CONTROVERSIAL & DISTURBING TREATMENTS FOR MENTAL ILLNESS
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- Опубліковано 9 жов 2024
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Wow scientists are over here experimenting with magic mushrooms but politicians refuse to let them study marijuana 🙄
+Angel xx YES!!!
Kathryn Mercier 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Yeah! It's only in North America where we have a lack of information on cannabis. :( It's terrible. In Europe they have constant studies happening on cannabis all the time; and a lot of what we actually have education on is from European Universities. Most of the information we have is outdated falling back on studies done in the 1990's.
Amanda Garcia It was illegalized last 1968 because of the "bohemian" counterculture contributing it, to hippies too much. And other public places without a right prescription ...Because psychedelics BEFORE the '60s were, strictly sold in pharmacies (for mental illness) and you need be above 18!! Until a bunch of hippies abused it and other people in 1960s without actually, "knowing" how to use it properly. Until the media blamed a lot of recreational drugs and trips (like LSD,Shrooms,Marijuana,etc) for giving people anxiety and panic attacks!!Basically they only looked at the negative side of it.
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Though as a person who have tried trips and marijuana before , I think it should be absolutely legal but with the right prescription of hospitals and doctors. And with a safe therapy.
its not politicians its literally capitalism. Big tobacco companies pay way too much money to allow weed to be legal.
Sarahs voice is so soothing to listen too
i agree 1000%
Laura laura Aguilera ikr I can listen to her for hours
Laura laura Aguilera Agreeeed
Laura laura Aguilera have you watched lavendertowne she has a very calming voice
It is
My dad actually did electric shock therapy. He had severe depression and anxiety, and no other medications worked. It actually cured his depression and anxiety. He does act weirder now. But I'd rather have my dad act weird, than him killing himself so it was definitely worth it.
What do you mean by weirder?
Kylie Avocado Yeah, what do you mean by weird? The fun and silly weird or the strange weird?
Philip Hamilton id assume the strange weird. Even with just pills, people can act weird sometimes, and sometimes you can notice :(
My dad was forced by his friends to have shock therapy treatment because of his depression, addictions and manic behaviour when he was just 18. It traumatised him, made him loose quite a bit of his memory and didn’t seem to help him much compared to the other detrimental side affects. He gets very stressed in situations and reacts defensively to people. He’s also still addicted to drugs and alcohol. My mum, my brother and I split up from him as he was causing us to get very upset, and I don’t see him anymore. We are trying to help my dad, but he refuses professional and medical help due to his horrible previous experiences with treatment methods.
Thought it might be interesting to hear, hope you are having a good day :)
DiceMixx I’m praying for your father, don’t you find it a bit weird that it works for some people great and others horribly you could go in there thinking you’ll be perfectly happy then you come out traumatized
excuse my... rude humor but
shocking content
no pun intended
Me or the Medicine I have to admit, seeing the first one gave quite a shock. ;)
HA * knee slap *
Woo wee momma that's a knee slapper for the ages
When I was committed there was this woman who was getting electro shock therapy, she was really nice to me, I gave her like 6 mayonnaise packets and she gave me a Lana Del Rey shirt
a friend's mum underwent electroshock therapy for extreme depression. It did not work for her and now she has memory issues and is more depressed than ever :(
Feel this with the memory. Had it at 19 for the same reasons and now at 22 I still have extreme memory issues, it’s so terrible she still isn’t doing well with her depression 😞
I am by no means saying mentally ill patients should run and take mushrooms, especially without research and precautions, but i do want to say that I used to suffer from clinical anxiety and bipolar II to the point I couldn't work or drive. I felt very afraid to leave my house, had panic attacks on a daily basis, and I couldn't even spend time with my friends after a certain point. I started researching psychedelics as a treatment because I kept being admitted to mental hospitals but I hated how the medicine would make me feel and I hated the side effects. I had several trips that were fun but not life changing but then one night I experienced an "ego death" trip and even though it was by far the scariest thing i have ever experienced in my life it actually also changed my life drastically. I still have anxiety sometimes but it no longer effects my daily life. I went 6 months without having a panic attack, got my license, a car, a job, started going out with friends, and even felt like I discovered a part of myself i had never known before. Its been amazing and I truly am grateful for the experience. After that trip I didn't feel the need to take psychedelics anymore and actually have never taken them since, though I do support their use.
Abigail Thornton Hmm, I wanna try this for myself since I suffer with anxiety on a day to day basis
Abigail Thornton everyone is different. My very close friend tried mushrooms once and ended up having a small addiction to them afterwards because of that first experience. He knew a dealer and ended up buying so much he was able to do them everyday for two weeks before we sat him down and told him that this was not a good path for him to follow and convinced him to stop.
