Mental Health: A Conversation (ft. Gabbie Hanna) | Doctor Mike
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- Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2018
- Apparently, Gabbie and I love to chat all things health. So much so that we ended up getting two great videos from our ask doctor mike recording session. This is 27 minutes long but I felt wrong to cut anything out of it as it all seemed relevant and important.
This video is almost a completely unedited conversation we had when we first sat down to record the original Ask Doctor Mike video you saw a few weeks ago. We discuss the rise of anxiety and depression as well as some of the inaccurate portrayal of mental health currently in media. If you have comments or questions based on this video please do drop them down below so that I can address them.
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Thank God for a doctor who actually pays attention to the fact that your mental health and physical health are connected and who actually just spends time talking to patients about it instead of just pushing medications.
Yeah. I hate those who don't listen to you and just pushes you to take medications instead of talking to you and suggesting better treatments. Because sometimes, meds doesn't work. We have to eliminate the cause of our mental health problem💕
I understand your point about listening to patients, it is extremely important to address ones mental health however, medication is at times needed regardless of how one feels. IE Morphine for brutal wounds, Painkillers for burn victims, etc. Narcotics have a time and a place just as much as mental solutions like CBT. You need both in a real crisis
@@bryanfidelman3846 I know, that's why I said meds aren't enough. Or maybe I didn't. But anyway, that's my point
Yeah. Pill mills seem to be all the rage.
IKR
I hate it when patients don't think that physical pain and discomfort can be related to your mental state smh😤😤🤦♂️🤦♂️
*"You'll never know when something's hot unless you felt something cold"*
- Dr. Mike.
I love this, well said.
I have a whole list of amazing quotes from Doctor Mike in the back of my storage closet in my brain.
He been mewing since a baby. Dr.Mike Mew talks about horizontal and vertical jaw growth.
Yee
Wether or not you've met cold people, there's no denying the dude's really hot-
well i did have ice water in hand when i first came to this channel...
Me: *sees the words Mental Health*
Also me: "ooh time to relate" lol
Facts.
@@budsy08 i have severe anxiety and depression
@@aanabtahir3081 I have Severe Bipolar Depression, Borderline personality disorder and schizophrenia.
I have severe anxiety and adhd TwT
Aanab Tahir me too, but my friends and familie help me whit it.
You should make a series called “Coffee Chats with Dr. Mike”
He doesn’t like coffe but maybe
“Tea time with Dr. Mike”
@@leviewer7745 sounds good
@@leviewer7745 "green tea with Dr. Mike"*
Omg yessss
yassss
... When you said, "Why are you smiling?" I almost started bawling.
Chu Volpino can you give me time
@@dwagon3744 12:09
@@dwagon3744 12:08
Jasmin Kaur thanks
Same!!!! I was thinking wow I smile when I talk about a painful memory. “Why are you smiling?” Immediately gets a chill through my soul and feels!
I love how for most of this they’re talking to eachother and not just at the camera. They’re having a REAL conversation and I’m here for it❤️
Simply MeMe yeah it’s like a podcast
Thought the same! It's the first that caught eye.👐
Yes!!!
Ikr
As someone who spent most of my life being told I’m depressed and have sociopathic tendencies when that wasn’t correct I’m loving this video
I know that too.. I also have been told by some people that I'm a sociopath, or either that I'm highly empathic.. Totally make sense, right ? 🤷
Chances are if you have sociopathic tendencies most people wouldn't actually notice. I knowingly have sociopathic tendencies and over the last 20 years no one has noticed, or at least called me out on, me subconsciously manipulating them. Or that I lack a considerable amount of sympathy and empathy
@@Dr.Spatula I agree, I believe than individuals with sociopathic tendencies tend to be well integrated.
@@EIIy seems people have judged you alot. Empathy is important and I'm sure you are a very interesting person to talk to
@@rachaelford5525 Thank you. I've never received words as such, and I gladly accept them as I believe you are right. I realize now how many things have changed for me in only a 6 months span, and I am on the path of better understanding how my brain works. And I hope other might be too.. Those words will help at their scale
I'm astounded Gabbie is talking like she has authority and knowledge above and beyond Dr Mike who is an actual doctor with a medical degree and years of experience treating patients. Dr Mike was so polite when trying to correct all of her loud and incorrect statements. Bless him.
I’ve dealt with doctors that had years of experience under their belt and were completely wrong. Just because someone has a degree and experience doesn’t mean they are automatically right and never wrong no matter what. It’s really really really dumb to assume someone knows everything about everything. No one can ever know everything about everything. 😒 I’m in my 20s and I know this.
