10 Things Nobody Tells You About Recovery From Mental Illness Mark Freeman 2023-05-28 | A lot of mental health content focuses on managing mental illness, but if you're planning to leave it behind you, there are some interesting challenges to expect along the way. For working on mental fitness and recovery skills, grab my book, YOU ARE NOT A ROCK, wherever books are sold, like here on Amazon: http://bit.ly/youarenotarock(It's called THE MIND WORKOUT in the UK and Australia/New Zealand, DAS MIND-WORKOUT in Deutsch, ENTRENA TU MENTE en español)For coaching details, visit: markfreeman.ca/coaching Connect here:Travel mental health blog: themindfulfieldguide.comInstagram: instagram.com/markwfreeman
How to: Intrusive Thoughts Mark Freeman 2023-07-17 | If we're judging stuff in our heads as bad and wrong and dangerous, it's natural to experience feelings we don't like. That's not an anxiety disorder or OCD or a problem with intrusive thoughts. Everything is working perfectly normal! Judging brain stuff causes feelings like that. We can also not practice that unhelpful judging in our heads if we don't like the outcome of that practice. #mentalfitness #recovery #ocd
Brain Tech Support Live - July 16, 2023 Mark Freeman 2023-07-17 | Do you want to do a trip together, focused on mental health, travel, and nature? Please fill out this survey: my.trovatrip.com/public/l/survey/mark-freeman It'll give me a better idea of what type of adventure to plan.
ChatGPT AI Mental Health Test Mark Freeman 2023-07-12 | Let's compare ChatGPT's response to Google Bard's with our AI mental health skills test. Bard was more creative in some parts but ChatGPT gave the better answer on mindfulness and meditation skills.For exploring some human mental health skills, grab my book, YOU ARE NOT A ROCK, wherever books are sold, like here on Amazon: http://bit.ly/youarenotarock(It's called THE MIND WORKOUT in the UK and Australia/New Zealand, DAS MIND-WORKOUT in Deutsch, ENTRENA TU MENTE en español)Connect here:Travel mental health blog: themindfulfieldguide.comInstagram: instagram.com/markwfreeman
OCD recovery tip from a psychiatrist Mark Freeman 2023-06-30 | It's great to see how recovery from OCD is becoming more accessible. When I started sharing mental health and fitness tools more than a decade ago, talking about recovery from mental illness just wasn't something a lot of people were sharing about.
Google Bard AI Mental Health Test Mark Freeman 2023-06-26 | Have you asked an LLM chatbot for mental health advice? Let's see how well Google's Bard AI handles common mental illness / recovery questions.For working on mental health and fitness skills with your human brain, grab my book, YOU ARE NOT A ROCK, wherever books are sold, like here on Amazon: http://bit.ly/youarenotarock(It's called THE MIND WORKOUT in the UK and Australia/New Zealand, DAS MIND-WORKOUT in Deutsch, ENTRENA TU MENTE en español)For coaching details, visit: markfreeman.ca/coaching Connect here:Travel mental health blog: themindfulfieldguide.comInstagram: instagram.com/markwfreeman
Are you defining happiness as fixing fear? Mark Freeman 2023-06-22 | One of the scariest experiences on the journey of recovery from mental illness was not having intrusive thoughts to fix and control, not having compulsions to hide and feel ashamed about anymore. Then I didn't know how to be happy! For my entire life, I just saw happiness as fixing brain stuff I hated. There was a lot of pressure to go back to the old habits because I didn't know how to be happy without them. Get ready for building a mental health and fitness practice around things you want to keep in your life.
Is it normal to feel unmotivated when working on recovery? Mark Freeman 2023-06-19 | When you're cutting out compulsions, you're throwing out the old engine fueled by fear and feelings you hated. It's great to throw out that old, polluting engine, but you won't have an engine! You'll need to build that new engine. Check out the full explanation in this video: youtube.com/watch?v=cFHNhKnf-uY (10 Things Nobody Tells You About Recovery)
Brain Tech Support Live - Jun 18, 2023 Mark Freeman 2023-06-19 | Mental health and fitness Q&A about having a human brain and living life!
