Mentality | Mental Health Documentary

If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health issues, help is available. You can contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, or, if you're outside the United States, visit blog.opencounseling.com/suici....
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This film tracks the evolution of mental health treatment through the stories of patients and professionals across the Great Lakes. Over their lifetimes, they have watched America’s mentality about psychiatric illness change and treatment options greatly improve. But in a society that leaves millions of people with mental illness untreated, on the streets, or in prison, how far have we really come since the days of the asylums?
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An explorative journey into the diverse world of mental health. Produced by psychologist Dr. Mukesh Lathia, this documentary aims to shed light on the experiences of individuals grappling with various mental illnesses, whilst advocating for the importance of professional help through therapy and medication in managing these conditions.
While we strongly endorse the use of medication as a crucial component in the treatment of many mental health conditions, we understand and respect that it may not be the most appropriate solution for everyone. Each individual's path to mental wellness is unique and should be treated as such.
We hope this film sparks conversation and reduces stigma surrounding mental health. We believe that understanding and compassion are the first steps towards change, and we invite you to join us in this pursuit.
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For a behind-then-scenes look at making the film, check out my postmortem of the project: • Making This Documentar...
If you're interested in owning a physical copy DVD of the film for educational or personal use, please provide your name and address via garretmorgan.com/contact
Directed & Edited by Garret Morgan
Written by Keith Schnabel
Produced by Mukesh Lathia
Featuring music by Wagner Koop

[@mukeshlathia1796]

As a practicing psychiatrist and the producer of this film, I have always wanted to make a film on mental health educating the community about the stigma surrounding the mental illness and the intricacies of mental health system. Grateful to Garret Morgan for helping me realize this passion project. It is truly heartwarming to get such insightful feedback from all of you. Please share this film with your friends, your family, your community. Thanks, everyone.

[@benjamin-ri2do]

What's your opinion on mental hospitals and rehabs I found they made me worse but then again the rehab I was in got done for modern day slavery

[@KimDrewTheLine]

Thank you!

[@royharper2003]

@@benjamin-ri2do what country are you in?

[@benjamin-ri2do]

@@royharper2003 South Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Valleys goggle victory outreach Abertillery modern day slavery I'm lot things but I'd never lie on serious things Roy harper you have same name as the pink Floyd zeppelin stuff hats 🧢 off to Roy harper

[@royharper2003]

@@benjamin-ri2do That's crazy. I hope the guy went to jail.

[@kiralindholm2009]

I was diagnosed as bi-polar after the birth of my son. That was 24 years ago. I was broken and I couldn't fix myself. My husband left me, even though he knew I was seriously ill he left me alone with our son. I was put on medication which saved my life. I tried to kill myself twice. I gained a lot of weight due to the medication. My mother constantly reminded me of the weight. I felt I wasn't good enough for her because I was fat. My son turned out to be a true gentleman, he graduated from university this summer. I survived but it was a shit show and complete hell. My priority was my son, I stayed alive for him. To all of you out there...know that you are not alone❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Ristopistox]

It sounds like you have really suffered a lot. Thank you for your resilience and endurance. It will pay off. ❤

[@nmnteamdknn8405]

A mother thought she was trying to help bring awareness about weight.... sorry u went through all that. I love my kids with all my heart and soul, but I realize to say anything about their body hurt them more.

[@janetwarren]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@jensmith3719]

maybe you had post partum psychosis and have been misdiagnosed,

[@mams4270]

❤❤❤❤

[@nonamedrafter414]

Whoever is feeling sad and empty inside or eny other bad feeling i hope your life gets better and you start feeling alive and at peace ❤

[@sandraalegria3439]

Thank you the fear and sadness are overwhelming.

[@nataliemcgowan881]

Thank you right back at you ❤

[@wallybingbang4350]

That is a nice thing to say - very encouraging

[@Bluesmusicno1]

Medicine is free here in Scotland if I had to pay I'd be dead 💀 no one in a rich country should pay for vital medicines

[@vicki3671]

Wish America was the same

[@michaeldunn8972]

@@vicki3671 If I get a job I could lose my healthcare #'Merica

[@janetwilhelm4435]

@@michaeldunn8972 what kind do you Have? My 26 yr old needs it. Thanks....❤

[@michaeldunn8972]

@@janetwilhelm4435 Mass Health it is provided at the state level for Mass residents under a certain income.

[@janetwilhelm4435]

@@michaeldunn8972 thank you...I failed to say I am in New York outside of Buffalo...peace and mercy.

[@JRob594]

At times I was afraid to tell people about my mental illness because I felt like nobody understood or cared

[@heide-raquelfuss5580]

😢

[@veronicajohnson9995]

same. i’m sorry you felt that way. people care; i care. hope you are doing better today

[@heide-raquelfuss5580]

Also remember. Mentally being ill is oftentimes not illness, but rather having many emotions/feelings caused by unresolved issues from the past and present with people. Poor boundaries, learned helplessness, co dependence. Also a lack of emotional skills and praktical skills that you never learned in your household and outside. Being bullied by peers, family, where constant stress, chaos, feeling unsafe, unloved, and that made you mentally unsteable, chaotic, destabilized, with ptsd/cptsd. Any animal, like any human suffers equally, when living in unsafe, high stressful environments where they are being triggered to develope emotions/feelings who keep you at edge. You get mentally exhausted and your body produces constant stresshormones, consuming vitamins/minerals/fats to keep the engine in high speed rolling, where you need more healthy nutrients to keep your body and brain health rolling. So, you start with ditching crap food and drinks and you do outside activities to keep your body fit and your brain nurtured. First you need a healthy brain/body, so your mental so called illness gets better, as you are what you eat and drink. Plus being outside in daylight, moving your body. Gardening, planting stuff. Woodwork, construction work. Hiking and collecting wild edibles. Reading also books that are teaching you stuff that you can use as a human being. Sleep is sooo important, without using alcohol, drugs, meds, psychiatric meds. 8 hours at least. To make your body and brain better, please listen to this people and maybe you find ways to slowly change your health and way of life. Dr. Erik Berg Dr. Ken Berry Dr. Peter Osborne Dr. Daniel Amen, who discusses brain health as a psychiatrist. Dr. Ramani Durvasula on topics that might be interresting, so you grow and maybe also to teach you to avoid people who are not good for you ( male/female ) and to be aware of your way of behaving or where you are comming from, growing up in toxic families, where you as a baby, child, young man did not get what you needed to grow up. John Gottman books are also interresting, so you get better changes in finding and keeping good 'relationships' and a good partner for life and also being yourself a better partner. Reading is a blessing this days and of course youtube podcasts. Note: psychiatric meds, despite what most people/doctors/psychiatrists tell you to use, are NOT THE ANSWER and harm in many ways, with more brain deteroriation and physical deteroriation. People who are up to no good, should be avoided, family or not, so called 'friends'. Avoid people who give you the same high stress mentally/physically, if you want to get better and where you can change into a more 'functional' biologic body/soul. Real friends want you to be comfortable and want you to grow to fullfil your life in healthy non toxic ways. Some healthier people will trigger you to grow and push you and are not content, to see you mentally vulnerable. They want you to step out of your comfort zone. Learning new skills are things to keep you mentally fit and physically fit and combat boredom. People like all animals have all a need to have a purpose in life, to be in a state of learning and doing things that interrest them. Like a beaver wants to build a dam and is unhappy when he can not, living in a cage, where no dams can be build!!! Talking to people who do not understand much should be avoided also. They drain you also and feed your frustrations, creating more confusion and stress. Real friends listen and try to understand. Unreal friends do not listen and are not trying to understand you. That also applies to doctors, psychologes, psychiatrist. Good advice is given. Bad advice never works for YOU. You get there. I believe in you and in your capacities as a human. It does not mean it is easy. It means step by step working on things at your posibilities and physical strength, mental strength. Think of dogs in horrible physical conditions, being safed by a human and the slow transformation of the dog into a more fit and healthy dog, who first was miserable, depressed, hopeless, even giving up and after patience, little steps of care, feeling loved and cared for. Feeling there is still a way to recover...at least what is able to recover... See dogs who are sooo emanciated and looking horrible, but transforming in a very positive way. If it is possible for a dog, cat, horse, chimp, bird...than it is possible for YOU TOO. KIND REGARDS from 🇧🇪

[@elin_]

Yeah.. it's very stigmatized.

