A Candid Talk About Depression, Anxiety, And Burnout.

[@DanielEarl]

I know deal with cycles of anxiety and procrastination. Its usually linked with the winter time, cash flow and the types of projects I have to do.

[@VideographerGuides]

Sounds like a not so fun experience. Is there anything you’ve found to be particularly helpful whenever you’re going through a “wave”? -Marcus

[@benjamin.kelley]

The point about thinking you should be at one point after a ton of work, but you're so far "behind" is where im at abd why I feel like I have no grasp on anything. Its especially hard when you don't have a mentor to help figure out the next step.

[@VideographerGuides]

It's definitely a tough journey to navigate. Anything in particular that has your brain racing lately? ~Marcus

[@farooqiaryan]

Dear Marcus, i guess i have been kicked out from the group. i must have break some rules. I apologize for that. Please let me be a part of your precious community once again. Thanks

[@VideographerGuides]

Hey man! I’ll look into it when back in the country. Posts were flagged for coming across as spammy. -Marcus

[@VideographerGuides]

Hey man! I’ll look into it when back in the country. Posts were flagged for coming across as spammy. -Marcus

[@farooqiaryan]

@@VideographerGuides Thanks Marcus.

[@PNWMOTION]

Thanks for sharing all this, one thing with depression that drives me nuts is people are like o well everyone is depressed at one point or another which kinda invalidates your feelings which is sooooo frustrating but when it comes to clinical depression it’s not the same, like it’s a fight to find joy every single day no matter what is going on, I could win a million dollars today, but that fight for happiness is still there the million dollars change’s absolutely nothing. The only thing for this that I found was you HAVE to have support.

[@VideographerGuides]

Absolutely - the word "depression" gets thrown around very casually. For a lot of folks, you're feeling "sad" or "down", not "depressed". There's no magical switch to turn it off, if you are going through a major depressive episode or if you live with dysthymia. ~Marcus

[@PNWMOTION]

@@VideographerGuides that’s definitely a good way to put it is people get those confused, like it’s hard to explain to someone how it feels exactly other then it’s not a feeling of sadness, it’s the lack of joy.

[@Ender_FPV]

Good points! I found myself trapped working jobs that made me miserable, earning just enough to barely keep doing it.. I finally snapped. It's either give up, or figure out how to make a life I want to live. While constantly trying to figure it out and not getting a minimum wage level of success, the gap between expectation and reality's heavy. There are so many business gurus out there selling courses and hype buzzwords that get your money, but don't bring results. After a while it seems like maybe the whole idea of being able to make a path is flawed. There's no choice for me though I'm committed so keep going until until hit a wall. Pick up and go some more thinking eventually I'll get out of the weeds and up cruising doing my thing. It's good to hear you guys experience similar challenges and feelings and are making it happen.

[@VideographerGuides]

It can def be a challenge at times - I’m sorry to hear you’ve been going through the struggle. I’ve been helping fellow video creatives out since 2017 and have seen so many “gurus” come and go - I totally get that too. Farid and I are very anti-hype stuff. It’s an interesting landscape to navigate when you have stuff that genuinely can help, but eh. He wouldn’t be where he is today if it wasn’t for coming into my world back when he did. Hop in the Facebook community I run if you’re not already in there! Lots of amazing people you can learn from and share the journey with. -Marcus

[@Ender_FPV]

@@VideographerGuides Right on will do!

[@VideographerGuides]

See ya in there 🙂@@Ender_FPV