Kat Hancock I am very sorry your friend developed a mental addiction, in all honesty and respect it seems like your friend wasn't trying to use them as medicine and it also seems that they did not do proper research. Taking psychedelics everyday is actually useless unless it's in small doses and that would be called micro dosing which some people find to help their lives though I personally don't see a point. If you trip twice within the same week the second trip will be almost nonexistent unless you take a very large amount more than the first time. .
I find psychedelic therapy very hit or miss because as I mentioned it took several trips for me to have the one that was life altering and Ive heard of people having the same trip that saved my life yet it caused PTSD, psychosis, or HPPD for them. As all treatmemts go, this one is not suitable for everyone and as a controversial treatment I wouldn't try unless you have tried all other available treatmemts to no avail. If my post inspired you I would definitely say research everything about psychedelics and about psychedelic therapy for at least a whole month before even thinking of tripping. They are very strong mind altering drugs and it's important to give them proper respect for harm reduction purposes. :)
definitely check out psychedsubstance videos! he makes safety and awareness videos. 🙂
I know that a lot of people love the beauty videos on this channel but damn this type of content is waaaaaaaay better! (like the beauty videos too don't get me wrong haha)
Silvia Arévalo yes!!
something that u kinda missed was that a vast majority of these patients weren't willing...
I just wanna say that I watched this while getting laser hair removal to distract me and it worked. Your voice is always comforting haha
“Hey your really calm for this.”
“Oh yeah I’m watching a video about controversial treatments for mental illnesses, the girl talking about it’s has a nice voice.”
@@sylvie_on 😂😂😂
My grandfather was given electroshock therapy in the hopes of curing his alcoholism. My mother remembers him coming home and not being able to function at all. Like trying to put his sock on his knee and he also had memory loss. Needless to say it didn't really work
My dad used to do magic mushrooms as a teen and he told me that it definitely helped his depression. It's cool that we're exploring alternatives treatments/medicines for mental illness now :)
I might get shit for this, but oh well at the end of the day.. I know now any of you and never will. I suffered from depression, and Ive taken LSD for a whole summer and it's changed my thinking about a lot of things. I don't find myself depressed anymore and constantly wanting to die. I enjoy life and the goods it does have. Just saying, mushrooms and lsd does work , but I wouldn't suggest it just because it is very illegal haha
I'm also depressed & i took lsd once. i vividly remember thinking very positively and clearly the morning after the trip. i literally thought my mental illnesses were gone.
buut then i was hungover for the next 2 days. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ win some, lose some
I urge you to look more into LSD, as I think that there are a lot of misconceptions about the substance and I think you may be misenformed or misled. I've done it at least 50+ times and as long as you're getting a legitimate, pure form of the substance, it's quite safe (however definitely not for everyone ).
munchie that probably wasn't pure LSD if you were hungover.
honestly i drank quite a bit that night & i figured that's why i was hungover but idk for sure. it was probably the alcohol tho lol
Natasha Burdette the hangover feeling can sometimes stem from exhaustion from an intense trip mixed with depleted levels of serotonin.
For your last one, with mushrooms. I personally suffered from social anxiety, depression and panic disorder. It was debilitating, but being 19 years old and curious about psychedelics. So inevitably I ended up trying some, and I can honestly say they were life changing. I went from someone who couldn't leave the house, was on a high dose of anti depressants, clonazepam, and an anti-psychotic to 100% drug free. I'm now studying at a university and function in everyday society, So I'm 100% for this research. (or though I'd like to preference I personally took LSD)
Long post but I thought I'd share my experience with ECT's... I actually had ECT's done a few years ago.
I had 10 treatments over a 2 week period. A treatment every day, Monday-Friday and then two rest days on Saturday and Sunday... then back at it the next week.
It was just as if I was being wheeled into surgery every morning. They brought me into what looked like an operating room, started my medication, (like she mentioned, they use anesthesia these days to keep you sedated during the procedure... you fall asleep just like you would if you were having surgery. I also had a PICC line put in during the beginning for the anesthesia so they wouldn't have to start so many irritating IV's) and then they start the procedure. After that I would wake up in recovery with a headache and some nausea which they always treated me for with meds. I had mild memory loss afterwards but not bad.
I was lucky because of my insurance and my other medical issues, I was able to stay on the medical side of the hospital rather than the mental health side so it was like a long hospital stay. My Mom stayed with me the whole time.
They're no where near as barbaric as people think, but they are a serious treatment that I wouldn't get unless you've tried everything else.