[@sandraalegria3439]

A loving and safe enviroment helps.

[@damamae950]

I'm a retired biology professor with lifelong depression that has (mostly) been successfully treated with medication and therapy, as well as lifestyle accommodations. In academic circles, mental illness is rarely acknowledged, and seen as a sign of weakness or lack of character. I'm grateful to have made it to 70 and to have had a full and adventurous life. Our country deserves so much better...

[@stevengill1736]

Me too! (as in gratefully made it to 70). ;^=[}>

[@HeavenBoundSaint777]

Its nice to see the compassion of the Dr. He actually cares for his patients. Very rare these days.

[@claudiaschneider5744]

Yes indeed - I do agree very much - good therapists or psychiatrists are very rare these days - same story about most of so called medicine men - Doctores of course.

[@teedotfoster]

I couldn’t agree more. Honestly, I’ve had a few psychiatrists. None of them were kind and empathetic. It always felt extremely transactional.

[@shannonnicollechannel5884]

I have schizophrenia and disassociative identity disorder. I have been hospitalized endless times. It took a long time but, now that I'm in my later stages of life and beginning to come to terms with the fact that this is just the way life is for me. And trying to find a way to be happy in that. There is hope, for everyone!

[@belkacemizidane6152]

You are very strong woman I wish happenness for you Keep going 💪

[@airasarsoza9342]

How do you cope?

[@hypnotized1009]

💚

[@rochelle8124]

Dissociative*

[@stevekaylor5606]

Having a Standard of Care psychiatrist give you Freudian disease-like labels - is the 1st step for forcing neurotoxic drugs or ECT onto you, and then his keeping you as a long-term cash cow!

[@antoniagaines6611]

I’ve been sick since my teen years. I have psychosis. I was on disability for years. I went to school and today I’m healthier and more productive

[@Pazaluz]

You're a strong person 🙏 psychosis is not easy to deal with. Wish you the best

[@stephaniegonsalves2263]

Feeling overwhelming dread, doomand imminent peril of unknown origin is absolutely terrifying.

[@jackdawson5273]

meh, get used to it after 40years...like being born blind...dont know different so its normal. WELCOME TO REAL

[@ruthokpara7857]

i was cured from HIV after using Doctor Alued herbal Treatment try his herbs if you have same health issus

[@cymatic3013]

Yes, we are taught to fear the unknown instead of embrace it, we mask it with dread shame guilt and lots of drugs. The world is love, the world is also pain and suffering, some of us are more aware of this than others and it's an inconvenience so we are drugged till we can "get back to work"

[@Grandessaful]

This is totally what I feel….diagnosed with PTSD….no effective pain management….COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE! And an effort to find something to reduce one’s unbearable pain is called “addiction, “ which is also misunderstood and labeled. What a misguided society we are. My sincere hope is that there will one day be a cure, just as penicillin was a cure for tuberculosis, a scourge that killed 1 out of ever 7 people who ever lived. We are circling the edges, but there will be a cure one day.

[@stevekaylor5606]

Harry Stack Sullivan had been given the run of Queens Mental Hospital. He would sit down with a patient, to have intense conversations with him - then figure out a few things that were bothering him. They would work on remedies, while the patient signed up for aesthetic Talent Training - like the happy clapping + stomping class aired on PBS T.V. in 2006. This can also be your approach!

[@MrTurtluv]

I was diagnosed ten years ago with C-PTSD and BPD from extreme childhood neglect and several types of abuse, including prolonged sexual abuse- I was actually sold and abused in that way by my stepfather. I also have EDS. The comment from Noah, people just using the terms flippantly these days, it’s very hard to listen to. My mother committed suicide a long time ago. I realize now she had a ton of problems…but it’s still hard to forgive her. Even to this day. I’ve worked so hard to “keep sane” enough to take care of my children, maintain my marriage, to keep a good job. I worked so hard, in fact, that I repressed everything and pushed it down so far that I was 33 before I unexpectedly just broke down. The dam broke. It was bad. I get the care I need because I’m still employed, and have double insurance coverage. Otherwise it wouldn’t be possible to afford all the cost involved. And to think, whether you are born this way, or it’s caused by trauma like mine was, so many good people don’t get helped through no fault of their own.

[@rdallas81]

Man. Sorry to hear about your suffering. I hope you are doing OK. Try to stay busy- Not sure what you do for a living- but you may find relief in speaking about the things you went through- make a video about it. If it helps one person it is a success. There are probably tens of thousands of boys, teens, men who are going through or have gone through similar situations. Sometimes when we internalize everything it becomes too full and we can break- literally. Keep your head up. I love you. Your strength in confessing your traumatic experiences is inspiring.

[@amusingkiwi1981]

Totally agree. It becomes "fashionable" and people truely in mental crisis don't get the help they need. Seen it a lot

[@wallybingbang4350]

Keep going - I'm proud of you

[@superdave6415]

I was just diagnosed with both myself and mdd gad

[@ragamuffinukes2779]

----My mother was diagnosed manic. I attempted suicide 5 times because of the lack of self-worth supported by mother's inability to communicate love & care for me. Her mental illness was swept under the carpet, ending up with the proverbial elephant in the living room that no one talked about but we all knew lived there. Through 37 yrs in AA recovery myself, having my reality validated was 1 of my prime issues, and still is today with 23 yrs intentional sobriety at the young age of 72... Living an active RECOVERY program, I am finally living comfortable living in my skin...

[@veronicajohnson9995]

proud of you 🙏🏽❤️

[@stevekaylor5606]

I was also asocial for decades - until I gave up on selfishness and took up agapeic love!

[@danaturgal4941]

So glad you got recovery and some healing. That's awesome and a blessing. May you enjoy all your days ahead to the fullest!!

[@veronicajohnson9995]

what would you say, if anything, to 23 year old you? if you don’t mind me asking.

[@stevekaylor5606]

@@veronicajohnson9995 Disease-like diagnoses are Labels used to justify Treatments - forcing people to take neurotoxic drugs/ECT. Instead, someone demoralized should be helped with a few problems; then join happy clapping, stomping and laughing classes - where happiness + physiology are experienced as one. He and his classmates become friends, learn to be kind and show love - which is what mental health is!

[@olives2426]

diagnosed with mdd w anxious distress, ptsd and severe alcoholism. mental health is no joke. i’m praying for us all.

[@superdave6415]

I was diagnosed with PTSD mdd gad and bpd traits

[@Shana_86]

I’m an ER nurse practising for 12 years now. I’m 36. I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder and generalised anxiety disorder in 2019. I was suicidal so I went to the Psychiatrist. He gave me SSRIs and Benzos. I had to go for follow-ups every 30 days. I used to go regularly but I was just shoved off and he didn’t even listen to my problems. Now I just go on without sleeping for weeks where it came to a point where I started hallucinating. I don’t get support from anyone. Even my colleagues don’t understand. My mood is better now but I still can’t sleep.

