Jim Carrey on Depression: "Your body needs deep rest."
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I'm glad that people as famous as Jim Carrey are talking about mental health.
He's right on!
Many creative people such as actors, musicians, comedians, writers and painters suffer from depression.
He is woefully unqualified to do so.
We should totally listen to celebrities about everything in life. I mean they are entertainers after all. 😂😂😂😂
@@worldsgreatestimpressionis6462 He was asked a question I believe, and he answered as best he could I think, without going into a deep dialogue. I think he’s right. Too many people confuse sadness or grief with Depression.
HIS EX GF HUNG HERSELF FROM THE STAIRCASE IN HER HOUSE
Depression can also be the exhaustion from repressing 'negative'/'not pretty' feelings.
Thank you for your comment. It was very insightful and helped me. I never thought about it that way.
You're absolutely right. For me, it isn't just sadness but also anger. I have repressed rage inside of me that manifests itself in all kinds of ways; exhaustion, sadness, lack of interest in things I used to enjoy, as well as physical anxiety causing stomach pain. It's something I've struggled with since I was a teenager, and I didn't realize at the time how fucked up my childhood really was.
@@deannajohnson4928 have you ever listened to the "fuck that meditation" on yt? It's great for people who have similar issues:)
@@amygerstle2037 thankyou for giving me that feedback, I hoped it might help some people :)
@@deannajohnson4928Thank you. I will screen shoot this for reference. Fits me to a tee but I couldn’t find the words myself.
Holy crap this is one of the most eloquently succinct ways I’ve ever heard depression described… Jim is too real for this world.
🤦He’s a Hollywood puppet. He’s tickling your ears
@@Ephesians-ts8ze these people sure are idiots they're the type to say oh my God his so similar to me
@@Ephesians-ts8zeno he’s not🙄 he speak out against hollywood every chance he gets which is why he left the industry.
@@pryncess-khousen975 you have no clue how controlled opposition works. “The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.” ~Vladimir Lenin
He played so many comedic roles but suffered in silence behind the scenes. Just like Robin Williams. Thank you Jim for speaking about it.
Was he playing Biden ?😅😂😂
@@michellekatz1023 wtf has that got to do with anything said here?
"Jim Carey talking about depression, this random guy is talking about how Robin Williams also suffered with depression, how can I make this about Biden..." 🤷♂️
@@michellekatz1023 You guys should try being human beings once in awhile. It would help the country so much.
Jim Carrey is TRULY an international treasure. His comedy has been so therapeutic for so many.
Everyone Relax...truly, you all so picky and hateful over a wordslip. Let us all take a breath and be kinder to others, including these youtube forums. WTF. GROW UP N GOD BLESS. MR CARREY HAS A GOOD WAY OF THINKING HERE...THATS IT.
When people started saying Jim lost the plot, that's when I think he actually found it. ❤
However this is nonsense. Because depression is a literal chemical imbalance in your brains reward center. It's not necessarily related to any situation in your life. It can be hereditary
no, he is actually crazy
so true, people of substance know He is of substance.
@@deon9981
While it's true depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain, and people can have a genetic predisposition to developing it... Environmental and social factors are often overlooked.
Chemically, what happens in the depressed brain of a battered spouse who carries early childhood trauma and lives an isolated life of misery, is the same as what happens in the brain of someone who "has it all", yet is depressed.
For a lot of people, changing their situation will be part of curing (or coping with) depression.
Side note: We need endorfines and it's ok if they are switched on by things that come from a box.
If that's what helps, that's what helps.
@@krabz9390 Then don't listen to him, or let him make you laugh. He doesn't seem to care and neither should you.
Grief (sadness) ebbs and flows, depression is like a heavy blanket you cannot discard.
Damn this "Your Body does not like the Avatar you've created" hits HARD!
❤
Waw that hit hard. I think as an adult we have this avatar at least I do. It's exhausting.
This is very hard. Nobody actually knows the real me. They see that stupid Avatar, the unreal image that I created. So lonely as I think nobody likes me. They like my Avatar.
Comedians have some of the highest rate of depression. Being funny from as far as childhood is there coping device.
Did his girlfriend really kill herself? 😢
I suffer from crippling depression that still rules a good portion of my life, and I'm currently working my way out of a psychosis from my most recent episode. I've recently developed a sense of humor out of it though, and that is legit one thing that keeps me interacting with people. It gives me a reason to smile along even if it's not for myself. While people are still confusing and difficult for me to understand, when I see a joke or something silly I say lands and the laughter is genuine- that's what makes me feel at least a little something.
@@cartergomez5390 Yeah, that took a major toll on him.
It really does seem to be true, friend. R
this dude doesn't know shit about depression in his mansion.
Sadness is temporary but depression stays with you like a shadow.
The best definition of depression I've ever heard...
Absolutely 💯 👏🏽 👏🏽
Except that depression is actually a very common biological response to stress. And how we handle this depression and the things we do to solve it define how long it lasts, and how much of our life it affects.
Personally, I think the worst way to deal with it is drugs. All you are doing is attempting to block symptoms this way. But without taking steps to remove that stress out of our lives, you will be a victim of your stress forever!
