Is Mental Illness Curable?
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- Опубліковано 24 лют 2019
- Mental health is something we all have. Just like we have a physical health. We can have days where we feel on top of the world, checking so many things off of our to-do list, meeting with friends, feeling fulfilled and just good. You know those days? Maybe it’s been awhile since you’ve had one of those days, maybe things have been so stressful that you can’t even remember what that kind of day feels like.. Don’t worry! We will get to that issue in a bit. But for now, just know that mental health is defined as “a person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being.” If we are taking care of ourselves as best we can, taking breaks when we need them, making time for the things that we enjoy, etc etc.. we should have a pretty good mental health. We should feel good, be able to manage all we need to each and every day, and be pretty happy....
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This is the best analogy on mental illness that I’ve ever heard. It made something that I live with everyday make sense in the simplest term, for the first time ever. Thank you once again for such quality, helpful content, Katie!! We love all you do for us ❤️
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Thank you for all of your hard work! We love you Katie!
Your profile pic is v cute
I ended up smoking heroin in my late 20’s for a whole year because of my depression and anxiety. I’ve been 8 months clean now and going to treatment. Finally agreed to antidepressants a month ago. Unfortunately, I had completely lost my mind and therefore I lost everything else. It’s been hard but my therapist told me about the plasticity thing. He explained it like two freeways. When I started using heroin I plowed a new highway through, now that I’m off, I have to go and re-plow my old freeway that had filled in (with weeds and plants). It’s been a hard road but I’m sticking to it.
Well done that's a hard thing to do
Dancy Bean Congrats on 8 months clean!!! ❤️👍❤️
That's awesome!! Congratulations on you bein clean!! ❤❤❤❤
CONGRATULATIONS for staying clean and for not giving up, not giving in...
Let's goo you can do it!!! I'm proud of you, you got this and dont worry, you'll be fine. You're strong:))
This reminds me of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar where she says depression is like a bell jar that always hangs over your head
TK so iconic! 💕
Plath was amazing
I'm so thankful for your videos. You make me not feel so crazy. I have depression, anxiety, Bpd, Ptsd and an eating disorder and watching your videos really help me learn more about myself
I was diagnosed with depression, but I feel fine now
You are really handsome, stay blessed!
Kati, why do I feel an enormous empathy for animals? One day I saw a little cat and I couldn't take her home and, after half of the year, I still feel terrible that I left her.. I cry over the movie of the animal, but not people and also I love them more that people sometimes.. Why is this?
For me, I care more about animals than people. How I see it, it is typically easier for people to get help over animals. We can call someone, knock on a door , even go into a random store to find help. Animals have been evolutionary developed to rely on humans.
Animals aren't gonna hurt you like people will ☺
Sounds about white!
@@lizzyvega9612 YES!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
Some ppl don't get that!!!!
I'm the same way. An animal is just who and what it was made to be and needs to be and dose not pretend to be any thing else. It has no ego or malice. It only wants what is needed for survival not vanity. it doesn't lie or manipulate if it is violent it is for food or defense nothing more .it puts the needs of its family above its self it knows it's place in the pack. I find that if a person is of these virtues you will connect more with animals than ppl . I to feel sad that I can't save all of them , but I think I may be somewhat projecting on to the animals .the shitty way ppl make me feel and wishing I could be free from every shitty person turns in to I should save every animal even though I can't and don't know if it is OK and happy on its own.❤️
Thank you for yet again another informative yet personal and genuine interaction, Katie! You’re the best! I appreciate the work you put in to make your videos each and every week! ❤️
Mental health is curable, I suffered for 15 years and no longer do. I had bipolar disorder. One day I decided I do not have it anymore. Everything changed for the better. My story, not everyone is as “lucky”.
How do you just decide you don’t have a mental illness anymore and it goes away just like that??
How you cured this disorder?
Thank you so much! This gave me a lot of hope and clarity over a question I've had for years. When I first heard the term 'mental illness', it scared me because it sounded permanent and essentially unchangeable. Perhaps you could make it better, but you'd never 'come out of it'.
