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I'll be honest I'm diagnosed with the most chronic severe from of depression. That aside the last year or so quiting drug's an working out helped much more than I assumed. Although full disclosure I'm far more angry now less hurt myself more hurt evil bastrads. Also finding God helped more than anything else. Which is funny because I want death more than ever now but know suicide is not a option.
@@longhairdontcare122you should become "evil bastard" like me, caring bout others feelings is not the priority you need, improve yourself first.
Keep in mind that i am not being edgy or anything, it's just the most effective way to live, my life improved much more when i stopped giving a f bout others.
Bad video im hardly despressed at all
i simply have that dawg in me
The black dog of depression, as Churchill related to his own depression.
Shane Gillis?
That video came at the right time
All of them do 😭
Unbelievably correct time, yes 😭
I'm alone at a Saturday night . This video came at the perfect time
@@affanahmed615 we're all here together, not really that alone
Absolutely
your why is sisyphus happy video genuinely helped change the trajectory of my life. i never understood how everyone else could cope with how pointless everything is. I saw eating, sleeping, breathing, caring for myself, working my job, entering relationships as all burdens that could never be sated. The ball kept falling back down the hill. my only purpose in life was "i have to stay alive because my loss will crush the people who love me", but i didnt have any passions or goals beyond that. i could never remember things, it felt like i was moving through life as if it were a dream most days. it was like that from 17 to 25. then i watched your video like a day after a really bad breakdown. it was a day i woke up late, felt sore and drained. i opened youtube to scroll for a couple hours and there it was. I watched the first one, where it just talked about Absurdism, i think. And i just didnt get how "one must imagine sisyphus happy" was in any way a revolt of the absurd. it felt like conforming to a system that intends to grind my bones into bread. then i watched the why is he happy video, the 20 minute one, and it all clicked. the only other time i can clearly think of a moment where i ingested i formation that so firmly changed my life was when i tried quitting smoking ciggies. i had tried for like a month of actively trying my absolute hardest to quit, and i couldnt do it. i hit a absolute miserable pit where i felt powerless to ever stop. and i read Alan Carrs The Easy Way to Stop Smoking, and its like a 70 page book, i read half of it, and just quit cold turkey right then and there. i havent smoked in like, 4 years? maybe? i dont even remember, i literally never think about smoking and have no desire for nicotine. Your video was like that for my depression. It totally reframed how i see life and everything. i still have times where i have to face the reality that i spent the last 8 years depressed and have picked up some unhealthy habits, but im aware of them and feel more capable of processing those thoughts. it just really helped me at the right time fr. my memory and focus have improved, i feel passionate about things. im really on a good path, i feel.
That’s so sick. I’m happy for you.
I’m glad you’re in a better place now
Whoah, thank you for sharing your story. It inspires me to make changes in how I'm thinking about life. Like I started to appreciate life more if that makes sense >.< I'm so glad to hear you're doing better now ^^
Damn, are you me? I feel exactly how you where feeling before the video, guess I'll go watch that video lol
you are incredible
It's funny how we have no original experience and we all share the same mentality and other characteristics
yet our minds trick us into being alone 😭😭 we’re all connected in our loneliness lol
it's called genes lol
@@handsomebear. Mentality is shared through genes?
apart of the same system
@@Hundeplayz maybe he means biology lol
I feel this actually. When I have a wound, I can't help but keep looking at it, or touching it. If I could just leave it alone I would forget about it and it would seemingly heal faster.
This is such a brilliant analogy.
'tis a wound of the mind
Daym, nice analogy
I like this alot however ..an infection must be fought or drained manually and cannot simply be ignored. Thats mental illness or scars too deeply made. Life is polarity . For every up there's a down. And for every left a right. Another example is animal attacks. Some you run from , some you stare down and others you ignore. And sometimes, it doesn't really matter what you do , your getting eaten anyways .
@@scottblack7182 So you're saying that, we need to eventually get help despite the thought of "I'm doing fine, it's just an old wound"? How about a wound that came repeatedly towards the same place?
When I'm depressed the narrative for who I am collapses and meaning is moved to an unreachable dimension. At most I can rely on figments of who I was before in order to trudge forwards, towards some nebulous concept of completion. Each book, each acquired skill, and each memory devoid of significance-but telling of what should be. Time and space are dimensions confusing to us humans by their very nature, but meaning is what helps us make sense of it all; to have meaning taken away is as significant as losing one of your sense organs.
You put it so well, thank you.
