Douglas Bloch
Douglas Bloch
  • 899
  • 8 849 051
Flashback Friday - Are You Anxious? (Take This Test)
In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch DISCLAIMER. This video is for educational purposes ONLY. If you think that you may suffer from an anxiety disorder, please consult a qualified mental health practitioner.
In this video, author and depression counselor Douglas Bloch provides a simple test that you take to determine if you have generalized anxiety disorder. This video is for educational purposes only and is not meant to replace an evaluation by a qualified mental health professional.
To visit my websites on depression recovery and suicide prevention, go to healingfromdepression.com and www.overcomingsuicidalpain.com/
To get a free color diagram containing 50 self-care activities to improve your mood, visit my personal website
douglasbloch.com
and click on the “Download PDF" link.
To listen to the audiobook version of my memoir When Going Through Hell … Don’t Stop! on Audible, go to:
www.audible.com/pd/B08Y3XK1GJ/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-242573&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_242573_rh_us
To listen to the audiobook version of my book of affirmations, Words That Heal, on Audible go to:
www.audible.com/pd/B0963YZ3NX/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-260330&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_260330_rh_us
To contribute to this channel so that its healing information can reach more people, visit
patreon.com/douglasbloch
To sign up for a free newsletter that provides valuable e-tips for healing from depression, go to::
forms.aweber.com/form/75/2116152175.htm
Переглядів: 375

