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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.78,0:00:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Hey everybody, today\Nwe're gonna talk about
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.48,0:00:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mental illnesses and whether\Nthey're curable or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.78,0:00:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But before we jump into that,\Nare you new to my channel?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.02,0:00:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome! I am a licensed therapist
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.83,0:00:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making mental health videos
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.98,0:00:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I release them on\NMonday's and on Thursday's.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.46,0:00:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So make sure you have your\Nnotifications turned on
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.64,0:00:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you don't miss out.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.73,0:00:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, let's hop into today's topic.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.64,0:00:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people with mental\Nhealth issues of any kind
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.63,0:00:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want to know if they're\Nstruggle is curable.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.02,0:00:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for good reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.01,0:00:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we feel terrible week after\Nweek, we're gonna wanna know
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.70,0:00:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there is an end to what we feel
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.81,0:00:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that it won't come back, ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.24,0:00:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, in order to answer this question,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.70,0:00:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first have to describe to you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.14,0:00:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the difference between mental\Nhealth and mental illness
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.33,0:00:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's in that differentiation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.31,0:00:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we will find the\Nanswer to our question.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.83,0:00:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, mental health is\Nsomething that we all have.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.03,0:00:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like we all have a\Nphysical health, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.13,0:00:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can have days where we\Nfeel on top of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.56,0:00:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, checking so many\Nthings off of our to-do list,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.12,0:00:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meeting with friends, feeling fulfilled
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.01,0:00:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just really good.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.60,0:01:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And overall, just know, that\Nmental health is defined,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.67,0:01:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'cause I always like to\Ndefine terms first, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.73,0:01:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mental health is defined as a\Npersons condition with regard
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.03,0:01:10.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to their psychological\Nand emotional wellbeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.97,0:01:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we are taking care of\Nourselves best we can,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.08,0:01:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, we're taking\Nbreaks when we need them,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.10,0:01:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making time for the things\Nthat we enjoy, et cetera,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.68,0:01:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,et cetera, we should have a\Npretty good mental health.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.15,0:01:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should feel pretty good, be\Nable to manage all we need to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.73,0:01:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each and every day and overall feel happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.92,0:01:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mental illness, on the\Nother hand, is like,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.56,0:01:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we catch a cold.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.41,0:01:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, first you can start\Nto feel a little extra tired,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.49,0:01:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then maybe our nose starts to run
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.48,0:01:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then maybe we get a\Ncough and before you know it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.50,0:01:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're laid up in bed wishing\Nyou had taken advantage
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.44,0:01:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all the time you\Nhad when you were well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.72,0:01:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not just me, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.85,0:01:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm constantly feeling like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.16,0:01:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where when I finally am sick
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.73,0:01:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just have to lay on the couch,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.50,0:01:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm like, man, I should\Nhave got so much done
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.15,0:01:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was feeling good.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.56,0:01:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it's just me though.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.61,0:01:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, anyways, you have caught an illness.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.90,0:02:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is taking over your body\Nand you aren't able to do
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.75,0:02:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all that you need to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.33,0:02:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to rest, you\Nhave to take your medicine
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.33,0:02:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have to take care of yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.51,0:02:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until you feel better, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.68,0:02:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mental illness is just the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.81,0:02:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, no, you aren't gonna\Ncatch it from someone else,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.72,0:02:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't get any ideas, but\Nit does creep in slowly,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.53,0:02:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make us feel a little\Ndifferent than we normally do,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.16,0:02:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and finally make it\Nimpossible for us to do
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.05,0:02:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all that we need to each and every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.37,0:02:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And mental illness impairs our ability
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.11,0:02:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to function in our daily life
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.13,0:02:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with proper treatment\Nwe can manage the symptoms
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.25,0:02:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can go back to living our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.96,0:02:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again, just like a cold,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.74,0:02:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we don't take care\Nof ourselves, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.83,0:02:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you aren't sleeping\Nenough, you're working too much,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.23,0:02:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're more susceptible to catching a cold
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.48,0:02:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the same goes for our mental health.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.44,0:02:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we don't take care of ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.06,0:02:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do the things that we need to do