20 Mental Fitness Reminders Mark Freeman 2023-06-12 | Turn these mental fitness reminders into action!For exploring mental fitness further, grab my book, YOU ARE NOT A ROCK, wherever books are sold, like here on Amazon: http://bit.ly/youarenotarock(It's called THE MIND WORKOUT in the UK and Australia/New Zealand, DAS MIND-WORKOUT in Deutsch, ENTRENA TU MENTE en español)For coaching details, visit: markfreeman.ca/coaching Connect here:Travel mental health blog: themindfulfieldguide.comInstagram: instagram.com/markwfreeman
What if you feel nervous on dates? Mark Freeman 2023-05-24 | We can create a lot of struggle with mental health when we invent rules about what feelings we can or can't have while living life. Then we approach those feelings as a contamination and tell ourselves it shouldn't be there and we need to avoid it or clean it. But that avoiding and cleaning of emotions will only create more problems! It's much healthier and you'll be much more successful on dating adventures if you can have any human emotion while you do human things!#datingtips #mentalfitness #anxiety #ocd
Brain Tech Support Live - May 21, 2023 Mark Freeman 2023-05-22 | The link to that travel t-shirt I love from Western Rise is here: western-rise.pxf.io/eKnONX That is a sponsored link but I also just bought a second one because it's done such an excellent job and feels great. If you're interested in mindful adventures and how to care for your mental health while traveling, check out my adventure blog: themindfulfieldguide.com/dispatches
What if your OCD themes change when you make progress? Mark Freeman 2023-05-18 | If you notice your OCD or anxiety topics changing when you feel like you're progressing, it can help to shift the focus from the obsessions to the compulsions. If you're measuring success by getting rid of a theme, that's only going to encourage your brain to change topics and give you more to check on and control so you can get more of that high from cleaning your mind. Instead, it helps to look at cutting out patterns of behavior, across any topic of brain stuff. The topic of the intrusive thoughts is just a variable the brain throws up because you'll react to it. Cut out those reactions and judgments, and then it can't push you around. #ocd #pureo #intrusivethoughts #psychology
Is your brain wrong? Mark Freeman 2023-05-13 | When you're working on recovery from mental illness, it can be helpful to accept fears and anxieties and intrusive thoughts and everything else your brain can throw up. Also, it'll be useful to recognize that how the brain perceives experiences inside and outside of us can just be wrong.For exploring mental fitness skills, grab my book, YOU ARE NOT A ROCK, wherever books are sold, like here on Amazon: http://bit.ly/youarenotarock(It's called THE MIND WORKOUT in the UK and Australia/New Zealand, DAS MIND-WORKOUT in Deutsch, ENTRENA TU MENTE en español)For coaching details, visit: markfreeman.ca/coaching Connect here:Travel mental health blog: themindfulfieldguide.comInstagram: instagram.com/markwfreeman
What makes intrusive thoughts intrusive? Mark Freeman 2023-05-11 | If you're struggling with intrusive thoughts (and images, voices, commands, feelings, physical sensations, etc), consider what actually makes that brain stuff intrusive. It's not the stuff coming up in the brain. That stuff is just there. But we turn it into an intruder. We can also allow that stuff to be there and not judge it as an intruder. #recovery #pureo #ocd #psychology
Physical pain after ignoring OCD thoughts? Mark Freeman 2023-05-05 | If you want to work on recovery from OCD, it can really help to shift the focus to compulsions instead of judging and labeling thoughts. There aren't "OCD thoughts". There are just some thoughts we do compulsions around because we don't like those thoughts. But in the brain's hunt for compulsions, it has no problem switching between uncomfortable experiences you'll try to check and control. So if you start cutting out compulsions around uncomfortable experiences in your mind, it's very common people notice the brain switches to checking and controlling uncomfortable physical experiences. That's why we focus on patterns of behavior around uncomfortable experiences in general, not just around specific OCD themes.
Grief about mental illness lost time Mark Freeman 2023-05-02 | After we learn how to care for our mental health and fitness, the brain can sometimes get us into doing compulsions around the past, like it's this contaminated thing we need to scrub with soapy regret. But we can celebrate that awareness. Now we have a chance in this minute to apply our skills and take ourselves in a new direction.
A question for any moment... Mark Freeman 2023-04-29 | It can help to approach mental health as a practice, inside and outside of our heads. With how we're spending our time and energy in each moment, we're taking ourselves somewhere. Where are those steps taking you?
Transform Core Fears Mark Freeman 2023-04-25 | After we've identified those underlying root fears fueling the intrusive thoughts and compulsions, what do we do with them?For working on recovery skills, grab my book, YOU ARE NOT A ROCK, wherever books are sold, like here on Amazon: http://bit.ly/youarenotarock(It's called THE MIND WORKOUT in the UK and Australia/New Zealand, DAS MIND-WORKOUT in Deutsch, ENTRENA TU MENTE en español)For coaching details, visit: markfreeman.ca/coaching Connect here:Instagram: instagram.com/markwfreeman
How to identify core fears? Mark Freeman 2023-04-23 | * The second part on taking action: youtu.be/FXh_7utXlUg *The intrusive thoughts and anxieties that might trouble us the most, or the OCD theme we identify with, are just the superficial outcome of some underlying fears we've probably been managing and controlling for years. This video covers an exercise for exploring core fears.For working on recovery skills, grab my book, YOU ARE NOT A ROCK, wherever books are sold, like here on Amazon: http://bit.ly/youarenotarock(It's called THE MIND WORKOUT in the UK and Australia/New Zealand, DAS MIND-WORKOUT in Deutsch, ENTRENA TU MENTE en español)For coaching details, visit: markfreeman.ca/coaching Connect here:Instagram: instagram.com/markwfreeman
Brain Tech Support Live - April 16, 2023 Mark Freeman 2023-04-17 | Mental health and fitness question and answer session on how to have a human brain in this world.