@@kimecosx I never said Dr Mike (or any Dr) was always right. Obviously they aren't, they're human. It is extremely rude to call someone "really dumb", you could really hurt someone by insulting them like that when you know nothing about them. In this video, Gabbie was talking as if she knew what she was talking about when she clearly didn't, and I was just saying Dr Mike handled the situation well.
@@kimecosx
Well yeah there’s that, but what the main comment was pointing out was the fact that Gabbie interrupted Dr. Mike several times.
Some of what he was trying to say, before Gabbie interrupted him, were obvious and good points of what should be shared in psychology, regardless of the experience. Of course, the more experience you have at something, the more in-depth you can go, which is what Dr. Mike mainly does when he tries to explain a piece of information, but again with Gabbie, she barely gave Dr. Mike that chance.
Although experience doesn’t make you the higher authority, it does make you someone worth listening to.
@@selksea3656 what was confusing about what I said? If you understand what was said then why the need to emphasize what i already understood? The fact that I can understand that perspective doesn’t automatically make it right. It’s just a perspective. When there’s multiple ones surrounded by the same topic being discussed. Yet you’re only willing to emphasize what your perspective is? Hmm 🤔
@@MusicalK93 uh, she DOES have a degree in psychology afaik
Therapist here. I love his channel in general, but this is the first time I've seen one of his MENTAL health videos and I am INCREDIBLY impressed. We are many times at odds with the gaps in knowledge of physicians (as they are with ours, though we generally fall on lower rungs of the decision-making ladder). I hope more docs are like him than I realize. Thanks for your great work
Agreed!
Addictions therapist here and I love how he brought up duel diagnosis.
Dalila Hajfani About the narcissistic personality disorder, really? Can’t rewatch at the moment, but all I remember him saying about it was just commenting on the general misconception/confusion of characteristics and a criteria-defined disorder....as well as the reality that many people display traits which fulfill one or a few criteria for disorders without sufficiently fulfilling the extent to which they would be diagnosed as actually having the disorder. Both of which points are accurate and extremely useful to acknowledge
...but maybe he made a more specific statement about the disorder that I’m just not remembering
You are good looking
Gabbie: most narcissists were raised that way not born that way
Mike: well yes but actually no
anyone: says almost anything medical-related
Dr Mike: *well yes but actually no*
She’s a narcissist herself so she would know
@@imaspecialgirllalala lmao. but narcissists are almost never self aware. thats the big issue with that disorder
Venessa Bosquez did you not watch the video? Why are you trying to diagnose Gabby? It’s not your place.
Jazmin Lopez thank you
Gabbie needs to come back and watch this video so she stops calling Jessie Smiles a narcissist and abuser
When I was in therapy, my therapist, to every time I said "it could have been worse", he always asked "why are invalidating your situations?"
That’s extreme - at most we invalidate ourselves when we say “could be worse” ...
That hit hard.
Meghan Reamer or you could be trying to count your blessings so to speak.
Oof. The amount of people who abused me as a child, then I was told “it could have been worse.” This hit different.
My best friend's mom is a foster mother. I met so many girls that had horrible things happen to them. That's where I saw that my issues didn't hold a candle to what they went through. That's why I always said to him it could have been worse.
Idk why but the part where he asks why are you smiling when you are telling a painful memory really resonated with me
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A lot of people do this. Defense mechanism? I’d love to know the science behind it. There in fact are real reasons why we do things.
I smiled when he said that XD Just triggered a thought
I feel like things can get so bad to the point that its darkly funny (like a dark sense of humor) if that makes sense. So sometimes people will laugh at there bad experiences but then cry at the same time.
Coping mechanism. That's how I see it, as I have done it many times before. Also, it just feels like a big 'thank you for not ignoring it'.
*The smartest people in the world, will be the first people to tell you they don’t know.*
Nobody knows everything
Bts infires me to be the skinniest legend Smart comes in different shapes. Good grades often come from smart people that have a good memory for tests. Wisdom doesn’t come with test scores.
Omg literally as he said that I read your comment. Woahhhhh
Im sorry to joke on such a nice quote but......
Thats why during exams the smart kids say i dont knw the answer but put it down on paper any way!!🤣🤣🤣
There's 'you don't know what you don't know', and then there's 'you know you don't know everything'. The two statements highlight a difference in thinking that separates healthy curiosity from unadulterated humility.
Gonna be honest, I was kinda getting annoyed with how often she was interrupting you.
SAME!! She’s so grueling to deal with and, from what I hear, intolerable.
December Sfy
You’re..very mean 🥴
"People get mad at me for crying" *laughs to hide the pain*
Ha. Hahaha. Much laugh. °_____°
Livin that life.
@@whisperycub same
I wanna sit down with him and talk and ask questions because I feel like I could learn so much from this dude, not only health related stuff but just life in general.