Відео

Flashback Friday - Is Our Society Making You Depressed?
Переглядів 74619 годин тому
In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch shares his belief that the society in which we live creates the conditions that lead us to feel disconnected from our work, from each other, from the natural world, etc. And it is this sense of disconnection that causes so many people in the culture to feel depressed. To visit my websites on depression recovery and suicide preventio...
Flashback Friday - I Am Sick and Tired of Being in Recovery
Переглядів 1,6 тис.14 днів тому
In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch shares how he often feels discouraged about the prospect of having to manage his depressive symptoms now and into the future. Upon further reflection, he realizes that everyone has his "cross to bear." This, he decides to make the best of his situation and to be grateful for what is working in his life. To visit my websites on depre...
Douglas Bloch Update June 7, 2024
Переглядів 3,1 тис.14 днів тому
In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch gives an update on how's he doing. To visit my websites on depression recovery and suicide prevention, go to healingfromdepression.com and www.overcomingsuicidalpain.com/ To get a free color diagram containing 50 self-care activities to improve your mood, visit my personal website douglasbloch.com and click on the “Download PDF" lin...
Flashback Friday - An Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Depression
Переглядів 79221 день тому
In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch talks about the idea that inflammation in the body may worsen the symptoms of depression. He shares the ideas of Dr. Greger about which foods may reduce inflammation or may increase it. To visit my websites on depression recovery and suicide prevention, go to healingfromdepression.com and www.overcomingsuicidalpain.com/ To get a fre...
Flashback Friday - Finding the Blessings in Life's Challenges
Переглядів 63728 днів тому
In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch shares a spiritual principle that has transformed his life and the lives of others that every adversity contains within it the seed of an equivalent or greater good. He gives a number of examples to illustrate this principle, including his own experience of overcoming a life-threatening depressive illness. To visit my websites on de...
Flashback Friday - Depression and Chronic Pain: Hell on Wheels
Переглядів 739Місяць тому
In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch talks about the difficulties that a person with depression faces when he also suffers from chronic pain. He offers specific tools and coping strategies that people with mood disorders can use to reduce their physical pain, which in turn will alleviate their emotional pain. To visit my websites on depression recovery and suicide prev...
Flashback Friday - Trauma: A Hidden Cause of Mental Illness
Переглядів 867Місяць тому
In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch discusses how trauma lies at the root of many mental illnesses, including alcoholism and drug addiction. This is particularly the case when the trauma occurs over a period of many years, often during childhood. These adverse childhood experiences (also known as ACES) can literally change the brain and the nervous system before the i...
Flashback Friday - Will These Bouts of Depression Never End?
Переглядів 1,3 тис.Місяць тому
In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch takes up the question, "If I have one or two bouts of depression, will I have more?" Although depression is a chronic, relapsing condition, if we practice our recovery program one day at a time, the episodes will become less frequent, less intense, and of a shorter duration. To visit my websites on depression recovery and suicide pr...
Flashback Friday - How to Stop Intrusive and Obsessive Thoughts
Переглядів 1,3 тис.Місяць тому
In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch shares four tips on how you can respond to unwanted thoughts and obsessions. To visit my websites on depression recovery and suicide prevention, go to healingfromdepression.com and www.overcomingsuicidalpain.com/ To get a free color diagram containing 50 self-care activities to improve your mood, visit my personal website douglasblo...
Flashback Friday - A Guaranteed Way To Become More Productive
Переглядів 8552 місяці тому
In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch shares a simple method that can help you to become more productive. It involves writing down the six most important things you need to accomplish the following day, with the most important task at the top of the list. The next day you focus on one task at a time. Any goals that are not completed are placed on the list for the follow...
Flashback Friday - I Would Rather Have Physical Pain Than Mental Pain
Переглядів 8722 місяці тому
In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch compares the experience of physical pain and mental pain. While they both cause suffering, mental/psychological pain creates its own kind of torment that can turn into despair. To visit my websites on depression recovery and suicide prevention, go to healingfromdepression.com and www.overcomingsuicidalpain.com/ To get a free color d...
Flashback Friday - If You Find Yourself in Hell, Learn to Tread Fire
Переглядів 9612 місяці тому
In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch describes despair, hopelessness, or suicidal pain as similar to being in a burning high-rise with no escape from the fire's flames except to jump. However, unlike the real-life situation, we can find ways to reduce the intensity of our emotional flames until they subside. He calls this "treading fire" and offers practical ways that ...
Flashback Friday - What I Needed to Hear to Avoid a Nervous Breakdown
Переглядів 1,5 тис.2 місяці тому
In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch tells the story of how he used the power of encouraging and reassuring words, said by himself and others, to survive an episode of hellish anxiety. He then shares two strategies that describe how you can apply the power of encouraging words in your own life. To visit my websites on depression recovery and suicide prevention, go to h...
Flashback Friday - Can You Find Meaning In Your Suffering?
Переглядів 1,2 тис.3 місяці тому
In this video, author and mental health educator Douglas Bloch shares how you can find meaning in your suffering by using the experience to grow in love and wisdom. This is known as "redemptive suffering." To visit my websites on depression recovery and suicide prevention, go to healingfromdepression.com and www.overcomingsuicidalpain.com/ To get a free color diagram containing 50 self-care act...
Flashback Friday - You Are a Hero
Переглядів 9893 місяці тому
Flashback Friday - You Are a Hero
Flashback Friday - How to Get Better as You Get Older
Переглядів 1,1 тис.3 місяці тому
Flashback Friday - How to Get Better as You Get Older
Flashback Friday - Why You Should Tell Yourself, "Oh Hell, I'm Well"
Переглядів 1,1 тис.3 місяці тому
Flashback Friday - Why You Should Tell Yourself, "Oh Hell, I'm Well"
Flashback Friday - Your Are More Resourceful Than You Think
Переглядів 1 тис.3 місяці тому
Flashback Friday - Your Are More Resourceful Than You Think
Flashback Friday - What Makes People Happy?
Переглядів 9814 місяці тому
Flashback Friday - What Makes People Happy?
Flashback Friday - Your Key to Recovering from Depression and Anxiety
Переглядів 1,6 тис.4 місяці тому
Flashback Friday - Your Key to Recovering from Depression and Anxiety
Flashback Friday - She Really Did Want To Live
Переглядів 9014 місяці тому
Flashback Friday - She Really Did Want To Live
Flashback Friday - One Reason You Should Never Give Up
Переглядів 1,8 тис.4 місяці тому
Flashback Friday - One Reason You Should Never Give Up
Flashback Friday - Forgive Yourself for Your Mistakes
Переглядів 1,8 тис.5 місяців тому
Flashback Friday - Forgive Yourself for Your Mistakes
Flashback Friday - Receiving Invisible and Unexpected Help
Переглядів 1,3 тис.5 місяців тому
Flashback Friday - Receiving Invisible and Unexpected Help
Flashback Friday - Can Thinking About the Past Help You Feel Better in the Present?
Переглядів 9045 місяців тому
Flashback Friday - Can Thinking About the Past Help You Feel Better in the Present?
Flashback Friday - Do Spiritual People Get Depressed?
Переглядів 1,4 тис.5 місяців тому
Flashback Friday - Do Spiritual People Get Depressed?
Flashback Friday - Beyond Talk Therapy : Effective Treatments for Trauma
Переглядів 9266 місяців тому
Flashback Friday - Beyond Talk Therapy : Effective Treatments for Trauma
Flashback Friday - You Are Not the Only One
Переглядів 1,8 тис.6 місяців тому
Flashback Friday - You Are Not the Only One
Douglas Bloch Interview and Update
Переглядів 10 тис.6 місяців тому
Douglas Bloch Interview and Update