It was when I read about neuroplasticity a while ago that I realized there was real hope for long-term change, and it affirmed the value of therapy and learning new thought patterns. I've never heard the balloon analogy! I've always likened it to paths in a forest; continual use packs the dirt and keeps the path, but if you chop a new path through the forest, it'll grow while trees grow back in the old unused path.
Your analogy using the cold finally put into words what I'd begun to theorize lately, 'mental illness' is an illness in the sense that a cold is an illness. One can't be 'cured' in the sense that once it goes away, it'll never, ever come back, but that's just like the cold! If you heal up from it, and then take care of your health, you'll be far less likely to experience it again, and likely not as bad, since you learned the signs and treatments the last time.
It makes me realize anyone can experience mental illness, and that we all do from time to time, which really normalizes it, and also then tells me, that even though some may experience it more severely than others, we all can do something to heal up from it and get to a place of mental health! Thanks again! I love your channel and what you do!
Tysm for making these videos, it really means a lot to me. I’m going through a very shitty time rn and can’t see my psychologist all the time cuz I’m on a budget. I don’t really have any friends to talk to and my family always aggravates me when I try to talk to them. So thank you for being here. 💞💞
I’m a little confused on the statement about mental illnesses can’t be cured but in the neuroplasticity explanation, it almost sounds like it is contradicting the original statement. From my experience, and what I understand of my diagnosis of bipolar disorder, I can re-wire my thought processes to help me in stabilizing my mood, to be at and maintain baseline. I may have periods of stability, but regardless of what mood zone I’m in, I will always have bipolar disorder, even if my symptoms are not evident
I'm seeing the same thing about my illness too. The mind is such an interesting organ. This is why there is such a big stigma about mental illness, mainly many thinking its not real and a bunch of gibberish. So exhausting!!😞
swearveit - I’ve gone back and forth on the stigma thing. I’ve gone from being ashamed that I have a mental illness, something that is not visible but is something that was keeping me from living a full life, to not caring what others think. It was a difficult road to get there but I think the more of us who are ashamed, the more stigma will remain. Individually, each of us has to find that peace and reconcile within ourselves and fight the stigma by taking that 1st step and not being ashamed.
I have BPD and I agree with your comment. I could be wrong but I there was no cure for personality disorders. I'm scratching my head.
Also, I'm ashamed of some of behaviors but not my BPD. It has a really bad stigma and a lot of therapists won't take us but I never did anything to 'contract' it. It's either genetics or my abusive childhood. I didn't have control over either of those things so just trying to get better.
Wishing you the best🙂
A mental illness cannot be cured only managed.
@@fearlesskitten2475 thank you for sharing your experience! You have such a wonderful and optimistic outlook, and I wish you well on your mental health journey, friend❤️
Read the whole excerpt of your book in 4 minutes, and enjoyed every one of them. Thank you Kati💙
I’m so thankful you did this! I’ve had mental illness for 13 years now - I’m 25. And it sucks! And even though I’m getting better, I still have things to work through. I appreciate this! It is a good example that it doesn’t last forever if properly treated!
This video has been so useful for me! I have anxiety and most days I struggle to get out of bed for school and people just tell me to cheer up and get up, so I try to explain this to them, and I really struggled, I might finally feel like people will understand me now.
Your videos are always really informative and to the point and have encouraged me to find help which has benefited me as a person, and although I still struggle lots, having healthy coping mechanisms (other than cutting, which was my go to method) has made me realise that I might be able to manage a lot better in daily life.
This is a very good explanation of the difference between mental health and mental illness. And it is not just you. We have the same problem too. Thank you Kati !
I love this! it’s great to have it broken down and explained in a way i can share it with family and friends who may not understand ❣️
Thank you very much for all that you do, Katie.
I so, so appreciate whoever is doing your captions! I can tell it's not on a teletype 😍. Thank you!
Me: hears *“welcome”!*
Me: clicks like button
I believe it can be cured. Healing yourself and training your mind is the answer. Not letting your mind run you... run your mind. Train the mind😇
I do have to say I really appreciate and love your videos. But on a completely different context, the editing of your videos is on point! Even though I can tell when you cut and splice or edit, you do a very well job of keeping us engaged, as well as being informative and light-hearted. It makes me feel good to watch your videos, it puts me in a better mood...all on top of enlightening me with real psychological truths. Thank you for what you do.