[@heide-raquelfuss5580]

😢

[@hans0solo]

I'm sorry you are not getting the support you need. people feel better when they are listened to and feel heard and validated. I hope you can find people who can provide this or a nice cat or dog, since they don't treat people so uncaring. the ER is hella stressful :(

[@ZFern9390]

I wonder if this is how nurses have had a tendency to dip into the medicine stash of hospitals because it's available and they need to be able to function to take care of their schedules and patients effectively.

[@MysticSideEyez]

your job should have free benefits for its employees regarding mental health care assess.. please check with HR rep❤️

[@godsloveAum]

Pl try to meditate for atleast 10 min a day.

[@AngelaRBirdsong]

Great documentary. Hit home in a lot of ways. We aren’t a problem, we’re people.

[@7_333--8]

17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

[@rdallas81]

"NO man, No problem" Stalin.

[@rdallas81]

​@@7_333--8"all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" "NO man can come Father but by the Lord Jesus"

[@claudiaschneider5744]

@@7_333--8 Spirit does not help at all when you have mental illness - religions and dogma makes lots of trauma to people like you´ve seen it in the documentary

[@leonoraterreblanche6561]

@@rdallas81 0

[@garretemorgan]

It's wonderful to read everyone's unique perspectives here in the comments. Our goal was always to encourage conversation and seeing it happen here means a lot to us. To everyone - thank you. ❤️

[@ravenrisby]

Your doing great 👍 your video is insightful

[@ruthokpara7857]

i was cured from HIV after using Doctor Alued herbal Treatment try his herbs if you have same health issus

[@sjacobs246]

W😂 14:53 😂 14:53

[@iappreciateyourkindness]

you are doing a good video

[@BushyHairedStranger]

Whenever we spot an insightful or well engineered articulate comment, or claim please credit it’s source or author. Having factually based well researched info, backs up by evidence is critical these days. Site the source & make those connection’s available to everyone-Link & reference whats valuable.

[@mcbeats43fof2]

As a mental health Case Manager, this documentary reminded me of the important work I do in supporting others through their mental diagnosis. I forget to remind my clients that they are not their diagnosis. Thank you for the reminder! The stigma surrounding mental illness is real and I will continue the fight for change. This documentary is wonderful in making that change. Thank you! ❤

[@belkacemizidane6152]

Good Luck for you Great job You are strong woman

[@let_it_go_]

👍

[@stevekaylor5606]

Disease-like Freudian labeling is denouncement, and is usually used to justify neurotoxic drugs or ECT and then corralling people as cash cows. Good that you are encouraging clients to "Produce Themselves" - as Marianne Williamson puts it!

[@thabisilendlovu472]

Thank you for the work you do❤

[@donbenson5292]

Yes it is very important not to identify a person by their illness, ie schizophrenic, but by who they are, they have a name just as you and I, John, Joe, Jane and have a diagnosis of schizophrenia. That is part of recovery oriented therapy.

[@bipolarwanderer]

Kudos to the Psychiatrist! The way he's being real and respectful. 🎉

[@acooksla]

Therapy was the answer for me, with a lot of issues to deal with from my childhood, I was in therapy for 12 years. I am great now but there is a lot of mental illness in my family. I learned a ton and now have tools to deal with my tendency to be depressed and thank god for those tools so I don’t need to take medication.

[@OurTube_TheOriginal]

So good. So many can’t afford 12 years of therapy. Therapy helped me to a point and especially for elderly we often are shocked and embarrassed to find we need help and people putting in effort to help us as so many of us did when younger.

[@jessicascott8780]

❤️❤️ In therapy now. The best decision I’ve ever made!

[@shawnee1153]

In therapy for a few years as a teenager. I still use all the coping methods I learned to look inward and deal with depression and bipolar tendencies. 31 and getting by okay, no meds. Seriously need mental health classes in grade school to teach kids these important skills as alot of them that need it do not get it till its too late, going to drugs, alcohol and other destructive things

[@JackBQuick79]

Here in the states medicine is big business. Big pharma has destroyed the fabric of our community. Mental health is the biggest player in addiction and many other issues. Unfortunately we are yet to address our mental health issues and properly give citizens the assistance they deserve. This video is necessary unfortunately but im glad someone has decided to address these issues. I am a Michigan resident and really can appreciate the traverse city bit. Driving through the property is like traveling back in time. Great job.

[@stevekaylor5606]

The psychiatric-pharmaceutical co-franchise relies on giving demoralized people disease-like Freudian labels, then neurotoxic drugs or ECT {from WW1}. Since financialization is the biggest part of Mental Health - as many patients as possible must stay corralled as cash cows! / The obstructionist ACA is really accountant run, with ailments logged into 110,000 statistical categories - where permission is hardly granted, when a doctor asks for permission to treat (Even then, he is usually asked for more information.). Older people may have a Deduction of $8 - 13k, all the while paying $400/month for almost no care!

[@nanalen60]

I'm currently being treated for what they call severe depression. Few months in a MHC now in community care. I'm 62. Was working 45 to 50hrs 7 days a week. I think I was fairly normal although I could feel myself becoming exhausted from the long very physical hours. Some time in October, something just felt like it broke. (best description I can come up with). A couple of suicide attempts put me in to the mental health world. More than anything I like not having to be at work. Often though, I feel like someone of my age are just wasting resources that would be better used on the the younger ones. I'm mentally and physically too tired to care .

[@Cheirosa81]

Just retire you put in your time.

[@Grandessaful]

Lack of stamina is a big part of mental health issues in later life.

[@OurTube_TheOriginal]

Thank you for participating and speaking out here. The younger ones need our voices!!! Your voice is needed by your peers. As long as i had a job, full-time supported myself since age 16, I felt fine and soldiered on; never did i think i would run out of energy or had used so much by working so hard without sufficient counter balances of hobbies and socializing. Many places in Europe are far more wise than US with our reflexive Protestant roots that became buried habitual invasively workaholism. Please rest up and if you feel up to it keep adding your voice to the effort for change. I feel just as you described more often than not these days. I endured all sort of things and worked 50-70 hours a week for 40 years and then a couple very bad things happened again in my late 50s and I “Broke” as you put it. i assumed I’d just recoup and move on as i always had from an almost comical life of hardship which was all i knew. I didn’t know how strong I’d been until five years later i have not recovered as i assumed i would and worked to do and had from “worse” without a sniffle or complaint all my life starting in early childhood. I have had to admit without better help i am doomed…i can’t just bounce back like i used to and i didn’t realize how strong i had been in my life, took that for granted until i just couldn’t anymore. Sad thing is we could be contributing more of our hard earned elder knowledge (contributing more is not the only measure of a person and still is something pertinent to a healthy community) if there was help beyond 50 min of talk therapy and medications. Some people resort to mental health labels etc to escape other realities about their family and life while others are struck and crippled by it no matter much effort to understand, analyse and change yet too often it seems our culture expects individuals to endure any and everything without even taking a full history. I am not enjoying not working because i need help …i had hoped i could enjoy some hobbies in older age like i never did when younger and socialize more now that I’m more aware of how shut down i was…but not enough help and I’m exhausted from the grief and futility not only only from the past which i could get over if not for the grief and futility involved with trying to get help.

[@OurTube_TheOriginal]

@@Grandessaful Wish i had more to offer than a description. Hope it helps. Community needs to step up though i realize it has been a generation or two since many/most Americans grew up around elderly and were in more stable communities and thereby saw the changes and empathy was enabled…also gave the young ones a heads up as to what was to come…not always easy when young and filled with sense of immortality to be also be grounded in reality.

