A deficiency in iron, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, vitamin B5, potassium, zinc and copper causes depression! A deficiency in magnesium and chromium causes anxiety! If you have depression/anxiety, get your nutrient levels for these nutrients checked up in particular; the nurse will take a blood test to see if you are deficient in these. Eat healthy and take vitamin suppelemnts for the nutrients that you are low in. For instance, if you are low in the B-vitamins, take a vitamin B-complex supplement.
@somekindamillie It could be a lot of things... unless you are tested for various things you'll never know. It could possibly be hormonal, or related to the thyroid, or your body can't process some nutrients properly so you are intaking them but not absorbing them, etc, etc, etc.... It could be situational, or it could also be an outside toxin.... Try proper diet-then exercise-then check environmental factors-then try therapy-THEN as a last resort try meds. Meds can be dangerous or even lethal.
@somekindamillie Any chemical you are exposed to can potentially effect your mood and overall health (to a point of ridiculousness almost; I don't blame those organic-freaks for being so careful anymore, lol). It's tricky, but really good psychiatrists are also nutrionists and enviromental coaches, and will ask probing questions about your habits and lifestyle to get a more comprehensive view of your overall situation. Good luck! (And don't forget to try to get plenty of sunshine!)
I've tried self-hypnosis. Just started it randomly not expecting it to do anything (I was desperate to help with some emotional issues and chronic pain with RA) and found it calmed me down. Won't work for everyone, but worth a consideration.
I was very moved by this lady until she said ".. walking, it's what the good lord created us to do." Swapping one mental disorder for another is useless.
maybe god made it so we all have turns in this life. In this life it may be your turn to not have a great time and in the next life it will be your turn to have a great time. SO in this life one guy may have a shit time and mop floor for a career while the other guy is a pilot flying around the world but in the next life each of these people will switch turns. I think in some kind of spiritual way god has designed life on whose turn it is to do what and it was planned beofre you were born
@210482fmj I notice you've gone round all these depression vids with your bullshit troll comments. What is it about you? Seriously. The fact that you get a kick out of trying to make already shit feeling people feel even worse about themselves and their lives only implies how sick you are. Agreed with bluelightalarm. Shut the fuck up.
the least harmful thing to use for depression is weed but then again i could be wrong it might actually make you feel paranoid but it is more natural that pharmacy medication. The whoel problem with pharmacy meds is you have no idea what you are taking and the companies that make this stuff are not being honest about what is in this stuff. My concerns is what that pill does to the inside of my body when i take it. which ever route you choose you have to make sacrifices
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@jimbo2561 That's not the way to go about it. Read The Depression Book. Basically the first step is for you to accept your feelings. Don't fight the feelings, work with them. I know it sounds vague, but you really need to check out that book.
@Tengent I agree with that, fighting it is always a losing battle in my experience and it causes more stress. If you start getting suicidal thoughts it's good to have SSRIs or SNRIs about, I can't go a day without my effexor (slow release 220mg in total) because my mood drops really fast, I went a week once and I resorted to using heated (glowing red) pins and sticking them in my nose for the endorphins! I also have had a seizure after going for 2 days without any so...
Is there any way I could write Jim Brown a letter? I'm an engineering student whose been struggling with severe anxiety, and I want him to know how much he has helped me in these three videos.
I like the fact that they all encourage excercise. I have never been on anti-depressant medication and i never intend to be. It really should only ever be used as an absolute last resort. On the edge of suicide. I have experienced extremes of moods for all of my life. I had a psychosis when i was 14/15 yrs old and had to drag myself back from the edge of insanity with the help of medication. You can deal with these extremes just keep pushing yourself. Excercise is a genuine mood stabiliser.
Great documentary! I've been depressed for 13years now or so, and still am. If there's anyone here who has had a long depresseion and finally got out of it, I'd appreciate if you'd send me a PM here on youtube! Some advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
@bonzai08 depression can go on for a long time.i have it ten years.your not alone.dont resort to alcohol or illegal drugs it only makes it worse believe me.talk talk talk to someone and dont hold back.goodluck.
a) what if they say I'm not depressed enough and send me back home
b) what if I AM depressed and then have to take meds and pay huge money for psyciatrists and tell my family and friends... Not to mention then I'd have this sticma of "being depressed" and would always have to explain it in job-interviews and if I want to have a relationship with someone...
