and derealization? It one of my worst anxiety symptoms. Thank you for making these videos. They're very helpful.
+Candice Argenas I can do the research for such a video. I've never had the symptoms but I know that many people have. So I will ask around and see what I can find out.
korje. I really hope you’re right. This happens to me so much that I can’t even drive or hardly leave my apartment. I’m hoping if I can get my mind where it’s supposed to be, I won’t experience depersonalization anymore. Fingers crossed!
depersonalisation is a symptom of low anxiety, its your minds flight and fight response, your brain in numbing your feelings because it can see something it doesn't like (anxiety) it's your brains way of protecting you from anxiety..... the same thing happens when you have a death of a loved one, you will feel numb and surreal, it's your brains way of protecting you from the horrible emotions... once you get rid of your anxiety, depersonalisation will also go... Next time you get depersonalisation just tell yourself this is normal and that your body/mind is functioning correctly, i know its very hard to do and it's a horrible symptom.. but its a natural occurrence of low anxiety.... do some research on in... look for a video called "Charles linden de-personalisation" on here..
@@NotAnotherOtaku This may not be the case for you, but for me I've experienced that worse in times that my iron and vitamin d levels are very low. It's worth doing a blood test to check .
This is the first time I’ve seen this explained. I consider myself to have a calm mind, but I still get body based anxiety fairly regularly. I work a reasonably high pressured job (although don’t we all...) and even though I can always get through very stressful situations with relative ease, the day after a stressful situation has finished I end up having a panic attack, even though I’m not worried about the event that’s just gone the day before. To see the distinction made in this video has been really helpful. I’ve been exercising a lot for the past two months and I’m going to stick at it. Deep breathing and meditation look like the other options to go for. Thank you.
@ Well in that case, people need to do what they think is right. There's a lot of things that people don't do that they know is good for us, such as: 7-9 hours of quality sleep, hygiene, Whole food diet, cardio and resistance training, breathing exercises, meditation, stretching, strong relationships with friends and family.. These are things we all KNOW to be true through extensive scientific research and experimentation. Any you"re right, it's all down to the individual.
very interesting talk Douglas. I am an anxiety sufferer and I have always thought I have an "over active" amygdala... I am a final year psych student u/g and have never thought of anxiety as being "old brain" or "new brain". I am definitely going to look into amygdala based anxiety as I am extremely focused on natural remedy vs meds.
Hi Douglas,I loved how you described panic & anxiety. I too have had it from a child.My anxiety is even woes atm because I’m giving palliative care to my dying mother ,who I’ve always lived with.The worries I have at the minute are real & im struggling with stress in my muscles shoulders etc which is extremely painful but anyway thanks for the way you put your advice across 👍🏻👍🏻
Jane Burke Sorry about your mom, my mom is in end stage Alzheimers, very upsetting. The muscles in my shoulders/neck etc kill me. I've been foam rolling so don't know if you've tried that. Sometimes it helps.
Ess Essen Sorry about your mam to because it’s heartbreaking & to see their suffering is almost unbearable 😔I haven’t heard of that but I’m willing to give anything a try so thanks for your advice & best wishes fro England 🌸👍🏻
Love this ! I have social anxiety generalized anxiety panic attacks ocd health anxiety etc. So I believe its cortex based and amydgala cause I can never talk my way out of a panic attack which is with anything I do(going to a store, family gathering, hell even leaving my apartment!). I am at your videos via Noah and subscribed and am looking forward to watching all of them! Thank you Doug !
You are welcome. Thanks for subscribing. I publish a video every Monday morning. In addition, I will be doing a live video chat on Wednesday, September 27, at 11 am pacific time. Hope you can tune in.
I suffer the same thing as well. I hypochondriasize/drasticizing and catatastrophizing which makes me panic. And I can’t just come out of it. I need medication. Since it’s been hard to acquire Ativan and klonopin I have started taking cbd and it’s helped
Thanks Douglas ! Your videos are always on point .My aniexty has been bad today and I feel more anxious than usual . You are so much appreciated !!! Aloha , ,Evelyn
I've been researching anxiety for years and this is the first time I've heard about the amygdala... thank you for the info I'm going to practice it and hope for the best
Thankyou once again no doctor or therapist ever explained the different parts of the brain causing anxiety. Thanks to you I can attack anxiety with a totally different approach. Bless you Mr. Bloch!
Thanks Ryan. If you feel moved, you can contribute to this channel by visiting this link. It’s my crowdfunding site which I’m using to raise funds to pay for the videos. www.patreon.com/douglasbloch
As I said before in a comment, coping techniques only make it worse. Resistance only makes it worse. CBT/therapy rarely works, as they want you to challenge your thoughts/feelings, even though you KNOW they are false. This only fuels the fire. You must accept these thoughts and feelings as harmless (they really are). These thoughts and sensations are a blessing, and the worse they are, the better. You’re lucky to have this, as a lot of people don’t. Anxiety and depression (fear basically) is beautiful and harmless. Embrace it, and invite it in. The only way out is through it, embracing it, and loving it. Only then does suffering end. Reasoning with it will only strengthen it. You are lucky to have it. Celebrate it! It can be your greatest teacher. This will bring upon you great enlightenment. Most never get this experience. I wish you well on this great journey!
Hi Douglas, I listen to your blogs daily and they are certainly helping. I am very grateful you take the time to share your knowledge. I would love you to focus some blogs in specifically health anxiety/ hypochondria. I have suffered now for over 10 years, it is very similar to GAD but as you probably know not totally.
same here, been to more than a dozen doctors in the past 4 years, nearly all test came out normal, but when i get stressed n n depressed my body feels tension, so i keep thinking something is wrong, vicious cycle, fear of something is wrong with me n in going to die, i realize now its just fear, what my mind is worrying about, need to be able to face the fear, thats my next step.
I live with hypochondria and my life is a mess. I feel everything in my body doesn’t matter what arm pain heart attack cough throat cancer has bowel cancer. It’s just as bad as any disease
I found a new technique this week that is super simple, soon as you notice the feeling try the faster eft technique, so easy tap in 4 specific spots, which are between eyes, side of eye, below eye, then below collar bone, while saying let it go, (paying attention to what your fingers feel like on your skin )grab wrist say let it go take a deep breathe say peace......notice the change tap again to release remaining feelings, this is immediate and rewires the brain.
kinda like it but it is called faster eft , and only uses a few tapping spots, and only requires saying let it go and the word peace after grabbing the wrist. Robert Greene developed. It has taken literally 30 secs to get rid of some things for good. I am really impressed and just beginning to study.
@@DouglasBloch thank you, I'm definitely going to buy it. Have been watching your other videos, they are incredibly helpful. You're a lifesaver. Thank you.