Most certainly a guideline of what to aim for in my own videos. Again... thank you!
-joe
Kati, with all due respect, as a psychologist I truly worry about the message in this video. People experience many different mental illnesses and experience them for many different reasons. Adjustment disorders *do* remit. People *do* experience single episode depressive disorders. People experience acute stress reactions and acute/brief psychotic episodes that are *not* “incurable.” Each person’s situation is unique and they should consult with their local psychologist and/or psychiatrist with questions regarding their own unique situation/illness/diagnosis and treatment plan.
I do think we can all agree though that promoting mental health and wellness is a step from which everyone can benefit.
Well put.i notice that to, but I think she ment to say something more like you will never be able to not catch a cold any more in stead of what she said about you will allwas have a mental illness. Maybe she just misspoke. 🙄🤔
debboo69 yea, and a viewer is respectfully giving her opinion. How about you lay off? (Didn’t like how that felt, eh?)
@@debboo69 This circumstance is one professional criticing another, which unless you are a professional in this field like them, you have no right advising ine or the other what to do. You are the one who needs to "lay off".
I was in treatment for severe depression for 10 years, was in and out of the hospital, missed a lot of school, tried so many medications and I thought my depression would never be cured. I did genetic testing and found that the only med I hadn’t tried was the only one that would work for me. Getting on the right med has been like night and day for me. It has saved my life and really cured me.
That's a valid point. I do like Kati's analogy to colds though. Just because you can cure a cold doesn't mean you can't catch it again.
I just want to say how proud I am of your channel! I used to watch you back when you had about 28 thousands subscribers and look at you now! You took me out of a very dark place and I’m so thankful for that. Thank you!!
Chanelle ubogh Welcome back!!
Really needed this video at the moment Kati! Thank you so much xx
We love watching your videos. They have helped a lot! Thank you so much Kati!
well there goes all my hope.
Love this topic. Thanks for sharing it!!❤❤😊🙌
Thank you Kati for creating this wonderful video and giving me some tools to use.
So consistent and the best timing!!🤩🤩
You are so awesome. You’re always so encouraging. Thank you so much for all you do. 🙂
Thank you for answering this question! Very informative
I've battled my depression and anxiety since my teens, I finally got help in my thirties. As my body ages, changes, my illnesses is getting worse, so no I didn't think it will be cured. The reason is because I was diagnosed so late in life and I suffered too long.
It can not be cured even it detect early ...unless you do meditation
@@PremKumar-ot8wu so u believe meditation cures mental illness ?
@@PremKumar-ot8wu I am cured after 13 years.
@@FreeJulianAssange23 yes meditation heals it if you know correct meditation I advocate for osho meditations . How you cured ?
I love you so much Katie your such a muse and everything you say makes total sense I can't describe how convincing you are and when I saw what you wrote in your description it made my life
Just what I needed today.. Thanks Kati! ❤️
It’s like you read my mind!! I was just talking about this yesterday!!
Thank you these are the words i needed today
Just finished your book today. Going to post my review Tuesday. Excited to share as I didn't expect to be reading your book. Went to the library looking for something else and ran across your book. Picked it up without hesitation. God bless you and your work!
happy I watched all the way to the end! Thank you!
Love your videos and insight💗Always feel somewhat enlightened and educated and given a new perspective💓
Great video! Mental illness, suicide awareness and sobriety is everything! Videos like this remind us we are not alone! Definitely motivated me with my channel and vids! Awareness is everything and so is support!
Thanks so much for everything though, love what you do
Thank you, again, Kate, for all of your hard work, and for sharing it with us. Four years on from my official diagnosis (ASD, depression, anxiety, ADD/HD) i still struggle to juggle with it all. Remember to take my Rx. Remember to take care of my (mental) health. Etc. Your videos have helped me sort through some things. To help... sort out differences of the things i deal with, and sometimes to help explain things to friends, that i struggle to put to words.
You are a God send, and a help. Thank you.
Thankyou for sharing this information Kati, really informative. Thankyou for all the hard work you put into these videos and for releasing a amazing and helpful book. Your UA-cam helps me every day. We all love you lots Kati 💖💛💖💛
(P.s.) you always explain things so well and I always gain things and learn things from your videos xoxo
I love Kati's welcomes.
