when u cried 10 seconds into the video.. *Edit:* Thank you for this video you have no idea how much this has helped me T^T

Thanks Josh. You´re on the right path, we all are if we commit to this. Sometimes we just go on straight line passing by daily problems like this (over stimulation and "phone addiction") be cause we are overwhelmed with other daily things that may not let us see where problems at or where we can start solving them. Long time ago i found the way to overcome this cycles, but long time ago Social Media were not on the point where they are at right now. The problem is not the problem nowadays, is that you can just dont see the issue that is holding you back. Videos like this remembers us to focus again... And what a video, what a content, brings me back those youtube videos from 2018 that were really helpful and brought knowledge and small but efective intuition on what to do... Keep the mission you´re up to. Thanks again

I just came across this video and i'm very interested in the seeker society, but the page doesn't exist anymore. is there still a way to join this community?

Please can you make a video about overstimulation and early recovery from depression or a mental illness : the pressure of getting shit done and doing this and that..and not feeling enough and being in the confusion of « should i be mentally tough and disciplined and get shit done » or « should i be easy on myself and take it step by step and listen to my body » i am confused lmaoo xx

pretty boy with pretty advice<3 thanks man

I love your content young man!

Okay, was introduced to p*rn at a young age and recently got out of the addiction thank God. This completely stunted me socially and I have a close friend circle, but struggle to connect with classmates. I have cheated through several of my business courses and am now supposed to graduate but struggling to study and get out of the cheating loop. I struggle to be social so very much, and want to be able to hold small talk and fun convo with people. I cold be asked the most basic question or someone will try to spark a convo and my brain FREEZES, this has caused mass amounts of guilt and fluctuates based on me being exhahusted from lack of sleep or not. Praying I have the strength to graduate college with my degree. I feel so behind everyone in classes becasue of how easily they can get along with ANYONE, especially classmates becasue they can relate to each other. I struggle, I manage a sports team and am also a captain/president at which I do not feel deserving of these and that I am a fraud in this way because I cannot lead. Working on self-lofe and acceptance. I understand humiilty is the way to go yet struggle to not constantly be criticizing myself. Entire college experience has been very challenging to me, I have my close friends, family, and wonderful girlfriend who are all amazing, kind, intelligent, and beautiful human beings. Praying I can join them in their happiness and keep going through. I dont want my life to be a constant " i just need to get out of this situtation", college feels like the "situation" for now. Please, if you can, pray for me, yourself, we all are amazing and have the potential and strength within to perservere.

Help me josh, ive been stuck in your bedroom for 5 months now can i go pls

"Your life is more than self improvement" wow

“Dont start with Crime and Punishment “: me, watching the video, really ready to open my Crime and Punishment book right now 😅

this helped so much. thanks man.

My attention span is so bad that around 9 minutes it was draining me to stay at full screen. At the same time everything in this video felt like a wake up call but in a gentle way. I struggle with procrastination so much and everyday I feel a sense of meaninglessness and a sense of dread that I'm just wasting my golden years. But when you talked about small steps and choices I realized that I made a choice when I clicked on this video, when I watched it in full screen the whole time even though I always watch KZbin videos and read comments or scroll through more suggestions instead of actually finishing any video. These 21 minutes felt so unbelievably long to me, not because the content was bad or boring but it's because I've become accustomed to 30s reels. I'm glad I watched the whole thing. Thank you so much for this. I'll try to take small steps and keep reminding myself that I can do more than just scroll mindlessly and waste my life.

I’ve always thought I didn’t have a real hobby that I genuinely enjoy, apart from scrolling on my phone. But you made me realize that’s not true! When you mentioned learning to cook delicious food, it really hit me-because I actually love eating and cooking good food! 😂

If you like to read and you're craving social interaction, see if your local library has a book club!! Since I've started attending one at mine, it's been a lot of fun to interact in a pretty low-stakes way. You never have to worry about not knowing what to talk about because you're coming together to discuss something specific. And you might end up reading a book your otherwise wouldn't have sought out on your own :)

brain dump i havent been thinking straight lately. And my mental is so bad rn that idec about how i look like to other people, as long as my hygiene is there idc, it literally feels like ive given up on life and on me because my grades are shit, i look like shit, my diet is shit, my workouts are non existent, i’ve been self isolating but weirdly at the same time im letting ppl take up my free time. I want to go back to how I literally just was like 2 weeks ago. It feels like a constant cycle of get worse then get way better and repeat. IM TIRED OF IT. Im so fucking tired. And i reached this one dream that I had (getting a bf because for a while i genuinely thought i was unlovable) and it feels like he’s kinda dragged me into this whole “i love you” thing and i feel trapped even tho i want to be in a relationship with him. I feel so depressed and idk what im doing right