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.61,0:02:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order for us to feel good,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.43,0:02:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our mental health can\Nbecome a mental illness.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.15,0:02:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that make sense?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.83,0:03:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If not, in short, mental\Nillnesses aren't curable
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.13,0:03:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we can take steps to keep\Nour mental health in check
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.37,0:03:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the bad way we\Nfeel doesn't come back.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.61,0:03:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or at least won't stay as\Nlong as it did last time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.16,0:03:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like if we're physically sick
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.58,0:03:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we take some days off, we\Nsleep a lot, we drink water,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.18,0:03:19.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give our body time to heal,\Nwe won't stay sick as long
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.29,0:03:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we would if we kept pushing\Nour body to do more and more.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.50,0:03:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you wanna know\Nmore about this difference
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.24,0:03:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how you can care\Nfor your mental health,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.00,0:03:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pick up my book, it's called,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.44,0:03:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are U Ok?: A Guide to Caring\Nfor Your Mental Health
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.56,0:03:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's available now through\Nthe link in the description.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.00,0:03:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I talk all about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.63,0:03:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the last thing that I want to do
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.87,0:03:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I wanna address neuroplasticity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.37,0:03:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if you don't know, neuroplasticity is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.92,0:03:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ability of the brain to form
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.88,0:03:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reorganize synaptic connections,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.81,0:03:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially in response to learning
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.89,0:03:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or experience or following an injury.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.57,0:03:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which really just means that, yes,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.32,0:03:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can teach an old dog new tricks.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.32,0:03:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, our brains can heal and change.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.97,0:03:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's really the whole\Nreason that therapy works.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.76,0:04:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wanted to end by\Ntalking about neuroplasticity
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.15,0:04:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it can offer some hope
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.93,0:04:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we can feel like it's\Nnever gonna get better.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.87,0:04:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Research on many\Ndifferent mental illnesses
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.95,0:04:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Borderline Personality\NDisorder to Depression
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.81,0:04:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,show that if we take care\Nof our mental health,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.17,0:04:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, we're taking medication
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.37,0:04:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it's part of our treatment plan,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.89,0:04:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're working to use all the tools
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.62,0:04:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're learning in therapy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.25,0:04:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our brain can rearrange the connections
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.69,0:04:26.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we no longer have the\Nmental illness we had before.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.65,0:04:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like it slowly moves things over
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.54,0:04:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to accommodate all the new behaviors
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.44,0:04:32.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and communication skills you're tying out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.59,0:04:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sure, it's hard at first because it's new,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.00,0:04:38.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not comfortable\Nbut it does get easier.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.29,0:04:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you've been watching\Nme for a long time,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.25,0:04:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may remember how I\Ntalked about the brain
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.86,0:04:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if it was a balloon filled with sand.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.11,0:04:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when our brain sends\Na signal to have us react
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.70,0:04:51.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or act in a certain way, it\Nrolls a marble over that sand
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.60,0:04:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and makes a little divot or rut, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.55,0:04:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we keep doing that\Nsame thing over and over,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.72,0:05:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that divot's gonna get\Ndeeper and deeper and deeper
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.38,0:05:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if we decide that we\Nwant to do something new,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.83,0:05:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that marble is gonna\Nhave to work extra hard
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.54,0:05:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get itself out of that\Nrut that it's created
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.23,0:05:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a more new and healthy path.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.75,0:05:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that make sense?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.89,0:05:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so if it keeps doing\Nthat new and healthy thing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.06,0:05:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then that new divot is\Ngonna get deeper and deeper
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.02,0:05:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that old rut that we used to have
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.22,0:05:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will get more and more shallow.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.43,0:05:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember, our brain is\Nmoving things around
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.91,0:05:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that it can assist\Nus with what we need.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.85,0:05:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as a result, all that healthier stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.20,0:05:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is gonna get easier and easier to do
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.21,0:05:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the bad unhealthy hard stuff,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.75,0:05:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's gonna be easy to stay out of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.96,0:05:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, overall what I'm really saying is
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.66,0:05:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just stick with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.45,0:05:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when it's hard because trust me,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.65,0:05:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can and will get better.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.68,0:05:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you found that helpful
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.43,0:05:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most importantly, hopeful.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.79,0:05:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have a wonderful week and I\Nwill see you next time, bye.