The bit at the end was really really nice to hear, thanks
As usual great job, remembering not to fall into trap of regret avoids compounding problems.
Best way to spend a snow day!!
Just talked about neural plasticity in my Human Sensation and Perception class! Love your vids Kati!❤
Another incredible video Katie! I’m a mental health practitioner also and on my UA-cam channel I look at very similar topics to this. That differentiation between mental illness and mental health is vital! Thanks for bringing such awesome awareness to this topic and by the work you do on your channel!
Thanks, good advise. Just take care like any other illness 💖
Kati I love your videos they’re richly informative that you put in everyday language in a genuinely caring compassionate manner that people can relate and understand, there was another Yt channel by another therapist I unsubscribed to bc it began to occur to me it didn’t seem healthy, and I saw some others seemed to notice by comments they made. That therapist includes an “impressive” announcement at start of each video theyre “scientifically” backed. Another viewer pointed out in the comments psychology is a social science - not science that’s implied in the announcement - it’s a social science not a chemistry equation - while I may be incorrect or misunderstood, it seems to be an effort to promote the assumption whatever those videos teach must be correct - some people may buy into that correlation which isn’t to my knowledge how it works - since it’s a social science as that other viewer wrote in the comments not a clean science formula like chemistry equation....im so thankful I found your channel it’s very uplifting healthy and richly informative
Great analogy of a marble creating a divot in the brain's sand. I use a sled with my patients. The sled goes down the same track over and over again until it gets really deep. It's difficult to get the sled to go down a new path, since it keeps wanting to go back down the comfortable, well-worn track. But keep going down the new path and it will become deeper and deeper, and easier to navigate. And that old path will just become covered with snow and get more and more shallow.
Beautiful video. I am thankful that you exist and help us :)
Yes... This was helpful and hopeful... Thank you 💗
Currently reading your fabulous book! It does a marvelous job of unravelling intimidating complexities. I love how you summarize the features of various treatment methods. So nice to know what's out there. I totally agree that the relationship with one's therapist(s) is crucial. I'm currently seeing a wonderful local therapist and your book helps me appreciate even more how special she is.
I highly recommend this book to everyone! If you have mental illnesses yourself, Kati will help you get your bearings in the mental health treatment field. If you love someone who has mental illnesses, this book will help you understand a lot more about the field and hopefully allow you to be a better support in your loved one's life. Even if you're not new to dealing with mental illness, I'm sure you'll learn a lot - or at least enjoy the refreshing review of some key topics.
So go for it! Be good to yourself and invest in this gem!
Jeremy
Watching your videos give me hope as I've recently been diagnosed with BPD. Thank you for your videos 😃 xxx
Elisha Taylor check out Kati’s playlist on BPD!! ua-cam.com/play/PL_loxoCVsWqy6j40ipH2yQjcK-4Uf4ri6.html
I just started anti-depressants again today, and that marble analogy was really helpful. Here's hoping I can stay with it this time and get better.
Geoff Britton you got this!! ❤️
@@_just_TK Thanks, dear person
Thank you for sharing, I am hopeful to just be able to manage .
Angel hugs n Blessings to you and yours
I healed myself from a nervous breakdown,drug addiction,depression was sectioned, etc,by neuroplasticity and only worked it how i achieved it 20 years when studying neuroscience,I then was full time carer for my 82 year old Mum who had dementia for 7 years until she passed away in May,the mind can do anything you want it to do when you give the right data and information,I am conscious in my subconscious,thinking properly is a great skill,the mind is a beautiful paradox,it uses itself to understand itself,thought is creative,emotion is energy in motion,what you think is what you become,the majority do not understand the frequency and vibration of language and words and their power internally and externally,the answers are within not without,heart and thought coherence,think with your heart and let your brain follow.
The way she says “welcome” is so cute...
i feel like that every day! i think back to when i wasn’t feeling as bad and wish i could go back then and do more with my life because i feel like now it’s over
This is your first video I've seen and I really like this pattern of your conversation
I like your positivity, Kati!
Kati I really wish you were my therapist :( all these videos are so good that I already feel connected to you and your therapy “style”. Wish you knew me too!
