How to Overcome Mental Resistance (animated video)
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2024
- Before we discuss a practical way to handle mental resistance, let’s talk about the neuroscience behind why we experience resistance.
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When we’re doing something new, different, or unusual, the prefrontal cortex area of our brain becomes active. This part of the brain processes ideas, perceptions, and logistics and uses a lot of energy - it can only process a certain amount of information at a time and tends to get tired quickly. So, when we experience any change, whether it’s good or bad, our brain has to work harder.
This extra effort by the prefrontal cortex when dealing with change can lead to physical and mental discomfort. This discomfort can activate the amygdala. Our amygdala is the orchestrater of our flight or fight response to danger, stress, or the unknown. When the amygdala is activated, it can stimulate feelings of feelings of fear or anger, and can cause us to act emotionally and impulsively. It can also lead us to certain psychological states such as depression, confusion, or panic.
Our brains try to be efficient, and using our basal ganglia is one way. Our basal ganglia automates our actions, thoughts and behaviors and happens at the unconscious level.
Simply put, Whenever we experience resistance to change, our habits stored in our basal ganglia tells us what behavior we need to perform that gets us out of discomfort and gives us quick relief.
To overcome resistance we have to expect it to come and be aware when it is happening. Observe yourself and try to process the feelings you're having and why you’re feeling them. Also notice what behavior you're performing to get out of them. As your awareness increases, you’ll likely be able fight your mental resistance and keep working
I started feeling stressed and had strong doubt about being able to finish this video, and felt so uncomfortable, walked away and started mindlessly watching tv.
A couple hours later, I realized what was happening. I understood that I was experiencing stress of making a video on a topic I haven’t made before, my brain feared the unknown. And I was also stressed about spending the morning trying to get work done, but having nothing to show for it. My brain feared not being productive with my time.
I understood that watching tv was an unconscious coping strategy to stop feeling this mental resistance. You see, now that I was aware of what was happening, I understood, that whenever I feel these uncomfortable feelings, it’s completely normal and expected.
Now that I’m aware these feelings are normal and expected, my brain was less stressed, and with being less stressed, it made it easier to get back to work and finish this video. If I keep becoming aware of why I’m experiencing resistance and keep working anyway, eventually my basal ganglia will automate my actions to keep working when ever feeling this stress instead of mindlessly watching tv.
To perform any meaningful activity in life, there will be some discomfort in the beginning. You can waste a lot of time trying to figure out how to make positive changes without feeling any discomfort, but it’s not going to happen.
You can research the right mindset and strategies to handle whatever it is you want to do, but you’ll still feel discomfort and need to take action anyway. That’s really what makes someone a professional, not letting their emotions get in the way from doing what it is they are on this earth to do.
The good news is, the more and more you fight this resistance taking action, the easier it becomes to make it a habit and something you do consistently.
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This deserves a million views. I love how not only do you give us a scientific explanation as to why, but real life break downs in your life and what you did to change it.
And yet it's so clean and short to the point. I have to say this was one of the most beneficial videos I've seen on procrastinating over my 27 years on this planet
Woah, thanks a lot for your encouraging words! You made my day. Thank you!
For real, except for that million views part....
Nah let this video be kept a secret between us elites....
Dont call me selfish 😅
Whenever I feel so stressed that I can't even begin to touch my books, I come here and watch this video. I instantly feel better. Thank you
Awesome! Thanks for sharing this with me.
The amount of resistance that affects us subconsciously is frightening. It's even tougher being consciously present enough to make any significant change and pushing through the mental resistance.
This is especially important info for Engineering students.
The engineering program at a typical university is so difficult that it forces the student to overcome their tendency to avoid studying and researching.
Been there, done that!
i've been facing same issue during my neet preparation
I just become so stressed that i just cannot learn anything. Its important to learn when you cannot function and come back when you’re at your top level again.
I am facing this problem at the moment; have for a long time now. Anyone got tips or guidance? What worked for you guys?
I highly recommend this incredible book The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Let me also share one of my favorite quotes "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts" by Winston Churchill
Keep going!
I think that quote helped my out a bit. Thanks
I had resistence even to watch this video
I had to open the video twice to finish watching it
Whenever I start some new reading, ppt making. After 30 minutes I felt like quitting. My brain signalled to take rest for 5 minutes by lying down. I listened to my brain and lied down. But when i woke up it was 2 hours passed and my brain was feeling foggy.
Today, by your video I understand what is actually happening.
Thank you ❤
Sometimes the discomfort makes me dig in my heels deeper then turn to substances to numb out.
