Catatonia - Extreme States of Mind - Part 3

[rouncer81]

I love you! I'm just coming off my medication after 12 years, and I think I'm going to be fine... Thank you!

[livepeace09]

I had Dr. Breeding as a psyc professor! He is extremely boring, but very intelligent.

[cbohar84]

You try to run....you try to hide...break on through to the mental side xD

[persevere67]

thank you so much for this video, i was in a frozen, state for about 18 months after i had a nervous breakdown,due to some trauma i suffered as a child but had repressed for 27 years, LSD recovered these memories and i fell apart. I would lay in bed all day, shaking in a fetal position, every passing moment was one of fear and dread of the next moment to come, it is so good to here that this is a documented medical state, i feel fortunate to be here now, may i post a video response about this?

[Madsupervilian]

very interesting, Thank you for sharing

[gr82bmissy]

I met a woman today who has completely stopped talking and responding in any way. However, she can walk and even follow you into another room if you ask her to. Can you give me some kind of insight into the situation?

[xev1435]

this professor is boring as hell

[MyLovelyHomicide]

incredible... this guy has 2 voices...

[IronicallyVague]

I wonder if it Is it common for schizophrenics to be into music as a form of self medication?

[SilentlyKilling]

@IronicallyVague Your completely right. My music totally helps with my illness but most schizophrenics use cigarettes to self medicate, about 90% do.

[MrFecalimpaction]

the music at the end always sounds like nick drake to me

[lmollot]

baby ALTER can come out front-regression =hallucinations-you see scrambled images/sounds/terror of abuse event-catatonic may be the baby/child paralized with FEAR-see m.o.m dis site-see war veterans reactions as normal b/c we know his trauma-if you saw a child/babys abuse then you wd understand the victims shellshock/flashbacks to non verbal age when it happened-catatonic can be xtreme fear to move so not punished or xtreme ANGER-I hold back muscles by not moving-DEFENDER ALTER child goes bk IN

[colonel2007]

Very helpful

[747291j]

My brother has schizophrenia. We tried taking him off medication and taking him to see a psychologist. After he stopped taking the medicine, he became increasingly paranoid and tried to kill my mom and dad with a bat while they slept. This guy is stupid and can't accept psychiatry is a better treatment of schizophrenia.

[Meli24RR]

@747291j Totally agree these videos are bullshit. The brain is like any other organ and clearly it can malfunction. My sister has schizophrenia and my parents tried everything before resorting to medication. She only got worse and worse She was medicated after she flung herself down the stairs and broke her arm after screaming at thin air. Medication isn't a cure, but it has significantly quieted her hallucinations and delusions and it has given her some peace.

[Outlaw4life123]

@747291j My mother has this disorder and so do I. she had almost a simmiler reaction but less hostle. i on the other had became insainly drawn to the idea of fearing nothing. in a way i thought if i were to die and if somthing was to came out at me or hurt me in anyway it was ment to happen and i would not sit in fear as my mother did. i also on the other hand have never takin the medicine because i am agenst it. he just was saying that not in all cases that is true.........

[rafadinho]

Gandalf.

[phubbie]

Abilfy has worked wonders for me, and I was a full blown skeptic who refused any drugs until I was forced due my psychotic episode. I actually trust doctors now.

[hazely321]

ah, sorry my man, just seen that you have adresst this. ill now watch it. peace!

[hazely321]

'ADHD' 'promoted vid' at the side there.

whats you take on this sir? i belive its nonsence, just a tag made for poeple full of life and curiosity, or an excuse for poor parents to use. or both.

you and your vids are great my good friend, you do not push big pharma drugs like most others on hear who speak of such topics. thank you Dr.

much peace and love to all!! yoleus.uk.

[hazely321]

@hazely321 your take*

[hazely321]

@hazely321 as well as another reason for big pharma to make a few dollers.

[abilify10mg]

i am a paranoid schizo.i often spend alot of time in bed.from what Breeding says it may be a defense mechanism which comes into play when my interaction with the outside world brings back traumatic unconcious memories.it often happens after something nicelike spending a whole day in the city doing things,more than usual,the next day ...bang i freeze in bed.thanks doc.visit my channel

[Fyrsiel]

This is a video about catatonic schizophrenia and these comments are all about pot.... wowzer.

[newlyborn09]

@Fyrsiel erm. it's being discussed because it had connection.