Don't let Mike be your only source of your education. There are loads of other vloggers out there. 😊 Hi-five for being able to educate yourself. That shit is really important.
@@ThePizzaMan_ can you reccomend me some educational youtubers
@@ThePizzaMan_ yeah, educate ourself is important and can you suggest one educational youtubers
@@zaimzainal6635 Check kurzgesagt if you haven't already
@@IronInforcersecond oh thank you,
I love it when you two make videos together! :D You should do something over on Gabbie’s channel.
pinkbunnygirl43 omg I used to watch your videos when I was younger!
She makes me nervous. I don't like her at all. She's nuts. If she shows up I'm out of here.
Interesting reading some of these comments and relating them back to the topics in the video (narcissism, judging people...)
Mike isnt single
Holy smokes pinkbunnygirl!
You videos are amazing!
“There’s a difference between psychopathy and sociopathy - one’s born and one is raised.” Where does she get her info from? This is crudely oversimplified. There are components of nature and nurture in both disorders.
No, not really 🤦
Neither are recognized as professional diagnoses anymore, and are both grouped under antisocial personality disorder; however, in this context, psychopathy is said to be a physical underdevelopment of the amygdala, which controls emotions, and the ability to care about consequences or feel empathy, often resulting in disorganized, aggressive behavior; sociopathy has similar lack of empathy or antisocial behavior, but is developed as a response to pervasive childhood trauma and response to an unhealthy environment, leading to higher functioning and the capacity to “chameleon” into societal norms and expectations.
She apparently has studied psychology 🙊... but now she is calling everyone who speaks up against her psychopaths and narcissists, which is funny as in ironic... like here she is literally being lectured about the EXACT reason why people can't just call people etc etc just because seeing how damaging it is - yet now she is calling EVERYONE all kinds of things, and blames her having ADHD... which is interesting because ADHD does not make you a shitty person 🙊. She has a discord where she tells her stans to attack all and everyone who says against her... even smaller accounts with little reach... like why... the irony is strong watching this video now...
@@Larak333 Where did you find this info? I’m a research psychologist but ASPD isn’t my specialty so I’m not always up to date on the breakthroughs. I’ve never heard of any research on the amygdala in these cases beyond antisocial personality traits in general. I’d love to see this study!
gabbie is literally trying to self-diagnose with every new symptom MENTIONED.
Which is not something people do if they believe they have access to accurate professional diagnosis.
I don't like Doctor Mike's take on self-diagnosis because it misses this point. The potential problems with self-diagnosis aren't very relevant unless / until we understand and address the reasons why people rely on self-diagnosis. The answer to "are people doing the right thing?" doesn't matter unless we also ask "why are people doing this?"
As a psychologist, I'm very glad you shared this on your channel.
awesome
Yes!
Especially discussing duel diagnosis. As an addiction therapist so many of my patients are self-medicating serious MH disorders.
Then you should know that the only people that should give therapy are psychologists, no other doctors.
Thank you for talking about mental health without judgement. This is the right way of starting a conversation.
Tainã Souza it is important to continue chatting about mental health 💜
As an Asian person (Filipinos are Asians too, lol), it was hard for me to admit that I had depression to my family. Because it's not talked about in the Asian community as much. But we all know that the pressure of being a child of an immigrant, or a child of an Asian parent puts a lot of pressure on us. It's because they want to realize their dream of being successful on us, or they don't want us to suffer the same sacrifices they went through all their lives. They all thought I would be a doctor, but I'm not. I haven't even finished my B.S even though I started college back in 2011. Why? Because the classes were too hard for me. It got so bad that I blew up one night because my mom was nagging me and I just said: "I wanted to kill myself all summer long", but I couldn't do it. My whole family heard me and they consoled me throughout the night. They stepped back and they never mentioned once again if I want to go back to school or not. I went through therapy, but I found that the most helpful is to talk to my family about what I'm feeling and ask for help. Don't wait up until it's almost too late. Ask for help because asking for help lifts that burden. And when that's lifted, everything else will be easier to do.
I appreciate that you talk about these things because its not something that people normally talk about that needs to be shared. Love the hardwork you do, thank you.
Listening to him is like guided meditation
For real
I actually started watching his videos before bed and found that i sleep so much better, I fall asleep faster, i dont wake up stiff and still exhausted, its insance
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Smiling while talking about something painful... Yeah, that's me alright...
That's almost everyone now...