[@marymitchell4617]

Take care of yourself, quit working, if you possibly can. You've earned some peace. You should be able to collect social security, right? You have put in your time. I'm 63. During covid, I had to quit, they closed our barber shop. I opened my own, in my house. Best thing I could've done. So much better, not having a boss, no more long, grueling hours. I almost killed myself, I felt there was no way out of that job, my life, my age. I'm much, much happier now. Life is strange!! Covid ended up being a good thing, for me. I realize that sounds bad, but it's true. I learned to care about myself, which was practically forbidden in my world. Screw that. You put in your time. Relax, look around at the good things, enjoy things. You'll be ok, you got this far!! You'll be ok.

[@RobinEhn-gc3xj]

This documentary was quite strong. There were both one and two tears while I was watching this. You recognize yourself so, panic syndrome, GAD, health anxiety, constantly afraid that you will die. Been this bad on and off for 15 years. It's hard to get help. You try and try, but it never seems to work. And to those of you who may be reading this comment, please never give up and seek help. In the end it will be fine, I tell myself that. "Don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing is gonna be alright" Singing, "Don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing is gonna be alright!"

[@randymorgan8375]

Sometimes the medication makes everything feel worse, Depression, Anxiety attacks, however if you Stick it out" You will begin to feel better and soon your going to feel better then you ever have... If anyone is reading this IT WILL GET BETTER you are stronger then you think..I've been were you are and 40yrs later I'm still doing great.. I was hospitalized once and didn't think I would ever feel good again.. I went on to have a very happy life, I still take my medication every day and I think god for it!!

[@taramoja8869]

Why did I cry off and on thru this whole film? Because I've been begging for help for far too long and can't get it. To those of you who are slipping through the cracks: I am so SO sorry 😞. You are not alone. I truly hope you find the help you need 🙏 ❤️.

[@laurenb507]

I don't know about other countries, but in Australia. Actual real help isn't available UNTIL you are on the brink of giving up on life. It shouldn't be this way!!

[@christineswomley2174]

Same thing here in the good old U.S.A.,Sickening!😊

[@jmipraimundo]

😢 In Europe experience it's totally different here we take tests, we talk about it, we go to schools. Then in the diagnosis we have the choice of medication or therapy. Some medicines are free (depending on the pharmacy) and we have hospitals or centers that help after we are hospitalized or when we are having a bad time. EU law in some countries also says that the community must support each other. So we are always exchanging ideas on how to improve... Since Covid, of course, things are much worse because every day there are people entering and nobody thought about it. But in my case I have free group therapy and medication. And also if you need emergency medical consultation it is also free. The only thing I pay now is my cognitive and behavioral therapy from a specialist but it's €15 per session. I live in Portugal... here more than not having is not asking or not knowing you had the rights...😊

[@jmipraimundo]

Our problem in this case is that we do not admit people who are not at risk of causing harm. Prior to that it was illegal to place people without their consent. and even when there is a risk, someone has to agree to hospitalization.

[@rubyjames3105]

Canada too, there are some self help sessions and booklets available or meds from a doctor if you have one, but no real services until you are on your way to the bin.

[@jeffchapel79]

Yep, as a suicide survivor in Aus I’m with you on that one ❤

[@SuzanneDeniseB]

We have to have these hard conversations and stop stigmatizing mental illness. Sending love 💙💙 Stay safe out there folks.

[@bearclaus2676]

Love bk at you! ❤

[@SuzanneDeniseB]

@@bearclaus2676 double ditto my friend 💙💙

[@stevekaylor5606]

Psychiatrists should stop giving people pessimistic disease-like labels, and then neurotoxic drugs - which wreck expression & thought! / Have patients sing in Glee Clubs - so they can begin to develop mental + emotional cathexes - which is what Mental Health is!

[@Ryan-wd4hn]

Normally I wait until the end of a video to comment, but I haven't say that the compassion and empathy displayed here are just so helpful. A must-watch for everyone!

[@nocturnalsingularity3138]

The worst thing someone can say around me is "omg I'm so bipolar, I can be happy one minute and want to fight the next." While there I am knowing I was hospitalized my first time at 18 after cycling between mania and depression for the better part of two years. I would get this feeling like I had to get away and hop in my car and literally drive two three states away until I'd see a town off the side of a mountain or something and I'd feel this longing to be apart of the beautiful scenery. I'd stay in a hotel until I was homesick, then head home to hide away from the whole world for months. No showers, wouldn't change my clothes, didn't masterbate, even the thought of sex would make me feel more depressed. Talking made me my already deep depression sink further, so I didn't speak at all. I became mute. I would avoid my own mother and only leave my room late at night. Then subtly and suddenly id stop sleeping and when I'd see my brother was asleep, I'd wake him up to talk to him, to tell him this funny thing i just heard. it boggled my mind why a person would sleep if they didn't have too. I forgot what it felt like to feel tired. My parents thought I was using speed, I thought I was acting normal. Finally, one day after not sleeping for a long time I asked my brother a question and completely lost my mind because I was convinced he was lying to me so I began to beat holes on the walls until I put my body nearly into the other room. Looking back now, I don't fully understand why I thought he was lying to me since his response was perfectly rational. I didn't learn I had type 1 bipolar disorder until after my second hospitalization. But, I was diagnosed during my first hospitalization. And to this day I will somewhat often meet a person who believes that everybody's a little bipolar, or bipolar is not a disorder, or the worst one of all thinking that bipolar disorder means that you're a narcissistic abusive ex-boyfriend. so there's just no way I have bipolar disorder because I'm not as manipulative for abusive as the bipolar boyfriend they dated before me. I always attempt to explain what bipolar is, and typically, I see whoever I'm talking to's eyes evaporate into a blank "I'm someplace other than this conversation" stare. As if they are confident they already know the answer to what my polar disorder is.

[@garretemorgan]

I really wish more people realized how problematic it can be to self-diagnose and advertise what they perceive to be a mental illness. Treating their faux-diagnosis as a personality trait is so damaging, especially to people living with the real thing. Thank you for sharing ❤️

[@XanderShiller]

How are u today? Q; how did u eventually get out of bed, hygiene etc? What gave the will to do it and follow through? Thanks for sharing and I hope you're doing relatively ok.

[@nocturnalsingularity3138]

@XanderShiller actually I'm doing very well, lol. I am a single father of two kids who are my main reason for getting out of bed. I function like everyone else these days. due to medication, if I don't tell people about my bipolar then they wouldn't even know. I also have learned to embrace my low moods and put that pain into writing. Which is something I do quite a lot of. I post some on redit under an aliase similar to (or maybe the same i don't remember atm) the one I use here. But I would not say there was anything that gave me the will to do it and follow through. In truth, this has been a very, very difficult journey. Often, I was forcibly hospitalized. Due to these hospitalizations, I began to learn that I was, in fact, not in control of myself or my disorder. For me, one of the hardest aspects of having bipolar is the depression. As well as, it's quite difficult to leave my manic moods behind me. A difficult aspect of medication too, is the fact that I absolutely despise the idea and the feeling of not being my true self. I'm not sure why, but this seems to be a common trait among bipolar patients, and for me, it could never be more true. So, I devised a plan at some point within my my life to essentially learn to live with myself as I am. Utilizing medication essentially as a crutch. This has worked wonders for some reason, learning how to feel depressed, and accepting that it is a part of what makes me, me. ( to the point where when it is gone, I almost even miss it.) It has been a big thing. Learning that I could take that depression and put it into something positive like stories poetry, as well as I am currently writing a book, has been huge as well. Now, when I become depressed it is never as intense as it used to be, and instead of wallowing around I am practically compelled to see some sort of sad beauty within everything around me, almost a happy sad nostalgic feel and that then turns into writing. LOL, I keep bringing up writing because this has been a major major thing for me. When I first discovered releasing emotions through words, it was almost a 24/7 thing. Now, I noticed I am depressed far less often. Although there is typically always this mild sadness underneath the surface. When it comes to my manic phases, a medication that I take seems to keep them at Bay. In reality, and I don't tell many people this, I do feel hypomanic more often than I probably should. But, I have been functioning and stable for quite a few years now. After being functioning for a couple of years, I was able to buy my first home, and then after a long and

[@jonathannixon8652]

The worst thing someone can say to me is "Just snap out of it" I have been diagnosed with PTSD and Major Depression Disorder along with clinical anxiety, insomnia, and other things as well.