Rehab - "It Don't Matter"
It might not be your type of music but at least read the lyrics. Nails it in every way
When the body and soul are not in a agreement anymore you start to fall Jim Carrey is right 👍🏽
@@tobybigham4196exactly right!! The ‘deep rest’ suggestion is good advice. Also, not ruminating on the problem. That just keeps it active in the mind.
Jim Carrey is TRULY an international treasure. His comedy has been so therapeutic for so many.
Thank you for shouting the word "truly", otherwise we'd have suspected your sentiment was insincere.
Well said !:)💫i've always been a huge fan of Jim Carrey✌️💙🤩
I have to admit, I didn't like Jim Carrey, but the last few years I really like who he's become. On the other hand, I didn't like who I was for may years, now I like who I've become! He's right about the resting. When you've gone through years of Hell, when you climb out one of the best things you can do is rest, a lot.
Lloyd Christmas
Did the children of pistsen island find Jim Carrey therapeutic when he was there?
Jim Carrey’s perspective of not having to “act” like a Hollywood celebrity is very admirable. He is so human and down to Earth! 👍🏻
And your one those idiots that falls for it dude went to pistsen island often yeah so down to earth
@@wisdomfox857 he hasn't been named in that that I know off. where u got that from😅
@@derekkase7884 his on the list bro
The best definition of what Depression feels like, I heard from Comedian Sarah Silverman. "you feel homesick, but your home."
yes, because this world is not our real home...if you read and understand the bible you will understand what I mean...and things aren't going to get better, but worse and worse, so thanks God Jesus is coming back very soon to finish all the evil and pain finally... we need the real rest that comes only from God-hope everybody will realize it and try to have it for themselves...let's humble ourselves, pray and read the bible everyday, so that we can be saved when Jesus comes soon...it is our own choice to make- it's either good/God or evil/satan, there is no middle ground ...
OMG… I feel that way ALL THE TIME! When I was younger, I realized whenever I’m stressed and depressed, which is often, I get this explosive feeling where my mind is yelling out, “I just wanna go home!” I have long wondered why I felt like that. I’ve dissected it in so many different ways.
@@donoh3909and what are your conclusions? For me is like going home to that place we go after we die. Where everything is peaceful and just great. No stress, no pressure, no troubles. That is the home I think we all miss during our lives and experiences as humans
You feel homesick, cause someone else is in your home, and has u bound
Demonic spirits
@@anjalE30how do you cleanse
Deep rest. Amen.
Bingo🎉
Deep rest. A great description. Over the years, I thought of depression as a low mood.
Deep rest.... I think that is what funerals are for....
But for real. Depression is a normal part of life that affects pretty much everyone. The difference between most people is how they handle their depression.
1. Some soldier through it, learn what is causing it and then performs a correction in there life. (Take for instance, I quit drinking alcohol 3 years ago, and bettered myself).
2. Some embrace it and become worthless to themselves and others around them. These people typically can't maintain a job, relationships, and their lives are pretty much on hold.
3. Then you have the medicators. They think that the Drugs they get from the street or the Doctors will help. But honestly it never cures them, only puts a band-aid on their problems while they zombie around. I honestly fear pharmaceutical drugs of this type much more than illegal drugs as most of those block serotonin and dopamine in a very unhealthy way!
However, I don't have a 1 size fits all solution, despite how our medical profession seems to claim they do, while they screw up our children and friends even more, in a lot of cases.
Amen!
L@@eandsm4620
For me depression beats me down both mentally and physically. It's a level of tired you can't really describe. I just don't want to do anything, and I enjoy nothing. I also find it harder to breathe. I also find that it can be triggered by some of the smallest events that happen. If you've never had it, I'm glad for you. You don't want it.
This. When existing is stupid and painful.
Exactly! 🎯
This, it’s an ugly cycle, you feel like a burden for needing support, and those small triggers then reinforce the cycle of depression, it’s truly hell on Earth to get out of, people who say they just got through depression without a great support network, medication or therapy should feel so incredibly blessed and lucky, so many cannot just beat that struggle
It is hopelessness. It is the complete absence of hope.
Perfectly said.
There is always hope, depression is the lack of motivation or vision of a better tomorrow. This may Be due to chemicals in the brain.... I call it the spiral, when you choose good, (even little things) the spiral goes up, then when things improve you continue to spiral upwards, and so on. The same goes for the downward spiral. Bad things happen and you dwell, that pulls you down the spiral a little farther and things get worse and worse from there. Social media has caused more depression than anything as whole.
That why depression rates are now rising because it became mainstream to not be religious and religion gave people hope.
“Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through fire, faith leaps over it.” - Jim Carrey
And a peculiar insistence (of a kind) that there can never be.
Depression is when you lose interest in life nothing can make you happy nothing can bring you joy you feel sad all the time without knowing the reason. You feel like you are tied down You can’t move even though your brain is telling you to.my heart goes to all those who struggle with depression know that you are not alone and that your existence makes a difference🤍🕊️
I think its different for everyone. My depression was extreme dissasociation. I never felt sad. I would have loved that feeling. At least feeling sad would have made me feel human or alive.