Thank you Douglas for your video. I believe that I am unfortunately a sufferer of both causes, I am indeed a worrier and do take conclusions to their worst case scenario and so I work myself into a panic. However as you said in your early years I too suffered and still do with an almost constant feeling of dread that chooses to pop up regardless whether I’m stressed/sad or happy/rested and panic attacks just pounce on me from nowhere and I unfortunately at that point am along for the ride! hearing your amygdala’s explanation has made me feel so much better as I have been made to feel as if I have control by my actions and thoughts and it turns out I absolutely don’t sometimes 👍 Thank you sir.
Douglas Bloch yes I have had the pleasure of cycling and hiking with my two good friends and I absolutely have been the better for it. I have to just push myself as best I can during my depressive states to keep a moderate level of exercise instead of reverting to hiding away and binge eating. I’m a little late to your videos but am looking forward to going through them, I’ve already practiced the dive response you suggested and found it useful. Again thank you again and for your response. 👍
I really appreciate your scientific explanation for anxiety, this was the first time it made sense to me, I am going to try and start practicing cognitive behavior therapy tomorrow at work. I think I finally know what is going on, and I can't control other people's behavior, thank you!
Stirling stuff. Top man. Yeah, just like to put emphasis on whatever is going on with your mind in this life, beat that sucker by focusing on physical health wherever possible. I mean, just walking a heck of a lot has helped me no end (and being vegetarian too) work on the mind may take time but if you can look after your body, that sucker aint gonna be able to screw you up forever trust me. Stay strong friends.
Oh my god i wish i found you a few years ago. I didn't start having anxiety untill i was in my 30s, now I am on 2 different meds for it. I just figured that "this is my life now" thanks for the information.
Now I know why CBT doesn't always work - if the amygdala is causing the anxiety it's no wonder that I've always failed to reason my way out of panic attacks. And I speak as one who usually believes in reason 200%. Fortunately no nurse has been as overbearing and tactless to me as your nurse was to you.
+R J Stove Yes, my experience with that nurse was traumatic. In the meantime, there is good information out there about how to respond to a panic attack. I even made a video about it.
The idea is the more You will tell Yourself not to go into Depression or Stop Anxiety or Panic Attacks the More it will come as Human Mind is Rebellious. so Please Don't go the Opposite way or Don't try even to stop your anxiety or depression as due to action reaction it will come more as Human Brain is Rebellious & Argumentative ,SO The idea is to take out the fuel from the thoughts as the fuel is provoking those anxious thoughts, so don't give your thoughts fuel or simply tell your mind our yourself. this is very normal & boring thought & it has nothing much importance the minute you will start doing it the brain won't get a counter thought to argue or fight with so the fuel will start blown off .gradually the thoughts will go just as you don't think about your lunch or breakfast you took 3 days ago as it was a very normal & boring event same way trick your mind to normal & boring events , as Only You & You are giving Fuel to the Brain by giving 10 thoughts in Counter part & due to those 10 thoughts 10 More thoughts were born in Defense of Anxiety & Depression. So You have to stop giving fuel to the brain as Only You & You are responsible for making yourself anxious .so First thing You have to do is to stop this Counter Debates & arguments with the brain & then you will see the anxiety will disappear ,as subconscious mind is always surrounded by fear from & the moment you start discussing with your mind,Mind will be more feared & then anxiety & panic attacks will arise, so a very very simple strategy is to consider it as a very very normal & too much boring event, so subconscious mind will get rid of fear & your anxiety will go. as there is never an exact reason of anxiety its just a cloud of uncertain thoughts with no firm thoughts & your one thought of firmness of considering it normal & boring will disperse the cloud of ambiguous thoughts away. Understand the game of brain, as one thought even in oppose or in counter attack will give rise to so many other thoughts as a chain reaction ,so just don't give any argument or counter thought . same way when you are sinking in mud the more efforts you give to come out the more you will sink in the mud , same way don't give here any efforts here as well otherwise you will sink in the mud of anxiety ,even as you cannot explain a good or a bad experience in words ever, so just don't try even to explain in words or thoughts , just feel an experience good or bad ,when you felt it the matter its finish,let it go , you cannot again explain it in words or thoughts to yourself & if you will try to do will give you anxiety & panic attacks
I love this video. It's refreshing to know that the speaker Douglas has experienced anxiety and depression and can relate and has ways of coping. I've been struggling with same issue and looking for answers. After watching the video it resonates in me empowerment that if he can overcome anxiety and depression so can I.
Good Information here Douglas. You may also want to explore Claire Weekes 'self Help for Nerves' (1961) probably the best book I've ever read on Anxiety and Depression and she has a 4 step method that removes anxiety with a very, very short time. A brilliant and amazing book. Also there are three relatively new methods to remove, trauma and anxiety. They are 1/ Havening 2/ EFT ('Tapping') and 3/ EMDR For food, Ionic Magnesium - because it's the master mineral that gets used up the most and is involved in all other bodily processes. It's also important for neuro-plasticity. and Full Flush Niacin (B3) + a B complex mixture.
31 years of this and I related to the amygdala. I actually have both but cbt stopped working when i had a back injury. The remaining"intense" anxiety I couldn't evade, control or change came from the bottom up. I'll still use benzos for the time being and work on this. I am surprised no one suggested this avenue this earlier. Thanks
You are welcome. You might also want to look up the work of Jon Kabat Zinn and his course called "Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, which he developed for people with chronic pain.
Thank you Douglas, I've been struggling with Depersonalisation Disorder for over a year now and I think my anxiety response comes very much from my amygdala and thats why the years of CBT hasn't made a dent. Thanks so much for sharing this it really is an important video! I'm doing tons of exercise now and getting out of my self-isolation more and more now. I'll share this with those I know who have anxiety whom CBT hasnt benefitted :)
Thanks. I'm glad that the video was helpful. I have other videos about exercise and mood. Here are two of them.
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Oh thanks, this is great stuff. I'm walking about 10 miles a day, anything more intensive seems to flare my Depersonalisation symptoms. I'm also on prozac so I'm hopeful it will bring back the pleasure and enjoyment I once had. These are all very helpful keep up the good work :)
i have also chronic irrational fear. CBT is not helping me. No other thing worked even medication. So what did work for you if we assume it's amyglada based anxiety?
Berj cbt is kind of a short cut. I think that if depression and anxiety is related to childhood issues cbt is practically useless. Trauma is so deeply held in the nervous system and muscular system that cbt will not work. Have you looked into bioenergetic therapy or reichian work. Trauma release exercises are helpful as well.
Really great perspective, thank you.
Rest in Peace dear Douglas ❤ You helped so many people even while going through your own struggles. You are my hero and I’m so glad you are healed and whole again in heaven. I miss you but am glad I can come here and listen to you whenever I need you ❤😢
For everyone who is watching this and experiencing depression and anxiety, I'm praying for you and hoping it will get better.