Sometimes slowing down and letting it be there is better with Les’s kickback and less chances of drinking or whatever
I pushed myself earlier this year to do a bunch of stuff and then I had a complete burnout/ hardcore resistance in reaction to pushing myself when I felt uncomfortable
I am in college, and I have been feeling mental reistance for a long time it was hard to study and stay focus now. I feel I have made a step forward to overcome procrastination.
Good video, Mikey. Man, I fought-off, SO MUCH mental-resistance, in school. You are right. It is tough, to overcome. But, I like how you gave hope. The more it is fought; the easier it is to overcome. Thanks Mikey 🔥
Currently dealing a with mental block that has led me to be unable to do push ups. It’s been a battle every day. This has helped me understand what is happening. Thank you.
You’re welcome!
I aperantly have ms
in short 'a glitchy brain'
& been through my fair share of scary mental health phases that left me pretty much stumped, rooted and alone Into my confort zone without properly proceeding forward in life for the better.
But this video towards mental resistance
Helps break down mental barriers.
Thank You so much🙏✨
For me, it's no longer a matter of "letting" my emotions control me. I "am" my emotions and there is no person outside the emotion box that can divert a spiral like this. You need luck and resources to break out of this and there is no substitute.
I got a month before I write my Igcse and I’ve been feeling that mental block since the year began because I’ve been so afraid to fail and disappointed my parents everytime I do anything or study any subject it feels like my head wants to explode I just don’t wanna fail
You say right
We research for right mindset to do -
3:00 & 4:50
I will pay more attention to my Basal Gangeelooyah from now on
I was trying to find the right answer to my stress lately, after watching this video i understand that this is normal and should just keep working on the task at hand this in turn would lead to some change in the current coping mechanisms of my basal gangalia. Thank you Michael 🤟
"As your awareness increases, you'll likely be able to fight your mental resistance..." It feels like the best way to fight it is to be aware of it, accept it, and not fight it. A small effort at making a start is sometimes what's needed.
Indeed True! PFC is the key area of our brain involved in attention, motivation, and drive! Thank you for making this one. It's very informative and an eye-opener. Keep posting.
Dr Patel, as always, thanks for your support!
The knocking on her head whenever she sings 바보 (babo/pabo) always gets me! It's so cute! 🥰
This is honestly one of the best videos of its kind. I'm surprised it doesn't have more recognition. That line, "that's really what makes someone a professional..." really spoke to me. It's a hard pill to swallow and I needed to hear it. Thanks for workin' hard on this video and sharing it with us. Cheers!
Max, this made my day. Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know you found this video to be valuable!
Thank you, I found this really helpful. I am aware how much I allow resistance to affect me....even the thought of 'pushing through it' can cause hours of passive activity.....x
Happy to hear you found it helpful!
Great video.
I have been plagued by this mental resistance a lot, which often even leads to fear, as you say.
I made some insights recently about it, along the lines you speak of, though.
My previous response to that resistance and fear was that something was wrong and that I needed to stop what I was doing and find another way to do it in a way that didn't trigger the mental resistance. This was almost a hopeless task. I became too dependent on the mood I was in the current day or other factors I could not really control.
That created anxiety and a feeling of hopelessness. I really wanted to be productive, but I could not find the solution this way.
However, by accepting the mental resistance and fear and not seeing it as a singal to quit, but to try harder to keep focus and push through made a difference.
Especially an analogy to physical exercise is fitting here: What if you stopped running when you first found a little discomfort while running or stopped lifting weight when you felt it was a bit heavy? Then you would not improve at all. The discomfort there means you are getting to your limit and improving.
This is more than an analogy. It works the same way for mental exercise. If it gets hard mentally it means you need to cope with that and endure to build your mental muscles to be able to improve.
It might sound like a trivial insight, but it is not. Of course it is good to endure you might say, but actually realizing for yourself what that means is another thing.
It is extremely easy to listen to your feelings. If you feel discomfort it is very easy to think that you should stop doing what you are doing.
Wow, sounds like you’ve discovered some valuable insights! Thanks for sharing your comment!
@@MichaelUnks Thanks.
Comparing it to resistance in physical exercise helped me a lot. One needs to push through the resistance and not stop because it feels a little uncomfortable.
I was/is very good at overanalyzing my feelings and how to change them instead of just accept a little discomfort on the way.
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No, not trivial at all!! .. I am actually in the same place rn emotionally. I've been feeling soo dependant on whatever my mood is on a particular day, but I found your comment very insightful. Everyone can learn what pushing through discomfort means for themselves.. It's so empowering to find what we are capable of.