Means you're strong mentally tbh... I cry a lot to my therapist because I have a lot of emotions and I can't control them
I only do that if I don't know the person or am not close to them like if I'm talking to my teacher that I'm close to I'm not afraid to cry
did you see my bag? I would (respectfully) disagree. I often talk about depression and anxiety in a sarcastic tone or whilst laughing, and whilst I know that that shows I’m comfortable with it, which is good, I think there is a certain strength in being able to let your guard down around people. In my opinion, everyone needs someone to let their emotions out around, and it’s good that you have someone. This is, however, just an opinion, and I can see why some would think otherwise: both sides of the argument are valid.
Me laughing and smile whilst explaining to my counselor that I missed a week of school and am behind in math because I watched my grandfather die during that week and after he died we had to take care of my grandma and clear out his hoarding room. IKR is hysterical 🤣 and I’m smiling whilst writing this literally I have a problem with repressing bad memories. 😕
I love how she’s trying to tell him his wrong
Women are always right? 😂
Made Evan P
No
@@humanposer6433 well I know that, but it's a common thing that they say
@@evansphenomenal not always
@@bartholomew9866 not saying always
"You're the doctor; I'm not going to debate you on it at all."
Mmm...but you just were.
And then continued to for the rest of the video
This is a conversation the internet needs to hear
Agreed 👍🏻
i have social anxiety but in my head and dreams i’m always very outgoing and ‘cool’ , have many friends etc.
am i the only one who’s like this??
Nope.
LunaTheShiba nopee, I have extreme social anxiety too and I do that :,) it’s kind of a coping mechanism and an escape for me
@@jyotirbhasingh8404 nope
Same!
LunaTheShiba this attacked me omg 💀
As a mental health therapist, insurance companies want us to give our clients diagnoses after a 15-20minute consultation. It’s disgusting. And it’s the only way for many people to get access to most treatments.
That’s super sad, I didn’t receive my formal diagnoses for most until at least a few sessions. I also did t receive one of them until after a year of sessions. Then again, I am a private pay client.
I don't really like Gabbie for the things she has done, but I appreciate Mike giving a lot of information and I love how respectful and honest he is
She’s very annoying, she talks about things she doesn’t fully understand.
It's a little ironic that her mental health has gotten worse since this video was made.
People also don't talk about to this stuff because of stigma.
Indeed
Stigma? MORE LIKE L I G M A
You're absolutely right. Once you get that label slapped on you, people do not forget about it or ever let you forget about it either. Anything that ever happens, it can be thrown in your face. "You're crazy, you're on Prozac and other psych meds, you're in therapy..." so seeking help and letting people know then turns into being discredited and disregarded in almost every situation. You have to keep it to yourself or you're going to be mistreated and belittled for the rest of your life.
But it’s such a good song... sorry, bad joke
pinkieskeelo the stigma is still here. Like, if I went into a doctors, said that I had bipolar or some other type of mental disorder and I drank everyday, I’d be blacklisted off any (normal) meds for say, pain. There’s reason for stigma.
Imagine Shane here....it would be dark...in a good way! he has such insane and outside of the box thoughts! would love him if he talked about mental health!
and his poor hemmroids 😂
This aged poorly
@@frannychessca IFKR HE (DR. MIKE) EVEN LIKED THE COMMENT I WANNA DELETE IT DFUJLDFSAGB
Yes!!!!
gabbie: *tries to talk about mental illness with a professional*
dr mike: well yes but no
I just realized gabby through most of the interview says 'this' then Mike says no and then she's sitting there nodding and saying right.
This video should be trending!! Bring awareness and help those people! There's not enough funding to help anymore!
Yes as someone who suffers from disorders I can agree. The state ran facilities here just want to put you on A tin of downers to keep you mild and controlled.
@@teriffictyrant4256 I agree
Gabbie trying so hard not to show her attraction to him 😂
Hahah, her body language tells
So true😂
Me at any attractive guy within a 5-mile radius from me
Omg. She's in absolute love.
She reminds me of a gerudo
does gabbie not remember this conversation about narcissism?
gabbie learned nothing about labeling people with mental health diagnosis.
You really need a podcast. I wish this was longer
Yes! Double yes!
@Ben G If you mean make a video of attending to a patient, that'd be a serious breach of privacy wouldn't it? I'm 100% here for a podcast if he chooses to do one though, it's a wonderful idea imo
@Ben G his free time......is when he would do the podcast obv.
Do a video with *SHANE DAWSON*
Yeeeeeessss... that would be great. 👌👌👌
Oh my god yesssssssss
Yaaaaaasss
That would be a disaster 😂😂. Shane is quick to jump to theories and early to conclusions where Doctor Mike needs proof and conclusive studies before coming to any sort of conclusion.
Shane would just make those faces and laugh during a serious conversation
Ugh. ‘I’m not gonna debate you at all I’m just gonna argue and interrupt 💁🏻♀️’ cannot stand her.