Brain Tech Support Live - April 2, 2023 Mark Freeman 2023-04-02 | Exploring mental health & fitness and recovery from mental illness.
Brain Tech Support Live - March 19, 2023 Mark Freeman 2023-03-19 | We explore identifying priorities and seeing what's important when we navigate the uncertainty inside of our heads and around it, especially as we're working on mental health skills and recovery from mental illness.
Get rid of intrusive thoughts Mark Freeman 2023-03-14 | If you want to leave intrusive thoughts behind, it can help to look at how we attach judgments and meaning to the stuff in our heads.For working on recovery skills, grab my book, YOU ARE NOT A ROCK, wherever books are sold, like here on Amazon: http://bit.ly/youarenotarock(It's called THE MIND WORKOUT in the UK and Australia/New Zealand, DAS MIND-WORKOUT in Deutsch, ENTRENA TU MENTE en español)For coaching details, visit: markfreeman.ca/coaching Connect here:Travel mental health blog: themindfulfieldguide.comInstagram: instagram.com/markwfreeman
Brain Tech Support Live - Mar 5, 2023 Mark Freeman 2023-03-05 | We explored a common OCD recovery topic this week: the fear of losing control of your mind (because of sleep, triggers, mental illness, and so much more!)
How do you talk to yourself? Mark Freeman 2023-02-25 | You're like a colleague that works everyday with yourself. How are you talking to that colleague? Do you show them trust? Do you support them in taking on responsibility or are you constantly micromanaging and undermining them?
Brain Tech Support Live - Feb 19, 2023 Mark Freeman 2023-02-19 | Mental health and fitness question and answer session.
You are like a garden. Mark Freeman 2023-02-15 | Selfcare isn't something to earn. We wouldn't expect a garden to do well before we take care of it, but we so often place that expectation on ourselves.
Brain Tech Support Live - Feb 5, 2023 Mark Freeman 2023-02-05 | Mental health question and answer time!
Brain Tech Support Live - Jan 22, 2023 Mark Freeman 2023-01-22 | 0:00 Do things anyway6:28 Why do OCD thoughts seem real?8:36 I've overcome all OCD fears except one. Tips?10:14 Do you think ACT works for things other than OCD?12:12 Are gut disorders related to OCD?14:27 How to get rid of the things that scare me?17:05 How to deal with the fear of having a panic attack?18:54 Tips for getting to sleep faster?21:52 How to get rid of embedded brain habits?22:36 I can’t tell the difference between thoughts and compulsions. Tips?24:15 How to deal with OCD making me nauseous?26:54 My perception of people is strange since I’ve had anxiety, any tips?29:35 Do you have any tips for getting over emetophobia?31:28 Do you feel comfortable travelling the world alone?34:12 Do you believe in reincarnation?38:07 How to stop feeling angry at small things?41:23 How to deal with an intrusive laugh in my head?42:29 Is mental fitness about ditching the logical brain?43:18 How to do ERP with non OCD things like anxiety/depression?45:46 How to implement a more consistent exercise routine?47:13 Can ERP help you get over Emetophobia?48:14 What if I harmed someone on a night out and can't remember?53:05 Can watching YouTube videos on OCD recovery be a compulsion?54:26 Do I need to be perfect to recover?54:48 How do you structure your time being self employed?59:49 How to know if you’re becoming better in recovery?1:00:43 How to move on from a breakup?1:02:13 How to show your brain it's not a special snowflake?1:05:26 How to find joy in the mundane?1:07:58 How to meditate?1:09:30 How to work out what to dedicate our time to?
Brain Tech Support Live - Mar 6, 2022 Mark Freeman 2023-01-22 | We explore mental health and recovery questions so we can have all the intrusive thoughts and anxiety and depression and voices and physical sensations and empty donut boxes and uncertainty and keep the focusing on building and growing what we want to see in the world.