Really interesting to read about your experience! Did you get better from it? I think most people don't know the difference between how it was done in the past and how it's done today though... My mum works in an psychiatric hospital and has acompanid a lot of the patiens when they get ECT, so I've always heard about it.
Emma Lindvall I have very mixed feelings about it. At the time I was very suicidal. I had attempted suicide several times. I had tried every other treatment you could think of and every medication you could think of since I was a young teenager. So, this was seen as a last hope for me. I didn't notice much improvement afterwards but in the words of my psychiatrist... "well, you're still here".
I don't think it was worth it for me. They say there won't be long term side effects or memory loss. For me, that's not true. I've had problems with my memory every since and I'm just not the same. The doctors say that's because of the effect of long term mental illness and long term use of medication. Maybe. Who knows. But I'm not the same.
I'm sorry you've had such a difficult time... I've had a sort of similar experience to you, except I got lucky and finally found a antidepressant that helped... It took so many tries. But, despite not having gone through ect I do have memory problems. And I have had for years, since my first deep depression and trials with antidepressants, so from what I read both depression AND antidepressants AND etc can caus memory problems. So maybe there's just a matter of luck.
You're so strong for going through all of that! I wish you the best and never give up!
well, I'm trying 🍄's some day. Not only have I been told they stop crippling cluster headaches, but also help with depression and anxiety?! sign me TF up!
My mother worked in a mental hospital where she experienced doctors performing electroshock therapy on patients. She said that it was one of the most terrifying things she's ever experienced in her life.
Sarah does nothing half-assed and went more in detail about lobotomies than any of my profs...I admit that I skipped through a little because OMG, TERRIFYING!!! I seriously commend her on how thorough she is and wish she was my prof!
there's a special place in hell for a lot of those "Dr's" that did those kinds of things
Cjp Me to be fair, these people all intended well. they did these procedures with intent to help cure their patients.
mywingsareyours I'm not so sure about that. she said the Dr that removed body parts was biased. The Dr that decided to put 2 ice picks in his patients eyes to show how talented he was didn't do that to help anyone. Back then people could get away with anything if it was done to the mentally ill. Those poor people were locked away because they didn't know how to help them and quacks like these guys took advantage of that. Sorry to disagree but I feel like these Dr's had god complexes and people were harmed for their vanity.
Cjp Me I'd argue that for the most part the doctors believed they were doing what was right. You aren't a bad person simply for being biased (we all contain our own biases everyday) towards your own methods; of course you want your method to work, and in a small way the placebo of believing that the treatment has worked can also benefit patients strongly (such as with the brand Cold FX, the most marketable placebo ever). These doctors were also doing what no one else was doing during this time, they were attempting to treat mental illness, rather than just locking up the crazies to keep them away from the public. Without these first attempts at treatment we would never have come so far as we have in discovering the causes and current treatments for mental illness today. I'm not going to deny that it was often corrupt and the treatment was often forced on a patient, however it's a very broad and generalized statement to say that these physicians were bad people with no good intentions.
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Nope cause back then when people specifically doctors did thing most of the time they were doing things because they thought that they were helping people even though now we see what they did as bad and stupid they were doing what they thought was correct
I know I've commented this before but I just want you to know how important your videos are. Your intelligence, passion, relatability and how open and honest you are combined with your basic essence relaxes me so dramatically. I feel almost a mild high when watching your videos - my anxiety washes away and I feel warmer inside. Thank you for being you.
1) I've been doing a research on this for my English class 👌🏻
2) Many centuries ago the treatment for hysteria on women was masturbation (doctors were the ones doing the process for their female patients) by adding olive oil on the clitoris and massaging it with two fingers, but their hands would always get tired enough to be difficult to maintain the treatment so when electricity was invented, they created the electromechanical vibrator. Fun fact? : this is how vibrators were also created. Later on, some people thought it was an awful object to use, correct me if I'm wrong, women were the ones who wanted to keep those so it turned into a business.
3) I heard there's a book by Nellie Bly called "Ten Days in a Mad House" where she pretended to be someone with mental illness so she could get into a psychiatric hospital. It's like a journal or a diary where she wrote every horrific thing she experienced. This was written back in the 19th centuries (where all these insane "treatments" began), but there's a few edited things here and there
My dad was forced by his friends to have shock therapy treatment because of his depression, addictions and manic behaviour when he was just 18. It traumatised him, made him loose quite a bit of his memory and didn’t seem to help him much compared to the other detrimental side affects. He gets very stressed in situations and reacts defensively to people. He’s also still addicted to drugs and alcohol. My mum, my brother and I split up from him as he was causing us to get very upset, and I don’t see him anymore. We are trying to help my dad, but he refuses professional and medical help due to his horrible previous experiences with treatment methods.