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @johnmaggiorino4493
    @johnmaggiorino4493 2 години тому

    I'm in the pit...again

  • @georgialandau9843
    @georgialandau9843 6 годин тому

    Very good, thank you

  • @truthsayer9245
    @truthsayer9245 8 годин тому

    What about those that leave behind young children who will be utterly traumatised and more likely to commit suicide themselves in the future?

  • @ryanbenson4610
    @ryanbenson4610 14 годин тому

    Well 5 out of 6. Maybe I’ll have to talk to someone.

  • @claresmith9261
    @claresmith9261 18 годин тому

    Just lovely to see you, Douglas, you’re a blessing to the world ❤

  • @Yasen1791
    @Yasen1791 21 годину тому

    You are so kind

  • @Yasen1791
    @Yasen1791 22 години тому

    Are you still doing ECT

  • @user-wh3hr3oz6l
    @user-wh3hr3oz6l 23 години тому

    Hi Doug, hang in there, I just came out of a 18 month long depression, it was my 2nd episode and I thought it would never end, I had all of the same symptoms you described in your book, if it wasn’t for you and all of your wonderful, informative and life saving videos I’m not quite sure where I would be today, hang in there Doug, one day, one hour, one minute at a time, there is light at the end of the tunnel, we’ve been sick before and recovered again and again, things will slowly get better and you will gradually be restored. God bless.

  • @sciencefollower
    @sciencefollower День тому

    It is very much appreciated please.

  • @lindasteen8119
    @lindasteen8119 День тому

    Douglas, you are loved ❣️

  • @irong105
    @irong105 День тому

    I hope you are feeling better. You've done so much to help others. A true Earth angel.

  • @erinburke9711
    @erinburke9711 День тому

    Must be nice to have the money to support all this. I have none. Wish I could just move into the cuckoo's nest.

  • @otismeotisme7987
    @otismeotisme7987 День тому

    Thanks for your Amazing Inspiring Lessons ❤🎉😊

  • @ringberar
    @ringberar День тому

    sending my love and appreciation Douglas!

  • @josephinefay9346
    @josephinefay9346 День тому

    Dear Douglas, I have been trying to get off Haloperidol 4mg since October 2023. I have nearly reduced by 1 tablet out of 4. I am also on Promethazine I have had the most horrendous side effects. I have had chronic insomnia approx 3 hours a night for a year. Would you have any advice for me?