Brain Tech Support Live - Jan 1, 2023 Mark Freeman 2023-01-01 | Mental illness recovery question and answer session to kick off the new year!5:04 How to make things easy right now?7:15 What did you mean by sitting on the toilet without your phone?8:45 What to do with the voice that tells me I don’t deserve happiness?10:16 How do I stop mental checking?11:46 How to tell friends how we want them to act?15:12 How do we decide what are worthwhile feelings?17:59 What if living to our values is just a distraction?18:59 How to make recovery easy?19:43 How to respond to the pain of rejection?21:18 How to not feel anger when someone triggers your OCD?22:51 How to get over schizophrenia?24:21 Why don’t I recognise myself in the mirror?26:00 How to deal with blood pressure changes?30:42 What is the meaning of your tattoo?32:22 Sometimes it feels like it’s not possible to do things. How to overcome this?34:00 When is your book finished?37:28 What is the first step to recovery?38:20 What to do when you feel like you’re stuck in such an anxious state?41:45 What to do with perfectionism thoughts?43:46 What does it mean if I compare myself to others all the time?45:46 Is there a difference between struggling thoughts and having thoughts?48:00 What's the last thing you do before bed?49:12 Why does the brain want to get us into debates?50:26 How to deal with racing thoughts?51:35 How to know if we’re avoiding things in a healthy way?53:20 How does OCD work?54:49 How to manage over internalising?57:15 I just started a relationship and OCD is trying to destroy it. Tips?58:28 Any advice on healthy practices to start?1:00:20 How do you determine if a health issue is real or psychosomatic?1:01:56 Why is “You are not a rock” translated into Hindi?1:02:43 Why is reaching 100% in anything so hard?1:03:31 How to structure my day to look after mental health?1:06:48 How does accepting things make them go away?1:13:47 Am I striving for perfectionism?1:19:38 What is loving kindness?1:23:30 Is it summer or winter in Mexico?1:24:57 What is the best way to change beliefs?1:27:28 When should we push into difficult experiences?
Brain Tech Support Live - Dec 4, 2022 Mark Freeman 2022-12-04 | We discuss donut soup, recovery from mental illness, and how to maintain great mental fitness.3:58 How to move on from something bad that happened?7:02 How to detach meaning from thoughts?8:51 How do I create health goals without making them compulsions?10:36 I catch myself saying scenarios out loud. Tips?11:20 How to deal with existential OCD?13:00 My intrusive thoughts are worse in the morning. Tips?15:18 Do you deal with themes in your coaching?17:09 Did you get a feeling in your head when you had OCD?18:29 How to listen more attentively?21:39 How to choose beliefs?23:21 How long to meditate at the start?26:06 How to deal with mental baggage?27:37 Is it possible to recover from verbal tics?28:22 Is your new novel related to mental health?31:42 How to make healthy changes when it feels like it’ll never get better?33:45 Where did you first meditate when you started?37:49 How to deal with pure-O?39:24 Which meditation is good for OCD?40:38 How do you feel after a meditation retreat?43:18 How to deal with anger?45:55 How do you decide what to eat for lunch?48:54 Could you expand for a minute about intrusive thought-based tics?52:58 My brain is trying to protect me from losing someone, how to stop it?56:30 How to stop your brain rebelling against plans?1:02:24 How to deal with sexual performance anxiety?1:03:13 How to stop thinking people are looking at me at my new job?1:07:10 How to stop procrastinating?1:12:51 Is attachment to someone real or OCD?1:14:59 I want to avoid sex because of OCD but know that isn’t right. Tips?1:19:08 How do you deal with anxiety and fear?1:23:03 How to not judge my heartbeat?1:25:22 I've convinced myself I’m depressed. How to get out of this?
Brain Tech Support Live - Nov 20, 2022 Mark Freeman 2022-11-20 | Discussing recovery and mental health questions as we explore the wilderness of life!8:07 Does listening to an exposure script help with recovery? 12:25 What is cognitive delusion?15:10 Why am I constantly ruminating?18:40 How to accept thoughts and feelings?21:56 Why is it harder to make an unhealthy routine than a healthy one?24:02 How to change paths?25:29 How to plan a trip healthily?27:55 Any tips on how to be ourselves?30:45 How to deal with career doubts?33:22 I feel like I’m going to be inappropriate in public. Tips?34:59 How to stick to our values?36:34 When I get ok with a thought why does my brain then tell me I enjoy it?41:02 Can I spread your book out to spend more time on the exercises?46:32 Can gender dysphoria and OCD be linked?47:34 How to take action?49:52 How do I be ok with not feeling enough?54:28 How to stop chasing safety in the body?55:45 How to practise patience?1:03:55 How to respond to people who don’t agree with us?1:04:36 How to deal with alcohol?1:07:57 My intrusive thoughts are decreasing but now I feel nauseous. Tips?1:09:47 Is Pure O curable?1:10:49 Did you outline research time for your novel?1:12:44 How to wash your hands healthily?1:16:36 How to stop compulsions about stopping compulsions?1:17:33 how to have doubts?1:18:45 How to find hidden compulsions?1:20:34 How to deal with loneliness?1:21:57 How to stop getting caught up in what if thoughts?1:23:10 What do you think of the worldwide cell phone addiction?1:24:33 How to have any thoughts or feelings?1:28:12 If someone is lazy does that disqualify working with you?1:31:48 What if i'm not smart enough for my job?1:32:38 How to not compare success to others?1:34:38 How to support our physical bodies more?1:36:23 How to deal with a relationship ending?