Thought it might be interesting to hear, hope you are having a good day :)
My cousin had to get shock treatment for his extreme depression and mania. And my aunt had to be there to watch. It was a horrible thing for the both of them and unfortunately did nothing to alleviate his worsening symptoms. He battled it for a long time before finally ending it all. He was found in his apartment last October. I'll miss him always and I hope they can one day find better ways of treating mental illness. Thanks for this informative video.
Can you do a segment on hypnotism? It just so fascinating.
It's easy to appreciate you're formal, educated and overall well-balance disposition in your videos :3 happy to be subscribed
I've heard most of these methods in detail multiple times, but I never get tired of it. It's a constant reminder of how thankful I should be to have been born at the time I was, in the late 90's. Any earlier and I may have been a patient in these situations. (I was diagnosed as a young child, too young to remember, but around 3-5 I think). But at the same time I also try to keep in mind what my psych professor always told us, they thought it helped at the time. Everything is a learning process, and while some professionals didn't care about the patients. Others really thought this was the solution.
for the insulin shock treatment: i’m obviously not a professional on this topic, but my mom did go through psychosis and i know from her that two of the largest causes of temporary psychosis is stress and insomnia. perhaps the coma could help “treat” the psychosis, as one, psychosis only lasts a month or two for most and a coma would chip away from some of this time, and two, it could help them by stopping them from doing things that are causing stress and/or tiredness. just a thought. i find that particular treatment very interesting. great video!
Reading Terrence Mckenna's books on mushrooms and hallucinating really opened my eyes to the benefits and possibilities that they can create for humans :)
Just after discovering your channel Sarah, your content is fascinating to watch and you are quickly becoming one of my favourite youtubers! speaking of ECT, a few of my close friends have gotten the treatments and I would have to disagree on it being a controversial or disturbing treatment in any way. I feel its important to note that its actually an extremely helpful treatment for those who need it and please people DO NOT trust what you see in films and the media as it is very different today as it was back then. Also greetings from Ireland and keep making great content! xx
Everyone in the comments is all like 'oh LSD helped with my depression so much lol' but I don't think that they realise IT AFFECTS EVERYONE DIFFERENTLY. All drugs do, to be honest. You never know what your reaction to the drug is going to be, which is why it's best not to take them. In the navy you were literally shown a picture of a person who had taken LSD. They had cut their wrists, painting their walls with their own blood and then hung themselves because of the effects of the drug. I get that they affect people in different ways, but unless you know for sure just don't take the drugs.
you don’t know if you don’t try 😳
nah, take the drug in smaller doses first if you want to get a feel for how it will affect you. I don't believe the story about the solider, but bad trips can and do happen which is why novices should always start with smaller doses which don't have the same intense effects as higher doses do.
bad trips can be traumatic, but experienced users have more knowledge to control and redirect those bad trips into something safer or easier to tolerate.
I kinda agree but if it was an extreme case where the patient was already self harming and suicidal, and was resisting other treatment, then it may be an option. When you're at that point you'll try anything to make the pain go away, usually resulting in suicide
My grandmother suffered with very severe post partum depression and anxiety after having a child at 17 and having a poor domestic home life. She underwent elecroshock therapy and seemingly improved drastically. She was the life of the party and by all accounts a joy to be around. Then in her late 40's she had onset signs of MS, multiple sclerosis. This early onset was thought to have been brought on by her elecrtoschock therapy that she endured early in her life whilst her brain was still developing. This led to her being put into assisted living in her 50s and passing away in her early 60s. Not one member of my family regrets the treatment she received because they got to live all of these wonderful memories with a happy go lucky, healthy woman. But it did take her from us so soon and drastically reduced her quality of life later on. These kind of side effects are never spoken about regarding this therapy and I hope the way they do things now will reduce these early onset conditions😔
I love your psychology videos! Are you into forensic psych? I'd love if you went through "top 5 murder cases" for example and went through the behaviour of the offender or something maybe :) I just think ur psychology videos are so interesting and that u should definitely continue with the controversial experiments videos!
Can I just say that I feel more comfortable watching these videos when she isn’t wearing makeup it might just be a me thing but she looks more normal and less intimidating you know?
The few times I've had mushrooms I felt so happy. I have depression and anxiety and sometimes I would take just a small amount. Not enough to 'trip' but enough to feel just genuinely good about things. I truly hope we get to a place where people can take them. I've never had anything help the way mushrooms have.