I felt only fear and hopelessness.
I was sure things would never get better as sure as I was that water was wet. It made me tired, lethargic, sick.
My brain was constantly playing tricks on me, to the point I saw and heard things that looking back were clearly not true.
It truly is an illness and if you've never had it you don't understand.
Those are symptoms. Carrey is explaining the cause of depression.
Melancholic
I was like that for 3 years 😢I healed by starting with cold showers than the keto diet .
I have days where I feel I going back because of my kidney defect bit I don't give up anymore.
Oh my, that's what I am experiencing lately. I would love to rest from the life I am having now, I feel like something is really missing in my life, I turn to God and it helps for awhile, but then it doesn't.
Jim, if your ever get to this read I just want you to know I have a high respect for you. I can tell you’ve been through the ringer and just because your famous doesn’t mean your not human. Thanks for just being real and talking about real things. Things that really are deep and matter. Keeping it real is the best a person can be. God bless you Jim and take care of yourself. Love ya.
Wise words, especially from a man who’s has to be a character his whole life.
I feel for Jim, well, a lot of celebrities for that matter. He said once during an interview how people would constantly bombard him in public demanding him to do or say something funny, or reenact one of his characters, when all he wanted was to be a normal person and to be treated with respect.
@@scorpionwins6378WOW!! If people could only imagine if they were in that position.
@@scorpionwins6378same thing happened to Robin Williams. 😢
@@katbow5922yep, alota the comments make me thinking Robin Williams
Carry use to be cool.,.now he’s just tool.
I have tremendous respect for this individual.
yes sir~~~
As do I
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This literally aided me in healing myself from depression. Forever grateful! Jim Carrey...thank you. ❤
I have never felt such an accurate description of depression.
I suffered from depression for 12 years from the age of 19. I was mentally broken. I felt completely disconnected from everyone and everything. My close relationship with my dad saved me. I’m 45 now and doing well. My dad and I are still best friends.
It's wonderful you have a dad who understands.
congratulations !!!
you're very fortunate.
so many people never experience improvement...
I think I was born depressed.
today, at 68, I think of myself as in remission. about 3 years
every time I feel down,
I wonder how bad it's gonna get...
but so far, so good.
medication definitely helped. but it took about 10 years to kick in.
best of luck to you !
Jim always has something profound to say....I love this man..
When you get depression friends and family will tell you stuff like, “Don’t let it slow you down, just snap out of it.” That’s like telling a man with a broken leg, “Don’t let that keep you from walking.”
Sadly, a lot of people do exactly that. They go to great lengths to not let anybody know they’re really miserable inside and they go through their day acting normal because they can’t not take care of their children or not go to work. Until eventually they have a massive meltdown or worse.
Or telling a dying man to cheer up!...
What response would you provide to someone with depression instead?
@@marieporter6631 See a doctor/psychiatrist and get counseling. Also pray and find what makes you feel better. While pouring my heart out to God, it felt like He told me, Don’t worry about yourself so much but try to bless others. So I became a bit of an extrovert. If I saw someone quiet and alone I would try to bless them by asking them questions like “How are you doing?” And truly listen and interact, engage, connect, be empathic, seek to understand his or her situation. I would also seek to inject appropriate humor into the conversation. By blessing others I was blessed in return and that helped me recover.
They’re the same people that tell you things after you wife dies from cancer like “I’m here if you need me.”
Or let me know if you need anything.”
Then they never return your text or call.
Eff them
Modern life is making people depressed. It takes away genuine human bonds and replaces it with an empty individualism that we're all supposed to accept as normal
Oh yes, you are exactly right. Does anyone have family sitting down to dinner anymore? 😢
@@katbow5922 That's a good example. I really hope that families still make that effort. Another one is the death of pub culture here in the UK. Drinking isn't a healthy habit, necessarily, but sitting in an environment of sociability and interacting with people is truly human. The youngsters who can afford to go to pubs now just keep themselves to their little tables and look on sociability with fear and suspicion. Enough to make this middle-aged chap sad...
And resting is passé, except maybe climbing Mount Everest, that's the kind of "rest" that's barely acceptable
@@whyamIaraccoon If you're not "thriving", then it's down to your own frailty; it's certainly not because you're pursuing someone else's dream uncritically. How inspiring our culture of soft authoritarianism is...
That's very true 😔
Best thing I have ever heard him say. He is not a favorite of mine, but as someone who has suffered for over 50 yrs, I think he got it right. I am so tired😢
Jim, I hope you read this. You gave me so many happy moments for the last 30 years. I admire your ability to transmit your vision of funny. You are a genius ❤
Love this comment. Thank you 💚💚💚
Sorry, but he isn't reading comments from a random channel making clips of him
I've had 6 serious 6-12 months depression episodes, including soul crushing suicidal depression. My message to sufferers out there is - Your life is important, more important than you think. Don't give up hope, there is light at the end of the tunnel regardless of your age, health profile, etc. Unfortunately we live in.a selfish business world that doesn't have much patience for mental ill-health.
