Started watching this expecting one thing and received something significantly more profound, worthwhile, and honest. Thank you for uploading this, it really matters.👍
2:18 "All those things represent an alternative to doing the same thing again and again and again and expecting different results-which was getting hammered every night. And the more and more damage that did, the more I tried to do it harder or more often; and it's the same thing everytime." 👏 loved that-so true and for so many things
If you believe in crystals or whatever hard enough, they can work. Never underestimate the placebo effect, which comes back to the power of your own mind.
Around the 7 minute mark: OH MY GOD YES! This may be the first time I've heard people articulate my feelings about the "talk about your mental health" trend. As someone with long term MH issues, I feel like that message is usually the beginning and the end of most mental health advice. But who do I talk to? At what cost? What about waiting lists? What if my friend's don't want to listen? And, the big one for me, what do I do after I've spoken to someone? It isn't a solution in itself. Speaking about my MH issues does not make my MH issues go away, so what is the advice for the person who has been speaking about their MH but is still struggling?
I'm a Massage Therapist and I always think how do I give massage to people that need it the most that can't afford it. I charge less to some clients but it's still expensive to cover my costs. Really random that Russell mentioned this!
In Canada there are some free call in services. But the wait for subsidized mental health services is very long. There are excellent online services, but they are not cheap either. One of the awful things is that there are options but they are work to hunt down, which is often outside of the skills or energy of someone suffering in the now.
Recently found a great book, "Why Has No One Told Me This Before?" by Dr. Julie Smith. She has every tool any counselor has ever given me to use for improving mental health. It's great!
In the end most things come down to the mind and what you think, the activity itself isn't what solves the issue it's the belief that it will resolve it, it can help to have these things sometimes but if you can realise that it's you fixing the problem then you no longer become so reliant on such things and that truth can give you a better chance of success. I have epilepsy pretty bad with round six seizures a week on average and a number of them put me in intense pain but I keep smiling because I know there will always be someone worse of than me and there will always be something to make me smile if I'm willing to because positive thinking is the key because my life will never be 100% bad there will always be a positive side if I'm willing to see it and that will apply to most people, you can be happy of you want to be happy.
You're talking about placebo effect, which doesn't need belief to work. It seems to work more on pavlovian conditioning than belief. It's more the ritual and intention behind it. There's even people selling overt placebo pills with the goal that people set their own intentions on it. "Positive" thinking can make people feel worse as it shames them for having "negative"thoughts. I'm glad you've found something that works for you, but maybe check out "toxic positivity". I have no room for "positivity" in my life anymore since it scolded me so many times.
To paraphrase Patton Oswalt's stage bit - if the invisible imaginary alien monster anus-beast hovering above your head waiting to eat your soul is keeping you from doing bad things then I absolutely want you to keep believing in it. If woo-woo keeps you from harming self or others then woo-woo to your heart's content, man. Have an extra crystal on me.🎁
My take on what John was saying: the crystals became a physical hold-in-your-hand metaphor, symbolic objects of a commitment to taking action for wellbeing instead of his habitual running away from reality through drinking. His saying that the crystals “worked” is not about woowoo hocus pocus, but about the power of a symbolic object to keep alive in the moment his desperate desire and need to do things differently from his history of self destruction.
Started watching this expecting one thing and received something significantly more profound, worthwhile, and honest. Thank you for uploading this, it really matters.👍
This is genuinely a helpful message. I really like John Robins.
2:18 "All those things represent an alternative to doing the same thing again and again and again and expecting different results-which was getting hammered every night. And the more and more damage that did, the more I tried to do it harder or more often; and it's the same thing everytime."
👏 loved that-so true and for so many things
Been there . . .
I can't be the only one wincing at Russell rolling the crystals against each other - nooooooo 😢 🤣
I thought he was going to roll them and shout Yahtzee 😂
So many of the things that were said in this video rang so true to me- thanks!