[@rampageclover9788]

You’re willingness to share this is so important and you’re right. That language is incredibly dangerous and trivialises the struggles that individuals such as you go through every day.

[@tngal121]

I wish that the medical community would treat mental health like they do heart health or women's health, etc. It's real and most people have some sort of mental health issue, whether it is anxiety, PTSD, etc, especially in today's world. And it's sad that many in the USA can't get the help and medicine they need. That first doctor from India, he's awesome. What a caring person.

[@leannecomerford8261]

I grew up in the 70's with an undiagnosed bipolar mom. This video was like a chunk out of my life. My mom would disappear every spring to be admitted and get electric shock therapy. I have no recollection about at least 3 years of my childhood. No one talked about mental health and certainly not as a child. The trauma from that has kept me medicated for 30 years

[@crazycatlady7143]

This documentary makes me so sad. At least here in Germany, you don't have to pay for the therapists or the medications (only a little amount - for example 20 Euros for 3 months insulin, and with medications for mental issues, it is the same). I hope so much, that someday, this will change in the US (and of course other countrys too). ❤❤❤ But here it is often the same with the stigma surrounding mental health. If you don't see it, it is not there. Everyone wishes you well, when you got a injury from sport, but when you tell about your depressions, some people try to 'encourage' you by telling you to: Don't work so much. Smile more often. Don't take it so serious - other people have problems too ... and so on. These people don't know how it feels like to be empty and numb inside.

[@jenniferbalacio32]

they knew it, they had been before, they just don't like to compromise.

[@OurTube_TheOriginal]

I was compelled to read your comment as you mentioned sad at first and socialized health care then i had a little chuckle cause you were sad for us in US; THANK YOU. It is terrible here. I am sorry that the invisible aspect is still a hurdle. Here in US “Work harder, work more” would be a reflexive answer. I hope we learn from other cultures. I’d love for people to say “Don’t work so much”” and even elderly here in US we are looked down on if we aren’t constantly busy and making money and even sacrificing our health which among many is subconsciously though outspokenly a badge of honor, martyrdom.

[@markypolo5527]

Spot on comment

[@leebloom7842]

Even with the absolute blessing of having access to extremely good health insurance, my psychiatric medications can run me $200 a month or more, depending on whether insurance decides it’s important enough that month for me to take my medication that I literally need to stay alive. I get that income tax will go up if the US instates universal healthcare, but people would be saving so much money on medical bills, that it really wouldn’t make much of a difference, income-wise. Ain’t no reason a 20 min ambulance ride should be $7,000 and having a baby $150,000 without being extremely privileged and having access to the basic human right that is staying alive and healthy.🙄

[@misovuletic]

I moved in Germany two years ago. This country is fully depressed but medications are cheap

[@leebloom7842]

I have Bipolar 1, and I’ve recently began to develop psychotic symptoms. It’s been a terrifying month since it all started, but I’m seeing my psychiatrist tomorrow to try and figure something out. It’s becoming debilitating because I can’t leave my room, much less my house, or I’m attacked by a hundred voices screaming in my head that, “they know you’re crazy,” “They’re watching you,” “They know what you did,” and, in combination with hallucinations of bugs crawling up my walls and legs and the AIWS, I just can’t handle being around anyone anymore. Please pray for me that things go well tomorrow and we’re able to figure something, anything, out.

[@alinaj8893]

God be with you! 🙏

[@JosedeJezeus]

Oh no! I’m sorry you’re going through this! ❤❤❤

[@user-ls9jl1no5i]

Heavenly father please put your healing hands on this woman that she may enjoy life again ❤🌠☄️🌌🙏

[@leebloom7842]

Thank you truly for all the prayers! I’ve started a new medication and it’s truly changed everything. I no longer hear voices or see things, and my anxiety and irritability have vastly decreased. God is so good, and I’m beyond blessed to be able to afford the doctors and medicines I need. Thank you wonderful, again, and I pray you all are blessed abundantly!

[@blissfulspirits6620]

My heart goes out to you. I prayed for you that you will find the strength inside that you do have. You are here on this planet for a reason. Stay positive and remember that you are not alone. Do not ever forget you are loved and you are needed. Please reach out if you need to. I am cheering you on!! God bless you ❤

[@OU812cheeto]

Let me just say, family physician's should NOT be allowed to prescribe psychotropics. They have no training and do more harm than good. I'm a forensic psychologist and it's ridiculous that these doctors can prescribe psychiatric meds.

[@aisle_of_view]

The day psychiatrists charge the same as GPs will be theday I agree

[@Notta_trick]

In Florida, I was discharged into the streets from 4 different crisis units with no transitional plan. One was a safe house clinical program for sex trafficking victims. Self Harming behaviors are very high among this population yet I was put back on the streets again with PTSD and BPD-avoidant types. I came to Saginaw to visit my son in July 2021 and I never left because I was finally able to get the services and transitional care that I needed here. I am deeply grateful to my support team from Community Mental Health Association. Thank you so much for all of your hard work and human compassion. You do make a difference. Thank you for being patient with me while I seek justice for my trafficking. Sex Trafficking, rape, deepfaked porn, revenge porn, nonconsensual porn is not something that you just get over and move on with your life. In today's world of AI this issue affects us all. A couple of articles that I have read about this issue are now saying what happened to me has happened to millions of women. Because of the scope of Sex Trafficking, it's even being referred to as a human rights violation.

[@7_333--8]

17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

[@coleenfottrell4102]

@Notta-trick Thank you so much for sharing your story, more people need to hear your testimony. I wish you the best as you’re coping with this

[@richardschneller7674]

I’m so sorry about your suffering. I’m really glad you found help. The world can be such a cruel and scary place. Please keep up your struggle to live your life as best you can. It’s so good that you have survived and I wish for you to thrive. Stay close to those people who are caring… life is still precious ❤❤❤

[@doricetimko5403]

May you continue to heal and find justice served to those who caused you harm.❤

[@monicajohnson2683]

Very unfortunate truth. When people's minds break they break.

[@JamieLofthouse]

This makes me even more grateful for the UK National health services. We pay around $10 max (free if not working) under a certificate regardless of the number of medications. The amount those have to pay is terrible and excludes way too many people in need of proper healthcare and support. Seriously, socialised medicine is good and you'll get everything you need. Paid for within your taxes. No bills for ambulances, hospital stays or anything else. Free at point of need. 🇬🇧

[@samanthajgarcia-politi5828]

We have the same thing here in Australia 🇦🇺 as well we pay 7.30 dollars per medication 💊

[@bobjary9382]

We are going to have to fight for the nhs if we want it to endure .

[@vicki3671]

Wish it were that way in America.

[@vicki3671]

​@@samanthajgarcia-politi5828 in America if you don't have the money you don't get the meds/ care.