Beautifully said! New Zealand and America are the only two countries with pharmaceutical commercials. There are more of those damn commercials everyday. We have DOCTORS for reason. Pure big pharma greed!!!!
I know a few things about suicide, because it kind of runs in my family…affecting My uncle, my grandmother, my son and my sister. Believe me, I have wished that it was a way out, but, newsflash, it’s not. Anyone who does it typically returns to a new lifetime very quickly. Starting over might sound ok, but the problem is, by doing an act of self-destruction, difficult karma must be carried into that new life. My sister was back within six months & She announced to the family in a dream the circumstances of her reincarnation. Indeed, we have thousands of lifetimes. We are eternal. There’s a lot more to know about the downside of ending it early, but I will stop there.
Me !!!!
Thanks for this
Thank you@@janetpattison8474
“Deep Rest,” is my new mantra. ❤
When I'm depressed. What gives me deep rest is the rain. Being out in the rain, seeing how lush and dank nature becomes around me. And feeling as if the world is crying all around me.
I am the exact same. Any time it rains I’m outside sitting and listening to the rain. I’ll walk around a bit and feel the raindrops hit the skin of my arms and run down it, its extremely therapeutic.
@@ienjoyasmr I love rainy days, especially if you're lucky enough to not have to be at work. A perfect time to wrap up in a blanket and a good book, enjoy coffee, and most importantly, SLEEP 😴
Yes,,, I love the rain !! I feel I am one with it, we are both crying and letting out what was suffocating us.
Is that still depression or is it sadness? Because you all said when i am.. i think depression is a longer state that last till you change something?
@@grabec3 Well I've been diagnosed with depressed by multiple professionals, and have struggled with it since I was young due to childhood trauma and inherited mental illness.
WOW, that was a good description of depression.
not really, no
Very good
yes i think something similar...when we are depressed, we are under deep press
@@mitalenfaior what about deep ress ion. Because ions have to be involved somehow…
He said it well and correctly. Even in my brain, something changed and responded. This is very accurate. Deeply unhappy people with depression are forced to wear masks, pretend, smile and force themselves to live like everyone else. The body is depleted and life becomes more and more difficult. And we begin to dream of a vacation, somewhere in the wilderness, far from everyone, but at the same time we live here and with great difficulty we get up in the morning, put on a mask and go to work, but the body wants rest and everything hurts. I really need that deep rest but I cannot afford it - have to pay my bills sliding deeper and deeper into depression.
Depressed most of my life from at least 5 years old. The impact on my life is impossible to quantify as who would i have been without it, what would i have done? I've no way of knowing. It helps immensely when others speak of it as it lessens shame and isolation. I appreciate others' wisdom gained from their own experience of it. Now, as i reach the last episode(s) of my life, i begin to treat myself as an old friend who needs kindness and gentleness more than self recriminations for my perception of less than. Blessings to all ❤
Be good to yourself.
You could also benefit from meds and therapy, idk what I'd do without either.
So true…I remember my time of ‘Deep Rest’ in my early 30’s for at least 4-6 years were I had to dig deep and re-set my life.
How did you manage it? What steps did you take and how do you feel now? Thank you.
that's not depression
did you have sex?
This is me right now
@@ThisLilLifeme too, and as a usually very lively and active person it sure feels odd 😩 good luck to you !
It’s also a state of helplessness and sadness over circumstances that you have no control over.
Not to mention it goes beyond what many people think of depression. Depression isn't just being sas all the time. It's a physiological condition that is genuinely physically present in your body. It's not just of the mind even though thats where the problem lies.
Almost like a painful hibernation
❤ True. It also affects us physically.
Ahh beautiful soul that you are, Jim Carey Thankyou for your wise words. 😊❤
Atleast thats what the medication vendors want you to think.
@@patrikpass2962 I've never heard of someone thinking depression is a conspiracy theory. That's wild.
Who would have thought we'd get so much wisdom from Jim back in the day.
"I used to feel i was a guy experiencing the universe, now im the universe experiencing a guy"
We are all made of it all. Experiencing it all.
Thats not wisdom
That's his dumb azz waking up
Honestly, I know a place where that quote would fit in a very funny context!😂
I love Jim Carrey he is an amazing actor .he has brought a lot of laughter and humor into my life when I was very depressed .❤️❤️❤️
This is one of the most profound takes on depression I've ever heard. Acting as though everything is okay all the time is exhausting. It's okay to take time to collapse and reset. Remembering how to simply breathe and exist is essential.
What you are speaking of is a real thing. But that's not depression.
Pretending to be who we aren't and can never be, is what exhaustion is!
FR
FR
🤷♀️🤷♀️ well maybe we can be one day
❤ you are so right about what the exhaustion is
Yep, this is what then causes the social isolation.
Jim nailed his description of what depression is and what it's like. Having depression myself, I can relate to Jim's words.
It's like you've lived for others, then your real self starts to come through. It's painful and hard but it is a strong message that you've lived for others for a long time.
This is wrong. Living selfishly is never the answer. People are just giving themselves to the wrong shit.