I absolutely love these videos you have been doing lately, totally down my street. I don't know if you have done it already, but how about a video on a top 10 of documentaries relating to these experiments/treatments/mental health topics?
I have a student nurse internship this summer at Western Psychiatric Hospital in Pittsburgh PA and I was assigned the ECT/TMS unit for my internship. I’m incredibly nervous about it because the only exposure I have to ECT is what Hollywood has shown in movies and such. Thank you for giving me more information!!
Electric shock therapy gets a bad rap because of how it was used in the past. My mother's friend suffered really really bad with PND and PNP and this saved her life. That's what she says at least. She wanted to harm her baby and after her treatment she was much much better. I know another woman with severe PNP who also went through electric shock therapy and it also helped her immensely. I think nowadays we've got a good handle on it and it's definitely come a long way since the old days.
Lobotomies however are disturbing af. Soooooo creepy.
Layla Mae Yeah, lobotomies can go eat a rotten bat chode because they shouldn’t even exist imo
I LIVE FOR YOUR PSYCHOLOGY VIDEOS
this was so interesting!! also, just thought i'd let you know that i dyed my hair ginger because of you!! i've always wanted to be ginger but binge watching your videos over the past few months, it was just impossible not to dye it ginger.
Hi Sarah! I'm not sure if I already commented this in a previous video but I LIVE for your psychology videos. I started watching your channel for the beauty content about 3 years ago, but I have to say that I really enjoy these changes (I still love your GRWMs once in a while). I get super excited every time I see you have uploaded a new psychology video, they are fascinating to me and I can see that you are passionate about what you talk about. Lots of love
These videos are really interesting Sarah, maybe also because it's not my subject of studies and it's interesting to know more :)
You should read My Lobotomy. It's a memoir and really interesting. He talks a lot about Freeman. And heartbreaking of course. I love these videos btw!
This was very fascinating! Definitely would like to see more videos on more treatments for mental illness.
Love these videos Sarah! So fascinating and interesting! Keep doing these! 💓
I love these videos so much! Honestly psychology was my last resort and from Time to time I get pretty bummed that I'll be studying that instead of medicine/neuroscience but then I watch your videos like this one and I get really excited. So thank you !
i get ECT and it's actually really helpful. sometimes i get a little memory loss but it usually goes away in minutes, not weeks. but that's just me, not necessarily how it's gonna work for everybody
y'all.. as a person with depression, mushrooms gave me the most liberating high ever and yes i heard colors and yes i recommends it to anyone
you're such a great youtube !!! im a psychology major and i always turn to youtube to always gain knowledge and help me study for test and im so glad i came across your channel because you inspire me in so many ways . Thank you !!
Love these types of videos, messed up but fascinating
I know someone with the same hair as your profile pic
I started watching u last night
And I’ve watched 17 videos💀💀 BUT I LIVE FOR THEM!
your skin looks so good without makeup
My brother in law did the seizure method because no medication would help him. He have bad short term memory loss. But he’s did a complete 180 and isn’t in such bad depression as before. It was a saving grace for our family
I knew a woman who had electric shock therapy , like , a lot, and we got really close when I wasn't well in hospital , when I went to hospital again 11 months later ... I saw her there ... and she didn't remember me at all . Though her husband did , and I never really spoke to him before . Was pretty sad honestly . She could barely speak too , and looked so out of it .
i'm loving all these psychology videos!!
This was so interesting! Horrifying, but interensting.
I actually live next to an old mental hospital. It has been shut down since the eighties, but according to wikipedia the hospital has the highest number of lobotomies in the world! Quite a contrast to today, when the area consist of schools, a library, an art gallery and a sculpture park, among other things. I'll leave the link to the english wikipedia page here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umedalens_sjukhus
Love this video as usual! The Insulin Shock Therapy was so cool to hear about. I'm a Type 1 Diabetic and I found that treatment extremely cool to hear about - especially because it was so effective! Thanks for creating these videos, I always enjoy ❤
Just in my personal opinion, I can really see why someone would choose some of these over medication. I take Zoloft, but for a while (months and months) I didn't see any improvement, and it actually increased my anxiety, etc. I fell into a bit of a dark area where my brain was telling me that happiness WITH Zoloft, was fake, because it was medicine-induced. It was hard for me to cope with those thoughts, because it did make me happier, but my brain was also telling me it wasn't the truth. So i can see why some of these were a thing for people... Never done Mushrooms, don't think i ever will, but I can understand how it would be helpful. Love your videos, been subbed for a while and can definitely say you are one of my favorite UA-camr's. Thanks!