I don't wanna sound like I know anything but my thoughts on the matter. Depression is a state of self-hatred that can never go away. It's also a state of soul-searching that comes up blank. It's also a mental state of suffering. So to me, I feel the best way forward is to love yourself, find a purpose in life, and be surrounded by people who love you.
Damn man thank you.. I needed to hear that.
Just love yourself 4head
I agree, but your solution is easier said than done. Depression is also caused by constantly trying to fill a void by feeding yourself the easiest remedies for your state of sadness. If I feel bad right now, I want to feel good right now, so the best solution I see to feel good right now is drugs, scrolling etc. depression is also a state of wanting to be depressed in a sense because it gives you excuses for using these lower forms of excitement (short term rather than long term like working out etc).
And it's why addicts stay addicted. They hate themselves so much they make it everyone's problem. Running away from yourself pushes everyone else away too
@@thicc1920 The problem with drugs or short-term solutions is just that they are short-term solutions. Also, I never said it would be easy to find meaning, love yourself, and have a community. I am conflicted if people want to be depressed because they want short-term pleasure. Either way, that's a good comment to my comment. It's like a...meta-comment.
I suffered severe depression 18 years ago as a teenage, got addicted to cigarettes and alcohol. Also suffered mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.
Congrats on your recovery. Most persons never realizes psilocybin can be used as a miracle medication to save lives. Years back i wrote an entire essay about psychedelics. they saved you from death bud, lets be honest here.
Can you help me with the reliable source. I'm 56 and have suffered for years with addiction, anxiety and severe ptsd, I got my panic attacks under control myself years ago and they have come back with a vengeance, I'm constantly trying to take full breaths but can't get the full satisfying breath out, it's absolutely crippling me, i live in Australia. I don't know much about these mushrooms. Really need a reliable source!! Can't wait to get them.
YES very sure of Dr.benfungi. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
100% agree I used to have Psychosis and paranoid thoughts like "people thinking about me talking about me etc. Very odd behavior after getting off Adderall from 7-16. Antidepressants at 18-29. 31 now. I took way to much, but took about 20g of Gold caps (Psilocybin containing mushroom) I analyzed my entire life. The emotions that came out helped me understand behavior etc more. Wont ever need to do it again because I'm happy and contempt forever, but I wish more people did this to alter their perception of reality. Would help with healing much trauma
How can I find him? Is he on Instagram
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Germany. Really need
Yes, dr.poras. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Is he on instagram?
Yes he is dr.poras.
I was feeling fucked up for days, and yt recommends me this 😢
Always pay attention to recommendations :) esp on Pinterest, for some reason it knows things lol sounds weird but it’s known when I was on my cycle or had a headache.
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It's gonna get better bro. Godspeed
May the force be with you
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I remember laying in my room looking at the ceiling and wanting every second to pass by faster. Somehow that was everything that was necessary, time heals all. I'm not saying I didn't do nothing to fix it but at the same time I needed time to pass by in order to look at life differently again.
Same but it's been a month now i need to gmst
i started garderning to focus on other life, it helps me heal with time but gives me a distraction worthy of actually focusing on, we all want to bring something to fruition and gardening even in the simplest way can help
"I now thought that this end [happiness] was only to be attained by not making it the direct end. Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness... Aiming thus at something else, the find happiness by the way." - John Stuart Mill
Day to day, feeling of emptiness and pointlessness of existing randomly set in"why am I doing this" "no fulfillment but I keep doing it" Living like a zombie day to day. I can't help but feel we're just insignificant ants that are sentient but still follow obvious non yielding patterns
In a sense, it gives me hope that we can imagine a better life than we are experiencing. Maybe this too means nothing, but I still believe in this hope. As long as you wish for fulfillment, there is some hope you may find it within yourself.
This put me out there, depression is like a different lens on life. When you are depressed, you want to keep looking at it. I feel like we are universally fascinated by consistency or patterns, or maybe it's just me beind psychotic.
For me depression came from being too harsh on myself and having high expectations and hate myself for not reaching them.After I realised that,I slowly learned that I'm not doing as bad as I thought.