[@samanthajgarcia-politi5828]

@@vicki3671 yes I know it’s really sad 😢 my Daughter-in-law and my son and grandchildren live in California I have to get my son’s scripts here and send them over to him I am lucky enough that we have the same Doctor before he left for the states and he gives me his scripts

[@meganmorris5105]

Thank you for this. This is so informative. I’m just a psych nurse who is learning the behavioral aspects on the job. Bottom line, we must listen to the patient and their loved ones. Our system is so broken. We do our best, but we are stretched very thin. I also think deinstitutionalization is a bad idea without proper support in place in the community. Many of them are unable to cope and keep themselves and others safe in the community. Covid has also increased our mental health issues. I honestly don’t have the words to describe my thoughts about what is happening in the mental health community. It’s awful.

[@ruthokpara7857]

i was cured from HIV after using Doctor Alued herbal Treatment try his herbs if you have same health issus

[@BushyHairedStranger]

Careful Megan Morris,..Psychopaths are real people who manipulate medical professionals just like us in order to do all sorts of things..attentive compassionate listening is critical yet more than that we need to educate ourselves in how we are hearing what our patients are saying. Body cues, background info, what the patients family is saying or NOT saying. The intuitive voice keeps not only you safe but often your patients. Keep your eyes & ears open!

[@echofoxtrot2.051]

Covid didn't. The reaction to it did. Everyone panicked. That was completely useless.

[@mrrecycle7259]

I need help my son has been incarcerated in a metal hospital in Australia for schizophrenia i know he has been caught up in the system for having anxiety when I take him out for visit's he has not once shown any of the symptoms that he has be victimized for. Maybe I should take him to a private pychchiatrist please help he has been incarcerated for 10 years. Where is the justice he has a good ❤ it make me sad to talk about it

[@peterbelanger4094]

Sometimes people just need friends. But they are sold prescriptions and appointments, schedules, detached clinical environments, or they just end up around dysfunctional friends are they go down collectively. factor in the modern social detachment of digital communications. In a nutshell, everything is broken now. Even the so called 'help" does not help. It's either ideological agenda, or big business profit seeking, anywhere you turn, agenda. It's beyond awful.

[@lailahreich3205]

I love how major depression is the most common diagnosis, but in all honesty, its likely trauma, C-PTSD and PTSD, but unfortunately this isn't really addressed in Western medicine, we're still separating the body from the mind, when the two are so interlinked you just cannot do that. If doctors would begin to understand that trauma wether one single major incident or many smaller incidents over a long period of time, wreaks havoc on humans mental and physical health. I see it all around me everyday, but taking an antidepressant won't solve this.

[@ana999100]

Truth...

[@saturationstation1446]

you cant reason with well off eurocentric people. they always think they know better than everyone else even when mountains of evidence prove their beliefs to be painfully incorrect

[@user-mg8up2dz1q]

1 in 5 children are sexually abused. Thank you. PTSD leads to other illnesses.

[@underdoggoethe8971]

Definitely have the feeling that depression is more often an additional symptom from some other clinical issue. And I'd like to add, that Depression is somewhat like the new Burnout.

[@Grandessaful]

Very true! I have PTSD…and there appears to be some relationship with my father’s WWII experience on the Death March of Bataan and his torture as a Japanese POW for 3 1/2 years as a slave laborer. My feelings of being tortured and with imminent death are uncanny experiences of his. Feelings of long-term torture and abject terror are unbearable.

[@anamcconnell9096]

As a child growing up with a bipolar mother and the Reagen Administration, this documentary is spot on, especially with the mental hospitals, shock treatments, etc.😊

[@christinapatz8510]

Thank you for this. As an MFT student and working in mental health right now - I also have Bipolar, CPTSD, Anxiety, Binge eater, and ADHD and anger issues. Through therapy and medication I became a productive member of society and no knows what I have by looking at me. We need to remove the stigma

[@kwentongkalusugan2674]

hi chris you are not alone I will pray for you

[@teresahopemiller1008]

I am a MFT student too.

[@turtleanton6539]

Yes indeed 😊

[@ingrid_mxx]

I was diagnosed with PTSD, social phobia and depression, I willingly went to a mental health hospital because of it and was there for 3 months, and that's when I found my diagnosis. I went on with it without knowing what's wrong with me and thought it was normal, until I was told by specialists that it's not...

[@7_333--8]

6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

[@bonlevina5621]

That one young man who works in wood is truly gifted. Maybe our system is insane. 🤔

[@codered9576]

I have been dealing with panic attacks for the last 8 months or so, when I had my first one I thought that was it I'm dying and my friend took me to the hospital. I get it often when I'm driving. 5:15 explains it exactly. It's not fun, it's traumatizing and debilitating and I wish you all the best and hope you get through it soon.

[@stephanpot]

Same here my friend. I also get it when driving. Not a nice feeling in any way.

[@cloudygirl66]

I love this doctor. And so many others on this documentary. We need so many more caring souls. But the rich rule the world and could care less about the unfortunate.

[@shelleyritter8333]

Thank you for this documentaty on mental health. I have lived with bi- polar 1 disorder for the past 30 years. I am very fourtuate to still be here today, for my children. Ive been hospilized many, many times. Recently, i was incarcerated in jail for actions that i did not have control over. I unfortunately stopped taking my meds, which led me to poor choices in my life. I just hope and pray for my freedom to live a normal life in society. 😢 27:04

[@joyceswetland9427]

This was a wonderful documentary.. I lost my only son to an overdose, he ha bipolar and adhd...bless everyone who is going through mental illness

[@christosegkos]

Exceptional work! Please do more, God knows how much our society needs it.

[@tracyjohnson3496]

Wonderful doc. My daughter has untreated bipolar1 disorder and refuses to be treated because she's in denial. It's VERY difficult to deal with.

[@mindyjoyfullplay5340]

Glad she is choosing her own way. Good for her.

[@7_333--8]

6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

[@katrenatracy]

I had bipolar as well you should Watch these videos . I recommend a mind of your own by Kelly Brogan, MD

[@teresahopemiller1008]

I oray for you, My spouse is in denial of mine.

[@garriepeck-rv7tz]

Makes me so happy more n more people are talking about mental health .40 years ago I became sick .there was nothing back family walked away friends walked away .its still like that but slowly the stigma is getting better . But more help is needed in England for people not who they pick and choice .

[@gillpoynter2873]

I agree Too much take your pills shut your mouth No one listened they gave me the wrong medication for 15years Not sure what they' give me now is right but no more voices anger just empty of emotion I think I like it though Very lonely

[@teedotfoster]

This is incredible work. It’s always refreshing to know that you’re not alone. I wish it was more readily available in school’s & doctor offices.

[@aprylrittenhouse4562]

What a Heartwarming show.❤ Ive been out of the mental health facility for 4 half years. I didn't get any therepy at all and took my recovery very seriously I monitored my meds and pos thinking like a nurse writing everything down. I'm grateful that I had one person who was in with me we talk everyday it's like therepy. I took steps to make sure I wouldn't cut any more and it worked.

[@polarisjustdothework2258]

❤❤❤

[@kevinpieroerentxun6650]

I worked at a Mental Health Faciliity in Northern California as a Housekeeping and Dietery Services Account Manager and I met many Residents (Patients) from all walks of life, and that's an episode of my life that I'm really proud of.. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!❤🙏

[@rjay7019]

My mom worked at Napa State Hospital in the 60's. Talk about it scary looking place 😮she was a Phsyciatric Technician.

[@kathleendoyle1899]

Thank you so much for making some extremely important statements and exploring this subject. It is painfully clear that some folks still think labeling places and people with certain illnesses is fine. It is time we all challenge the insurance companies to treat mental illness as a very important health concern, This illness can be a silent and sometimes deadly one, Your film is helping everyone see how all of us have the responsibility to break down the stigma of mental illness and demand insuance companies treat this illness as a serious one. Hats off to you!