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Thank you! Praying for you as well
@@fredriksvard2603 I will pray for you brother. Hang in there. It will get better for you.
That is so kind
Thank u
The format of this video is really calming, it feels like I'm sitting down with him and we're having a conversation
Wow it actually feels incredible to be validated , I always told my doctors cbt didn’t help. I needed a hard fast exertion of energy to feel any kind of relief. My anxiety is and has always been triggered by the amygdala before a stressful situation has even occurred. To fix it the only cure for me is to truly bipass thinking mind and go balls to the wall with an intense
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The best way to get rid of anxiety and depression is the realization that you are different from your mind. Mind is auto pilot mode which runs based on impression you create in your life while your actual identity is consciousness. Mind is just a tool like your arms but has its own behavior, so do not worry. It's not You. You own the mind and not the other way round.
Just close your eyes and see what's happening.. Your ability to watch your auto pilot thoughts is awareness and more and more you watch them the lesser the anxiety. At every moment just be aware what your mind is doing. It does take practice, but once mastered, your life will be great. I've been anxious and depressed for years until now when I started watched my mind. IT WORKS!
Can you give me a link or website where you found that valuable information? Thanks in advance
Carlos Garcia it is out of my own realization. The idea of it is given in Indian spirituality... Vendanta
Mindfulness is key
Hunk that makes perfect sense, but I can’t get over the hump.
gotfaded315 Without a shadow of doubt. Back to yoga class for me tomorrow night. Love & light
I was alone with my depressive episodes for years before I found your channel Douglas. I hope you know every day what a special gift you give to the world.
Thank you for your kind words. I'm glad the chapter is helpful
My problem is anxiety while driving or in social situations. It's truly made life so hard. I get a lump in my throat and feel like I'm choking. I've had to pull off the road several times to calm myself down. I'm headed to see a psychologist on Wednesday so hopefully he can help me. It just hit me out of the blue one day and now I'm terrified of driving. My commute to work is 20 miles each way so that doesn't help matters. I avoid restaurants and grocery stores like the plague. I actually had a doctor tell me to ignore it and that's not something anyone suffering from this wants to hear. To all of those that suffer with this I pray you are able to overcome it. Cheers
I had a client who had a fear of driving over bridges. But she gradually the exposed herself to what she was afraid of and worked through it. You can visualize yourself driving on the roads calmly and rehearse this every day. The mind cannot tell the difference between something imagined and something real. You can also try hypnosis. Hopefully your psychologist knows about these techniques.
Watch Dr Claire Weekes..
I have fear of diving. If someone asked me “you want to go to (whatever)”... and I know it’s more than 30min, I won’t go.
My eyes water up, heart races just thinking of going on the highways to get wherever I need to go. If I am starting to panic even outside of a car....I feel like time is slowed down and the narration begins “you just blinked” “turn the air off” “now open the window” “close the window” “radio is too loud”
It’s on and on and on. I also researched agoraphobia. I don’t like going to crowds anymore and the thought of sitting at an arena is scary. Do you have any suggestions?
Same boa over here
I am exactly the same it's awful I actually crashed my car in a panic attack, I've never driven again, that lumpy feeling in throat is horrendous you feel you are going to choke, supermarkets and shops oh that's a task inducing panic and anxiety, run out is what I do, I was told many years ago not to talk about how you feel but I really think it's good to hear how others suffer all these sensations because anxiety makes you feel that you are different and you will never be free of it, I have never really been a one for swearing bad words and I would never swear at people but I sure as hell tell the anxiety and panic to bleep - off, it's good to talk to others 💜💜
Positive thoughts lead to positive feelings, which in turn lead to positive experiences.
A positive feedback loop.
Hi Douglas, what are some initial steps I should take to heal from childhood trauma deriving from sexual abuse? My academics and day-to-day life have been affected significantly in the last few years and I feel lost.
Excuse me?
Sometimes having a positive thought in your head is the hardest part
The idea is the more You will tell Yourself not to go into Depression or Stop Anxiety or Panic Attacks the More it will come as Human Mind is Rebellious so Please Don't go the Opposite way or Don't try even to stop your anxiety or depression as due to action reaction it will come more as Human Brain is Rebellious & Argumentative ,SO The idea is to take out the fuel from the thoughts as the fuel is provoking those anxious thoughts so don't give your thoughts fuel or simply tell your mind or yourself as this is very normal & boring thought & it has nothing much importance the minute you will start doing it the brain won't get a counter thought to argue or fight with so the fuel will start blown off & gradually the thoughts will go just as you don't think about your lunch or breakfast you took 3 days ago as it was a very normal & boring event same way trick your mind to normal & boring events ,as Only You & You are giving Fuel to the Brain by giving 10 thoughts in Counter part & due to those 10 thoughts 10 More thoughts were born in Defense of Anxiety & Depression SO You have to stop giving fuel to the brain as Only You & You are responsible for making yourself anxious so First thing You have to do is to stop this Counter Debates & arguments with the brain & then you will see the anxiety will disappear ,as subconscious mind is always surrounded by fear from & the moment you start discussing with your mind,Mind will be more feared & then anxiety & panic attacks will arise so a very very simple strategy is to consider it as a very very normal & too much boring event so subconscious mind will get rid of fear & your anxiety will go as there is never an exact reason of anxiety its just a cloud of uncertain thoughts with no firm thoughts & your one though of firmness of considering it normal & boring will disperse the cloud of ambiguous thoughts away, Understand the game of brain as one thought even in oppose or in counter attack will give rise to so many other thoughts as a chain reaction so just don't give any argument or counter thought same way when you are sinking in mud the more efforts you give to come out ,the more you will sink in the mud same way don't give here any efforts here as well otherwise you will sink in the mud of anxiety ,even as you cannot explain a good or a bad experience in words ever so just don't try even to explain in words or thoughts , just feel an experience good or bad when you felt it, the matter is finish there only,let it go , you cannot again explain it in words or thoughts to yourself & if you will try to do,it will give you only anxiety & panic attacks
I always think of my grandfather who was a WW2 veteran when I think of amygdala based anxiety. My dad talks about the time they had heard a car backfire right behind them and my grandfather took off at a full run and he ran directly into a telephone pole and knocked himself out cold. What was even weirder was that my dad said he doesn't understand how he couldn't see the telephone pole right in front of him, so he believed my grandfather was even unaware of his surroundings after his fear became too great.
The water thing is actually very useful. I didn't know it was a legitimate way to reduce anxiety, but it sure worked for me. I remember during a panic attack I jumped into the swimming pool (a plastic one) and it calmed me down immediately and I'll never forget that moment
I walk around believing I am the most anxious person in the world. When I'm around people I obsess so much on my presence and interactions that it draws attention away from those interactions.