Such great insights! I suffer from anhedonia. It dulls all my feelings. I almost never have a 10/10 day, but I'll also never have a 1/10 day. Most of my days are 5/10, making everything kind of blank. It's similar to the Byung-Chul Han quote. For me, it's not discovering the source of the form of depression, but rather, dealing with it. I will never have good days, and never have bad days. But like any sane person, I don't want bad days, and wish to strive for good days. What do? The key is not setting ultimate goals. Instead, set goals along your horizon. Find a goal, but it is not THE goal. I love writing, so my goal is "finish my story." But that's not the only goal. If I complete that goal, I'll feel horrible, because I have nothing else. So, set a new goal. Then keep setting a new goal, over and over. It sounds exhausting, and it is. But so is life. Sometimes life is exhausting, and that's okay, because as long as you have a new goalpost to strive for, you'll have a reason to keep going. Nothing is ever complete. So why strive to complete? Instead, strive to have a good time, and when you run out of things to do, find new things. It's not hedonism; it's practicality. Do things that are good and nice. When you run out of good and nice things to do, find new things that are also good and nice. Because, since the world is good and nice by default, you'll never run out of good and nice things to do so long as you actively make the effort to do them.
Dude, you need to stop with that perfect timing. It's scary.
This video is quite refreshing! I think I'll come back to it when I get lost in the frustration of running on a tight deadline or accomplishing a goal etc. Its important to try the best one can and have a clear understanding of what things are under ones control w/o being judgemental about it. It's also important to just be present in the process or in the moment sometimes as it makes it easier to get by or understand the situation. Eventually everything comes to an end but that doesn't mean there isn't anything left to start.
Gotta love when he drops a banger vid
Frl, he's awesome!
@@cloudnine5459 his timing is also very accurate lol
This channel is the reason i understand myself and the world around me
I love these videos they're so mentally stimulating that it reminds me how not all social media is brain-rot
How can we practice compassionate curiosity if we have limited relationships, or if having none is one pillar of our depression?
Depends on your age location etc. I was a skinny emo adhd gamer and found friends online. Later I joined a gym and found gymbros. Later I did MDMA in techno clubs and found other traumatized lost souls and hedonists. Later I found love. All of this is possible, just not all the time. Depression steals life but you can get out. Sports is a huge factor and nutrition, also psychedelics have been life-changing for me
I got out of my 2 year depression following a really bad break up by one day more or less growing so tired of being down and sad all the time and just said to myself "fuck it, I deserve better. I know it's cliche too say "just be happy' but a large part of depression (for me at least) was having such low self worth that I didnt respect myself enough to want better. After telling myself I deserved better, my goal became "to find joy in the moment". There are loads of beaty in the world and I am 100% genuine when I say that taking the time to actually stop and appreciate music, food, art, connections, nature and the like made me actually happy. Now a year later I've pushed my self to start weight lifting because I though "hey it would be neat to do and perhaps I'd feel happy doing it".
This video is.. useful, but only when one _feels_ depressed rather than when one is clinically depressed.
Obviously, if you have that 'clinically' part you should go to doctor to get meds, not simply watching yt vid
It’s kind of odd how growing up it was always “everyone is unique in their own way” but there are 8 billion of us and we’re expected to thing not a single other one has gone through the exact same bullshit we have. we aren’t special. Even throughout all of the internet there is almost guaranteed someone weather dead or alive that has shared you experiences.
how did you know i was crying just now
Every second the video goes on, everything just fits in piece by piece within my current puzzling situation.
I'm really going thru a terrible time in my life... hopefully some of this video is internalized somehow and helps me and anyone else on the strange journey. Thanks man
But once the thought of the meaninglessness of life has made it's home in your head there's simply nothing that can be said or done to dethrone that thought.
I felt that way in the past, too. The solution is gratitude-being thankful for the small and occasionally big things that make life better. I have poor health, but at least I don’t need a wheelchair (yet). I have ptsd, but my meds and therapy have improved my thought processes so I stop the overthinking/self criticism. EMDR therapy saved my life-I attempted in 2018 and nearly succeeded in offing myself. Today, with the right meds, I am happier than ever before. Don’t give up!!!
We are the universe observing itself :) and that’s all we are here to do. It’s fun. I’d love to be reincarnated as a sentient rock, no pain, warm in the sun for lizards shade for bugs, watching the sky, but apparently only conscious things can observe and explore so hold on to your life and observe as long as possible. 🤍
I used to think this, but then I realized that when I was engaged in something, like watching a show or even doing an assignment for school, I never had such thoughts. When I had something to look forward to, or something I was working towards, I never bothered to question whether it was truly meaningful. You can fill your life with distractions, and have less and less time to think things like that. Then the question becomes: is this a life of lies, of distractions from the truth? Or is it a life that no longer feels empty because it is now full? I've started to think of the whole 'I'm living in an endless abyss' feeling less as 'I am recognizing the truth' and more as a type of existential boredom. I find something to do, something to look forward, and I like to think that I'm not distracting myself from the abyss, I'm filling it, at least momentarily.