If you believe in crystals or whatever hard enough, they can work. Never underestimate the placebo effect, which comes back to the power of your own mind.
Around the 7 minute mark: OH MY GOD YES! This may be the first time I've heard people articulate my feelings about the "talk about your mental health" trend. As someone with long term MH issues, I feel like that message is usually the beginning and the end of most mental health advice. But who do I talk to? At what cost? What about waiting lists? What if my friend's don't want to listen? And, the big one for me, what do I do after I've spoken to someone? It isn't a solution in itself. Speaking about my MH issues does not make my MH issues go away, so what is the advice for the person who has been speaking about their MH but is still struggling?
I'm a Massage Therapist and I always think how do I give massage to people that need it the most that can't afford it. I charge less to some clients but it's still expensive to cover my costs. Really random that Russell mentioned this!
"They've got those chairs in service stations" was such a good one liner.
In Canada there are some free call in services. But the wait for subsidized mental health services is very long.
There are excellent online services, but they are not cheap either.
One of the awful things is that there are options but they are work to hunt down, which is often outside of the skills or energy of someone suffering in the now.
Recently found a great book, "Why Has No One Told Me This Before?" by Dr. Julie Smith. She has every tool any counselor has ever given me to use for improving mental health. It's great!
Thank you for sharing. I know the episode is available on Spotify but I wish I could watch the whole thing too.
The crystals rattling actually sound like d&d die. I actually find the sound nostalgic.❤
In the end most things come down to the mind and what you think, the activity itself isn't what solves the issue it's the belief that it will resolve it, it can help to have these things sometimes but if you can realise that it's you fixing the problem then you no longer become so reliant on such things and that truth can give you a better chance of success. I have epilepsy pretty bad with round six seizures a week on average and a number of them put me in intense pain but I keep smiling because I know there will always be someone worse of than me and there will always be something to make me smile if I'm willing to because positive thinking is the key because my life will never be 100% bad there will always be a positive side if I'm willing to see it and that will apply to most people, you can be happy of you want to be happy.
You're talking about placebo effect, which doesn't need belief to work. It seems to work more on pavlovian conditioning than belief. It's more the ritual and intention behind it. There's even people selling overt placebo pills with the goal that people set their own intentions on it.
"Positive" thinking can make people feel worse as it shames them for having "negative"thoughts. I'm glad you've found something that works for you, but maybe check out "toxic positivity". I have no room for "positivity" in my life anymore since it scolded me so many times.
Had to read the transcript of this one, because the noise of those bloody crystals in his hand was just unbearable.
😂 “Go up to a trucker a say here I’ll rub your back” might get a different reaction from the trucker 😂
Love Johnny JR. Russell and him are former housemates with Jon Richardson and Mark Olver.
I love crystals ❤
FLAVORED!?!???!
👏👏👏
Who’s Nan’s tea set is that???
I like it!
To paraphrase Patton Oswalt's stage bit - if the invisible imaginary alien monster anus-beast hovering above your head waiting to eat your soul is keeping you from doing bad things then I absolutely want you to keep believing in it. If woo-woo keeps you from harming self or others then woo-woo to your heart's content, man. Have an extra crystal on me.🎁
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Takeaway: The power of the mind is incredible.
Spoiler: Crystals look pretty. Nothing else. The end.
If they "work", they "work".
@@carolineramage7480 they don't work if you are sane! 😢
My take on what John was saying: the crystals became a physical hold-in-your-hand metaphor, symbolic objects of a commitment to taking action for wellbeing instead of his habitual running away from reality through drinking. His saying that the crystals “worked” is not about woowoo hocus pocus, but about the power of a symbolic object to keep alive in the moment his desperate desire and need to do things differently from his history of self destruction.
@@Taketony1 = That's a nice take. Thanks for sharing.
Nope
"To the rational mind this is madness." Nothing else needed to be said - unfortunately quite a lot was.