Dr. Mike, you have inspired me to take myself seriously. I have been through a lot in my life. My mental health lately has been horrible. I deal with major depression and extreme anxiety. I am also very afraid of hospitals and doctors in general. Watching your videos and hearing you talk about the importance of your physical and mental health gave me the boost I needed to go to a doctor and begin getting the help I need. I am now in weekly therapy and taking medications to improve my mental and physical health. Thank you for your videos and for being an inspiration. You have truly helped me in realizing that I need to take care of myself better.
I think it's awesome you're stressing the importance of the social determinants of health when diagnosing illness. I really wish more doctors would go beyond the physical to see what the cause of the illness. The problem with today's medical care if it's reactionary, rather than preventative.
Emotional and physical health are so connected. I have bad acid reflux as it is, but it's so much worse and hard to manage when my anxiety is really bad.
Radish totally true! I find that any type of stomach issue really exacerbated my anxiety
Radish did anxiety ever cause you fevers? Like just random fevers, not headaches from the attacks or anything.
I have a severe skin condition and yeah it makes it a lot harder to feel confident
Omg same, I thought it was just me!
same... i hate it.
"why are you smiling?"
Oh god i cried at that. Thank you both for this, im glad ppl are able to talk about it and esp a medical professional. Idk how many times my docs have ignored my mental health during checkups and just tell me to "lose weight" when its clear thats not my main issue
It's crazy how "know it all" and matter of fact she talks about psychological disorders to a doctor. Even me who has taken a handful of college level psychology courses would never talk this way about a disorder and definitely not to a doctor.
It's infuriating
I thought the same thing
She studied psychology
I do the same thing with my doctor also and even my therapist i kinda get what Abby might be thinking and i kinda lost trust in the medical industry even though I have quite a lot of different health issues
I think she has a degree in psychology
Honestly, this has probably been my favorite video on your channel! I loved hearing you talk so in depth about mental health and tuning in with our emotions. I liked the fact that you two were having a conversation and not just spitting out facts and opinions. I wish this video were longer!
A lot of people don’t know this about somatic complaints and anxiety/depression. Great video
brooke elle Do therapists have their own therapist's 🤔
Jason Voorhees yes!
When this topic was mentioned in the video, I instantly remembered a book, Stephen King's Pet Sematary from 1983, where this is brought up. A family mom always gets a cold if she has to attend a funeral. It seems to be a way of avoiding going to one due to a trauma from childhood. Her husband is a medical doctor, and suspects this. If I remember right, he knows her somatic symptoms are real but believes she has no clue that it's actually triggered by anxiety. I can't remember how that small storyline went in the book. It may have been completely forgotten later on because they get worse problems soon enough. Sometimes even popular fiction brings things like this up, as "far back" as 80's.
I have been diagnosed with anxiety and depression. One of my favorite sayings is "I have depression. It does not have me." I am grateful that you both are public figures who are very open about Mental Health and normalizing it.
Powerful.
dr mike: repressed emotions can cause physical symptoms
every person with PTSD: AAAAAAAAAAMEN
because she was so open with her mental health that helped me be less embarrassed about my tourettes i have started going out in public and not caring what nasty and disproving looks i get from people. thanks!
Omg that's amazing those people can't judge you they truly can't understand. You go girl
@@mariafletcher36 thanks :)
I was never diagnosed with Tourette but as a child I had so many ticks, other kids used to make fun of me. In high school I used to repress my ticks and go tick out in the bathroom , I was so embarrassed it was terrible.. The summer after high school I went on a vacation with a friends family. At some point we were partying and I got drunk and I just straight up opened up to my friends mum and told her wtf was wrong with me and that I was having ticks. Surprise ! She knew what ticks were and had suffered from them earlier in her life ( I made her want to tick out bad 😅) but once we talked about it I was like "that was it ?" the thing I was so afraid to talk about all my life, everyone knew I had them but I never addressed it.. after that I told my friends which totally understood. I dated afterwards and once I got close to the girl I dated I explained what ticks were to her.. She was so understanding and loving and it made me wish I had opened up about my ticks a long time ago. Explaining helps to clear up misconceptions and confusion .. Btw I'm going to marry that girl next year , and I don't give a f If I'm so excited about my marriage that I'm going to tick out.. It's me and that's it 🤗😉👌
Yass bich we love❤️
wish u the best Alli❤️ be confident you’re beautiful
This is so great! I love how you didn't cut anything out of the video, I felt so included watching and definitely did learn a few new things! PLEASE do more of these!
"you're in a job interview you can't just start sobbing about something that happened in childhood" - hold my beer :D
Well true lol 😂😂
"Monsteeeeeeeeerrrrrr" little did she know about becoming a meme xD
This is by far my favourite RUclips video, to date.