Try to take a step back and watch yourself obsess over those things. Don't try to stop it, but do your best to just notice what pictures you see in your mind, what your internal dialogue is like, and what you feel like. "Whatever you resist, persists"
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The best thing that's worked for me is to identify I'm having an irrational thought, and realize that other's are not viewing me the way I view myself and that I should accept the outcome regardless of what happens. If you keep forcing yourself into that situation, you will slowly retrain your brain to not place as much importance on such interactions... It's weird, but social anxiety in some ways can be considered a form of narcissism. So know that you matter, but you're not as important as you might think you are. (At least that's one of my problems.)
Much love, and I wish you well!
I remember my Mother saying that we had to wake Daddy up from the doorway and not stand close to the bed because he came awake fighting. It scared me as a child. I remember him saying that in WWII you never knew if it was one of your buddies waking you up or the enemy. This is the amygdala’s anxiety response. He never got over it.
Thank you for helping me understand this better.
I have suffered from anxiety and depression for most of my life. Anxiety has been the more troublesome one and the one that sticks around full time. Depression can come up on me but once I identify it I can work myself out of it. I've seen psychiatrists, taken more medicines that anyone should, and listened to various people talk about CBT. Never has anyone explained it so well as you have. I cannot logically think my anxiety away, I've tried and it's still there. Thanks to you I have at least learned what causes my version of anxiety and also that CBT will not work for it since it's not a cognitive based anxiety.
Perfect. I'm a neurologist. And your explanation is flawless.
I appreciate the feedback from someone like yourself who is medically trained.
Gautam Mure Yes but what about the anxiety exhibited in my gut. My whole explanation is posted here in this vid. Being a neurologist can u recommend anything . The gut is the enteric nervous system which I just found out in a documentary called GUT. Our gut has everything to do with our brain causing depression and anxiety. Thank u for reading this.
@@laraoneal7284 so what can we do to protect our gut ? Please help me
Lara O'neal Actually, gut reactions like you indicate would RESULT from anxiety instead of triggering the anxiety.
Gautam Mure. I’ll remember that next time some turd bag is trying to kill me! And if I survive that, I’ll remember your cognitive therapy when much of the uninformed public scorn me and my efforts for peace and order. Got something stronger Doc?
I have watched almost every anxiety related video and this is the first time I've heard cortex based anxiety and amygdala based anxiety. Amazing!! Thank you so so much for this, it helped lots!
You are more than welcome
I hope he will do a reunion tour with Paul Simon soon.
What was he and Julio doing in the school yard?
Jon Hohensee Thanks for the chuckle in the midst of his talk. Still laughing!
Your comment took my anxiety away!
Dying of laughter!!!! 😹😹😹
Slip sliding away ...
What has been helping me is to notice when my sense of self is trying to give me a sense of value or "betterness." I've realize that this has truly been helping me to recognize, although I still struggle, I have come a long way. This allows me to see that I struggle with my triggers and gives me the ability to be better at seeing my triggers. I have realized that all of this is coming down to me feeling like I'm not good enough for me, my sense of self worth is very low. However, with this practice, I have and continue to improve. Some days are worse then some, but there is positive change, and it's not my brain that's changing me, it's me that's changing my brain. But obviously, you do what works and try to improve your life in a healthy way if possible. Best wishes!
I’m in awe of your channel. Thank you so much for putting yourself out there to help others. I’m not only using this for myself but for hundreds of patients I see. Bless you and thank you
I'm glad the channel has been so helpful. If you provide your email address, I can send you two PDF diagrams that contain wellness tools for depression recovery. I can also send you my memoir, "When Going Through Hell...Don't Stop!"
I've been searching for an answer on "body's in panic but mind's calm" problem that I had FOR YEARS! Oh my how good to finally understand where its coming from!
Wow, this way of explaining me depression taught me so much more than the multitude of online articles about depression and how to overcome it ! Thank You Douglas !
I wake up in the morning and tell myself don't get up yet. Then I stay in bed for the whole afternoon. At around 3:30 to 4pm I finally wake up and shower, eat something . I try to make myself go to work. I used to go to the gym but now I'm in a small town. I found a meditation on you tube to clear negative thoughts. This helped a bit. I'm going to find a doctor to help me with my depression and anxiety this week. I feel paralyzed with despair in the morning. However, in the evening I'm wide awake.
Thank you. You've described my anxiety/depression perfectly. The non specific nature of it has been the hardest part to describe to my doctor.
You are welcome
I vent, I ruminate, and I get anxious and depressed a lot of times, and a lot of the times, I just wished it would stop. The way I try to make it stop is by replacing those negative thoughts with positive thoughts, and acknowledging what has been making my heart ache and then doing my best to let them go.
Anyways, thank you for the information, I hope you realize that they are people who think you are unhelpful while they are the ones not helping! Keep going Doc!
Thanks for the encouragement
Dear Dr. Bloch, I can’t thank you enough for this video! This video explains everything so clearly and helps me to understand what is going on with me. Exercising with 2 and 5 pound weights hugely diminished my anxiety and OCD symptoms. Thank you so very much!!! ❤
You’re very welcome.
Wow, you are so helpful!!
just bought the book... this video helped... knowing the different types, knowing that i cant talk myself out of amygdala anxiety makes a lot of sense since it hasn't been working
Douglas. You're spot on. I've tried to explain this to my family but I couldn't explain what you just put into words. Many thanks.
Thanks. You're channel is just what I need right now for processing the nuclear rage and anxiety I've stuffed down and lived with all my life.
Thank you thank you THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!! WHO KNEW IT WAS SO SIMPLE. I was literally having an anxiety attack which got worse from stress of looking for a anxiety video. Took 39 years to find this....it went away. I just started crying. I've never been able to break it. Now I have a plan for both types of anxieties. Thank you so much because it's been with me my whole life
You are welcome. To get the most out of these ideas, I highly recommend that you get the book that I used to make this video. It is so clear and so readable that you will love it. The name of the book is “rewire your anxious brain.“ I’m not sure of the name of author but I think there’s an image of the book on the video or you can just go to Amazon.com and type in the title. Let me know if you are able to locate the book.
Thanks Douglas. What I take from this video is that we should all aim to live more in the present. Some of my worries have become really silly recently.
You're voice legitimately just calmed me down immediately.
This video is wonderful I have anxiety and I’m always anticipating everything
Me too man, recently I've gotten some anxiety and it sucks. I know this is an old comment but your not alone man, and thankfully neither am I it seems. :)
@@mariodelgado8431 you are also not alone. Im struggling with it and it sucks. How are you coping with it?