It amazes me how recent these treatments were and how far we have come in the last hundred years! It really blows my mind and I am so thankful I live now lol
The thing with the magic mushrooms is they don't talk abut how mentally devastating a bad trip is. Yes good trips are amazing but bad can be depressing.
wow, this is so interesting. I would like for you to do another part! :) love your content Sarah
Where I live, you have to have two psychiatrists (medical doctors) agree and sign off for someone to have ECT (electroconvulsive therapy). And sadly, it's because of the history and stigma surrounding the treatment, not because of the treatment itself.
A friend of mine with bipolar spent *years* in and out of hospitals because of suicide attempts, severe depression and manic episodes, trying every different anti-psychotic and mood stabilizer, in all kinds of combinations and doses, with all the side-effects that comes with that, before her doctor pushed for ECT. She went through 6 sessions her first time and it completely turned her around. She had some memory loss, which is a common side-effect of ECT. But she told me she didn't care, because it was the first time she felt normal, felt evened out. Her brain was finally giving her some peace.
Medications can cause their own sets of debilitating side-effects, some which don't show up for years. I have tremors now from my meds, and my neurologist is guessing it's from one I stopped taking about 6 years ago. While I'm grateful for my medications and the sense of normalcy they provide, if a doctor would let me do ECT? I'd say "Hell yeah, let's reboot this bitch".
I'd love to see part 2, 3 and more!
Wow that last one is actually quite mind-blowing?? Will definitely be interesting to see how the use of that evolves.
For current and upcoming treatments both DBS (deep brain stimulation) and rTMS (repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation) are really interesting.
ECT is amazing! I have one friend that had his life saved by it, they'd tried every single medication, every form of therapy. I met him when we were both in the psych ward and in a few months he recovered completely and got declared free of his depression. I met quite a few more people that had ECT and it was successful but I don't know their stories. Now we're considering it for me and I'm hopeful about the results.
You're such an amazing person, an inspiration and you deserve millions of subscribers!
I had 13 treatments of electro conclusive therapy-modern "electric shock therapy" a few years ago in my teens. I am now 22. I did it because i was desperate because i have borderline personality disorder and I have been in over 60 medications for depression anxiety mood stabilizers anti seizure medication etc. None would work so tried that. It didn't help and it took so much memory away. I don't remember barely any memories before i was about 12 years old I would say or so. And now it is very hard for me to retain new information and learn anything and I have trouble remembering things from yesterday. I found getting these done somewhat traumatic because my anxiety was so bad about it and the constant iv's were so painful and I became so afraid that I did not want to go in for my 13th treatment i was screaming and crying but they out me under nd did it anyway and going under anesthesia became frightening to me. My arms burned so bad from the medication and it seemed to take so long to "fall asleep" it seemed like it was building a tolerance to anesthesia. And I told them I didn't want my last treatment but they did it anyway. For many, I know it has been helpful. For me, it badly effected my life and at 22 have a horrible memory.
OMG YES PART 2
I ENJOYED THIS VID VERY MUCH
My psychiatrist runs a maternal mental health clinic and some research now shows that most antidepressants at least are safe to take during pregnancy. The benefits most often outweigh the risks. ALWAYS talk to your doctor first.
Yes they still do electroconvulsive therapy! I’m a nursing student and I got the opportunity to see the whole procedure. It’s under a very controlled and safe environment, the patients never remember the treatment, and I have seen the benefits it has for the mood disorders, it’s actually quite interesting!
My mom has been doing, electro shock therapy since she was 20.... She’s 51 now and it’s really scary as I learned more about it.
I am totally not advocating drug use, but from personal experience, one dose of LSD ended my decade long battle with bulimia and disordered eating. I was just able to think about it differently. For the first time I was really able to see how much it was hurting me and my relationships with people around me. This sounds obvious but I had been like that for so long that I didn’t know how to think differently. Purging doesn’t feel good anymore. It used to, after that trip I really don’t have the desire to purge. This was four years ago. I’ve used LSD a few times since then and it was never that profound again.
After my first trip, I woke up the next day and everything still looked beautiful. I never realized how beautiful humans are and how beautiful the world around us was. It really changed how I see myself and other people. I personally feel like it made me more empathetic.
I think it has a lot of potential to help people like me who suffer from depression and addiction. I am still depressed but I feel very differently about it now and I am much less afraid of it.