@LuRawen I think it's worth going to therapy - you don't even have to be depressed for that. If you simply don't feel well, that's quite enough to talk about, you won't be sent away. I remember feeling "how ridiculous I must be, I don't even have any real problems still I'm here whining" but since then I realized that if these feelings interfere with my life, they must be addressed. Also, it is great to talk about it and not feel judged.
@LuRawen Sorry to be blunt but if you are depressed, you are depressed. If you aren't you aren't. Don't worry about it. To get some answers to your questions about how you're feeling is reason enough to go to the doctor. You will get answers to your questions if you open your mind up to it. Btw the stigma of 'being depressed' is only around because people are too bloody afraid to be honest about it. You are already breaking that stigma by talking about it here on youtube.
The lady is correct - food is mood. we are what we eat. And psychotic drugs are wors, in most cases, than street drugs and alcohol. Nutrition and supplements are the way out remember Abram Hoffer & Linus Pauling.
@ringsafe1, it varies. food helps, thats a fact, yes i know that. slightly green banana for example has things that work well with your serotonine levels, chocolate is known for that too and so on. but you do have to remember that on physiological level we are quite quite different. theres no drugs or methods that "just work" for everyone. it is never that simple. you only have to search for YOUR method, and the right dose of it.. for YOU.. ehh. am i making any sense? im not too sure, lol
@middy444 Depends on the meds and what illness you have. Depression is "easily" treated, or at least the symptoms are somewhat easy to control with medication. They won't heal you, but they do help you function. Bipolar Disorder is another thing entirely, because the medication for bipolar disorder pretty much zombifies you. You go from having mood swings to not feeling anything at all, and after a while of not feeling anything, the sadness comes sneaking.. And it's baaaad...
@ronnysoeberg I'm not sure if that's a true statement, many people have depression and don't recover or are never better. It's a very debilitating condition. However, I do hear what you're saying about Bipolar. That sounds awful, and I know those illnesses are difficult to treat.
Medications CAN be the answer. It just depends on what the root cause of your depression is.
If you have a legit chemical imbalance, all the talk therapy in the world won't change this. If you have situational depression (PSTD, abuse, etc.) Prozac alone isn't going to help.
I'm getting pretty sick of the anti-med bias by people who have not studied the science. Millions of people have been helped by these drugs.
@LiteraryCupcakes I think there problem is that many people have been given drugs when they don't need them, and in a lot of cases it made them worse. But people have also not taken anything when it would really help them. They are an option that should be looking into properly based on the individual to make sure they are the right thing to do.
I think therapy is a good idea no matter what though, even people without a `condition` would benefit from it.
@londonafter Ah, I apologize, and yes, I agree with you.
The reference to diabetes is common in the psychological community right now and well justified: mental disorder is often as biological as diabetes or other deficiencies. For anyone who is curious why, please see Sapolsky's lecture on the biology of stress and depression here on YouTube:
@londonafter I know you mean well, but I'm not sure anyone without medical expertise has the right to say medicine will not help you "in the long term." Try telling that to someone with diabetes. Many minor or one-time episodical incidences of mental disorders can find their roots in strictly abstract causes; however, severe disorders, including clinical depression will more often show biological symptoms as well. CBT *and* medicine are BOTH carefully prescribed and adjusted for each patient.
It's a shame this documentary gives the impression that antidepressants are unimportant or unneeded. Depression has been connected to a real, physical depletion and neural death of the glial cells in the prefrontal cortex and in the number and length of dendrites in the hippocampus, reducing its size. When your brain has lost the necessary connections to make judgments and motivations literally impossible, thinking your way to health will fail.
@rlquinn1980 Additionally, it's sad to see that so many people believe antidepressants change your personality or give you that head-wrapped-in-a-towel feel. Modern antidepressants, which are far more sophisticated and targeted than their predecessors, often have little to no side effects. Yes, CBT is necessary for recovery, and diet and exercise do help, but to dismiss the efficacy of—in some cases, the need for—medication because of anecdotal testimony is grossly negligent.
I took SSRI seratonian and it really helped for a few months.They stopped me having negative thoughts that were destructive. I came off them myself easily as I wanted 'life to be real again'. I came off them gradually with my doc. Medication really helped me at my worst, it was the last resort. Talking therapy is helpful.
a brilliant mind needs extreme stimulaiton to fight depression so no wonder Fry hit the cocaine. One week with him would cheer me up no ends !