Brain Tech Support Live - Nov 6, 2022 Mark Freeman 2022-11-06 | Let's explore mental health and recovery questions!2:06 My girlfriend wants me to help with her depression. Tips?3:18 Does meditation involve being motionless?6:55 Advice to stop comparing?11:08 How to stop doing things based on what others want?12:25 How to remove the desire for alcohol?13:43 Sometimes exposures become compulsions, tips?15:19 How can I want bad thoughts to be there?18:21 How to give enjoyment?21:25 How to enjoy things?24:50 Is it useful to ask myself what I want to be doing in life right now?25:54 Is synchronicity a signal in OCD?26:35 What Is the difference between liking something on purpose and personal preference?27:58 Do you recommend journaling?28:56 How to stop chasing good experiences?30:43 How to deal with perfection?32:01 How to stop thoughts coming back?33:02 Is it OCD or intuition?33:47 How to navigate school and work together?34:40 How to deal with thoughts of not being good enough?38:34 What is left in the brain after we stop doing compulsions?42:05 How to stop getting jealous?42:55 How to deal with ROCD?45:10 do intrusive thoughts contain images, statements etc?46:03 Are mental health apps good?48:45 How to add structure to OCD/anxiety recovery?50:57 How to do things whilst I have intrusive thoughts?51:30 How do I keep mental health work around in a healthy way?54:06 How to stop compulsions in exposure therapy?55:40 How to stop intrusive thoughts?56:25 Do you ever think about adding anything to ‘You are not a rock’?59:46 How to deal with powerful intrusive thoughts?1:02:01 Is a therapist essential to get over OCD?1:04:40 What if I don’t know what I want anymore?1:06:10 How to accept DP/DR?1:08:50 How to deal with being angry that I haven’t recovered?1:10:55 Is it useful to look for an event when mental health struggles first started?1:12:48 Why does the mind bring up new OCD themes?1:15:33 How to stop believing thoughts?1:20:43 How to get off SSRI’s?1:22:54 How often do you livestream?1:24:02 How to deal with tiredness?1:27:22 If I had OCD as a kid is it likely I have it now?
Brain Tech Support Live - Oct 23, 2022 Mark Freeman 2022-10-23 | Our regular mental illness recovery and mental fitness Q&A.3:54 How to deal with being nervous for a presentation?5:57 Does magnesium help with anxiety?6:53 How to stop values being all about making others happy?8:31 Are support groups helpful?9:58 Any tips for being hyperaware?12:51 How's the book going?13:26 How do I cut out checking when thoughts are still there in the morning?15:19 How come compulsion topics move around?18:49 How to pick up and put down projects?23:08 Have you heard of non violent communication?23:34 Do we have to change desires if they’re unhelpful?25:56 What meditations do you do on a regular basis?27:30 How to accept physical experiences?30:24 How to deal with mental compulsions?31:44 How to deal with failed goals?34:38 How to approach ERP?37:08 How to know what our values are?38:44 How do I become like you on the OCD journey?39:36 Best breathing exercise for OCD?40:33 Why do I think my anxiety is worse than other people?41:51 How to deal with disappointing loved ones?44:47 How to compare myself with people with no mental health challenges?48:08 How to move on with life if anxiety is still there?51:10 How to plan for the future?52:34 How to stop getting bored of everything new I do?54:01 How to be in places we used to struggle?54:55 How to pursue new goals without making it compulsive?56:00 Can you get over mental illness on your own?58:57 Is it bad to judge relationships?1:00:00 Is there an issue in wanting materialistic things?1:01:46 How do you feel about RF-ERP?1:03:32 What do you think about medication for mental health?1:06:21 How to not check your phone even if it causes headaches?1:06:58 Do I need to take medication for depression?1:08:17 What if some of my compulsions are helpful?1:10:11 Do you feel more emotions after recovery?1:12:22 How to not be rigid with recovery?1:14:18 Do you still work with people?1:15:14 What is your favourite mental health book?1:15:26 Is it useful to have a morning/evening routine?