Then, have you questioned, do you actually need meaning in life? And what "meaning" would satisfy your life? You might find the "Meaning" you are trying to discover might also come from external ideologies and people you have been influenced by. Key to find meaning is to not find meaning at all.
Thank you for your little guidance i now realize i am unconsciously neglecting my real life, its struggles, endeavours by relentlessly searching for pleasurable content on YT day & night
Took me 25 years of hospitalizations, addiction, hopelessness, feeling "different" than most. Something happened, I guess spiritual awakening, a few years back where I felt I had to be able to sit with self honestly. The rest of what I attempted for 25 years was all related to avoiding that. The suffering that perspective dragged me through almost killed me, but today through meditation, philosophical exploration, self-reflection, etc., literally everyone and everything appears so very different. I now felt that the WHY behind the WHAT is where the real reality lies. Only I could get me here, nobody could "fix" how I felt because I knew what I saw and how I felt about life around me... but was always told in one way or another it was something wrong with me.
Acquiring new perspectives is key. Your depressed one is just one possible perspective. 🙂 Remember you are not as concrete as the mental state you have fortified might lead you to think
This makes a lot of sense as someone who has never dealt with depression but had a lot of depressed friends. i was extremely judgemental, thinking it would help them point out what they did wrong imo and how to fix it even tho it never worked
Love the idea that the things you used to enjoy doing no longer “charm” you, as if they were the ones trying to live through us and not us through them.
Your channel is a comfort to me, I relate with it a lot.
thank you. this was a very important video to me at this time. wish you the best
your timing is incredible
Beautiful as always keep doing what you do
this is one of your most beautiful and poetic videos so far, I love it
Perfect timing on this post... I really needed this
Right on time❤ thank you
This video is incredibly well done, the thoughts and narratives behind it have truly brought me joy not from their own nature, but in their promises and hopes. Thank you for making this.
As someone who is tormented with hopeless thoughts on the regular, some things that make me feel a bit better are: music, nature, exploring theories of thought, philosophy, and politics
Thank you to put references in description box. I love to dive a little bit deeper, though your videos are already a great resource!
Follow-up question for you, Sisyphus. From the quote of Mill, "Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness." But what object should our minds be fixed upon? My needs are so diverse and shifting from moment to moment. One moment may be spent in mediation, feeling this deep curiosity of self and universe, but the next may be spent on objects inhibiting happiness but still necessary. Working for financial security being the obvious, daily task. Cleaning the toilet, healing an injury, etc. With this in mind, I am unsure of what object should be the goal, how much time one ought to spend on such object, etc.
Just try and see this is the only method. But this quote reminds me the social feeling of Adler. Adler says the way yowards happines goes throught the interest for others.
At 9:40 there is a chart on the types of things. Any of those for any amount of time before moving to the next one is fine, you are over thinking it.
That quote is incomplete. The full quote is "Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end." When you ask this question, what object should be the goal, it implies you have a "goal" of happiness. Thus, you have not escaped your loop of chasing happiness. The next part of the book says "Aiming thus at something else, they find happiness by the way. The enjoyments of life (such was now my theory) are sufficient to make it a pleasant thing, when they are taken en passant, without being made a principal object." There is a profound liberation in simply doing actions for the sake of it. No justifications, no pursuit of a certain outcome, not even the pursuit of an end state. You just do them. And in retrospect, you find yourself 'happy'. However, the moment you do something 'to become happy,' you find yourself trapped in the cycle again. Happiness is like a rainbow, you have to turn away from the sun to see the rainbow.
I really like the noir ascetic you chose for this. Finding yourself by figuring out something that is not yourself, but also kinda yourself
Your voice is so soothing I love the videos man keep it up! I play them to try calm my day down like a audio book
It could be that one is depressed because they are working in a cubicle instead of farming or doing art or whatever. It could be that one is depressed because they have without realizing ignored their ultimate purpose in life. But it could also be something very simple as they can't get a girlfriend or have a family or obtain a financial standing without extreme toil, this to me is far more relevant as causes than lack of purpose which may have been the case all those years ago. You may also encounter that upon trying to solve these basic needs you discover a society wide problem that is preventing you from meeting them. In this case no amount of self reflection or whatever can help you.