You CHANGED MY LIFE!! I would lie down and feel as if I had to jump up and run down the street! The panic was so real and it was not anxiety because I was anticipating nothing. It would happen sporadically and I never knew what to do. On a whim I listened to this video and it changed my life. I understand now the difference between anxiety and physical amygdalic responses, where no thinking can stop that stimulation! I love that you made that distinction! No one is doing this! So I purchased some kava kava supplements and they WORK!! I no longer get ANY attacks. I just pray that it continues to work. It’s been 2 months of heaven!! Thank you for saving my life! And I say that teary eyed. I’m so glad I listened.
Thanks Lisa, I’m glad that the kava seems to be working. In addition there are cognitive and behavioral strategies that can also help. If you email me douglasbloch@gmail.com I will send you links to the videos I’ve made about these strategies. Also, have you subscribed to the channel?
I definitely learned something new. I didn’t know anxiety was triggered in two areas. My anxiety definitely is Amygdala based. Very automatic and sub conscious. I’ve conquered the thinking part of anxiety (neo cortex).
Thank you for your important work Douglas. My father who was also fear based and a worrier, taught me how to worry.
THANK YOU FOR ADVOCATING THE FACT THAT IT IS NOT EASY DURING PANIC ATTACKS 💖💖💖
I am currently (finally!) in recovery from a life-long battle with anxiety. I am so glad that I found your videos yesterday, as they make a lot of sense. Thank you!
Are you taking medicine?
Douglas, thank you so much for your videos. I recently had a nervous breakdown and started having panic attacks. I went to a psychiatrist and have been taking SSRIs for 6 days. Unfortunately I had a quite unpleasant panic attack today that took 90 minutes to come down from. Luckily I was at home. Watching this video has a calming effect on me and I really appreciate your help. Thanks again.
Keep persevering. I also did a video and panic attacks would you might want to watch
God bless you
This just made me cry. I feel so relieved that I understand what is going on in my body now. I’ve been through several traumas in my life and have been diagnosed with GAD and PTSD, for the most part I have coped with the symptoms but after a prolonged 7 month stressful ordeal recently went to a doctor to seek help for symptoms that have gotten way out of control and have left me non-functional and feeling paralysed by panic and anxiety. I was referred to a social worker and for the last two months have had him dismiss what I say I am experiencing. I’ve been through CBT therapy before and it was most helpful for the anxious thoughts that plagued me and resulted in bodyIly sensations of anxiety. But now I am also plagued by what you’re referring to as amygdala based anxiety - I can sometimes get in a car and have an overwhelming panic attack, if I go near particular streets I find myself having a panic attack, I can go to bed fine and wake up all of a sudden having a terrible panic attack (not having had a nightmare or anything) and I have this social worker saying “you have to have an underlying thought that’s causing the anxiety, all anxiety comes from thoughts, you can’t have anxiety without thoughts” and when I counter that this is different, it feels different, I am not having any anxious thoughts or thinking anything negative, it can occur when I’m feeling good and having a good time doing nothing that provokes anxiety, he’s completely dismissive and I’ve been feeling so misunderstood and frustrated.
For nine months, I had anxiety attacks with no thoughts whatsoever. The nurses in the psychiatric ward we’re trying to convince me that it was all due to my bad thoughts. It was due to fight or flight chemicals in my nervous system that were out of control.
I am sorry you had to go through that. I just saw a psychiatrist who asked me if I had physical anxiety-which means no thoughts- just the physical sensations like butterflies and nervousness and I was surprised because I thought it was from negative thoughts. Apparently it’s not just from thoughts. If I drink coffee that makes me super anxious and it’s physical- not from thoughts
Thank you a lot for taking the time to share this with us 🙏🏼 Wish you more and more feelings of safety, peace, and faith in a good life ✨
Thank you so much. Ive spent the longest time trying to think my way out of anxiety that i didnt realize was in reality amygdala based, and that i need to take a different approach. Really enlightening.
You’re welcome. There are many ways to change your physiology such as exercise, deep breathing, mindfulness meditation, putting your face in a sink of cold water and holding your breath, and sometimes medication.
Why does the human brain have to be so complicated? This fight-or-flight 95% of the time causes more problems than it solves, I wish we could just evolve out of it!
Because we live in environments our bodies and brains did not evolve to suit
It's like trying to hike with dancing shoes
Hopefully, we ARE evolving out of it
Phill Simmer well, they said 95% of the time... so they are at least acknowledging that 5% of the time it’s a necessary mechanism...
Phill Simmer What is regressive behavior? Nothing they said is considered regressive behavior? They were just expressing an opinion and a frustration with the fact that our flight or fight mechanism occurs at what would be considered inappropriate times SOMETIMES. Obviously, sometimes, it’s necessary (the 5%). But, for people who struggle with anxiety, fight or flight kicks in when it is not necessary for the most part.
Phill Simmer First of all, you can’t ignore you fight or flight. And second of all, we don’t need a lecture about how successful you are. People are just venting their frustrations. Instead of sympathizing, you use it as an opportunity to praise yourself. And regressive behavior is a psychology term. Our bodies aren’t going to evolve away from fight or flight unless a time comes when we really don’t need it anymore.
What a soothing personality! Simple yet profound and precise explanation is a breath of fresh air, and your humour are jewels that shines in between the session! Congratulations!
I’m glad the videos are helpful.
Thanks. This the 2nd time I've watched this video. The 1st time my anxiety was at near panic level. I must have listened to the words but I didn't hear them. Wow, no wonder I can't just talk my anxiety away! Thank you so much.
Thank you for the video. I absolutely love your humour.
We should probably laugh and poke fun at our anxiety. We give it too much power. May be even treating it like an annoying little sibling.
Thanks again, you made me smile
Yes! I good part of cognitive therapy is learning to talk back to the irrational and annoying voices and thoughts! But his point about the onslaught of biochemistry when in the middle of anxiety is spot on...an immediate physical/chemical intervention is called for to interrupt the downward cycle. Breathing and temperature change abruptly changes the inputs into the autonomic nervous system.
Rex Erection : you recognize that you are/can be an observer of thoughts. You are not your thoughts...don’t believe everything you think...this has been extremely effective in breaking OCD, you recognize that your brain has developed a glitch (a reoccurring yet faulty logic loop), once you see it from that perspective you can reject it. Dr. Daniel Amen also discuses ANTs (automatics negative thoughts) which we can recognize and reject and begin to break patterns.
Holy moly this is incredible. My anxiety started when my Dad died and I described it as like my 'internal monologue' had stopped working. Now I think it's because prior to that I'd only had the 'rational' kind, and now I have a constant sense of never-ending doom which seems like the amygdala sort. No wonder I can't rationalise myself out of it! This has totally changed my attitude and given me almost a sense of hope which honestly I didn't think was a possibility these days :/
The effort on the joke made me laugh.😅 appreciate it.