  • @johnmaggiorino4493
    @johnmaggiorino4493 День тому

    Yes society is miserable

  • @awesomemom533
    @awesomemom533 2 дні тому

    Your book “When Going Through Hell Don’t Stop” has been my Bible during my darkest times. Praying for you and sending love and healing light 💕☀️❤️🙏🏻

  • @suiftkikay3755
    @suiftkikay3755 2 дні тому

    I am praying for your fast healing and recovery. During my depression season you really are a big help to me. You introduce me to healing, and because of your help, I am still alive today.I am so blessed with your audio books, it really convinced me to stay alive. Oh sir Douglas I still wanna see you on UA-cam. I wanna know you more. Give us more years. Don't leave us yet. Don't leave me.😢

  • @shirleykaye4344
    @shirleykaye4344 2 дні тому

    Dear Douglas, Something has gone wrong in this world that has led so many of us into the darkness. Those who are not struggling truly do not know what this hell is like. You are in my thoughts and prayers. I am currently going through a taper off of a benzodiazepine that not only did a psychiatrist get me addicted to, but he spent the last year that I stayed in his “care” attempting to get me to take a higher dose, which would have made things even worse. I am seeing a different psychiatrist now who is encouraging me along the way to free myself from this horrible drug. The drug that was supposed to be helping me was actually making my depression worse. Sometimes we cannot count on the medical professionals who claim to be helping us. It is a sad state of affairs, and I am sure that I am not the only one he has done this to. So I hope that you are getting help from people who actually are trying to help you. You are not crying alone, Douglas, and your channel has done so much good for so many of us. You always tell us not to give up, so please do not give up. I turned 70 (!) in November and you are right about how it feels like your body is just crumbling. My new primary care doctor has been able to put me in twice a week physical therapy mainly for problems with aging joints. It has helped me so much physically as well as psychologically. So please stay as active as you can, to maintain and improve on the strength that you have. If you can’t bicycle, then walk, do what you can to keep your body in motion. You taught us that too. I keep you in my heart as you have been a valued and loved mentor to me. ❤️❤️❤️❤️Shirley

  • @timweberHB
    @timweberHB 2 дні тому

    I am in a really dark place. I am praying for both of us to get healed from this nightmare. God bless all of us who are losing hope!!

  • @pleximanic
    @pleximanic 2 дні тому

    SSRIs are soul killers!

  • @camarorules1
    @camarorules1 2 дні тому

    I found that drs do not want to help. I've been on paxil for 27 yrs and effexor for ,2 yrs. I had a hard life starting in childhood and then one extreme situation after another. Should I stay on it after this many yrs?

  • @tvalue
    @tvalue 3 дні тому

    Praying for your healing and recovery 🙏

  • @fawnpower8039
    @fawnpower8039 3 дні тому

    🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏

  • @Jake51500
    @Jake51500 3 дні тому

    I live in a wonderful life ... beautiful partner, loving family, 2 sweet pooches, great job, nice home, nice car, doin ok financially...but here I am ... gripped in anxiety & melancholy...and wondering what's it all about...why am I like this...does it even matter whether I existed or not....and guilt....for even feeling this way for no reason....and frustration...that I am wasting it all away....

  • @lisaa6099
    @lisaa6099 3 дні тому

    Yep thats pretty accurate

  • @stevensings2023
    @stevensings2023 4 дні тому

    Please help me 😢

  • @stevensings2023
    @stevensings2023 4 дні тому

    I’m out of my mind with severe harm OCD. I can’t go to the shops without thinking I’m going to attack anyone I see on the way. I can’t go to the bathroom without fear of attacking my housemates. I can’t work in my office without fearing I’m going to attack someone. Going to play sports is difficult as I’m around kids and this makes my ocd awful. I think I should be in a mental hospital

  • @Jake51500
    @Jake51500 4 дні тому

    Thank you Douglas

  • @karolinaciucias664
    @karolinaciucias664 4 дні тому

    Hi Douglas, I've recently done a study of psalm 23 with a book 'Known' by Lisa Derhake. I'm going through an unstable time with my depression as well and the study has been hugely helpful. That book is so wonderful as Lisa wrote it herself while going through a depression episode. I highly recommend. My heart goes out to you. I pray that Lord Jesus heals you. I pray for a miracle in your life. Keep on persevering!!