@@jakepb27 first you need to have in order to give
@@jarkachalmovianska7812 not items or money. Love, patience, grace wisdom, hope, time, effort, empathy, strength, etc.
It feels disorienting for sure
@@jakepb27some people do need to be more selfish sometimes, they have trouble setting boundaries or looking out for their own well-being
Jim you are a wise man, I wish you strength and happiness ❤
Jim has always been a good person and respected.
Tears...such an accurate description. Resting from the facade... So good.
I tried for 40 years to try to be someone I wasn’t. That drove my depression. Now I’m putting my energy into finding out who I REALLY am and letting myself live in a healthy way.
I have absolutely no idea how he managed to explain that complicated scenario and manages to generously give it a comfortable aim . God bless jim 🙌 ❤
Deep rest ......agreed
Healing prayers
Such an insight on the meaning of being depressed...So Appreciated Jim Carey ♡
I may have experienced a form of depression once when I was sick. It felt like a hollowness in my soul. Felt empty and didn’t care about anything. When I became healthy again, I realized how dark of a place I was due to how sick I was. I appreciate all the ups and downs happiness and sadness and the ebbs and flows of life now.
I'm glad he has found some peace. He sure brought a lot of joy through his acting.
Jim Carrey has always been so knowledgeable, kind and honest. Love this pure soul. And this one of the best stances on the loosely defined subject “Depression”
"Truer words have never been spoken."
Thank you, yes thats so true
Do the research he needs to stay in his lane
@@worldsgreatestimpressionis6462 stay in his lane, priceless from someone who refers to himself as "the world's greatest " of anything 🤣
@@JG0315 I wish you were making sense. I am an accomplished impressionist and teacher ( my lanes). Had I taken to RUclips and discourses on Brain surgery I would be out of my lane 😂
It's adorable to see Hollywood idiots talk absolute nonsense and have people in complete awe. What he said was absolute garbage and made no sense. Why would someone as disconnected from reality like an actor have any actual knowledge on psychological matters. What's next, we are going to take relationship advice from Will Smith!?
It's strange to think of Jim as depressed because he's the ace of my life and now I see Jim talking I realise how good he is at putting on character's. He isn't ace but he brought that character to life ❤ I like Jim as Jim ❤
You mean Carrey is an ASS
I for one love how Jim Carrey's mind works. I also have depression. I'm not suffering from it, I listen to it when it happens.
So true. Annoys me how it’s branded as an irrational mental illness just because it’s so unpleasant. If you dig deep enough, there’s almost always a valid reason why you’re depressed that needs direct confrontation rather than simply being ignored with distractions or suppressed with medication.
Sometimes medication helps apparently. I was reluctant to take it & with hindsight, I feel I should've.
I agree.medication can't help if your surroundings & situation won't change.
Medication can’t suppress. But can it mask? Yes. Depression is both a chemical imbalance and a result of trauma. Meds can help with the imbalance but can’t resolve the trauma.
Regardless, I know a whole lot of people who were able to turn their lives around completely, given the right diagnosis and the right medication. Especially true for bipolar people and grand mal depressives.
Life saving. I've seen people become whole again, harmonious, able to fulfil their creative dreams.
@@kateashby3066not everyone is depressed due to trauma. And trauma in the far past, can't always be "resolved" and for many is well known to them and much analysed. People in serious depression are shut down, and the solution isn't to revisit what once hapoened to you, that's an option for much later. When they're ready and in a more balanced place.
If you're depression was born out of grief for instance, revisiting your loss is not the way forward. You'll eventually sort through it, when you're well enough to simply function and connect to your emotions again. People hear that to often, and it keeps them from seeking professional help. We've come a long way since Sigmund Freud.
For me I always felt the difference between sadness and depression is sadness is an abundance of negative emotion, depression is the total absence emotion, motivation, hope & ability to see/feel as if any path forward is meaningful. It just feels like everything that makes life worth living, both happiness and sadness disappear and you’re in a state of numbness. You go from living your life to living in limbo, watching the world continue from inside a fish bowl, as if you’re underwater and all the sounds, sights and feelings of life are happening just out of reach
I understand what JC is saying and what you are saying. I felt like I was on a hamster wheel and had to keep moving when I was exhausted. I had so many, what I saw as obligations, and was burnt out trying to keep doing them. However, having some selfish people in my life, they just wanted me to keep doing what they wanted me to do. As a district nurse, I was visiting a very frustrated paralyzed patient in a home, I couldn’t take another step. I sat on the stairs.I’d always gone as my colleagues felt I handled him better than everyone else. I learned a valuable lesson. 3 month later, I started a journey of recovery. I recognize that in my self and others. It was a very difficult time indeed >
I agree. I was in a deep depression and lost most of the things I hold dear to me in life. It was as if I couldn’t even see them slipping away before my very eyes until it was too late. Now I’m no longer depressed I woke up (no meds or anything) I just was awoken from that instance. I now carry around a sadness that follows me everywhere, even though I’ve succeeded in becoming a person that many would wish to be it’s a sadness so deep that I’m unsatisfied. Unsatisfied that I didn’t change before, and regretful that I may not get the chance to rekindle what I’ve lost. Hope goes hand in hand with sadness. Hope is the driving force of my life.