Pin this! This is the key problem. Self-reflection makes it worse because with reflection, comes amplification! The most self-reflective become the most hurt, and the most sociopathic and psychopathic become more successful (than yours self-reflective truly) And then you may find that with the dissolution of communities and late-stage capitalism, people don't really feel like helping you for as long as it takes. To me, this in and of itself, is the meaning of life - to see and react to the true darkness that is this universe. Perhaps also to shine for a brief moment, but we are not all granted this! Perhaps you may become bitter. Perhaps you may find someone to hug and love. Briefly. Perhaps you may find a believable illusion. There is no God we did not create ourselves. We come from nothing and go on to become nothing. I came, I saw, I went.
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Pin this maybe?
Pin?
Pinning the ad instead of the crisis hotline is kind of funny tbh
I'm actually not depressed today. My problems are definitely still there. But today, I feel fine. I didn't do anything special to feel this way. I didn't work hard at it yesterday. I just feel, normal for some reason. It's all chemicals and we have no control over it.
I like to think that we have significant control over it. There’s always a choice. But that’s just my opinion
Same about feeling chill today. I think it’s just in the air. I did work out and I am wearing my lovely compression clothes (pretend armor) like a hug ahhh. So yeah lol that’s probably part of it.
@@lustejon it's a bit of A and B. For some people it's their brain just being "off" and with others it's a combination of experiences and negative cognition. And I'm sure some people have overlap. I developed depression and anxiety not long after hitting puberty. Nothing significant in my life led me there really, and despite having a decent sense of self normally and trying to fix it myself, I couldn't shake it off. The flow of time felt entirely different.. simultaneously too slow and too quick. After taking medication for two years I weened off of it and function without it now. I do value the philosophical quandaries I pondered while in that state of mind, but nothing I would have done on my own could have gotten me out of it.
@@lustejon It's not an opinion were pill pushers products to work it would. It's a bridge to resolve troubles except that is all it is a bridge
@@hrpfuk You're being incredibly rude
thanks for the video sisyphus55
Words cannot explain how much I needed this video and how seen and validated I feel after watching it
If I’m being honest Sisyphus’s videos connect with me on a level I didn’t know existed. Love your videos ❤
what a great vid to watch at 1pm on a Saturday 😂
Incredible video! Keep pushing the boulder !
Hey, I just came across your video this morning and it made me reflect. I noticed that I am having a real good year and my personal mood is on a all time high at the moment. I wish it could go on forever like this, but right now I'm just enjoying the ride. Thank you ❤
Bro, i need like we need 1 video every week ngl, your voice is so calming and the content is awesome ❤
Phenomenal video as always. Right in the height of my depression too. Time to put my detective cap on
YOU ARE WORTH IT ❤
Thank you. Very impactful video to me for many reasons
when i struggle with these phases in my life whether it's short term or prolonged supression of self by turning my humanness into a mere idea/a piece of information, i slowly shift myself to the general awareness that you mentioned in the video. wearing a pair of socks to warm my tired and bleak spirit even in the summer, i try to know and then know some more. there's no end to knowing and suddenly i am interested in something or the other and calling my interestedness a positive thing or progress wouldn't help but what helped and helps is the pursuit of knowing more and then some more. and then i pause and then i go again and then i slow down and then i get my heart racing and i am going on and on without assigning it its place on the spectrum of good to bad.
Your videos deeply help me, Sisyphus 55. It is rare to find videos that feel like they understand what it means to be human nowadays. This is organic, this is real. Thank you.
Your best video so far!
Im going through a depressive episode right now, so I think this came at a great time!
Thank you man.
The ending is awesome, treat your depression as a mystery, continue to find clues as to what might cause (and remedy) it. Love the detective noire theme
Sisyphus 55 has changed my life, broadened my horizons, and taught me so much. Thank you for everything, including getting me through the darkest days of my life and introducing me to philosophy, which has become one of my biggest interests now.
Things that helped me with my depression 1. Find something I’m passionate about, for me it was socialism. 2. Educate yourself on those things 3. Once you have the knowledge join a local organization and meet other like minded people 4. Maybe some yoga
Simply brilliant.
babe, wake up…
…sisyphus just dropped another eerily relatable and perfectly timed video to contemplate about for the next week or so
Stop the glazing
Maybe I wouldn’t be here to read this if I had a babe to ask to wake up. Or perhaps more accurately, having a babe to ask to wake up would be an indicator that whatever currently ails me has been resolved or heavily mitigated, resulting in a lower likelihood of me being here to read this. But that’s probably wishful thinking.
@@diegomo1413 deep. maybe my babe is my cat who’s sick of their human tryna talk to them
Please accept a bucket full of gratitude Ben. This is great work. This motivates me to read more Krishnamurti and Wordsworth
I havn't seen another human in person not even on facetime or zoom since nov 2019.