Advocating the importance of mental health and having the courage to seek assistance can be so difficult. That in itself, seeking help, can usually cause anxiety. This stigma in our society unfortunately will never end. Acquainted or not, those around us depending on the circumstances may isolate themselves and/or possibly inflict pain to themselves.
It will take a lot of time. But, I hope this and any other videos advocating mental health witll help society to acclimate. Especially, to assist those struggling to take a step forward and understand how important it is by seeking help.
Thinking about my anxiety causes anxiety
Thank you Dr. Mike for such an educational and entertaining video at the same time!
I've been watching a lot of your videos for a short while, but just starting to find these old gems. As someone in your generation with severe mental health issues this is pure gold. Thank you.
Gabbie:9pm Gabbie is less obnoxious
Me:Not that much less😬😂
I agree with you, people tend to diagnose people just by meeting them once or observing them once. They think they know everything about mental health when in reality they do not
mike: i’m not even gonna judge them
gabbie: “i will”
So happy to see the conversation about emotional suppression causing back pain! I just recently stumbled onto this myself and after struggling with an immense amount of neck and back pain for 15 years and not seeing lasting results with the help of doctors, I am finally staring to feel better. A week after I saw, and read a book published on this, my therapist introduced the same concept from a slightly different angle and also included the vegus nerve and it has truly changed my world. I was taking several melatonin tablets before bed and would still toss and turn for 2 hrs when I only had 3 or 4 before I needed to be up. Simply taking deep breaths that specifically reach under my bellybutton now allow me to fall asleep almost immediately. My therapist explained that the breaths reaching under the bellybutton communicate to the brain that you are safe allowing your brain to feel safe with you going to sleep. I would love to see more on this. It can really change so many lives. Thank you Dr. Mike and Gabby, you're the best!!
Edit - Just got to him mentioning the books I came across by Dr. Sarno!
Dr.Mike:talking about mental disorders
Me:is he wearing two watches
One is a watch one is a Fitbit type of thing.
Or one could be a smart watch. When I was a CNA, I had to have a analog watch with a seconds counter on it.
@Isis Abernathy lol he actually argues in a video that one is a watch and one is a fitness tracker known as a fitbit. I personally think its freakin hilarious.
*Gasp* Shocking news
I think he is wearing the regular watch since he is a doctor and needs the ticks on the watch for heart beats
Entertainment & Education? Dr. Mike is the whole package👌🏻
I love this video! So happy to hear people talk about mental health. I’m working to become a mental health nurse and it always makes me so happy that we are finally trying to approach things differently than we have done in previous years and show that you don’t have anything to be ashamed of, it’s just another part of your personality. It is something that can be treated and managed, and for some people can actually positively affect them in a lot of ways as well
Good for you. Nursing is very difficult. We definitely need more mental health nurses.
It's refreshing to see a doctor that takes the time to talk to their patients to see how they're doing. My doctor spends most of her time typing on her computer when she is in the room with me and barely speaks
Somehow my heart feels a bit lighter listening to this conversation because of how much it relates, and i really love you guys for starting this conversation, thank you! (Can't believe that I've been subscribed to you for so long but today is my first time seeing this video, glad & grateful for the infos)
Can you imagine a Shane/ Dr. Mike Collab? 😍
Rawad Rizk OMG YES!!
This needs to happen now
Ugh no! He wouldn’t take it seriously
omg thats perfect. shane is good at thinking of questions and dr. mike is good at answering them
I think shane would annoy dr Mike tbh
Doctor Mike should make a podcast
Yes please
I can say I really appreciate how well he listens and how patient he is.
He has a very peaceful tranquil presence! I could tell that if he were my doctor I'd feel really comfortable around him, as he is one of the people who truly listen and are deeply interested in others.
Everybody always comments on his looks yet his qualities are so profound!
Doctor mike is so well spoken omg the way he talks, always without fail makes me understand things I never did before I literally love watching his videos
Smiling while telling a painful story 🙋♀️. My fiancé and I split up in the spring and it took me months to start grieving the relationship and accept that it should hurt for a while.
This is such a wonderful video.
I never comment but this was such a good video. I will use this vid for a big project for school about psychology. I learned a lot thank you so much :)
As a psychology student seeing Dr.Mike talking about mental health and the Psychological /Clinical P.O.V of it is honestly so cool . I love this.
Never realized how much I needed someone to talk about some of these topics. This video means a lot to me, so thank u❤️ Also I love all of your videos!