Wow. Perfect ...
@@maximusbard5053 I’m sad that you got to that point in your life. One of my young children witnessed my resus. I was kept sectioned. I was discharged,no follow up. I was distanced from my caring family and my in laws/ husband never spoke about it. My now 43 yo son, spoke to me a few years ago. How it affected him. Not what I expected to hear. The guilt hit me. We talked things through. He’s had his own issues. I think about that time far too often. But I’m aware of myself now. I have had great joy in my life, also great sadness, but I feel I recognise the subtle changes and I have someone to talk to. Best wishes from Devon Uk
Well said brother 👍🏻
Such a solid perspective! Comedians seem to know depression the best and that’s why they compensate with so much effort to makes others smile
Depression is a MF. 41 yrs old my first bout with it. 2 close friends died within 4 months,i read both the eulogies. That was sadness. Depression set in after and i havent been able to get its grip off me. Its some serious shit i dont think the world pays enough attn. Thank you jim, wise words
recently i've received a really terrible news, it got me shaking, traumatic. While i was shaking in horror, i remember the pain when depression hitted the hardest and thought, with certainty, that the feeling i was experiencing couldn't even compare to the pain of depression. It actually made me feel grateful and relieved that I don't have to deal with that anymore (considering i had to deal with that pain at least once a week). You cannot explain how horrible it is
A huge, emotional blow to our mind immediately hits our soul to the very core… Oftentimes our body buckles under the weight of the blow and adrenaline rushes to every cell, trying to keep us alive. It’s as much physical as it is emotional. ((HUG❤))
Thanks Jim for speaking about depression. It helps to get rid of the negativity that is on the mind.
I love him for being open about depression for years. I relate to him a lot and respect him so much
Serving others is a good way to feel better. Volunteering and giving of your time and your self in service of other human beings lifts up the soul, boosts your self worth, and increases gratitude.
I've heard that so many times and it often serves only to re-inforce what many judge to be the cause of depression. In some cases it may be relevant but for many it is not. As someone who has given the most part of my life serving others both in and outside of my working life and looked after relatives, I know the running battle with depression I've had has little or nothing to do with lack of service or thought or care towards others. I don't begrudge any of it.. Am I saying I"m perfect?. No way !. Having said all this there was a period of depression in my late teens for which a determination to love others no matter what they thought of me, did greatly help and thereafter I thought I was an authority on the subject of depression. I was not - as later episodes of a different kind of depression were to prove.
What has kept me going through it all was an encounter with Christ and thereafter a resolute faith in Him. He has sustained me through this running battle with depression and I often have the upper hand. Why I have not been completely healed I don't know but I do know Him and I do know that my ongoing struggle has given me empathy with others and also there have been and still are times of deep appreciation of any form of goodness and beauty.
Do not give you sir Jim, we love you and we respect you,do not give up!!! Thank you for all. 🙏💙🙂
Best explanation ever.. that's what it feels like
Spot on Darling Jim Carrey ❤ I’m a psykiatric nurse and this is exactly what we advices ppl to have….a deep ~ rest….AMEN to that. What an impeccabile way of explayning depression. God bless you from Denmark 🇩🇰
His insights to life are very real and true. I was depressed for years. After losing my spouse, my house, my pets, and my regular life, I finally had time and rest to breathe. To learn a new way of life.
This happened to me, I wasted my late 20s and most of my 30s seriously depressed. The feeling Jim described was perfect and I could never put it into words, when feeling suicidal this is how I felt. I wanted to quit my character roll. I hated myself and could never find the light but know that I'm much better the past 3 years, I had a spiritual awakening during 2020.🙏🏻 I was saved when I stopped trying to be the character people expected me to be and became the one God asked me to be, myself.
Deep rest thank you for this.
Omg. The is the ABSOLUTE BEST explanation of depression.
Jim has been such a deep thinker and outstanding guy 🥰
Thanks for this, Jim. I'm not a depressive by nature, but sometimes sadness comes over me when I'm grieving a major loss. I'm going to stop saying "I'm depressed" when I'm sad. Sadness goes away when you let yourself cry out your grief or hurt, or watch a Jim Carrey movie. Hugs! You're the best!
Yes, depression never leaves, it's a constant curse, you literally feel like you're anchored down in hopelessness and cannot get free
That's half the battle right there!
Yes! Way too many people say “I’m depressed”, when they are not. But are saddened by a situation or experience or memory ( temporarily).
Those people may actually have never experienced Depression. There’s a world of difference between the two “emotional states”.
us RaveBabys, used to sweat dance and fuck away our sadness with a kick ass bassline, a blacklight, baby oil, and beans.....worked everytime. Little did we know back then that we were stealing our future reserve of natural serentonen, our bodies stop producing this naturally after 40. but I don't have any reserve serentonen tucked away in my fat tissue for later. Just holes in my brain where it used to be...
InLivingColor! JLo was a FryGurl! ❤
I’m so glad to see positive feedback. Mr Carey is always trying to help people mentally. He wants to help others with their mental health because he knows how scared up everyone is and can’t help themselves
He's still so handsome and still has light in his eyes. He's better with age ...