How do you resolve emotional baggage from struggling with mental illness? Mark Freeman 2022-10-09 | Years of struggling with mental illness can leave us carrying around some baggage. But trying to clean away those experiences from the past can quickly get us trapped in the same old compulsive patterns.For stories of real baggage and emotions, check out my mental health and travel blog: themindfulfieldguide.comFor working on recovery skills, grab my book, YOU ARE NOT A ROCK, wherever books are sold, like here on Amazon: http://bit.ly/youarenotarock(It's called THE MIND WORKOUT in the UK and Australia/New Zealand, DAS MIND-WORKOUT in Deutsch, ENTRENA TU MENTE en español)Learn more about what I do here: markfreeman.ca Connect here:Twitter: twitter.com/thepathtochange Instagram: instagram.com/markwfreeman
Brain Tech Support Live - Oct 2, 2022 Mark Freeman 2022-10-02 | 7:11 How to deal with intrusive thoughts and feelings?8:44 Any tips for feeling like another in certain spaces?12:56 How to deal with feeling like a ‘bad’ person?14:57 How to handle magical thinking?16:04 Why do some people suffer from OCD?21:16 Any hints on your next book?22:30 Tips for overcoming dating app addiction?24:16 How to not do compulsions around feelings?25:19 How to cut out ruminating?27:11 Did you experience anxiety attacks?30:05 How to release victimhood thoughts?33:12 How do you stop people trying to control stuff they hate?36:28 How to convince myself magical thinking isn’t real?39:08 Why is uncertainty increasing after starting ERP?40:16 Can you give an overview of meditation and how to practise?43:08 What if my life is empty without checking?45:53 How to let go of nagging thoughts?47:50 How to handle agitation?50:19 How to deal with moral scrupulosity about others?56:18 How much do you need to know about recovery to recover?57:31 How to deal with the problems of social media?59:08 How to make anxiety go away?1:00:45 Is the goal to be mindful all the time?1:03:33 How to deal with ‘contaminated people’?1:06:11 Will anxiety and intrusive thoughts ever go away?1:09:47 My brain’s saying I’m not doing things for the right reasons. Tips?1:12:48 What do you think about a life with bipolar?1:13:25 How to deal with somebody calling me out?1:14:47 How to take on the smallest challenges?1:16:10 How did you gain such a complete understanding of mental health?1:18:35 How does guilt trigger OCD?1:20:08 Can you do a top 10 mental health tips?1:22:03 Do you think drastic changes are helpful for depression?1:23:52 Is it helpful to find the source of daydreams from our meditation practise?1:25:48 How to deal with a person you like finding someone else?1:26:36 Any advice for tinnitus?1:27:43 Is mental health a practice?1:30:21 If I want to pursue money as a goal, can you make that a value?
How do you measure recovery progress? Mark Freeman 2022-09-25 | If you're working on recovery from mental illness, you might want to track your mood or some anxiety, maybe how many panic attacks you have or whether you had any intrusive thoughts today. But it'll help to recognize that's just more of the mental illness compulsions.For working on recovery skills, grab my book, YOU ARE NOT A ROCK, wherever books are sold, like here on Amazon: http://bit.ly/youarenotarock(It's called THE MIND WORKOUT in the UK and Australia/New Zealand, DAS MIND-WORKOUT in Deutsch, ENTRENA TU MENTE en español)Learn more about what I do here: markfreeman.ca Check out my travel mental health blog: themindfulfieldguide.comConnect here:Twitter: twitter.com/thepathtochange Instagram: instagram.com/markwfreeman
Brain Tech Support Live - Sept 18, 2022 Mark Freeman 2022-09-18 | 1:48 What are some mental health paradoxes?5:20 How to ‘keep on walking’?7:15 Why is someone else’s opinion more important than my own?8:42 What is your favourite place you’ve been to?11:52 Do you not live in your head now?15:00 Why do I search for negative side effects to supplements?16:24 How long does anxiety stay with ERP?17:07 How to get over physical symptoms?17:58 How to help get over a breakup?20:03 How to deal with religious OCD?22:26 How to help with self validation?24:34 What is your favourite food where you’re staying?26:10 How to stop the remaining compulsions?27:26 Why does psychiatry focus so much on controlling feelings?37:36 I stopped paying attention to my heartbeat, but there’s still anxiety. Tips?38:11 What if I ruminate all the time?38:41 Is OCD connected to childhood trauma?39:33 How to stop feeling guilty?40:40 Is a highlight reel a compulsion?41:56 How to stop checking people like me?42:53 Is getting over OCD spiritual?44:46 Do people use philosophy to overcome OCD?46:25 How to approach somatic OCD?49:14 How to deal with thoughts that aren’t true but feel real?51:42 What are your thoughts on relapse?55:07 What is the difference between assurance and reassurance?55:39 How to deal with physical discomfort?58:20 How to stop needing things to be perfect?59:42 Can you explain judging?1:01:53 How to help a friend with OCD?1:04:08 Did alcohol and drugs cause my OCD?1:05:55 How to know if I’m checking?1:09:07 Could grounding exercises become a compulsion?1:11:13 How to stop fearing thoughts?1:13:33 How to change beliefs?1:15:28 Is Pure O harder to treat than normal OCD?1:16:24 What to do if OCD treatment conflicts with other therapy goals?1:18:51 Is there a speed you recommend working through your book?1:23:05 What if you get prescribed CBD?1:24:57 How to determine when something is OCD or not?