[@ruthokpara7857]

i was cured from HIV after using Doctor Alued herbal Treatment try his herbs if you have same health issus

[@7_333--8]

6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

[@ruth-annepimental9750]

Thank you for this documentary

[@diannadahlke7548]

Meditate was my cure to anxiety

[@coleenfottrell4102]

This was so enlightening and depressing at the same time. I’m not gonna tell you a life story except to say that I don’t fit in anywhere in society and I’m depressed. It doesn’t help that my insurance doesn’t cover mental healthcare. I can get my meds through a psychiatrist but they won’t cover any psychotherapy or inpatient treatment. If I die tomorrow no one would know or care. Finally, I have advice for anyone who wants to know, don’t come to California, we die on the street here.

[@carlosbarba8842]

Of course someone would care I care for all my brothers and sisters in this world We need to help and heal each other and i hope you read these words You are loved ❤

[@livthedream91]

We die on the streets anywhere in the US. It’s horrible here, there’s no value besides $$$.

[@markypolo5527]

My prayers are with you man. Don't give up on us. Don't give up on yourself

[@deedee7652]

Hi Coleen,You write like you're a reasonably intelligent solid person, I'm pretty much in the same condition and know I and the status quo don't mix well at all, anyway the status quo are who run the $hit$how this world is, and there's allot that could be said there, but know, it's all due to "forces of evil in a bozo nightmare." LOSER by Beck love his music, writing and mind. The world is out of balance and I'm watching California fast going down the tubes, and I'm from there, northern parts. All just up 'n caught fire, just like Maui... Too many similarities for my taste, besides I suffered Myxedema Madness due to a Bad Endo---crinologist, there's a book about'm and other me's titled; STOP THE THYROID MADNESS. I was being given a sub-theraputic dose of Levothyroxine, synthetic thyroid hormone replacement and went into full blown psychosis, I'm supposed to be dead according to my lab work, and often wish I were but I've been DOA and know we don't die, so why push it, I can still help. I hope my thought's help give you some perspective on "fitting in". The "Cool Kids" are often anything but. Later... Take care ;) XOXO ;) (Oregon has a better mental health system, I'm about 30 miles from Portland and nothing's perfect but they do try. CCMH, that is.)

[@MidnightDesperado66]

I have PTSD from DS/OIF. The first meds they put me on I gained 50 - 60 pounds. It took years before the Dr at the VA agreed to change my meds and the weight dissolved right a way. If you notice that each one of these survivors are not physically healthy. I found that my mental improvements started when I started exercising. Now, it has not gone away, but my body sure feels better and this has also helped my mental condition feel better.

[@7_333--8]

6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

[@acooksla]

Yes, exercise is key for my mental stability as well.

[@Grandessaful]

Seroquel caused a 50-lb. weight gain for me. I still take it, but I love exercise and have always worked out, swam, and power-walked. Still haven’t lost the weight though, and now have secondary hypertension, high cholesterol, and pre-diabetes. Found out the 3rd leading cause of death in US adults is side-effects from medicine.

[@MidnightDesperado66]

@@Grandessaful: Now that I have been on Paroxetine the weight has staid off. But, I had to change everything about my food diet. Cholesterol 150 and I fight to get my pre diabetes under control. A lot of work, but I'm hoping to get it around 5 or 6. Will find out in 90 days. The Dr really messed up and told me to take a supplement Berberine for the glucose issue. She never read if I should take it, and after taking it for around 3 weeks I was not doing good and found that I should not have been taking it with my PTSD meds. F'n VA Dr.

[@tammywalls3455]

Very good documentary I live in New Zealand and I suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder due to been with hydrocephalus water on the brain it was all the trauma. So I feel what these people feel . Thank you so much for this to make people understand.

[@matthewmitchell4516]

It sounds more like a TBI?

[@susanengel-ix8bl]

That water hitting the shore at the beginning was very relaxing, I could listen to it all day!!😊

[@RD-gi7gn]

Thank you for making this documentary ❤

[@S.H.A.D.O.999]

What a powerful documentary.... I was moved...

[@darrelltinsley]

Very inspiring video. I too have struggled with mental illness since I was 11 years old. Bipolar 1 & CPTSD. I wish that if you are not getting help I strongly recommend that you seriously consider or reconsider seeking help from a Psychiatrist and a psychologist. It took me several years to find the right doctors but damnit you are worth fighting for and the ones that love you and hopefully are a definite loving support system for you are worth fighting for too. All the best to you. Your friend, Darrell

[@korbkelly]

Dr. Lathia seems like a psychiatrist I would have enjoyed working with when I worked in psych units. Seems very caring and I LOVE that he gave that ER admission PRN's right off the get go

[@tundrawomansays694]

*Thank you so much* for this great documentary about great people. Each person is a star in their own right and FWIW, there’s a little old widow broad (with a cat-just one!) who lives in the middle of no where who is humbled by your greatness and cheering you on with every step of your journey. Your courage, wisdom and humanity shine through all of you.

[@caroline25]

Thank you for this. Hits the nail on the head on so many aspects of mental health and the many different challenges within the mental health system.

[@ruthokpara7857]

i was cured from HIV after using Doctor Alued herbal Treatment try his herbs if you have same health issus

[@Grandessaful]

I graduated from college with honors, graduated first in my class in graduate school, was a successful professional legislative consultant, raised 2 successful children and have severe mental illness. I have been suicidal numerous times in my life. Mental health care, especially based on real psychoanalysis is non- existent now, and the stigma is terrible. Primary care physicians have no clue how to help. It is tragic.

[@painpatientsaddiction3640]

I feel sorry for the people that have to worry about getting the medication they need

[@capresti3537]

Nobody needs "mednication"

[@painpatientsaddiction3640]

@capresti3537 there's seriously something wrong with you

[@capresti3537]

@@painpatientsaddiction3640 why is that?

[@KellenAdair]

Some do. Many don't. And many are over medicated, and may be on the wrong drugs.

[@bosspoisetv3269]

This video is heartbreaking, but the strength of these individuals is motivating. I plan to spend my life supporting individuals in these states of being. Mental health is more important than ever, and I’m glad people are finally starting to realize that. Proud, motivated future Psychiatrist here! I’m also from Michigan, so this speaks to me even more. I know so many people experiencing difficult times, who need someone who truly cares about them and their well-being, holistically. I would like to send a message to anyone walking through the challenges of mental health: I love you and I stand with you! ❤

[@LeslieMeszaros-hg1ch]

I suffer from a list of mental illnesses including BPD and major depression... This documentary was right on point exactly correct and not only have I enjoyed watching... I'm going to forward this documentary to my care team at the psychiatric hospital I'm an out patient at along with my mental health association I have a social worker with... Very well done

[@kimberleysmith4379]

This!!! I couldnt thank you enough for this!!! this means so much to those of us who suffer a mental illness and to see others help be a voice for us..just...thank you

[@ruthokpara7857]

i was cured from HIV after using Doctor Alued herbal Treatment try his herbs if you have same health issus

[@Grandessaful]

My mental illness (PTSD) takes the form of non-stop feelings of abject terror and torture. I think it is somehow related to my father’s experience during WWII on the Death March of Bataan and being a tortured POW in the mountains of Japan for 3 1/2 years. I feel like I’m being tortured, and there is no stop to it. I’ve had therapy for 45 years. And 8 different medicines…none has helped. This is completely unacceptable. The only thing that kept me from ending my life to stop the unending terror is my adult children. Why isn’t there effective pain management as exists for physical illness? The film mentions state hospitals as “leper colonies,” but those of us with mental illness still know we are treated like lepers by doctors. Unacceptable!