I agree..
Carrey is a fraud. TDS turned his brain into mush.
He looks like the creep he's always been
He is so special, wise and attractive ❤
@@carolinanavaspoiron2428 He's a fraud.
Depression is 'loss' - when we lose things: people we love, an identity we have become attached to but need to let go of like an addiction, - when we lose things we've become a part of the resulting emotional response is depression.
When we lose someone we actually are going through the process of “grief” it is a legitimate and physical process
i would have to disagree with you, i have been depressed and had not lost anything, i didn't feel lost, i just wanted not to live. but this may be your definition of depression and that is fine.
That is called sorrow, or grief.
There are many reasons why someone becomes depressed @@diamondringirl
No, sorry, IT IS Not. The reaction 8s sadness. Depression ist exactly Not, to be able to feel this sadness and let' the loss go. A better Definition that has an scientific aproach is well observed IS called " to have leart, to be helpless, IT IS the Experiment with dogs in cages. Those that couldn' JUMP Out the Cage under electricity, didn'" t even Sprung away when the Cage was opend Afterwards, they heard learned to be de- pressed. Helpless eben If there was a solutions. Not deep- ress. This IS Nonsens.
That’s awesome. Easy to remember. Thanks Jim Carrey. We’re so glad you’re taking good coffee yourself. ❤️
Because Jim was portrayed as a funny man, the pressure that was on him continually must be immense. Being yourself in a world that always expects the impossible is hard. Regards from Ireland 🇮🇪
Yes he got all the funny characters. The first time I saw his vulnerable side was in Truman Show and it was a relief to see that side of him too.
He is a brave man and I like him a lot.
Lately I’ve been struggling to find the words to explain how tired I am of just *being* . And this makes me want to cry, it finally feels like someone put a huge part of my experience into words.
Aside from not wanting to get up, it’s also extreme anger. It’s like everything that I could once put up with to the nth degree is bothering me so much now. Im angry and overwhelmed at everything that doesn’t work the way my brain thinks it’s supposed to. And it’s like it won’t compromise.
I hear you.
I wish you all the best on your journey. Still getting there myself, and there‘s ups and downs - but I wish you patience with yourself and love for yourself and at some point, if maybe not understanding, then at least acceptance.
It’s hard, I know.
Believe that you‘ll get better and that you‘ll get through it.
🧡
@@willywonka7238 thank you for the encouraging words!! Same to you my friend, keep fighting! Happiness is around the corner :) 💕
@@small_and_dangerous2068 ☀️💕
You just put what I've been feeling into words. I don't understand where it's coming from. It's like the straw that broke the camels back. My tolerance is very low now for just about everything. I feel like I'm always there, and expected to be, for everyone else, yet nobody is really there for me. It's a lonely place to be. I'm angry and sad at the same time. But keep it all bottled in.
My doctor put me on antidepressants and everybody started asking me was I depressed and after hearing what I just heard from Jim Carrey now I can definitively say yes I was depressed because when I was asked if I was depressed or not my answer was well I sleep a lot and don't want to get out of bed every morning I wake up and open my eyes I say to myself god no not another day but now Jim puts it in the way he does makes a lot of sense to me. deep rest. And the funny thing is Because Jim Carrey says deep rest I was on the go for 2 years solid my father had stage 4 lung cancer and I was sleeping on the sofa in his house with my brother sleeping upstairs I was just down to help out but I would come back home to my apartment and go down to my father on and off for 2 years sometimes stay down there for a month and come home to my apartment for a week but when it was all said and done on the 31st of August 2022 I didn't sleep for a 9 Days but then all of a sudden I could not sleep enough I was sleeping all day every day. If there is anything good to come out of depression it was the dreams I had they were very very vivid it was like I had another life while I was asleep if I had to get up to go to the toilet I would keep my eyes closed to try and stay in the dream if that makes any sense but also suffer with addiction problems alcohol mainly methadone and benzos but really like how he has simply defined the word depression
This sounds exactly like me
@@visionvixxen it's a horrible place to be in.but as Leonard Cohen says,there is a crack in everything that's how the light gets in.hopefully the light gets in to you 🙏
depression is anger turned inward and precedes growth...it's always lonely on the growing edge...be role free...tks ❤
I have heard that description too.
I hope so
There is a lot of truth in what he says. Much love from Germany to everyone needing a deep rest. ❤
I was just thinking about this the other day, about who we were as kids and who we are now. We can't even recognise ourselves. And some of you may say that's because we're adults now, but that's not it. I think we've been told so many times throughout our lives that we should be like this or like that -- that we literally can't remember where we starded from as individuals, and haven't got a lot of chances to be ourselves and experience ourselves in this life. So yes, people who are depressed are feeling that they lost control of their life a long time ago. That's what I believe. And if that is the case, they should know that they have the power to take it back anytime!
So, Jim's friend is right, Deep Rest from being someone else who you don't even recognise, and starting being connected with your inner true self is the answer!