[carol3hawks]

My son, born with Downs/also autistic, was diagnosed with non-medical catatonia.

He was not on any medications, was in full catatonia for 8 months, near death when a specialist at the Ohio State University was able to bring him out. He experienced trauma (possible sexual abuse) in the educational setting. Since autism took his speech, unable to tell what happened, he took the "freeze"

At age 33 today, he still has episodes of catatonia-but medication keeps him in our world.

[newlyborn09]

my friend went in to a full blown psychosis for 2 months by smoking marijuana. we have never touched it since. it was extremely traumatic and i say to everyone to never smoke marijuana unless you want to risk the consequences.

[SangredePurepecha]

@newlyborn09 Do you have any scientific proof that mairjuana did that? Probably not. It could've been triggered by something else. I don't smoke marijuana, but I know many who do and have not experienced any negative side effects. Alcohol and cigarettes are worse than marijuana.

[newlyborn09]

@SangredePurepecha people who smoke marijuana kid themselves. as i was a daily smoker for about a year. everyone i know who smokes, said it affects their short term memory and concentration among many other things, permenantly. yea, we don't know if marijuana was the sole cause, but it definetly was a big part of it. He wasn't a person with any mental health history and it developed very quickly over a period of a few weeks when he started smoking heavily. so don't gimme the same old shit.

[newlyborn09]

@SangredePurepecha i know what i've experienced and how it has affected me negatively. And I saw first hand, my friend slip away through the use of marijuana. Yes, some people may be more perceptible to that kind of extreme outcome but I know at least 3 or my friends who have become schizophrenic because of marijuana use. And ALL of the other people who I know have admitted to permanent negative side effects. People like that just don't care and keep smoking.

[ruithael]

I am only just starting to overcome the recurring catatonic states I have suffered for years as a part of my traumatic symptoms. I have taught myself meditative techniques that actually hold off the symptoms until I am in a calm state where catatonia is no longer a threat. It is simply awful to lose control of your own body. Being a musician, I require free movement to play my instruments. The catatonia also can make it very difficult to talk and sing. Thank god I am beating this shit.

[wineberry5]

i got catatonia when i was four , but i pulled through the state and become normally moveable, i repressed , i repress it night and day, but if i go into it, my head will explode, i remember trying to stand on my head of the pressure

[threefive00]

This is really interesting. it's almost hard to understand how real these disorders are because they are so bizarre

[swartschkalle]

i believe that we're all just one mind so were all kind of schizo you know....more or less what ever that means

[89DrAcoNiAn89]

I think the therapy now day is psychiatric and psychological. You cannot talk with a psychotic patient, first you need to low down the symptoms. And some of these medications really cure. There are too many publications where psychiatric drugs induce permanent DNA changes within the cells, in this case, neurons (dopamine pathway).

[gyesniper]

this guy scares the fuck out of me :|

another thing : WHY THE FUCK DO ALL THESE FUCKERS HAVE THAT WEIRD BEARD AND LONG HAIR ? :| ALL PSYCHIATRISTS HAVE THAT SHIT :| really fuckin weird :| (I am drunk as fuck right now so don't give me a hard time on them replies and shit ..:D)

[moonisveri]

well have you heared how richard bandler heals catatonics

[EL66K]

Lol, ItsTheWoo, wordls colliding, be patient. I have suffered near catatonia, like a startled reflex after a stressfull event. Have I waited for my condition to resolve itself, or believed blindly in emotional trauma as its cause (and I do believe in trauma as a great concomitant cause in affective disorders), I would not be here telling the story. I'm b12 deficient. The mind IS an organ, as any other, and don't be so fast at thinking you're the exception, it may lead you to your demise.

[ohhrichie]

i have terrible anxiety

[timmol]

mad fuckers the lot of ye

[jomsvikingur]

catatonia is indeed horrific. i have gone weeks without being able to speak or be around people as my anxiety was so high i didn't really understand what was going on but was certain the house was wire-tapped and i was part of a reality show. i wasn't on any drugs btw. all drugs i've tried only exacerbate the problems, except a few psychedelics

[EverydayAdventures]

This guy rules!

[mscolombos]

been demagogless as possible under circumstances, i will answer my self a strong no!

if the wind will keep blow in their direction.

the time when chronically-nuts people will get enough of the pink pills to not know yes from no and accept euthanasia are short.

after all, it's the minum we can do for these hopeless souls.

nuts!