I’m really excited to see where these trials lead. I think psychedelics have a lot of potential to help people in therapy sessions with a therapist.
gotta tell you I LOVE this controversial psychology stuff ! i could listen to that for hours 💐
My grandmother got electroshock therapy for her bipolar back in the 90s :( it’s caused her brain to basically be fried, all she really does is cry and sleep. It’s heartbreaking to see
My mum had electroshock therapy 12 times when I was younger, she can't remember the majority of my childhood before the treatments and her severe depression isn't any better than it was prior. Totally don't agree with the treatment but that's only because I've seen the long term effects. :/
i know this video is two years old and this comment doesn’t actually mean much anymore but i was in a behavioral center where there was a girl who had tried many medications and was addicted to drugs we were 16 at the time the doctors actually recommended inducing a seizure to help with her depression but the sad part of it is when she spoke about it in group she didn’t know about all of the side effects and she didn’t know that she would have multiple shock sessions (a worker in the hospital actually said later on she had seen things like shock therapy end up messing with adolescents to the point where they were basically just going in and out of the hospital)
I have a friend who (off the record but still supervised by a doctor) treats his severe depression with psilocybin. I see several different types of results. As background info, this individual started using hard drugs and alcohol when he was about 12 and was in rehab for the first time at age 14. I went to high school with him and while I figured he was a stoner, just because he was a skater boy type that hung out with other stoners, I wouldn't have ever guessed he was flung anything worse, because he was by FAR one of the most intelligent people in the school. He was an amazing scientist and easily could've been an incredible doctor or research scientist. But addiction plagued him, and so did his depression, rinse, repeat. (I was unaware of all of it until years after we graduated, then he spilled it). No typical drugs worked for him, somehow I think his intelligence inhibited his brain from responding to medications the way they're meant to work, I know that sounds dumb but 🤷🏻♀️ AAAAANYWAY, so he started low dose hallucinogens. These days he's living in a hut on the beach of Hawaii somewhere, and he survives by just doing odd jobs around the island in exchange for food and necessities. And it works for him. So he definitely doesn't do much in the way of using his intelligence, or any of his real potential, I think the psilocybin inhibits him from really doing anything huge... but is he depressed? Nope. He's not doing a whole lot, but he's damn happy about it, so. That's one instance you can log away as informative in this department. 😛
2012 i was in a psychoward out in New York i was 12 at the times ... alot of electric shook was happening to my age group & younger ... when they were done they came out in a zombie state & wouldn’t remember gaps ... it was very traumatizing to see that at age 12 ... i was there for depression anxiety & a eating disorder... i thank God for getting me out of there
Please make part 2,3,4,5,6,7,.... I love these! :D
I live in the UK and at the moment there are trials for the use of ketamine in treating severe depression, similarly to the mushrooms and lsd you discussed at the end. I'm not sure if this is being trialled elsewhere but thought it may be something you'd be interested in. love your videos btw!
my aunt had electric shock therapy about 30 years ago against her will and with no anaesthesia or muscle relaxers. sounds terrifying, it actually didn't help her at all and left her (and her family- my dad especially) traumatized. scary.
frozensky86 doing any medical treatment against someone's will is unethical of course but the procedure today is done differently and only if the patient wants to do it.
Just wanna point out really quickly that your teeth look so good! In my opinion to overcome your dental anxiety was soooo worth it !
ECT personally made me worse. In my worst times of Bipolar and severe depression I have several treatments of ECT while staying in hospital (19 at the time) and all it did was mess with my memory. This is a normal side effect but is meant to be ‘short term’ however I still have major problems to this day and cannot remember a lot of things from that period of time. I am 22 now and am doing a lot better after finding the right medication and therapy but of course everyone is different and no one persons brain is the same but that is my experience. At the least young people should not have it
I love these videos Sarah I find them so interesting for some reason I guess cause I've never heard about any of these things before so I would happily watch part 2 and 3 etc
Can u upload everyday I love your videos my god
She has so many videos,you can watch one video every day for more than a year 😄
Hi Sarah 😊💕
Cherry flavored bleach I love your username
I’ve had severe depression for most of my life. I’ve tried medication and therapy, but it doesn’t do much for me. I would actually be willing to try the electric shock treatment if it might help me. I tried mushrooms once, but noticed almost no effect whatsoever. I’m desperate for a cure, I’d be willing to try nearly anything if it could help me.
Yes, please make part 2, 3, 4, etc :D In Mexican culture, before the invasion of Spain, Mayan and Aztec civilizations used shrooms, peyote and ayahuasca to connect with mother earth and see beyond ego. You should research more about this three natural infusions/fungus/plants that can really heal. Personally myself I'd tried shrooms and LSD and the thing that happens is that you suddenly can answer questions that you didn't even knew you had, and you immerse into yourself and observe from other perspective and somehow you become peaceful about your own trouble, of course not everyone is prepared to receive this kind of awareness and mostly scares people, but its kind of a mind detox, a brain massage or smtn :) I love you! You are so smart!!