Anyway, thanks a bunch!! 👍😊
@@TheIllerX Ah overanalysing… my old friend. My brain loves analysing everything to the atomic level. Except why I keep having these blocks from even doing what I actually want to do. Thank you for your analogy & insight 😊
I found your video because every time I am tasked with writing papers (APA) I wait until the last minute and generally sit for hours unproductive, and get nauseated, tired and want to run away from my laptop and do anything else but write the stupid paper. Now I have an answer as to why this is happening.
That’s great to hear you doing this helpful. Thanks for watching, Jennifer!
Hi Mike thank you so much 4 this video. It surely helps me to understand my resistance. I was struggling finding why I tend to resist in so many aspects of my life. Now FOR ME thanks to the help of your video I can see clearly that one yes it is normal to feel fear of the outcome, fear of failure, fear of my own expectations and therefore I see that my focus is on the negative. This video helps me to bring to my attention to retake my focus on the right direction of not letting my emotions get on the way and see that feeling uncomfortable and committing to an effort and keep going is part of the process to accomplish wherever needs to be done. Your comforting words of It is OK it is normal to feel like this creates a ❤ secure feeling in me, that makes me feel confident. I guess it heals the trauma I got when is a child of being disapproved for everything I did not meeting the expectations of my caregivers. 😢 This video gives me subconsciously an approval of doing things right, no matter how they come about and propels me to take acction. I didn't realize that my resistance too comes from listening to those old, rotten voices that were still playing in my head. So when you say it is ok to feel uncomfortable, fear of and yet do it and you' ll get there, that alone removes stress, guilt and fear off my plate. And it adds permission, approval, undestanding, love and empathy to myself. Thank you..❤🎉
Awesome! Happy to hear that.
I'm having a serious one rn , since last Friday ive been feeling down and extremely lazy.i can't even go to the gym rn or go for walks I just want to stay inside all the time and previously I was okay being active , doing chores ,cooking now don't even want do a thing
What changed recently that has you feeling like this?
Excellent explanation about how stress impacts our creativity and ambition and what to do about it.
This was more helpful than all other videos on the subject combined, now I know what's wrong and how to take control of my life 🙏
That’s awesome!
This is an excellent video. Thank you, Michael. I appreciate how much accurate and meaningful information you manage to include in a brief and well-illustrated format. You provide a lot of insight into a very important topic in a simple way that is easy to absorb, and you don't shy away from the fact that we will still feel discomfort that we cannot think or imagine away. That's very valuable. I also really appreciate your definition of "professional" at the conclusion. I've been struggling mightily with resistance, especially in my work, and finally realized that my core problem is that I let my emotions control me. It was a surprise to hear my thoughts about professionalism expressed almost verbatim! Thank you for managing your resistance in order to complete this video. I look forward to learning more.
Wow, I really appreciate your feedback and happy to hear you got value from this video! What type of work are you involved in?
I am glad I stumbled upon your channel. This channel deserves a million subscribers. Keep posting❤
Thanks, I've been struggling with this and you explain it really clearly, I watched it then went straight on and did a live broadcast, something that I should have started doing a long time ago! 👍
Awesome!
Wow this video was calming, straight to the point and I liked to see that even making this video was a challenge in itself. In order to change we must change how we think and take action. Thank You!
Ah Yes thank you for this video! I guess this also what Julienhimself was talking about when he mentioned resistance in the unconscious
needed this
That’s great to hear you found it helpful!
Did it help?
I don't know who you are, but I want to say thank you for making this video. This helps me motivate to continue writing my novel.
Awesome! What’s your novel about?
Needed to hear this right now. Been struggling with this and now i have a solution finally!🥺 Great video! Thank you.
That’s great to hear this was valuable for you!
This is the second videos of yours I've listened to today and is already helping me understand some struggles I'm going through. Thank you so much. Your awesome.
Thanks a lot! It’s great to hear you’ve found them helpful
Brilliant explanation! Thank you 🙏🏻
Any tips on how to keep studying when you feel discomfort? anyone? 😪
You're such an inspiration to me. Please keep on making these videos!
Thank you so much for your support and I’ll keep making them! Are there any video topics you’d like to see from me? I can make a note and try to make it.
@@MichaelUnks This is something I dealt with growing up. I had this terrible stutter all throughout school and it played into effect through adulthood. No matter how much i told myself I'll break out of it and wrote "I will change myself" on paper, I still had terrible self esteem and anxiety. I'm much better now but I still struggle maintaining and showing it around new people. All I want to do is be a confident, powerful person. I'll give you the challenge of thinking of a topic based off what I said 👍🏾. I know you can do it, can't wait till I see the next video. Thank you.
Oh, you gave me plenty of thing to think about with this! Let me give this some thought and I can see what I come up with :)
@@MichaelUnks Definitely! Can't wait.
