The way we've approached mental illness as a society, actually makes things worse. Let's take a look at exploring mental health work in a way that's similar to how we approach physical fitness: the mental fitness approach to recovery.
You can grab the book I wrote thanks to these skills, YOU ARE NOT A ROCK, wherever books are sold, like here on Amazon: http://bit.ly/youarenotarock
(It's called THE MIND WORKOUT in the UK and Australia/New Zealand, DAS MIND-WORKOUT in Deutsch, ENTRENA TU MENTE en español)
Learn more about what I do here: http://www.markfreeman.ca
Check out my travel mental health blog: https://www.themindfulfieldguide.com
CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
0:43 Wanting to get rid of thoughts and feelings is the problem, not the solution
2:34 Difficult experiences are NOT problems. We improve mental fitness by purposefully seeking out challenges
3:34 We can't expect to have skills and capacities we have not intentionally practiced
5:12 Shift the focus to mental fitness skills you want to build and keep, instead of brain stuff you want to avoid and control.
7:45 Is the goal of your mental health work to avoid drowning, or get skilled at swimming
10:12 Start with where you want to go. That shows us the skills and capacities necessary to get there. Avoiding the present is NOT a destination
11:09 Trying to manage and control symptoms can get us trapped in a cage we believe is helping to protect us
12:02 What will heavy weights look like for the skills you want to build? How can you practice lifting thoughts and feelings
12:51 Working on mental fitness skills will be as sweaty and sore as making big physical fitness changes. It will NOT feel good (at first)