I was on the worst anxiety trip ever until I came here looking for help. That joke cured me!! 😁😁😁😁😁❤
Very informative, Douglas. It's great to see you sharing your laughter with us too!
Thanks. I'm glad that you appreciated the humor. It will be a feature of my future videos.
Hi Douglas
Ive suffered from depression for many years. But approx 3 years ago the story changed with the onset of anxiety & panic attacks which were off the dial nearly 24/7 . I could not read a book, let alone undertake meditation or cbt both of which i had availed myself of in the past. The only thing that worked was seeking the help of a pyschiatrist who was able to prescribe medication. I was not well enough or able to change the way i was feeling by applying mindfullness principles or concepts of meditation. The only thing that saved me from self destruction was medication.
I'm glad the medication help. What was it?
His joke was the most depressing joke I’ve ever heard 🤣🤣
Limitlezz so dark haha I still chuckled 🤣
Hehehe - right? He reminds me of my accountant.. not funny at all.
😂😂😂
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I get anxiety when in a stressful situation, public speaking, job interviews, etc. And yet no matter how positive my thinking or how much I try to reassure myself I can never stop the anxiety itself. I'll always have elevated pulse, distracted mind and sweaty palms.
Intense physical exercise might help to burn off the anxiety-producing chemicals in your nervous system.
@@DouglasBloch Thanks Dougie for this.
So informative ! I had my first panic attack at 22 ( 19 years ago) and I was given antidepressants. I was very depressed at 17-18 years of age - did nothing about it then. So now I realize that I probably have the second kind of anxiety - Amygdala- no thoughts really provoke my panic attacks . They are just random , mostly at night. I will watch all the videos. Thanks for doing them ! :)
Maya The Bee same here, I’ve had my first panic attack at 9 years old, I’m 16 now.. it’s literally sparked by absolutely nothing. Except mine will be mid day more then at night.
@@Trapmanblou Yes, my doc says it is classic Anxiety disorder. Depression is a secondary thing in these cases.
You are such a wonderful person. Thank you so much for all the wonderful, encouraging work you do. God bless
Thank you very much
Just to mention, I have been off meds since '12. I have done the inner work myself and have come a very long way through my own type of CBT and yoga. Side note, cold stimulates the vagus nerve which also reduces anxiety.
Weed works for me and try to stay away from toxic ppl
this is the most simplistic and essential advice i've received in a long time. this is exactly what i needed thank you doug!
I am glad i came across this video,the more i learn what anxiety is and isnt has been helping,ive pretty much suffered with this since i was 14,im now 48,somedays are harder then others,but i push along and do what i have to do,it is a struggle though,the ironic thing is that i rarely even have panic attacks,but its because i shrunk my comfort zone so small,the fear of the panic attacks is much worse then the actual attack,i am on a couple meds which i plan on getting off ,alcohol has been the only thing thats ever worked,but we know how that goes,it got me into more trouble then anything,anyway ive been sober now 11 years and drinking is not an option or do i desire it ,what ive been trying to do is get uncomfortable,facing situations that scare me,im tired of having my life resvolve around panic and i will conquer it,sorry if i rambled on, FEAR - false evidence appearing real
I’ve been dealing with it from a young age as well. I’m 38 now and still struggling from time to time with periods of no anxiety at all. But then it will just hit me out of nowhere. Sometimes there is a trigger.
I found this to be very enlightening what you said about the two places where fear is arising from and that there are different approaches to cope with it!
It totally makes sense!
Thank You!
You are welcome
Could you do a video on depersonalization and derealization? It one of my worst anxiety symptoms. Thank you for making these videos. They're very helpful.
+Candice Argenas I can do the research for such a video. I've never had the symptoms but I know that many people have. So I will ask around and see what I can find out.
its not actually an anxiety symptom its an anxiety consequence so if u cure your anxiety then u can automatically cure ur depersonalization
korje. I really hope you’re right. This happens to me so much that I can’t even drive or hardly leave my apartment. I’m hoping if I can get my mind where it’s supposed to be, I won’t experience depersonalization anymore. Fingers crossed!
depersonalisation is a symptom of low anxiety, its your minds flight and fight response, your brain in numbing your feelings because it can see something it doesn't like (anxiety) it's your brains way of protecting you from anxiety..... the same thing happens when you have a death of a loved one, you will feel numb and surreal, it's your brains way of protecting you from the horrible emotions... once you get rid of your anxiety, depersonalisation will also go... Next time you get depersonalisation just tell yourself this is normal and that your body/mind is functioning correctly, i know its very hard to do and it's a horrible symptom.. but its a natural occurrence of low anxiety.... do some research on in... look for a video called "Charles linden de-personalisation" on here..
@@NotAnotherOtaku This may not be the case for you, but for me I've experienced that worse in times that my iron and vitamin d levels are very low. It's worth doing a blood test to check .
This is the first time I’ve seen this explained. I consider myself to have a calm mind, but I still get body based anxiety fairly regularly. I work a reasonably high pressured job (although don’t we all...) and even though I can always get through very stressful situations with relative ease, the day after a stressful situation has finished I end up having a panic attack, even though I’m not worried about the event that’s just gone the day before.
To see the distinction made in this video has been really helpful. I’ve been exercising a lot for the past two months and I’m going to stick at it. Deep breathing and meditation look like the other options to go for. Thank you.
You’re welcome. I felt the same way as you when I first learned about this distinction
great video. Deep breathing and meditation beat anxiety.
deep and slow breathing. Deep and fast = hyperventilation
No, want the anxiety, this kills it
I go to AA FOR 20 YRS .
I AM DEBATING IF IT IS NOT GOOD FOR ME ..NO MANY HAPPY IN AA.
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I think the problem is that people do not commit to conventional methods
@ Well in that case, people need to do what they think is right.
There's a lot of things that people don't do that they know is good for us, such as: 7-9 hours of quality sleep, hygiene, Whole food diet, cardio and resistance training, breathing exercises, meditation, stretching, strong relationships with friends and family..
These are things we all KNOW to be true through extensive scientific research and experimentation.
Any you"re right, it's all down to the individual.
Thanks for being there. I will share this video. Ann
You are welcome.
very interesting talk Douglas. I am an anxiety sufferer and I have always thought I have an "over active" amygdala... I am a final year psych student u/g and have never thought of anxiety as being "old brain" or "new brain". I am definitely going to look into amygdala based anxiety as I am extremely focused on natural remedy vs meds.