Hail Mr Fry !
anti-depressants just plaster over the issue but soon the cracks reappear. you become a zombie on them so much so you could end up as a politician if you arn't careful
@sweetypie000 If this is the experience you had you musn't have been on the right medication for you. Any of the people I know on medication never show any signs of it. They experience the full spectrum of emotions, including happiness and sadness, but in a way that they can deal with, unlike before going on the medication.
as someone who suffers depression, i found stephen frys snippets informative and engaging. Trisha, i found a bit preachy and self promoting.
kernowchris 2 weeks ago in playlist Coping with Depression
I was prescribed antidepressants once, i did not feel any effects from them
I bought alcohol to self medicate, that felt great for a year or two and then stopped working, so i quit buying it
It is lonely and cold up here
VicariousReality7 1 month ago
it seems depression is the point where hope and hopelessness are closely related.
ILLZUKUNT 1 month ago
I think this guy is spot on - life for ALOT of people is a struggle - it is not easy.
jackiehurst 2 months ago 3
add fish oil and coconut oil to your diets!
favoritesmoothies 3 months ago
A deficiency in iron, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, vitamin B5, potassium, zinc and copper causes depression! A deficiency in magnesium and chromium causes anxiety! If you have depression/anxiety, get your nutrient levels for these nutrients checked up in particular; the nurse will take a blood test to see if you are deficient in these. Eat healthy and take vitamin suppelemnts for the nutrients that you are low in. For instance, if you are low in the B-vitamins, take a vitamin B-complex supplement.
favoritesmoothies 3 months ago
@favoritesmoothies i have no deficiencies in anything, i eat healthily and take supplements. i have severe reccurent depression. explain that. -.-
somekindamillie 1 month ago in playlist More videos from OUlearn
@somekindamillie It could be a lot of things... unless you are tested for various things you'll never know. It could possibly be hormonal, or related to the thyroid, or your body can't process some nutrients properly so you are intaking them but not absorbing them, etc, etc, etc.... It could be situational, or it could also be an outside toxin.... Try proper diet-then exercise-then check environmental factors-then try therapy-THEN as a last resort try meds. Meds can be dangerous or even lethal.
IceburgFanell 1 month ago
@somekindamillie Any chemical you are exposed to can potentially effect your mood and overall health (to a point of ridiculousness almost; I don't blame those organic-freaks for being so careful anymore, lol). It's tricky, but really good psychiatrists are also nutrionists and enviromental coaches, and will ask probing questions about your habits and lifestyle to get a more comprehensive view of your overall situation. Good luck! (And don't forget to try to get plenty of sunshine!)
IceburgFanell 1 month ago
I've tried self-hypnosis. Just started it randomly not expecting it to do anything (I was desperate to help with some emotional issues and chronic pain with RA) and found it calmed me down. Won't work for everyone, but worth a consideration.
SaitanMar 3 months ago
I was very moved by this lady until she said ".. walking, it's what the good lord created us to do." Swapping one mental disorder for another is useless.
aLOVINGinfidel 4 months ago 2
@aLOVINGinfidel lol, come on man, no need to troll belief systems on a doc about depression!!! :-P
JayDee98765 1 month ago
maybe god made it so we all have turns in this life. In this life it may be your turn to not have a great time and in the next life it will be your turn to have a great time. SO in this life one guy may have a shit time and mop floor for a career while the other guy is a pilot flying around the world but in the next life each of these people will switch turns. I think in some kind of spiritual way god has designed life on whose turn it is to do what and it was planned beofre you were born
210482fmj 4 months ago
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@210482fmj please keep your ridiculous opinions to yourself. Fucking moron
bluelightalarm 3 months ago
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@210482fmj I notice you've gone round all these depression vids with your bullshit troll comments. What is it about you? Seriously. The fact that you get a kick out of trying to make already shit feeling people feel even worse about themselves and their lives only implies how sick you are. Agreed with bluelightalarm. Shut the fuck up.
LaSeuleEtoile 3 months ago in playlist Coping with Depression
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210482fmj 3 months ago
@210482fmj wow...what a load of complete and utter bollocks!
niallglennon83 1 month ago
the least harmful thing to use for depression is weed but then again i could be wrong it might actually make you feel paranoid but it is more natural that pharmacy medication. The whoel problem with pharmacy meds is you have no idea what you are taking and the companies that make this stuff are not being honest about what is in this stuff. My concerns is what that pill does to the inside of my body when i take it. which ever route you choose you have to make sacrifices
210482fmj 4 months ago
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A person does not need religion, hatred or any kind of phobia in order to acknowledge important, qualitative differences between heterosexual attraction / behavior / marriage / adoption and homosexual attraction / behavior / marriage / adoption.