Depression is experienced differently by each individual. It's not the end of the road and there is truly lots of help. Therapy, medication, etc, I have suffered from this Dx for years and have improved. So brave of Jim to come forward to share. I wish him well and & all others 🙏!
Peace!
Speaking as one with 55 years manic/depression cycling and all the strategies one creates to embrace life, one can deep rest into the grave. There are times deep rest is called for, but one must challenge one's physiology and choose life at whatever level can be actualized. What I hear him saying in part is, give yourself permission to deeply rest and unharness from the messages of the restraints. I would add never label yourself as being the malady, but simply I have such and such. Be independent of the latest boxes regarding a diagnosis and steer your betterment. And yes, love and time heal better than anything.
I had depression worst in my teenage years after losing my leg to cancer at 12 and seeing other kids die etc... it was too much for me to process so i had to go within and like he said, deep rest, until i was able to cope and function again, but i was a whole different person than the hyperactive child who went in, unfortunately ive now been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder as well, it just all hit me at the worst time in my development. I really relate to what he says here though.
I really wish I could talk to Jim Carey aboutthis. I am also praying for him during this time of transition.
What are you talking about ?
I don’t struggle with depression,
I struggle with reality
So in Geology, the term Depression means a landform sunken below an area.
And that's how I've always thought about Depression compared to Sadness, Sadness comes and goes and appears and disappears depending on the situation but Depression stays with us and we can easily cover it up with something like a mask we put up or a character that we become in order to hide it.
Depression stays with us and while you may be able to cover it up, the ability to actually fill that void or make that empty spot inside of you grow from the inside out into something that will flourish, it's never going to be as easy as the difference between Sadness and Happiness interchanging in your day-to-day activities.
Your analogy is beautiful I made an account just to comment on this
That’s a very fitting metaphor/conceptualisation.
Depression is fear of the past.
Anxiety is fear of the future
Learn to enjoy living in the Now. 🙏🏼
I 💙 Jim Carey.
There’s not a fear of the past because it’s past but there is a dwelling on the past. Dwelling on the past is depression. Especially dwelling on the negative things from the past
I love the new definition for depression. We need a deep rest. I know I do! Love Jim Carey and his honesty!❤❤❤
I totally agree. I have living with depression for over 20 years 😢
My whole life❤
What's next❤
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My definition of the difference between sadness, even deep sadness and depression is, deep sadness can make you not want live anymore, depression makes you want to not exist. Those who know, know.
You just hit the “ nitty gritty”, defining difference! 🥺
Theres more to it than he thinks. I am not resting when Im depressed.
@@DaniellePearse-w2t Then what are you doing when you are 'depressed'? I ask because a bout of depression generally disables you from doing almost anything that requires effort or energy. It's a bit like you have an anvil strapped to your chest.
@@lloydwaycott8178 not a lot.
@@lloydwaycott8178 decades of chronic depression have seriously F ed up my life. That anvil could be useful in other ways.
Damn he was right on with sadness and depression, I can relate to what he was saying. To me, he was right on with the two definitions.
Very simplistic, depression has many faces ...
Abs o lutely.
Why are so many comedians who bring so much laughter and lifted spirits so depleted of their own laughter? It breaks my heart.
I think part of it is because many of them are literally geniuses. People who are that intelligent tend to be depressed.
He's absolutely spot on! That's exactly how it feels! I hope he sheds more light on mental health! We all need more support, what a wonderful human being he is! Thanks Jim ❤️ 🙏
Hope he’s better
Well when you already have issues then you sell out to Hollywood that's definitely not healthy. I'm sure not that he's pulled back a bit he's in a better spot but not fully recovered. I've wanted to kill myself for 30 years 😂 I figure it's the way I'll go that's how bad depression gets and it's always in the background hanging over me. So I'm sure it's always right there for him waiting to get set off. He's clearly in a unhealthy bubble painting pictures of Donald Trump because he hates him. That shows me he isn't even fully awake and aware yet about how he's being manipulated buy his Hollywood bubble and mainstream media. I'm no fan of Donald Trump but people need to really wake up in regards to the manipulation and propaganda we are getting flooded with that alone is enough to depresse you especially when you don't have the Financial status of Jim Carry. But it will all be over soon thankfully because the world has definitely gotten worse in 50 years and people have gotten dumber just by the technology they are tied to like modern day slaves.
Hope is just that, Hope.
it keeps you hoping something instead of making it happen for yourself
He is better, this battle led him to Jesus!❤
@@davidretondo2871let's hope so
@@davidretondo2871What makes you say that? Everyone sure Jesus is the solution to everything?
For me sadness and depression is the difference between a rational feeling and an irrational feeling. Feeling down when bad things happen is very normal and totally rational. My very worst time of depression was when outwardly everything was going better than ever but the deep sense of unhappiness or loneliness.... I don't even know whatever that thing was, that feeling of utter hopelessness was not a rational thought.
I have the same problem rn
@@imtheonegustl6243 sorry to hear you're going through that, it can get better 💪
He's explaining the cause of depression, you are explaining symptoms
Loneliness seems to be the key here. Disconnection
This made me cry. Makes complete sense.