I have spent around 8 months with no social medias at all except for things like Pinterest, tumblr and WhatsApp, to at least keep in touch with families, and now that I open the app like instagram, TikTok, …I feel so detached. I can log out or just stop scrolling right away. Plus I am not interested in on what ppl are watching by my sides when the music of the reel, TikTok, … is loud while it used to be so tempting like “what are they watching?” I think it’s smth good but the issue now is that idk what to do after this ?? Like I love doing lots of stuffs but my attention span is sooooooooo damaged I had to watch again and again the same 10 sec of this video bc I can’t focus. Same with books or whatever. Can someone help me please ? I’d like to get out of this, pretty sure it’ll help with my depression and lack of motivation as well. Thank you very much.

Excellent video, like it actually helped

I'm crying cause I'm really overwhelmed, thank you for sharing and making this video

holyyy what a video

The last part about the building on fire, you were so into it and it felt so poetic I was mesmerized, really beautiful. Thank you for this

i just know that you are going to find success in whatever goal you have for this youtube channel

Your videos pulled me out of a depressive episode. Thank you, may Allah bless you ❤

thank you ❤

thank you. although I'm 30 and I didn't learn everything here yet

hi josh, i am a big fan of the content you create, i often come to your 20 min videos when i feel like procrastinating. I wanted to ask you couple questions, i know you dont typically cover any exact ways of overstimulating yourself, but yet i really want to ask you, not any other person, what do you think about porn? about semen retention? i have been on semen retention for like past 4-5 months or so, and it seems to feel great, so i wanted to know what you think about all of that. And secondly, music, my spotify is on 24/7, do you think i should use it less? i know its all individual, but i am trying to reduce the bad stimulations in my life in whatever way i can

was this a single take? no cuts? it is, isn't it... hella impressive. needed to hear every bit of it too.

So many things just clicked for me. My 23rd birthday was last month lol

This entire video is a beautiful, genius metaphor. Much love, Josh.

I love this video, thank you

i am really resonating with the message that i might already have all of the education that i need to do what needs to be done and i am denying myself of the space and time and rest to digest that information and actually consider what that advice might look like in my life. for about two years, i have been listening to self help video after self help video after self help video as background noise because it makes me feel productive without having to actually face myself and tackle the challenges i am learning about. this video is making me realize that more exposure to the same content doesn’t equal more change, it just feels better to do that than lack of stimulation. thank you, josh! i feel like my day and hopefully my life has been impacted by your soul and that is something i haven’t experienced from watching content in a really long time. i hope that you read this and i can have an impact on you as well. time to remove my headphones 😳😰😬

i should add to this the concept of cognitive energy

absolutely brilliant video and beautiful extended metaphor about a building aflame. thank you for creating art and contributing to the collective consciousness🌞

Wow, this video is a masterpiece! Best greetings from Germany.

great video, very well thought out. Ive been through a lot of the same and for sure it is so easy to get caught in those dopamine circles. But yea getting back to your Humanity is for real the answer

how dare you drop this after i was already 24

I just wanna thank u for ur content cause it’s being so helpful for me in a way I don’t think u can even imagine, thank u so much I am so grateful n I wish u all the best

Turning 24 next month. I'm gonna take notes.

Watching this video every month to remind myself

Thank you

Part of the reason why it is easy to listen to him for 20min to me, is, honestly, he looks like Tim Roth speaking to you face to face out of a movie.

My attention is mine. I have control over my life. I have control. Thank you for doing this. It felt weirdly cathardic being able to recognise what I was going through through this video. Being able to know not only the "why" but the "how" of it makes the whole idea graspable and something we can overcome.

This was actually much needed 🙏🏻

hell yeah man. i will do the dishes in my sink because of you. then who knows what else

you are so calming

But arent we contributing to the problem by contributing the the stream of addicting content?

Josh, your videos are concise, thought-out, and hit right in the soft spot, especially what you were saying about not running from your problems. I've come across your videos once or twice before, but this video in particular is really special, thank you for the work that you do, it makes a difference.

I don't remember seeing a vid too accurate❤here. Love that you're helping and understanding people after feeling all that yourself. Rarely kind

Im turning 24 this December too thank you and happy birthday

I literally just turned 24 and yt recommends me this video 😯

thank you