Hi Douglas,I loved how you described panic & anxiety. I too have had it from a child.My anxiety is even woes atm because I’m giving palliative care to my dying mother ,who I’ve always lived with.The worries I have at the minute are real & im struggling with stress in my muscles shoulders etc which is extremely painful but anyway thanks for the way you put your advice across 👍🏻👍🏻
Jane Burke Sorry about your mom, my mom is in end stage Alzheimers, very upsetting. The muscles in my shoulders/neck etc kill me. I've been foam rolling so don't know if you've tried that. Sometimes it helps.
Ess Essen Sorry about your mam to because it’s heartbreaking & to see their suffering is almost unbearable 😔I haven’t heard of that but I’m willing to give anything a try so thanks for your advice & best wishes fro England 🌸👍🏻
Love this ! I have social anxiety generalized anxiety panic attacks ocd health anxiety etc. So I believe its cortex based and amydgala cause I can never talk my way out of a panic attack which is with anything I do(going to a store, family gathering, hell even leaving my apartment!). I am at your videos via Noah and subscribed and am looking forward to watching all of them! Thank you Doug !
You are welcome. Thanks for subscribing. I publish a video every Monday morning. In addition, I will be doing a live video chat on Wednesday, September 27, at 11 am pacific time. Hope you can tune in.
Yeah. I'm wondering what you do if it's both.
anime1217 I have all those disorders myself, it's tough..very hard all the time.
How about weed and stay away from toxic ppl
I suffer the same thing as well. I hypochondriasize/drasticizing and catatastrophizing which makes me panic. And I can’t just come out of it. I need medication. Since it’s been hard to acquire Ativan and klonopin I have started taking cbd and it’s helped
I worked at Lake Macdonald Lodge in 1994! Hiking was so terrifying. But what a beautiful place and time in my life. I love your practical advice.
You’re welcome.
First video of yours that I have watched. Very informative, thank you. I subscribed and look forward to viewing more.
I'm glad it helped.
Same here. Intrusive thoughts began a few weeks ago and I've been trying to overcome the anxiety associated with them. This puts it in perspective.
for me wat helps is watching sports or afternoon teams tat helps me to be in the moment glad i shared this grew up with this.
I really liked the joke in the beginning and the entire video. Thanks for sharing
Over 700k views as of today. That's great!!! Such a underrated channel for anyone going through anxiety and depression. Keep up the great work!!👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you.
Thanks Douglas ! Your videos are always on point .My aniexty has been bad today and I feel more anxious than usual . You are so much appreciated !!! Aloha , ,Evelyn
+Evelyn May You are welcome. I hope your anxiety starts to decrease. Let me know if you try any of the strategies I share in this video.
I've been researching anxiety for years and this is the first time I've heard about the amygdala... thank you for the info I'm going to practice it and hope for the best
“Id like to have some of you try it because I’ve never tried it myself so.” 😄😆 great video.
Thankyou once again no doctor or therapist ever explained the different parts of the brain causing anxiety. Thanks to you I can attack anxiety with a totally different approach. Bless you Mr. Bloch!
Thanks. You can also thank the authors of the book Rewire Your Anxious Brain, where I found this information. You might want to read the book.
Douglas cheers for the info invaluable 👍
This might be the most valuable video you have ever made.
Thanks.
You’re welcome.
Great job Doug , I really appreciate your videos 🖒
Thanks Ryan. If you feel moved, you can contribute to this channel by visiting this link. It’s my crowdfunding site which I’m using to raise funds to pay for the videos. www.patreon.com/douglasbloch
You have such a calming voice, thank you for this advice, excellent.
You're welcome.
Thanks Doug very helpful and kind of you x
You are welcome.
As I said before in a comment, coping techniques only make it worse. Resistance only makes it worse. CBT/therapy rarely works, as they want you to challenge your thoughts/feelings, even though you KNOW they are false. This only fuels the fire. You must accept these thoughts and feelings as harmless (they really are). These thoughts and sensations are a blessing, and the worse they are, the better. You’re lucky to have this, as a lot of people don’t. Anxiety and depression (fear basically) is beautiful and harmless. Embrace it, and invite it in. The only way out is through it, embracing it, and loving it. Only then does suffering end. Reasoning with it will only strengthen it. You are lucky to have it. Celebrate it! It can be your greatest teacher. This will bring upon you great enlightenment. Most never get this experience. I wish you well on this great journey!
What you were saying is very similar to the ideas of a book called “Radical Acceptance.” You might want to pick it up.
Douglas Bloch thanks for the reference
Hi Douglas, I listen to your blogs daily and they are certainly helping. I am very grateful you take the time to share your knowledge. I would love you to focus some blogs in specifically health anxiety/ hypochondria. I have suffered now for over 10 years, it is very similar to GAD but as you probably know not totally.
Oh boy, do I wish I had seen this video 20 years ago. It explains everything that I experienced for the last 20 years.
I hope you find some tools that you can apply to your present sittuation.
Yep, hypochondria is the worst bc not only do u think something bad will
Happen, you have SYMPTOMS!! 😭
But why tho
Robbie J not to sure honestly
same here, been to more than a dozen doctors in the past 4 years, nearly all test came out normal, but when i get stressed n n depressed my body feels tension, so i keep thinking something is wrong, vicious cycle, fear of something is wrong with me n in going to die,
i realize now its just fear, what my mind is worrying about, need to be able to face the fear, thats my next step.
I live with hypochondria and my life is a mess. I feel everything in my body doesn’t matter what arm pain heart attack cough throat cancer has bowel cancer. It’s just as bad as any disease
I’m a major hypochondriac as well. It’s actually really hard to live with. It also causes major anxiety and depression 😢😔
You are a true hero!!! Keep up the good work you have no idea how much this helped me!
I found a new technique this week that is super simple, soon as you notice the feeling try the faster eft technique, so easy tap in 4 specific spots, which are between eyes, side of eye, below eye, then below collar bone, while saying let it go, (paying attention to what your fingers feel like on your skin )grab wrist say let it go take a deep breathe say peace......notice the change tap again to release remaining feelings, this is immediate and rewires the brain.
This sounds like the emotional freedom technique (EFT), which works for many people.
kinda like it but it is called faster eft , and only uses a few tapping spots, and only requires saying let it go and the word peace after grabbing the wrist. Robert Greene developed. It has taken literally 30 secs to get rid of some things for good. I am really impressed and just beginning to study.
Can you give me a link to go to to learn more
thank you SO MUCH. I can't tell you how much of a breakthrough this is for me.
You might also want to read the book that I showed at the end of the video called "rewire your anxious brain. By Carol Pittman
@@DouglasBloch thank you, I'm definitely going to buy it. Have been watching your other videos, they are incredibly helpful. You're a lifesaver. Thank you.