I completely agree that doctors are too quick to diagnose mental disorders, but as someone who suffers from autoimmune diseases and other chronic illnesses unrelated to my mental health, my diagnoses were delayed about 4 years because of this narrative that mental health is creating physical symptoms. A good example of this is my POTS-Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. So many doctors tried to tell me it was just anxiety; that it was all in my head; that I needed Cymbalta or another antidepressant; that my rapid heart rate was conditional to stress and anxiety attacks and not my upright standing. Eventually, referral after referral, I finally got a tilt table & was diagnosed properly. I never personally dealt with anxiety until I went through my diagnostic process. Having a doctor illegitimize your physical symptoms by claiming they have mental origins is just as detrimental to a patient’s physical and mental health. This isn’t to say that mental health doesn’t have physical symptoms, or that it’s not extremely important for doctors to identify/raise concern about, but doctors are so quick to deny testing or not listen to symptoms and concerns, because the easy route is to write it off as mental and avoid any testing that would prove otherwise. I understand there are studies that have shown this correlation of physical pain with mental health, but the chance is higher that there is a physical ailment at play.
yyyyyeeeeeeeeees. I stand by this 100 percent. Id love to see dr mike talk about this. It's so frustrating and it happens ALL the time to chronic illness peeps
Agree!!!! Was going to write something similar!! I also suffer from autoimmune and chronic pain/illness. Late diagnoses by over 5 years because "oh it just stress. Oh just anxiety. Take these meds". 10 years and 15 different meds later it never helped. And I get talking about pain and mental health, but having been through the worst of it, I also can't dwell on it or I feel even more shitty if that makes sense.
YES!!! I have POTS, too, in addition to several other chronic illnesses. It took me 5 to get diagnosed and figure out why I was fainting and hitting my head :/. In fact, it was 5 years before anyone even mentioned POTS. There were several doctors who brushed me off because I looked like a "healthy young woman." And maybe I did look like that, but I sure didn't feel like that. It's extremely irritating and made me want to almost stop seeking medical help at all when I needed it. But luckily, there are still good doctors around. It can just take some time and effort to weed through and find the good ones.
POTS stinks. I was actually diagnosed by my ear doctor. My pcp who is actually good with my rare EDS diagnosis had no clue why I kept getting dizzy and sent me to my ENT (ear doctor) thinking it was ear related. My ENT knew POTS was common in people with EDS and did a poor man's tilt table test to diagnosis my POTS.
THANK YOU for explaining the difference between symptoms and a disorder. Anxiety is tossed around so much that it is brushed off as nothing. My niece has an actual anxiety disorder that seriously impacts her life and her middle school keeps brushing it off like "all kids get anxious at this age". Or "She is overreacting she does not need to be anxious about this". No kidding. That is why she is diagnosed with an anxiety DISORDER, because it is not rational or in proportion to the situation. Just telling her to nit be anxious doesn't help. We finally had to bring her mental health provider to a meeting to explain the difference. And that just because she smiles at school does not mean she is happy. She is hiding it because she does not feel safe to express it at school.
My brother committed suicide a few months ago. One of the biggest reasons why he never saw someone (therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, etc.) was, and I quote, he "didn't want to know if there was something wrong with him". The stigma around labels is incredibly damaging and leads to real, horrifying consequences. I have severe ADHD, and we suspect that he had it as well (we believe that the main "trigger" for his suicide was doing badly in college).
so sorry
I'm so sorry for your loss. It is so hard to lose someone to suicide. There are a lot of questions that go unanswered.
Sorry for your loss ❤️
So sorry to hear about your brother my little cousin killed himself and it's tough because he also didn't have anyone to talk bout his problems. Hope you have a good support system during this rough times.
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He really was trying to say she looks likes a dinosaur and a couch lol
I love how he liked this
How tho
He liked this! 🤣
Why did he like this though?😂
Imao he liked this
I am addicted to your videos Dr. Mike. I just learned your vids today talking about Novel Corona Virus, and after that I subscribed and watched your vids 4 hrs now. It is very educational and fun at the same time. Thank you!!
Yes, I love this kind of content, I find this information so informative and fascinating. Thank you for speaking on this, there's a lot of misinformation on RUclips
I find it hilarious that they’re inconspicuously throwing shade at Shane Dawson series about sociopaths
Just seeing this now- this is awesome!!!!!! I'm loving learning how to have honest communications with everyone, and how important it is to have that talk with people in life. Thanks for this!
I hope to see more videos about mental health, I feel there are so many questions that everyone needs/want answers but don't know where to get clear information or afraid to go to a doctor. I love and appreciate all your videos, ever since I started watching I've invested into my mental and physical health more and have gotten my family to start taking care of themselves more. Keep up the good work, you are helping so many people and spreading a fantastic message to the world.♡
Man I'd love if you do a video with Colleen about pregnancy struggles!