Why is that though, fren?
yeah dawg i would recommend u get some human interaction. you don’t wanna end up having psychosis or being like travis bickle from Taxi Driver
I recently finished reading Tolstoy's confessions, and I was impressed by how everything he confesses I feel too. His depression and suicidal thoughts arise from the doubt in his heart, it is very clear that Tolstoy understands that ignorance is a gift
I love the content dude, no matter the topic your content manages to brighten my day.
I love this
“To know everything is to know nothing, to know nothing is to know everything”
A nice expansion on the original video. You have definitely grown as a writer.
You know it’s crAzy. I went to rehab for 3 months and hated every second of it.. I watch one Sisyphus 55 video and I wanna clean my room and get my life together. Wtf
This is unbelievably succinct
i have actually been feeling depressed recently and this vid pops up for me lol
Thank you for making a documentary about my current life situation.
All I could think at the conclusion of the video was, I wish this had been made 17 years ago when my brother was still alive. Thank you for making this, it was beautiful. I hope that every person with depression can watch this and try out the advice for themself. I learned the importance of those things on my own journey with mental health, and well, they changed my life.
thanks, good video at the right time, i just so confused about get rid of my depression. it's been 2 weeks I've been like a dead girl walking with blank mind and unlimited tiredness.
hope you feel a bit better! the important thing is to remember it will pass
I know why I’m depressed. It’s because for whatever reason, I find working a job excessively stressful and difficult. Even the easy jobs that “anyone can do”, I struggle in. I have panic attacks, I have mental breakdowns, just constantly fighting the urge to crumple onto the floor and cry. I’ve tried to be optimistic but the more I try and struggle and fall apart, the more I lose hope. When my parents can’t support me anymore, I don’t know how I’m going to survive. My whole childhood I was labelled “smart” and “gifted” and it was all a lie. If I was actually smart I would be able to do a simple dishwashing job without constantly fighting the urge to scream, cry and run away. I want to be able to contribute to society. I want to be able to support the people I love. But I’m so lost. Perhaps I’m just not strong enough for this world
Tbf, you have to be specifically not smart to wash dishes all day and not die inside.
anyone that’s going through a dark time, you are so important and your life has meaning. Keep your head up and going strong
Took me 4 years to make it through this journey and it was the best thing i ever did (and continue to do) for myself. Give it a shot yall!!!
Deep thinkers thinking about becoming deep feelers again is the most beautiful circle I’ve ever seen.
thank you
My father has passed, don't have any direction of whats next in college, life was shit before even shitter now. Yet this vid along with "the philosophy on depression" "on suicide" gave me hope that maybe there's still a chance.
Going through depression and anxiety and also gut issue because of them, that are draining me, i was feeling so bad yesterday and also this whole week, anxiety to the max and i don't know why, i feel exhausted and this is the first time i have ever felt this low in my life. Hope we can all learn together and help eachother and strive to be better❤.
thanks sissy
right on time
Great video! 2:32 5:14 7:07 compassionate curiosity 9:25 Psychology studies 11:20***
I'm lucky enough to have had a great reaction to medication. Been on Bupropion for 3 years now and I've never felt better. It really gave my life back. Ofc still always aware it could maybe not last but I'll cross that bridge when we get there 😅
This is a really complex topic that I have some experience with being clinically depressed. One thing that might be influencing your depression is your brain chemistry. You might not be eating the correct foods or getting enough exercise, you might have a serotonin deficiency that requires an SSRI, you might have substances that are interacting negatively with your brain chemistry, etc. Beyond that, there are definite experiential triggers for depression, whether they be extreme trauma resulting in PTSD, or more common, complex PTSD resulting from a series of perceived failures and shortcomings over the years. There are also neurological conditions that can feed into the likelihood of depression, such as being the autistic spectrum. And on top of that, there's stress, burnout, illness, and injury that can trigger or feed depression. I'm not even scratching the surface with how complex depression is, but thankfully, there are a lot of solutions. On top of what I already listed, I like going for sauna cold plunge, spending ample time with friends and family every week, meditating, and going for rTMS (repetitive transcranial magnetic therapy) to rebalance my hemispheres. The best first step in fighting depression is not being hard on yourself and choosing to treat yourself right. As for existential angst? Accept it and move on.
that detective murder case example was perfect
The timing of this video was definitely personal
I could’ve sworn this guy made this video already, it would be in his nature
another Sisyphus55 banger