[Dylankellyrocksout]

@mscolombos you are the real kind of crazy. people like you are much more dangerous to the public than schizophrenics.

[mscolombos]

now, why do you said that?

[mscolombos]

isthewho is the brain an organ like any other? the heart pump blood the lungs get oxygene in the stream the kidney sieve the blood. what the brain does? how does it malfunction? and what is it function anyway? your view is an oversimplifed reaction to an oversimplifed view. certain group of pepole go-crazy some of them can maintain crazy-behavior or Belief or be "chronically psychotic" which has a scientifc sound to it. the question is, do we treat these people decently?

[seditam]

The presenter may be unaware of this, but there are very physiologic characteristics of catatonia that can not be fully explained by psychological perspectives. For example, take the state known as 'malignant catatonia' that blurs the line between psychiatric condition and a distinctly physical medical emergency. Untreated (benzodiazepines and ECT can be life-saving), the catatonic patient will inevitably lose their ability to thermoregulate and die.

[Solita7777]

What do u call someone whatever they touch it ends up breaking its so annoying, 2 of my tvs in 6 months just shut off and never came back on yesterday my microwave AND f'in vacumm cleaner did the same thing in the same day im losing my mind am i hallucinating

[rh001YT]

Dr. Breeding:

I have this objection to your presentation - those who "come through" their supposed mental illness or trauma episode are one group. Another group is those who are probably neuro-mechanicly broken or malformed in some way. I don't think your case is made with the latter group, and by cherry picking examples from the former group you distort the situation. But yes, there is much consensus that the former group is being over-diagnosed.

[ItsTheWooo]

Anyone who denies that certain groups of people are chronically psychotic is an irrelevant zealot. The brain is an organ like any other, like the heart, like the lungs, it can malfunction.Go to a long term psych ward and tell me these people are having a spiritual crisis. Yea, a spiritual crisis going on over a decade apparently.

[pandarsson]

@ItsTheWooo: Thank you. When someone who isn't apparently mentally ill says it, many people are more likely to see the view than if we're the only ones saying it. It doesn't keep my mouth shut, but it does make me feel like I'm banging my head against a wall when I'm trying to educate.

Again, thank you.

[RLore18]

@ItsTheWooo If you call reacting to trauma a brain malfunction then you're right. But to do so would be ridiculous.

[getfunky79]

he looks like a hippe.....go get some pot and i listen to this guy for hours....its the best medication!!!

[xBecka88x]

@getfunky79 yea maybe temporary

[ImTwixtorXD]

@getfunky79 no actually weed turns me into a schizophrenic freak!

[PackAFatBowl]

same bro, methinks he has the best shit going, look at his eyes, listen to his voice. nuff said.

[colinbrown3030]

i want to smoke some killer w this guy and listen to him talk for like 3 hours lol

[isabel042085]

@colinbrown3030

LOL!!!! hell yeah,that´d be a lot of fun :)

[repeatoffender420]

Mental illness isn't a vacation catgumart, but you knew that... It's a great video and thank you for explaining the trauma part. It helps me understand why this is happening.

[LostMente]

I have experienced catatonia a few times. for me it revolved around idea's/situations/feelings that I couldn't move past. If there were a drug that snapped me out of it I would marry that drug...even if its not a viable long term solution, I'd rather not see my parents persistently caring for me or paying people to care for me. especially when that's not a economical for the majority of the world. Isn't that what psychiatric medication is about? cheap alternatives to solving your inner struggles

[catgumart]

Im talking about non catatonic people, but if they are catatonic they should not be left in sterile hospital rooms, they could find organic settings lots of plants and sunshine

[catgumart]

You know what they should start doing is giving people deap massage treatment,, Like weekly or bi-weakly deeps massage therapy to people who suffer from so called mental illness a lot of people dont have enough therapeutic human physical contact.. and should be prescribed hour long,weekly maybe even-bi-tri weekly massage therapy sessions, and also physical therapy, movement meditation,yoga,

[HistoricMetal]

that guys got some huge hands

[SmileNow2]

Good video. Catatonia might be beneficiary for some people in extreme states of mind who hear voices which tell them to do two conflicting things (ex: go left, go right.) Rather than going either left or right, the person sits still and ponders which way to go. Then again, perhaps a person who is in real catatonia would not be responding to normal outside stimuli, thus I am uncertain whether the person would be pondering, or be completely frozen.