Im having one now. I can see the wall on the right side of my minds eye. All I want to do is take pooch for a walk and do shopping. It's feels like the resistance is pushing against me. 🤷♀️ may as well take both pooch and wall for a walk then 🤷♀️🐶
this video disserves more views100%
I appreciate it!
Thankyou
I DO find it very helpful thankssss
This is such an amazing and awesome video❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thanku so much
Thanks alot for this video.
the way this video stresses me out
This just changed my life, thank you ♥️
Wow, that’s great!
Great Video! Thanks!
Thnksss u explained in a much better way and now maybe i become aware of myself more thnkyouuuuu
this is the solution to achieving ya goals
how does this only have 500 views
I appreciate it! I try not to stress too much about views and try to put valuable content out there.
Good knowledge
Thanks Michael💯
You’re welcome!
Thank you so much, Michael. A lot of values.
Thank you for watching!
I've been building a company for the last year and now that it's starting to become profitable I find myself shying away from progressing and I don't understand why. I love what I do, it's my passion but my mind keeps shying away from progression.
Hmm…like you subconsciously think you don’t deserve the success you’re having or something?
Story of my life. I also realised my brain repeats the problem like a parrot. "I have an issue with X i don't know why"... which I think makes it worse. I'm trying affirming the opposite 1000X. I'll update you if it works.
@@MichaelUnks I wouldn't say that, I'd consider myself a confident person and I know my worth. I can't put my finger on it but its driving me crazy.
@@sweet77110 yep. Like a broken record!! Good luck buddy.
Super helpful!!
Man.. this makes so much sense. Thank you so much
I really glad to hear you found this helpful. Thanks for letting me know!
Nice video 👍👍have really struggled with resistance before
Thanks for watching and letting me know you got value from it!
Wow I’m subscribed!
Gang-Leah
thank you so much
Thank you it was just what I needed.
Thank you for the video.
You’re welcome 😃
Thank you so much for your videos ♥
Mikey you did a great job 👏
4:25 my faucet is exactly like that. the faucet at MY HOME
❤🎉 thank you Michael!!🎉❤
You’re welcome!
just here to say love you vids
I appreciate the support, buddy!
Thank you!
You’re welcome ☺️
wow nice video, you got a new subscriber
Thanks. I needed this.
You’re welcome!
Thank you soo much.
You’re welcome 😊
This was really great. Thanks for making it.
Thank you for watching!
Got me thinking again....
Good job!!
Thank you for your support and it’s great to hear it got you thinking!
I wonder how this coincides with development trauma and cptsd? Can I really just push past all my feelings and “just do it” instead of feeling sorry for myself and trying to fix myself
This helped me a lot today. Thanks
I’m happy to hear that. Thanks for letting me know!
Cool Video Man. You are solving problems. It is nice.
Your comment made my day. Thank you!
love it
Thank you!
What if you have no feelings?
that is so correct......great video...:) keep posting...
Thank you 😊
Worth it
Fighting the resistance to not wanting to go to work has not gotten easier over 3 years
i hate, those goofy ass corporate cartoon figures *-but i like what you are saying.*
Lol thanks
I don't get how knowing what causes the stress makes you work.
Love u broo ❤
Does this also apply for games?
I guess so
Goo video fella human.
4:50 - discomfort in the beginning
Loved it! Does it apply to adhd as well?
I would think so
Hi there, thanks - I found this helpful. How did you create this video? Via a software you did yourself, or did you send your voice recording to someone to create the video? Would love to know, as I've been interested in creating some animated videos like this. Thanks!
I used a software called videoscribe. It’s $170ish per year and provides graphics you can use for free. However, the free drawings are lower quality and you can buy better ones anywhere from $2 to $20 per graphic. I’ve sometimes spent close to $100 to provide quality animations, but once you buy them you can use them over and over again. I’d usually spend about an hour for every two minutes of video creating the animations for the voiceover
@@MichaelUnks Thank you, I had looked at videoscribe and some others, but found it hard to make a decision. It sounds like there is a lot of work involved in creating these videos, but I assume you do get more accomplished and producing them over time!
But is it always worth it not to follow the resistance of your brain?
And when should we resist our natural brain inclinations?
1. Yes it is worth
2. Every single time
Normally you do need to resist unless it is something actively harmful but mental block can literally destroy your life
why he quit 😢 RUclips its very bad
Gang-glee-uh
I accidentally learned brain science
❤
Anyone wanna buy my amygdala? No? Dang
Your story about having resistance to making your resistance video seems contrived. It is like making a video about the common cold and saying you caught it while making a common cold video. It is not important if you did or didn't. What matters is that you appear dishonest.
fear nothing but God. Allahu Akbar☝
Well im dying of cancer Michael so i dont see you in next video.
Hey man you still kickin?