Homosexual activists, with complete support from the media, have succeeded at framing themselves as noble victims and martyrs; it's an effective way to push a social agenda.
lightandbeautiful 5 months ago
depression i hate you
jimbo2561 5 months ago
@jimbo2561 That's not the way to go about it. Read The Depression Book. Basically the first step is for you to accept your feelings. Don't fight the feelings, work with them. I know it sounds vague, but you really need to check out that book.
Tengent 5 months ago
@Tengent I agree with that, fighting it is always a losing battle in my experience and it causes more stress. If you start getting suicidal thoughts it's good to have SSRIs or SNRIs about, I can't go a day without my effexor (slow release 220mg in total) because my mood drops really fast, I went a week once and I resorted to using heated (glowing red) pins and sticking them in my nose for the endorphins! I also have had a seizure after going for 2 days without any so...
DrNjtp 4 months ago
fuck trisha
kojimapie 5 months ago
@kojimapie wasteman
wagooairlines 5 months ago
interesting...
thestarlingone 6 months ago
Is there any way I could write Jim Brown a letter? I'm an engineering student whose been struggling with severe anxiety, and I want him to know how much he has helped me in these three videos.
pyrokitsune1 6 months ago
I like the fact that they all encourage excercise. I have never been on anti-depressant medication and i never intend to be. It really should only ever be used as an absolute last resort. On the edge of suicide. I have experienced extremes of moods for all of my life. I had a psychosis when i was 14/15 yrs old and had to drag myself back from the edge of insanity with the help of medication. You can deal with these extremes just keep pushing yourself. Excercise is a genuine mood stabiliser.
sarahparsons87 7 months ago 3
Great documentary! I've been depressed for 13years now or so, and still am. If there's anyone here who has had a long depresseion and finally got out of it, I'd appreciate if you'd send me a PM here on youtube! Some advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
bonzai08 8 months ago
@bonzai08 depression can go on for a long time.i have it ten years.your not alone.dont resort to alcohol or illegal drugs it only makes it worse believe me.talk talk talk to someone and dont hold back.goodluck.
qzwsxe 6 months ago
Meds saved my life
HellsBells091 8 months ago
I'm afraid of getting diagnosed because
a) what if they say I'm not depressed enough and send me back home
b) what if I AM depressed and then have to take meds and pay huge money for psyciatrists and tell my family and friends... Not to mention then I'd have this sticma of "being depressed" and would always have to explain it in job-interviews and if I want to have a relationship with someone...
LuRawen 9 months ago 2
@LuRawen I think it's worth going to therapy - you don't even have to be depressed for that. If you simply don't feel well, that's quite enough to talk about, you won't be sent away. I remember feeling "how ridiculous I must be, I don't even have any real problems still I'm here whining" but since then I realized that if these feelings interfere with my life, they must be addressed. Also, it is great to talk about it and not feel judged.
GrimSqueaker03 7 months ago
@LuRawen Sorry to be blunt but if you are depressed, you are depressed. If you aren't you aren't. Don't worry about it. To get some answers to your questions about how you're feeling is reason enough to go to the doctor. You will get answers to your questions if you open your mind up to it. Btw the stigma of 'being depressed' is only around because people are too bloody afraid to be honest about it. You are already breaking that stigma by talking about it here on youtube.
sarahparsons87 7 months ago 2
The lady is correct - food is mood. we are what we eat. And psychotic drugs are wors, in most cases, than street drugs and alcohol. Nutrition and supplements are the way out remember Abram Hoffer & Linus Pauling.
ringsafe1 9 months ago
@ringsafe1 No dude, it's not all food. It's the messed up state of the world as well!
desasterz 9 months ago
@ringsafe1, it varies. food helps, thats a fact, yes i know that. slightly green banana for example has things that work well with your serotonine levels, chocolate is known for that too and so on. but you do have to remember that on physiological level we are quite quite different. theres no drugs or methods that "just work" for everyone. it is never that simple. you only have to search for YOUR method, and the right dose of it.. for YOU.. ehh. am i making any sense? im not too sure, lol
somberlight 9 months ago
The lady is correct - food is mood. we are what we eat.