  • @AndrejBizjak_Si
    @AndrejBizjak_Si 4 дні тому

    Well it is always much harder looking from the inside of the Jail cell out onto a freedom. You supported many of us. And we will support you. It is a fracked up disease or state of mind or whatever someone wants to call it. One can nevver know how hard it is going to hit the next time around. Actually I have no other words than "hang in there lad, we are comming to get you." At least figuratively.Sending you some of my best thoughts and prayers to the Lord. God Bless

  • @debrahmcshane977
    @debrahmcshane977 4 дні тому

    Thinking of you Douglas at this time. You will find the light again. God is good, bless you. Much love. X

  • @richardfarrell6098
    @richardfarrell6098 4 дні тому

    Douglas! I'm so sorry that you have been struggling with this terrible episode. As you know, I've been there and can relate so well, especially to the agitation and early morning insomnia. Please hang in there. I'm praying for you. I thought you might like to know that my wife was prescribed your videos as well as medication when she saw her doctor regarding her depression. She said, "the doctor told me to watch these videos by a guy named Douglas Bloch". I said, "I know him!" So you see, your work has great reach!

  • @nancyseidel1132
    @nancyseidel1132 4 дні тому

    I stopped at Manzanita my favorite place on earth

  • @Yasen1791
    @Yasen1791 4 дні тому

    We love you sir Thanks for everything

  • @simonehoogervorst8495
    @simonehoogervorst8495 4 дні тому

    Praying for you Douglas❤

  • @jebusgabagool7902
    @jebusgabagool7902 4 дні тому

    Bullshit. It’s not temporary. It’s here and always has been.

  • @paulwarrington1966
    @paulwarrington1966 5 днів тому

    Douglas, Your channel helped me out of a place that I couldn’t imagine getting out of. Please keep trying different approaches to try to get to a better place. You were like the father I never had and it hurts me to see you like this. You just need to believe with the right approach you will come out of this. I want to see you well again. You are loved by all of us who have left comments on here, and are an incredibly valuable human being. Much love. Paul

  • @martymoo
    @martymoo 5 днів тому

    Wishing you well, Douglas. Thank you for all the great help you've given to so many people, and continue to, despite the greatest challenges.

  • @brightfox4647
    @brightfox4647 5 днів тому

    I think about you Douglas. I'm deeply depressed and living one minute at the time. But every night I listen to you and also think about your struggle too. Hope you feel better soon.

  • @rickturnr
    @rickturnr 5 днів тому

    Also the destruction of the natural world is depressing

  • @jnpjnp228
    @jnpjnp228 5 днів тому

    Never, ever give up Douglas. when you are going through hell, keep going!

  • @Astral_Dusk
    @Astral_Dusk 5 днів тому

    There's all kinds of stress, we're certainly not born to only take on TOXIC stress our entire life. Unlike negative stress that tends to occur in moments that tend to reveal areas of improvement, TOXIC seems to be stagnant, unchanging, and leads to burnout. Plenty of POSITIVE stress opportunities in life as well like fitness and improving our habits. Personally I say much of our wellbeing can be bolstered with a solid ritualistic set of daily personal structure that implements many forms of positive stress to outweigh inevitable negative and especially allowing more self-awareness and conscientious of navigating out of toxic stress earlier before it escalates and infects us.

  • @kasflo704
    @kasflo704 5 днів тому

    Take care of yourself. Thank you for the update. You helped me and so many others when we were low and struggling hope we can help support you now.

  • @michaelsamueldantonio
    @michaelsamueldantonio 6 днів тому

    Your videos are inspiring. Be well.

  • @purronnaspaw
    @purronnaspaw 6 днів тому

    Prayers for you, Douglas.please Please feel better.youve been so helpful to people. I hope we can return that to you.❤

  • @otismeotisme7987
    @otismeotisme7987 6 днів тому

    Hang in there, Happy Father's Day ❤🎉

  • @christopherrosado6053
    @christopherrosado6053 6 днів тому

    Feel better

  • @phil7222
    @phil7222 6 днів тому

    Hello Douglas from Ireland. You have been a help to so many people. Wishing you all the best and hoping you feel better soon.

  • @martincomerford6088
    @martincomerford6088 6 днів тому

    What do you do if you have no friends and find it impossible to connect with people?