The trouble with using magic mushrooms etc to combat mental health issues is that scientists may not be able to control the effects per dose. Unlike approved medications that have been tested in many circumstances and can be controlled, mushrooms and the like haven't been looked at in depth by scientists (although I bet some chemicals they put into medication is derived from natural sources, or are chemical safe copies of natural substances they'd never disclose!)
Also, I feel bad for those ice pick lobotomy victims, mostly the only reason they felt better is because it took away parts of their personality (which is pretty much what the front part of your brain is for). That did result in less episodes of depression, psychosis etc but also some couldn't feel other emotions or form relationships well due to lacking vital bits of who they were.
oh i follow you on instagram ! i was surprised to see your name here :) and i have the same opinion. I think it harder to control also because its something that the patient is experiencing in his mind and i dont think they have all the same experience so the doctor cant really control it. All they can do is just being there ...
My gma was sent to a hospital and she was shocked because they thought it’d shock the bad memories and thoughts out of her head
My mom always told me: *The worst of things have come from the best of intentions.* I can't help but agree.
My psychology lecture in 3 days is on treatments of mental disorders so perfect timing lol I live for these psych videos
My mother said that while she was pregnant with me, doctors tried to convince her to do electric shock therapy. She said no, and she was very angry that they even considered doing that. That doesn't sound very safe, and I can't believe they still do it. Although this video is over a year old, maybe they did stop.
As someone who had short term memory loss it is something VERY disturbing and I would much rather have pretty much any physical side effect
Fun fact: There's a mansion in my city that was built by the assistant of Walter Freeman, James Watts. It's currently undergoing restoration. Watts actually tried to stop Freeman, and he wrote various letters to Freeman saying they were inhumane and "ungodly".
I personally support the idea that we should forget the Taboo of psychedelics and truly accept to attempt to learn more from them (having personal experience with them) *note: psychedelics is not for everyone*
unfortunately, now a days, it's still pretty difficult, especially since current society values logical ideas and facts rather than also the illogical (one or the other are not the absolute way of interpreting things)
From my point of view & personal experiences, psychedelics have expanded my point of view in the scientific, spiritual, artistic & even political views!
but the best we can do right now is study them in a scientific manner?like only brainwaves and sci-ency things?
that's the problem with only valuing a scientific point of view (love science btw)
I believe logical and illogical ideas must work hand in hand, that's how innovations are made!
(probably gonna get a comment regarding my crazy hippieness, so I guess I'll go all out xD)
Save the trees!!!!
Can’t believe electro shock therapy is still a thing
A family member of mine had electroshock therapy and got so messed up from it, he still is not the same today.
A very interesting video, it showed a method unknown to me. But there is a mistake made in distinguishing "drilling" (trepanation) & lobotomy as they are very different procedures with alternative reasoning. Drilling into the skull is called trappaning & goes back many centuries, there is no interference with brain tissue. The rational was that mental illness was caused by pressure in the brain, so a hole was drilled into the skull to alleviate this "pressure". This practise was common in Europe during the Middle Ages & evidence suggests it originated in prehistoric times. EST followed the failure of metrozol treatment, an electric chair. EST is only used now as a last resort for unresponsive acute depression but does work in some cases; the (incorrect) theory was that epileptics didn't suffer mental illness, so it was thought that inducing seizures would be a cure. What is interesting is that epileptics have seizures due to hyperaction in the frontal lobes, so it could be that EST boosts activity in that region of the brain. In the 18C the Austrian Julius Wagner-Jauregg used the odd concept of fever therapy, introducing another illness eg malaria to cure another. In England bleeding, induced vomiting & diarrhoea were used (Hippocrates "The key to good health is in the gut"). Also two 20C common methods are omitted. Frances Farmer; an emotionally troubled actress raised by a dysfunctional & domineering mother, became a reckless drunken rebel & her behaviour was unorthodox (not extreme by current standards) & while in Court for a driving offence described her profession as "C*cksucker" & put in a mental institution for three months, on release she stayed at her parents home but was committed again by her mother for five years following a refusal of her demands. Isolation in straight-jackets was employed, hours of lying in ice water baths were a daily routine. Brutality was a normality. Frances denied accepting a lobotomy in attempt to gain her freedom. but allegedly there is a record of the procedure. In infirmity Farmer's mother filed for guardianship on release, but the Courts deemed her capable of independence - an incredible story worth reading.
"Side effects are not that severe" precedes to describe frightening and severe side effects