ringsafe1 9 months ago
exercise is the best . go outside people! I´M TELLING YOU
1642poltergeist 9 months ago
I want life to feel real again :( is taking medication going to make that worse?
middy444 10 months ago
@middy444 Depends on the meds and what illness you have. Depression is "easily" treated, or at least the symptoms are somewhat easy to control with medication. They won't heal you, but they do help you function. Bipolar Disorder is another thing entirely, because the medication for bipolar disorder pretty much zombifies you. You go from having mood swings to not feeling anything at all, and after a while of not feeling anything, the sadness comes sneaking.. And it's baaaad...
ronnysoeberg 10 months ago
@ronnysoeberg I'm not sure if that's a true statement, many people have depression and don't recover or are never better. It's a very debilitating condition. However, I do hear what you're saying about Bipolar. That sounds awful, and I know those illnesses are difficult to treat.
middy444 10 months ago
trisha is a legend! as is stephen fry.. those 3 vids were really fantastic.
LemonadeRose 11 months ago
Medications CAN be the answer. It just depends on what the root cause of your depression is.
If you have a legit chemical imbalance, all the talk therapy in the world won't change this. If you have situational depression (PSTD, abuse, etc.) Prozac alone isn't going to help.
I'm getting pretty sick of the anti-med bias by people who have not studied the science. Millions of people have been helped by these drugs.
LiteraryCupcakes 11 months ago 6
@LiteraryCupcakes I think there problem is that many people have been given drugs when they don't need them, and in a lot of cases it made them worse. But people have also not taken anything when it would really help them. They are an option that should be looking into properly based on the individual to make sure they are the right thing to do.
I think therapy is a good idea no matter what though, even people without a `condition` would benefit from it.
EbsNhexz 9 months ago
@londonafter Ah, I apologize, and yes, I agree with you.
The reference to diabetes is common in the psychological community right now and well justified: mental disorder is often as biological as diabetes or other deficiencies. For anyone who is curious why, please see Sapolsky's lecture on the biology of stress and depression here on YouTube:
watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc
rlquinn1980 1 year ago
@londonafter I know you mean well, but I'm not sure anyone without medical expertise has the right to say medicine will not help you "in the long term." Try telling that to someone with diabetes. Many minor or one-time episodical incidences of mental disorders can find their roots in strictly abstract causes; however, severe disorders, including clinical depression will more often show biological symptoms as well. CBT *and* medicine are BOTH carefully prescribed and adjusted for each patient.
rlquinn1980 1 year ago
It's a shame this documentary gives the impression that antidepressants are unimportant or unneeded. Depression has been connected to a real, physical depletion and neural death of the glial cells in the prefrontal cortex and in the number and length of dendrites in the hippocampus, reducing its size. When your brain has lost the necessary connections to make judgments and motivations literally impossible, thinking your way to health will fail.
rlquinn1980 1 year ago
@rlquinn1980 Additionally, it's sad to see that so many people believe antidepressants change your personality or give you that head-wrapped-in-a-towel feel. Modern antidepressants, which are far more sophisticated and targeted than their predecessors, often have little to no side effects. Yes, CBT is necessary for recovery, and diet and exercise do help, but to dismiss the efficacy of—in some cases, the need for—medication because of anecdotal testimony is grossly negligent.
rlquinn1980 1 year ago
I used medication in conjunction with sport, and even a legal course!
cyclepod1 1 year ago
I took SSRI seratonian and it really helped for a few months.They stopped me having negative thoughts that were destructive. I came off them myself easily as I wanted 'life to be real again'. I came off them gradually with my doc. Medication really helped me at my worst, it was the last resort. Talking therapy is helpful.
cyclepod1 1 year ago 28
a brilliant mind needs extreme stimulaiton to fight depression so no wonder Fry hit the cocaine. One week with him would cheer me up no ends !
Hail Mr Fry !
anti-depressants just plaster over the issue but soon the cracks reappear. you become a zombie on them so much so you could end up as a politician if you arn't careful
sweetypie000 1 year ago 33
@sweetypie000 If this is the experience you had you musn't have been on the right medication for you. Any of the people I know on medication never show any signs of it. They experience the full spectrum of emotions, including happiness and sadness, but in a way that they can deal with, unlike before going on the medication.
rabbitwho 10 months ago
@sweetypie000 Nicely said ;)
chrisheatley 1 month ago