Just bought you book today kati looking forward to this topic
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Kati, I think you should do a video on boundaries with therapists and what really is crossing them, like ethically especially.
Such a good topic once again kati your great
IM SO EXCITED!!!!! IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!! AHHH THANK YOU!!!!!
YAY!! I hope you find it helpful :) xoxo
Thank you Kati!
Definitely needed this today ❤️
I like that sand and marble use in the analogy. It's definitely very helpful because there are times when it feels like it's not working but it's really a process. I just have to keep everything in check. Thank you so much!
Angelica Joy Process not perfection! ❤️❤️
TK Exactly! 😊💕
Thanking you Katie,nice to get your upbeat opinions 🤗
I love Monday mornings only because of you!! ❤️
lulu Ditto! ❤️😸
It creeps in slowly and takes forever to try and learn how to manage it or even accept it in my case.
Great video Kati, thanks. x 😊
The way I've memorized the intro right down to the "Welcome 🖐"
Thank you for the neuroplasticity part! It reminds me that no matter our age, there's hope. This video goes to my favs! Btw, can you talk about dysthymia?
Angélica Morales Kati already has a great video on this!! ua-cam.com/video/mOwOwQB4kvg/v-deo.html
My anxiety is like a fast growing weed. Every day I hack away at it to keep it somewhat under control.
If I focus on one spot, that might start to look okay, but then I turn around to find another spot overgrowing. And if I take my attention off of any one area, thinking it’s okay for now, everything grows back. Someone told me that if you grow up with a lot of trauma, then that’s just how your brain develops. I hope I can be normal someday, but I’m not super hopeful...
I sort of get your point, sort of not. I suffered from social anxiety for a year and a half, and last April I recovered. I no longer suffer from any of its symptoms, my brain no longer thinks the way it did. Yes, I occasionally have nervous moments, but it’s the healthy kind, normal kind. Hence I say I’m cured from my mental illness.
Hey can you tell me did you took medicin and for how long coz i also have anxitey and i have fear that when ill stop my medicin the sysmptms will come back
Can you do a video about animals improving a person's mental health?
Patricia the booke Kati already has 2 great video on that! I’ll link them below:
ua-cam.com/video/JPvurUOOyYA/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/tGdmja_uq3g/v-deo.html
Anything can be cured through faith, follow not ur heart or even the thoughts n things that betrayed u in your mind, time heals so be patient and endure and Believe through all the storms that y are strong. The human spirt, mind, and body was made to go thru anything and prevail, the world has many lies but the truth will never switch up, we are all blessed no matter how cursed society and the world is. LIVE AND SMILE and you will be surprised of what you can do and become!
You’re the best, Kati!!!!!! As always
Thank you for this information 🙏🏻😘
This was so helpful. Thanks☆
I was a little worried when I read the title of this video, but I think this is a fair synopsis of the topic. gj
Omg I’m so excited!
amazing video ! very helpful and hopeful !
Kati,. Thanks for this video. I knew the answer beforehand, but wanted to hear what you had to say. I was especially glad to be reminded of the elasticity of the brain. A positive point. I have a BA in psychology and an MA in Community Counseling. I have worked for at least 15 years in case management, and counseling with mentally ill (many chronic).
I used diabetes and asthma to explain to many that their mental illness will always be there. However, with the right medication (staying on your meds), therapy, good coping skills and a support network, the symptoms can be managed very well. I think it's important to remember that some people have a predispodition to get a mental illness, based on heredity. I know this was the case for me. My Mom was hospitalized once for depression and likely had an undiagnosed anxiety disorder. I have major depression and generalized anxiety disorder as well as ADD.
Thank you Katie
I felt better watching this video,i had experienced disorders and alot of different phobias before,from it,i am sure y'all could get through and recover from mental illnesses.
I bought your book and I can’t wait to read it!!
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This is very helpful. Thank you
Love the video
Thank you for the video, Kati
You should make a shirt than says "I *heart* Neuroplasticity". I would absolutely buy it!
"Mental health is something we all have" I seriously wish more people understood this.
yayy!! i loved this
Love your advices so much 💖💞💕👍
your'e so beautiful😍 and an amazing teacher love your examples btw