[SparkyAAA]

These extreme states of mind videos are very eye opening to me. I'm trying to understand my own experiences. I'm 25 now. Maybe soon they will have more Soteria like facilities like freedom-center is trying to do. THanks again John Breeding Ph.D. :-)

very moving....

[Carlordau]

Interesting video but tbh its tough to get through. Its very dry how it is presented.

[giovannihj27]

I am a student majoring in psychology (BA) I been watching a few of your videos along with others on this channel. I plan on pursuing a higher education and want to become a psychologist, after viewing the way you percieve things I grow a desire into wanting to follow your steps, I would like to know what your MA on and what you theoretical background is. I seem to agree with just about everything you talk about and have the same standings on a lot of things you mention.

[designeddevil]

Thank you for all the information. I'd llike to know if people generally talk to themselves?not thinking, like actually mentally talk to themselves.i've a strange feeling everyone does. Peace!

[Brodaddy1000]

I know this is a very late reply, but better than never right?

I talk to my self all the time (when alone). And I believe that it is something everybody does, as a self-therapeutic mechanism and a way to occupy the mind with something concrete. Not letting the subconscious, or "dream-world" to surface to the conscious, or, "wake-world". just my 2 cents. I'm not a phd or even a college graduate.... so, what do I know?

[andreasellingsen]

Read a little about psychoanalysis etc if you're into the subconciousness of the mind. I personally believe that we cannot have awareness of everything that goes on in our body, but giving the subconciousness to much of a credit for how we function as humans has one big problem. That we don't know what it is, and we will never know it.

[steelfright1212]

haha, I never talk to myself. But i suppose its cuz im never alone. Wouldn't want to be caught looking schizo.... he he

[scorpianscorpian]

Very good video. althought i do beleive theres a factor that has not been studied yet. This has to do with people in these extreme states of mind being able to do things not explained by science. control the enviroment around them and to be able to change physical properties of things around them. some day science will have to look at this but unfortuantly they dont understand these people enough to notice this happening.

[Aliancedevil]

hope someone respond to this:

So to speak, if I felt myself in a state of mind where I go so deep into a memory, a tougth that I forget where I am and what I am actually doing. I go trough this daily actually. sometimes I feel like my eyes go black and then it snaps and I remember that I am actually there.

Would this count as Catatonia?

[x77uqabr6]

No.

[quarknimble]

wow man, im glad it helps you. its doesnt effect everyone the same AT ALL.

[etuberalism]

thanks, please keep it coming. So helpful.

[Chipmunkapublishing]

Mental Health Empowerment by John Breeding again. Fantastic. Thanks for producing this video !!

[slowthisdown44]

I am showing characteristics of a schizophrenic. There are extreme highs and extreme lows. During the highs I'm happy and productive. During the lows I can't read two sentences from a book without my mind wandering to the past where I was ridiculed and made fun of. Sometimes, when my mind start ripping me apart by thinking of such things I will hallucinate; I will see a single drop of water fall from the cieling and hear it impact with a table top or book page etc. What do you figure?

[ikillastylezi]

that's not called schizophrenic tendencies. you might be bipolar! and you might wanna get that checked out

[tigervirgoimago]

You are right on, and I'm speaking from experience, self analysis, and talking to others with the same diagnoses. It may be that anyone could get schizophrenia under certain social situations that are life threating in nature (either driven to suicide or causing harm to others or both). I see it as a reaction like "Fight or Flight" naturaly occuring within the psychology of the subject. The result is death, incarceration, or for the lucky few who experience a return to normalcy.

[ZeroSky]

Excellent videos

[Donovan7777]

If you have proven that you have a extremly strong "will"........ There are those who would like to stop you...From being able to do what you wilt. Overcome your false programmed reality with your God given will and you win. Simple as that. Now Im not saying that this goes for every one. there realy are those who have real mental disorders. All im saying is cover your drinks.

[Donovan7777]

If I did know... I would not tell you, cause people on this earth are crazy.

[Donovan7777]

There are drugs that people on earth can use on some one...and then program them, and give them false realities, to try and destroy you... when you are in this state. Who would do such a thing? Not sure.

[ZeroSky]

You don't need drugs to program someone. Behavioral modification. Listen to old tapes of Skinner. As far as the intent, that really depends on the person doing the controlling... aren't you controlling/programming them too?

[cloudmonkeys]

good commonsense psychology

[mountain19]

keep them coming good job.