Thank you Douglas for your video. I believe that I am unfortunately a sufferer of both causes, I am indeed a worrier and do take conclusions to their worst case scenario and so I work myself into a panic. However as you said in your early years I too suffered and still do with an almost constant feeling of dread that chooses to pop up regardless whether I’m stressed/sad or happy/rested and panic attacks just pounce on me from nowhere and I unfortunately at that point am along for the ride! hearing your amygdala’s explanation has made me feel so much better as I have been made to feel as if I have control by my actions and thoughts and it turns out I absolutely don’t sometimes 👍 Thank you sir.
You’re welcome. When my amygdala its out-of-control I hop on my bike and ride up to Hills. Do you have anyway of doing some aerobic exercise?
Douglas Bloch yes I have had the pleasure of cycling and hiking with my two good friends and I absolutely have been the better for it. I have to just push myself as best I can during my depressive states to keep a moderate level of exercise instead of reverting to hiding away and binge eating. I’m a little late to your videos but am looking forward to going through them, I’ve already practiced the dive response you suggested and found it useful. Again thank you again and for your response. 👍
@@Scottman1981ukhow are you now?
I really appreciate your scientific explanation for anxiety, this was the first time it made sense to me, I am going to try and start practicing cognitive behavior therapy tomorrow at work. I think I finally know what is going on, and I can't control other people's behavior, thank you!
You’re welcome. I hope that applying these techniques works for you.
Stirling stuff. Top man. Yeah, just like to put emphasis on whatever is going on with your mind in this life, beat that sucker by focusing on physical health wherever possible. I mean, just walking a heck of a lot has helped me no end (and being vegetarian too) work on the mind may take time but if you can look after your body, that sucker aint gonna be able to screw you up forever trust me. Stay strong friends.
I came here from your live, I was not dissapointed! Thank you!
It was good to have you on the live chat. Hope to see you next Sunday
Thank you, Douglas. A great video. We would be thankful if you would do a video on sound and music disorder.
You're welcome. Can you describe what a sound and music disorder is?
Oh my god i wish i found you a few years ago. I didn't start having anxiety untill i was in my 30s, now I am on 2 different meds for it. I just figured that "this is my life now" thanks for the information.
If you send me an email I will send you an 82 page slide show I did for a workshop on anxiety. Or just leave your email here
Douglas Bloch hey may I ask a question please
Thank you for this video sir.
you are welcome.
Thank God I found this. Really appreciate the tips Douglas..
You are welcome.
Very informative Doug!
Thanks. The information helps me withy anxiety.
You are spot on,on how i have been feeling. I know you really understand what people like us feel. thank you again...again, for your precious advise.
Now I know why CBT doesn't always work - if the amygdala is causing the anxiety it's no wonder that I've always failed to reason my way out of panic attacks. And I speak as one who usually believes in reason 200%. Fortunately no nurse has been as overbearing and tactless to me as your nurse was to you.
+R J Stove Yes, my experience with that nurse was traumatic. In the meantime, there is good information out there about how to respond to a panic attack. I even made a video about it.
Good, clearly I shall need to consult that video also. I do regularly watch your videos but I seem to have overlooked that one.
Douglas Bloch ... will TMS work for pure OCD? Please let me know. I'm desperate. :(
The idea is the more You will tell Yourself not to go into Depression or Stop Anxiety or Panic Attacks the More it will come as Human Mind is Rebellious. so Please Don't go the Opposite way or Don't try even to stop your anxiety or depression as due to action reaction it will come more as Human Brain is Rebellious & Argumentative ,SO The idea is to take out the fuel from the thoughts as the fuel is provoking those anxious thoughts, so don't give your thoughts fuel or simply tell your mind our yourself. this is very normal & boring thought & it has nothing much importance the minute you will start doing it the brain won't get a counter thought to argue or fight with so the fuel will start blown off .gradually the thoughts will go just as you don't think about your lunch or breakfast you took 3 days ago as it was a very normal & boring event same way trick your mind to normal & boring events , as Only You & You are giving Fuel to the Brain by giving 10 thoughts in Counter part & due to those 10 thoughts 10 More thoughts were born in Defense of Anxiety & Depression. So You have to stop giving fuel to the brain as Only You & You are responsible for making yourself anxious .so First thing You have to do is to stop this Counter Debates & arguments with the brain & then you will see the anxiety will disappear ,as subconscious mind is always surrounded by fear from & the moment you start discussing with your mind,Mind will be more feared & then anxiety & panic attacks will arise, so a very very simple strategy is to consider it as a very very normal & too much boring event, so subconscious mind will get rid of fear & your anxiety will go. as there is never an exact reason of anxiety its just a cloud of uncertain thoughts with no firm thoughts & your one thought of firmness of considering it normal & boring will disperse the cloud of ambiguous thoughts away. Understand the game of brain, as one thought even in oppose or in counter attack will give rise to so many other thoughts as a chain reaction ,so just don't give any argument or counter thought . same way when you are sinking in mud the more efforts you give to come out the more you will sink in the mud , same way don't give here any efforts here as well otherwise you will sink in the mud of anxiety ,even as you cannot explain a good or a bad experience in words ever, so just don't try even to explain in words or thoughts , just feel an experience good or bad ,when you felt it the matter its finish,let it go , you cannot again explain it in words or thoughts to yourself & if you will try to do will give you anxiety & panic attacks
@@loverebel6632 holy, did you write this?
i will give that a go
I love this video. It's refreshing to know that the speaker Douglas has experienced anxiety and depression and can relate and has ways of coping. I've been struggling with same issue and looking for answers.
After watching the video it resonates in me empowerment that if he can overcome anxiety and depression so can I.
You might want to read the book that I used for this video. It’s simply called “rewire your anxious brain.”
Good Information here Douglas.
You may also want to explore Claire Weekes 'self Help for Nerves' (1961) probably the best book I've ever read on Anxiety and Depression and she has a 4 step method that removes anxiety with a very, very short time. A brilliant and amazing book.
Also there are three relatively new methods to remove, trauma and anxiety.
They are
1/ Havening
2/ EFT ('Tapping')
and 3/ EMDR
For food, Ionic Magnesium - because it's the master mineral that gets used up the most and is involved in all other bodily processes. It's also important for neuro-plasticity.
and Full Flush Niacin (B3) + a B complex mixture.
Thanks. I take Niacin and Magnesium. I have heard of Claire Weeks.
yes eft has cleared half of my anxiety ive had for years. ive healed many other things too.
Samhallweeks
Claire weekes is amazing
31 years of this and I related to the amygdala. I actually have both but cbt stopped working when i had a back injury. The remaining"intense" anxiety I couldn't evade, control or change came from the bottom up. I'll still use benzos for the time being and work on this. I am surprised no one suggested this avenue this earlier. Thanks
You are welcome. You might also want to look up the work of Jon Kabat Zinn and his course called "Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, which he developed for people with chronic pain.