 Hello, my friends and welcome to depression to expression. My name is Scott St. Marie helping you take control of your mental health a very simple video today A very simple message a calming message a message that may make you feel pretty good. Usually works that way Now before that I'd like to bring us into a state of calm Change our states because you deserve a moment of peace. You deserve a moment without distraction You deserve a moment of contentment of peace of tranquility. So let me just play this for a second You can skip this if you want but Why skip it? Do you don't you don't think you deserve a moment of peace? What else do you have to do today? Probably a lot of things, but you have a hundred things to do today Don't you have the same hundred things to do tomorrow? You know, we're all gonna die with things on our to-do list What's the rush? Let's take a moment Close your eyes Relax by the computer by your phone wherever you are I'd like to see you in the comments too if you want to say hi to me by taking 15 seconds Do you feel a little better? Do you feel at least a little proud that you did take a moment for yourself? Sometimes we have two minds right one that's saying go go go go go You need to get things done. You need to be productive The other one that really wants to stay in the present stay locked in and enjoy the moment So there's a lot of push-and-pull happening in our minds. So I appreciate you taking the time Now the very simple message is this if you deal with anxiety. I want to tell you one very simple, but truthful factual thing Anxiety is not your fault Now I don't want to make this into a goodwill hunting video and just be like it's not your fault It's not your fault, but I sincerely want to tell you that That the anxious feelings you have during the day The worrisome thoughts the overthinking those intrusive thoughts that you have during the day and at night Maybe before you go to bed, maybe the first thing when you wake up. It's not your fault It's pretty simple why it's not your fault because I don't think you asked for these things. They're automatic They come from the subconscious Like really did you wake up this morning and say hey, you know, I feel a little too calm and relaxed today So universe God Whoever you ask, you know, I'd like to experience a little sweaty palm action going on How about some watery eyes? How about a really tight intestine and gut? You know, I want to lose my appetite today. That'd be great. Did you do that? I didn't think so wait Wait, wait, wait, wait. Well, did you ask to actually go back in time three years ago in your mind and overthink that Situation of what you said to that person and what you could have said instead and who you were with and where it was and different scenarios to play out in your mind You didn't ask for that. Did you? Okay, well, you didn't go three years in the past Well, did you go three years in the future today or yesterday maybe a week from now and you're overthinking a certain Situation and you already know who's gonna be there how I'm gonna feel how I'm gonna act how I'm going to react How I'm gonna behave what I'm going to wear and you've played scenarios over and over and over and the thoughts keep going and going and going and this of course anxious thinking that affects how we feel of Course it affects how we feel right Just how this and calming our minds just for a few seconds helps us Temporarily change states and relax the body right Anxiety is not your fault Anxiety is not your fault, you know, I put something on Instagram today and it was Anxiety obviously is not your fault, but I said you are not an anxious person You are a person that experiences anxiety and there's a big difference there There's a huge difference there Those of you who have followed me for quite some time and seen my many videos and Instagram stories and tweets and blah, blah, blah, blah Maybe you even saw me in person speak on stage Maybe we shook hands pre-covid. Maybe we hugged pre-covid. Those were the days But you're not an anxious person because if you were an anxious Person we would put that in the same category as you being a tall person You being a person with blue eyes You being a white person an Asian person These are things we can't change If I'm a tall I am five foot ten as a person. I'm a tall person Right. Let's just call it tall. Okay. That that's legit All right, that's how I identify in that way And if you identify yourself as being an anxious person You may have already lost Because you're already identified with that feeling and we all know how feelings change and we all know that anxiety is not your fault But it's your responsibility It is your responsibility And the great thing and what I absolutely love is that anxiety Can be Conquered can be overcome can be dealt with can be diminished can be mitigated. Whatever you want to say There's so many things we can do but this video is just to tell you to take the load off a little bit and If no one's ever told you this before I Sincerely want to tell you and Tell yourself and repeat it to yourself over and over that you didn't ask for this You don't want to feel this way It's not your fault Anxiety is not your fault But it's your responsibility and I hope to see you in the comments I hope you turn on the notification bell wherever it is down by the subscribe button because I have a few Big announcements coming coming out the next the next month that I really want to talk to you about Sincerely from the bottom of my heart because for me personally look we're at the most people aren't watching by now This is great I always bring the personal stuff in at the end of the video when I get warmed up You know for me and watch me just relax now after the 30 second mark if people drop off right and now I kind of get to be Not more of myself But yeah forget it. So for me anxiety came first, eh? I'm Canadian. I just said a I catch myself now. It came first depression was non-existent Anxiety was first and what happens with anxiety is we become so tired and exhausted of fighting the thoughts fighting the feelings Trying to relax can't control it can barely accept it. So we're fighting even more. We're fighting even more and We keep hitting that wall and we just become exhausted What happened with me? I became so exhausted of anxiety and I put that pressure on myself saying yeah, it is my fault Why am I not better? Why am I thinking these things? Why am I feeling this you keep fighting and fighting and eventually? Depression kicked in I was so hard on myself for so long and I didn't have answers to any questions. I Didn't have a support group. I Didn't have some cool youtuber to talk to because this was back in 2008 even before then this is back in 2004 in high school right So anxiety is really important to know that it's not your fault You didn't ask for it. Let's conquer anxiety here So it doesn't lead to other things down the road and the first step of that though Which is why this video is so simple is for you to really like write it down get a piece of paper Know that it's not your fault Know that you didn't ask for it But know that it's your responsibility and you will be able to overcome it Thanks a lot everyone appreciate you all watching. I appreciate you listening and I'll see you in the comments Stay strong keep being you don't forget to express yourself and subscribe comment like whatever you want to do Love you all hang in there