[@stevekaylor5606]

"Mental Illness" itself is a Freudian disease-like label - even without the DSM system. Once someone is branded - dehumanization and then usurpation by psychiatrists follows - like with lepers. Instead of Labels, ostracism and drugs - Mental Health professionals need to arrange happy clapping, stomping and laughing classes, where happiness + physiology are trained together - and people soon become aesthetic {This is the Laughter Yoga approach, aired on PBS T.V., 2006.}! @@Grandessaful

[@JustEye_La]

I FEEL the most for the mom and son who are grateful for any help they're getting. It starts with being grateful to God, your family and these medical professionals that are working overtime to help you. We have come a long way in mental health. Let's count our blessings.

[@nilsanarvaez7947]

Great documentary. ❤ Thanks for sharing!

[@olives2426]

this is beautifully put together ❤

[@Leonmanc]

It's a horrible feeling but always a way out people stay strong 💪❤

[@carolinegibbons2468]

Thank you to everyone involved in this documentary ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Stasiaflonase]

This is a wonderful project. I don’t have any mental issues. I have many friends who do. Thank you for the insight.

[@JD-dh7bk]

In 2011, my brain and body said we can no longer handle daily stress. Which I didn't understand why. I was exercising regularly. I had pets and hobbies. I had good kids and marriage. I had in place the things that are supposed to help you deal with stress. I remember one afternoon talking to my mom about finances and kids busy schedules.. I could feel actual pressure in my head. Then one night I woke up having a massive anxiety attack. My hands and feet itched really bad. I felt like I was going to throw up and have diarrhea all at once. My whole body got hot.. Then everything went dark. When I came around my husband ask if I was ok.(apparently I fell back hitting my head which made the dogs bark waking him up)as he came around the corner and saw me, I said no I'm not ok. I stood up. Then everything went black. He had to carry to the bed. This fun happened several times.. I've been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder with seizures Clinical depression, etc I'm medicated now.

[@heide-raquelfuss5580]

Look up>>> On youtube there is an hollistic guy, talking about deficiencies of Thiamine and has interresting videos>>> EONutrition ( i think his youtube chanel's name ). Maybe, you find a solution in nutrition and so on.

[@MsTubeyou5]

Love, strength, courage, hope, determination, and blessings to all. 💪🏼🧠💖💯🙏🏼🕊️💖💯♾️

[@luvwaltdisney1]

This was an excellent documentary!!!

[@ruthokpara7857]

i was cured from HIV after using Doctor Alued herbal Treatment try his herbs if you have same health issus

[@mrMagpied]

Diagnosed paranoid skizophrenic. Medical history 12 years. Began when I stopped doing drugs. Congratulations. In my forties now. Been sick since I was a teen. Feels stuck. Medicine is more harmful than helpful. Did get some clarity along the way. Yet periodically very depressed. Help!

[@Rockin1511]

I'm here with h yea. I hear you. Nothing can be done without a brain scan😕no money my only hope is to go to a retreat or something if I can come up with some cash.

[@kiwi5162]

Love the scene with Freddy and "Milo" ....their connection.... very important.. They help each other, it is obvious. Caitlee with her dog. The human- animal bond is healing. LOVE. PEACE. God Bless

[@snowruff2375]

I deal with mental health, and the minute you bring up the topic. All you’re family say is it’s in you’re head. They don’t take mental health serious. Thank you for this

[@Butterfly1798]

Makes no sense, that’s why it’s mental health! This stuff is real

[@teresahopemiller1008]

yes the famous line is you can get over it. right?

[@elin_]

I absolutely hate when uneducated fools try to claim "its all in your head" or "it's all about your mindset". It's very frustrating to hear..

[@snowruff2375]

@@teresahopemiller1008 right

[@snowruff2375]

@@Butterfly1798 everyday it’s like a constant battle between your triggers and your emotions. Past trauma effects so much

[@GingerCastilloPhotography]

This is such a great documentary. It is spot on and we still need to do a lot of work to improve it. If I were a millionaire....

[@maryannhope8276]

BRAVO this is Paramount to Mental Illness...I know. Thank you for sharing this information. Peace and Love to everyone.

[@Mike-bw3pk]

Omg. This is my life. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@bobjary9382]

Noah ...you're just lovely my friend. You've experienced things that no one should have to endure, and you're still lovely Bless you

[@jackdawson5273]

hmmm, being loveley is why NOBODY SEEMS TO GET IT. FUK MAN, GO NUTS BREAK SHYT BURN BUILDINGS ETC OTHER WISE WE ALL JUST FKN LOVELEY. JEEEZUZ FKN CHRIST MATE.....

[@bobjary9382]

@jackdawson5273 ok ..you first

[@noahtysick8225]

This is Noah from the film. Thank you for your kindness. I appreciate you 🙏🏻

[@katrinabergmanmccolloch5948]

Thank God for modern meds. I first got sick in 1987. It was so frightening. The help back then was minimal. It's only now, in 2023, that I have finally gotten the right meds.

[@mindyjoyfullplay5340]

So it’s taken 35 years to get the “right” medication? And you’re celebrating this? I’m confused.

[@Arizona_lilly]

Thx for sharing ❤

[@sharonhartill3054]

THANK YOU THAT WAS BRILLIANT AND VERY INSIGHTFUL X

[@penneycoosenberry5657]

God bless For Information & The Message in Your Work On The Behalf & Awareness And The Need For Change ! Penney C, Tn

[@ruthokpara7857]

i was cured from HIV after using Doctor Alued herbal Treatment try his herbs if you have same health issus search him on YouTUBE to Order

[@cymatic3013]

Psychiatry is a sham. Im so glad none of my family took this gentleman at the starts advice and admitted me, i suffered for half my adult life with very poor mental health but learned to love myself and now am so happy. My brother got on the meds young and is now living a boring mess of a tidy life with nothing to show but a dull smile, thank fuck i found a creative outlet instead and learned that pain is natural and not something to mask with synthetic pills and ideas.

[@rwb3562]

I wouldn't be alive without the help of the NHS with my mental health issues. I feel very privileged to live I the UK as i couldn't have had this help for free in so many countries.

[@brisalaafricana-py8ee]

An excellent documentary.

[@clareuk71]

this was very well done thank you

[@user-uq1yp9nz2c]

I know what these people feel like. i had to go on a physcological hold because i struggled with my depression and i started self harming to the point where i ended up in hospital because of it.

[@teddy2577]

Meanwhile on the U.K.’s National Health Service, every person is covered completely. There are no bills, deductibles, or co-pays. In fact, there are no insurance policies to speak of. The system is paid for by taxes, and the government controls the prices of drugs and the salaries of the doctors.....I do really feel for all the poor souls who cannot financially sustain life saving medication. Still I hope the best for everyone affected by this❤

[@mariacastillo8060]

and they say the US is the richest what happened to the Pledge Allegiance to the flag the land of the free and the home of the brave with liberty and justice for all. We pay for our health care insurance and still can't afford the care we need due t0 insurance policy limitations on coverage and the outrages cost for them

[@vonjess9]

Well done 👏

[@Pallasathena-hv4kp]

The new law: Medicare Part D now has a $2000 cap per year on prescriptions!! Thank goodness! This will help a lot of mentally disabled people.

[@arabellacox]

Getting employment is 1 thing, keeping it is another!

[@danaturgal4941]

Well done!! So great to have a documentary giving voice to those who are experiencing a mental illness as well as those who are caregiving and who are professionals supporting people in recovery. Compassion conveyed in film was awesome! Thank you for your labor of love in getting this much needed message out. Illnesses dont recover People do!! Amen ❤😊

[@ronyalemerrill]

I ❤ Mrs. ARTIST! Sending her my love!