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Therapy in a Nutshell

Therapy in a Nutshell -Emma McAdam

Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Hello everyone, Today is World Mental Health Day. Right now around a billion people experience a mental illness or a substance abuse disorder and depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. But the solution sometimes seems overwhelming. So it’s needless to say that mental Illness is a big problem for many people. And the causes are complex, from biology to experience to how we think and act, and in my opinion depression and anxiety are often caused by a lot of tiny little thoughts or behaviors that we don’t even notice, but over time these pile up. But the research is clear, most mental illness is treatable, we can change how we feel, we can improve mental health and fight depression and anxiety by changing how we think and changing how we act and seeking professional and medical support. Sign up for my newsletter: https://www.therapynutshell.com Thanks BetterHelp for sponsoring the video: BetterHelp- Professional, Affordable Online Counseling starting at around $65 a week https://www.betterhelp.com/therapyina... Learn more in one of my in-depth mental health courses: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=01122021 Check Out My Favorite Books for Mental Health: https://kit.co/TherapyinaNutshell/bes... Music licensed from www.Bensound.com or Artlist.io Images from Freepik.com (premium license), Pixabay, or Wikimedia commons Therapy in a Nutshell, and the information provided by Emma McAdam, is solely intended for informational and entertainment purposes and is not a substitute for advice, diagnosis, or treatment regarding medical or mental health conditions. Although Emma McAdam is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the views expressed on this site or any related content should not be taken for medical or psychiatric advice. Always consult your physician before making any decisions related to your physical or mental health. If you are in crisis please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ or 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or your local emergency services. Copyright Therapy in a Nutshell, LLC

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to therapy in a nutshell. I'm Emma McAdam, a licensed marriage and family
0:06.7	therapist, and this is the podcast where I condense mental health skills into bite-sized
0:12.4	nuggets of help. Hello everyone. Today is World Mental Health Day.
0:26.6	Right now, around a billion people around the world are experiencing a mental illness or a substance abuse disorder.
0:32.6	And depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. But the solution sometimes just seems overwhelming.
0:39.3	And the causes are complex from biology to experience to how we think and act.
0:46.3	And in my opinion, depression and anxiety are often caused by a lot of tiny thoughts or behaviors or experiences and how we interpret them and
0:57.0	we don't even notice that we're having these thoughts or we're interpreting things in this way.
1:03.0	But over time these thoughts pile up and these feelings pile up.
1:07.0	These are things like beating yourself up mentally after a mistake or thoughts like,
1:11.9	I'm such a failure. And when we do this over and over a thousand times, we don't even notice
1:17.7	we're doing it. And then we can't figure out why we feel so crappy. But the research is clear.
1:23.5	Most mental illness is treatable. We can change how we feel, we can improve mental
1:28.5	health and fight depression and anxiety by changing how we think and changing how we act and
1:34.6	seeking professional and medical support. So my number one message on today's world mental
1:41.1	health day is don't give up. Don't just settle for where you're at.
1:46.0	You can learn small and simple ways to improve your mental health, and these can really help you get feeling better, and also help you get better at feeling.
1:55.0	These are little skills that add up over time, like learning to calm your body, practicing self-compassion after a mistake,
2:02.6	or challenging black and white thinking. So my encouragement for you today is to do two small things.
2:09.6	Number one, reach out to one person you care about who may be struggling and ask them how they're doing.
2:16.6	If they say, fine, then ask them,
2:20.1	no, I mean, how are you really doing? And take the time to listen, to really listen. Don't give any
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