Darcy Bhaiwala or pregnancy myths or like myths about women’s health and biology
You should do a collab with Molly Burke!!
Rebekah Koloda that would be awesome
waiting for that
YES im so for thattt
I would sooo watch that
Yes!
20mins of dr mike and gabbie staring at each other while my brain is being enlightened. 10/10 will recommend
Also, REALLY appreciate your empathy and ability to be SO caring
Have you ever thought about doing a video about anesthesia awareness?
Like how often that kind of stuff happens and what happens if a patient tells you that they felt everything that you did while surgery?
Do surgeons believe the patients or just ignore it? Like what would you do when a patient told you that?
Roni V loveee this topic
You gotta understand that that surgeons tend to be objective and only work on proof and evidence, if you know the amount of pre operative drugs that you are given in order to give you complete sense of nonexistence and amnesia you wouldnt believe it if someone told you oh i was aware during that, because it just doesnt make sense, specially while the EKG monitor is working and they can track your awareness levels.
Roni V
This topic sounds interesting, but just from the top of my mind. Wouldn’t the patient react to the doctor cutting them open?
DawiT
anesthesia awareness is about your body being paralysed bc of the drugs they give you, but your mind, therefore you, still being conscious and still being able to feel everything they are doing to your body, but bc of the paralysis you’re under, you’re not able to move or do anything with your body to signal them that you are still conscious, so you can basically feel everything they’re doing during the operation. A lot of people who said that they’ve experienced this explained that it feels like torture and people have actually killed themselves after experiencing such an traumatic event.
I‘m just really curious about how often those kind of things happen and how it’s treated by doctors
And liquid morphine
I literally honestly think this is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen on RUclips, this is quality content 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 this conversation has opened my eyes up to so many things and I understand my own issues more now that before. So thank you for explaining everything in such a beautiful way and for being an inspiration to all of us 🙌🏻🙌🏻❤️
I always enjoy watching your videos because you really do teach me a lot and you have so much knowledge and think differently than other doctors do, you show you truly care and want to help people even if it’s trough watching your channel. Thank you 🙏🏼
Dr. Mike you are one of a kind! This was such an enlightening and relatable conversation.. you put soo much effort in what you do ! You have no idea how many lives you touch.. I wish u nothing but the best. ❤️
Please make a whole video on eating disorders from the perspective of a doctor.
I'd love that. Especially binge eating disorder which is still so unknown.
Kiameri people automatically think of anorexia, but you're right, there are many more eating disorders.
I really like the format where it is just a conversation. Your other ask doctor mike videos have been conversations as well but the lack of edits and jump-cuts makes it seem so much more real and interesting and shows how you really know what’s happening.
Thank you for talking about the Narcissist issue! I’ve been telling people this for a while, and they are stuck on calling everyone with the traits a full on Narcissist-it’s inaccurate.
Post-traumatic growth! Thank you, Mike! I had never heard of that, but it completes a puzzle that had left me confounded for years!
I sat down to this video with a cup of tea and boy do I feel nourished! Thank you, Dr. Mike, for shedding light on the link between mental and physical health. My stomach is affected whenever I'm stressed, I hear bad news and within minutes of it, boom, stomachache. I'd love to watch more videos where you go in-depth on any topic. Also the way you two talked, patiently listening, with the perfect blend of humor and honesty.. I appreciate that
Fizza Ali I no longer go to public school, but every time i drive close to the school, I get queasy. I always had big anxiety and stress about school, and just driving close to the building can cause physical symptoms. Looks like we both have big gut/digestive system stress responses.
I have the same issue. Really bad anxiety, I’ve gotten a handle on it now, but whenever it acts up, I get a terrible stomachache. If it’s really bad, I’ll get a headache and all over body aches and occasionally feel dizzy too. It’s kind of awesome in an awful way that our brains are powerful enough to make us feel like we’re potentially going to die.
You are BLOWING MY MIND. I've had back pain for nearly 5 years -- struggle with anxiety and some depression and recently started tackling issues I had suppressed from my childhood. This is so eye opening. I wish I could have a few sessions with you. I'm incredibly passionate about this topic. You're awesome!! :-)
I agree I like that this is talked about because I hate talking about my mental health disorders. I feel so strange talking about them. I have anxiety and depression, and I have struggled with self harm and eating disorders like anorexia. Yikes even typing this was hard😬
I just want to say I appreciate how you explained mental health, specifically about repressing emotions and putting up a front basically, in a clear, easily digestible way without sharing graphic detail. Unfortunately, people don’t realize that there are people who can’t handle that, at least for that moment in that quick instant. Thank you, for everything you do ❤️
Woah. 2 of my fav youtubers and something that relates to my life on so many levels. Love love love this.