Brain Tech Support Live - Sept 4, 2022 Mark Freeman 2022-09-04 | Exploring questions about recovery from mental illness.0:00 Decision making6:44 If I know my thoughts are OCD, why do they keep scaring me?8:29 Why do we want to have any thought or feeling?10:10 I am having a hard time focusing. Tips?11:33 How to stop judging myself?13:12 How to make decisions more quickly?16:15 Should I quit my job if I’m struggling with mental health?16:56 Should you trust social intuition?18:10 How to trust yourself?19:47 How to stop compulsions I’m not proud of?21:57 How to deal with loss?23:53 How to stop obsessing if I have a mental illness?26:11 Did you see the recent study on chemical imbalances?26:54 How to take healthy action?29:59 How to stop being hyper aware of things I do?34:07 How to deal with sexual intrusive thoughts?37:52 How to stop checking?38:36 How to deal with the anxiety from moving out?41:52 Why aren’t you using sticky notes anymore?42:12 How to stop wanting external validation?43:19 How to separate intrusive thoughts from normal thoughts?45:38 Sometimes I forget the healthy tools to overcome mental health problems. Tips?48:34 How to feel good when we’re alone?49:56 How to handle uncertainty?54:04 Where are you going next?57:10 How to do things I value rather than things my brain wants to do?58:28 What did you do at undergrad?1:00:04 Can animals get OCD?1:02:33 How to want to have thoughts?1:03:39 Any tips on not being good enough?1:07:22 Should you let thoughts be labelled as bad?1:08:43 How to deal with setbacks?1:10:28 How to stop judging?1:13:27 Should we avoid people that make us anxious?1:18:10 What do you think of mantras for anxiety?1:19:23 How to get enjoyment?1:20:45 How to stop controlling things?1:22:22 How to change beliefs?1:24:15 How to get work done on time?1:25:40 What if I do something immoral when doing ERP?1:28:26 Do the brains of people with OCD work differently?1:29:15 How to start new things you want to do?1:31:58 How to handle anxiety around panic attacks?1:35:40 What are your thoughts on defusion?
Brain Tech Support Live, Aug 21, 2022 Mark Freeman 2022-08-21 | Bring your mental health questions!3:40 Was your ERP program outpatient?5:24 What is cognitive delusion?6:29 Why do I not believe the door is closed even if I know it is?8:34 Why am I not making progress?10:34 What if thoughts are really intense?11:53 How to deal with changing physical sensations?13:03 What if my brain doubts recovery?14:25 Can telling yourself ‘its just OCD’ become a compulsion?16:23 Did you ever feel like you were going crazy?18:44 Do you need courage to cut out compulsions?21:40 How to have just one thing?23:36 How to run without thinking about intrusive thoughts?26:08 How to deal with horrible fears?27:24 What causes OCD?30:35 Do you have any examples of easy compulsions to cut out?34:10 Should you accept the worst case scenario?34:50 How should you view partners in relationships?37:22 How to change the way you view yourself?38:30 How to deal with things outside our control?39:32 How to stop confessing things?42:56 How to deal with a terrible thought?44:05 How to feel normal?45:05 Is there a healthy way to think of yourself?46:46 How to deal with the fear of getting stuck?48:04 How to handle doing immoral things?50:04 How to redefine wants?51:45 How is depression caused?54:04 Did you have panic attacks on top of your OCD?55:13 Should you let intrusive images come in?57:00 How to stop ruminating?58:47 How to deal with coworkers?1:00:29 If you can break compulsions will the OCD tendencies go away?1:02:21 How to deal with racing thoughts?1:04:18 How to deal with GAD?1:05:05 Should I just cut out all my compulsions?1:07:48 How's writing going?
Brain Tech Support Live - Aug 7, 2022 Mark Freeman 2022-08-07 | Our regular Q&A on mental health, recovery from mental illness, and having fleshy souls.4:05 How to deal with the brain self sabotaging?5:07 How did you get started writing?7:05 How to stop imaginary discussions?9:39 Would having a success journal be helpful?11:53 I am struggling with retroactive jealousy. Tips?13:13 How to deal with the fear of STIs?17:20 Why do you not make as many videos?19:46 How to deal with people who don’t like you for no reason?24:06 What apps are good to learn meditation?28:26 How to deal with internet addiction?32:04 How to break the cycle of feeling too tired to do healthy things?35:52 How to stop obsessing?38:12 How to overcome thoughts about existence and death?39:26 How to be less sensitive?40:48 I'm struggling to know what I want in life. Tips?43:24 Any advice on how to cut out compulsions?44:32 How to stop procrastination?45:09 How to define success by actions we control?48:28 Should we avoid intrusive thoughts?50:15 Why is staying with something so hard?50:51 How to deal with relapse?52:15 How to deal with physical issues?53:44 How long does it take to get over OCD?54:47 How to stop phobias?58:33 How to properly resist compulsions?1:01:07 How to overcome rumination?1:05:03 How do DP/DR work?1:07:46 Are all compulsions the same?1:10:09 How to stick to boundaries?1:11:51 How to deal with judging yourself?1:12:50 How to deal with the anxiety from ERP?1:13:55 How to resist compulsions?1:15:23 Is procrastination related to OCD?1:18:47 How to get past body fluid fears?1:22:21 Do we have to overcome every fear?1:23:10 How to stop assuming people are mad at me?1:24:57 What if it feels different this time?1:27:59 What are some environmental factors of mental health?1:29:28 What if I have a panic attack when I smell weed?1:30:45 How to practise non-judgement?1:33:05 How to deal with relapse?1:35:01 How do we do things we like when feeling so bad?1:36:27 How to deal with being judged?1:37:26 How to deal with physical sensations?1:38:16 Do you accept it would be ok if your partner left you?1:41:56 How to date when dealing with mental health struggles?1:44:23 How to deal with different themes?1:45:40 How to deal with the worry of being talked about behind our backs?1:47:30 I feel out of control. Tips?1:54:49 Should you just sit with anxiety?
Brain Tech Support Live - Jul 24, 2022 Mark Freeman 2022-07-24 | We explore recovery from mental illness and building great mental health and fitness!
Brain Tech Support Live - July 10, 2022 Mark Freeman 2022-07-10 | Bi-weekly mental health Q&A all about how useless brains are and how wonderful spleens and alpacas are.
Brain Tech Support Live - June 26, 2022 Mark Freeman 2022-06-26 | We sit down (with a big glass of chicha morada) to explore mental health skills. Index: 8:00 What did you notice when you stepped away from rules?9:50 Is it a good strategy to swap hemispheres to escape global warming?12:19 Should you become more mindful?14:30 How to deal with feeling tense when cutting out compulsions?17:00 Can you talk about mindful learning?18:00 How to deal with feelings from caffeine?18:45 I have a fear of people. Tips?19:40 How to fit in with friends if we feel we’ve changed?21:49 Why does the brain want us to do compulsions?23:22 What to do with graphic intrusive thoughts?25:49 Why do people find it so hard to understand the brain is separate from us?26:32 I get confused around communication. Tips?28:49 Is humanity doomed?33:01 What are your views on forgiveness?34:09 Physical symptoms feel real. Tips?36:39 How to deal with the fear of losing your mind?38:41 What are helpful ways to write exposures?42:10 When you beat OCD do you become fearless?43:46 How to be uncertain?45:01 How to do things with health anxiety?46:51 How can I beat OCD?47:40 How to regain confidence?49:12 How long will it take to cure OCD?51:29 How do you find time for meditation?53:20 How to deal with feeling like you don’t deserve happiness?56:05 Did you feel tired when you were struggling?57:01 Is dealing with intrusive images the same as thoughts?58:31 How to deal with real events from the past?1:00:10 How to be myself when I need to create a new self?1:02:23 How to deal with anxiety and panic while travelling?1:04:45 How to push yourself to do something socially?1:06:10 How to explore enjoyment?1:12:39 How to deal with lack of sleep?1:16:05 Where can I buy your book?1:16:40 How to go about making tough decisions?
Brain Tech Support Live - June 5, 2022 Mark Freeman 2022-06-05 | Our bi-weekly mental health and recovery Q&A. Index: 4:47 Why do real issues trigger health anxiety?6:44 Any tips for rage and anger?10:06 Why do my legs feel numb with anxiety?11:24 Is judgment good or bad?12:20 I'm afraid I have done something bad. Tips?15:21 Tips for burnout?17:26 Do you help people in the UK?18:11 How to get over intrusive harm thoughts?21:30 What if you don’t feel attracted to your partner?13:15 How do I be present when doing everyday things?24:10 How to handle emotions?25:05 Do you still struggle with OCD?28:22 How to know if you’ve met a suitable partner?31:08 I fear going to public places. Tips?31:39 Where are you?31:59 Should you be ok with changing insecurities?32:45 How to get over the fear of driving on motorways?33:40 Tips for getting over sexual intrusive thoughts?35:44 Why is marijuana causing mental health problems in young people?37:21 How to deal with anxiety around sleep?39:06 How to deal with a loved one passing away?40:48 How to stop mentally checking in meditation?41:14 What if I’m trapped with these thoughts forever?41:40 How to have a healthy relationship with food?45:53 How to overcome the fear of judgment?49:15 Why do we do compulsions even though they feel bad?50:31 How do you stay in shape?53:23 Does the brain try to get you to do compulsions by giving you physical pain?56:14 How to get back to values after relapse?57:58 How long were you recovering and relapsing for?59:57 I can’t stand the thoughts of not knowing whether a memory is real or not. Tips?1:00:35 Why does it feel so wrong to do things we value?1:02:33 What if I forget something when cutting out compulsions?1:04:13 How to accept being a beginner?1:04:45 How much knowledge do you need to get over mental illness?1:06:01 Why do I always quit when I don’t see progress?1:08:46 Can you recommend some programs to overcome anxiety?1:10:50 How to use social media healthily?1:11:38 Should I stop doing compulsions whilst doing my exams?1:12:16 Do you feel unbeatable against brain stuff?1:13:42 Can you overcome anxiety by yourself?1:15:00 ERP is so costly. Tips?1:17:11 What do you miss the most in Korea?1:18:27 How to deal with not hitting normal milestones in life?1:19:54 Do you think good nutrition is helpful for mental health?1:21:15 What is ERP?1:21:23 What does it feel like to have no compulsions?1:22:23 Which city has the best donuts?1:22:46 How to deal with procrastination?1:24:30 Should I fight OCD thoughts?
