The Root of Mental Illness is Unsafety - by Teal Swan

[@denisruizbaez6119]

I suffered so many years of an actual mental illness so bad that it made me disabled to control my body and mind the way i wanted it was a constant chaos, even doing relative easy things was hard for me AND WHEN I HEARD TEAL SWAN SAID: the answer to heal the mind or any mental illness is to give presence to the mind over time it changed me, i started ti giive presence to my mental illness saying " I am completely hear with you know" regardless of the situation and if anxiety pops up I give it presence too, thank you teal swan YOU SAVED MY LIFE🙌🙌

[@NicholasTranscends]

You saved your life.

[@TealSwanOfficial]

This made my day. Thank you for your words.

[@lucymadelengregg4482]

This helped me too, I felt dead inside. Ive been running around telling everyone that my soul is lost and Im dead inside, while at the same time wanting to run away from it and completely freakin out.. And I changed that, anytime I felt dead inside I would give that part of me my presence and attention singing lady darbanville from cat stevens.. And at some point I didnt need this song anymore and it just vanished. Later on I realised it was all together a coping mechanism for other people making me feel bad and "depleating my energy".

[@joshturner5165]

My life has been similar. I'm disabled too. My Dad committed suicide when I was 3 1/2 years old and I think that I "looked for" and trained my mind to "wonder" what would drive someone to suicide from a very young age. So I looked for the negatives in life to bring myself a understanding of why he did that and left me here. Those had been my feelings for a long time and I developed my own idealation along the way and developed horrible habits like alcohol problems. Very scary stuff when we self medicate with something capable of ending our lives and destroying others that we care about. I was given a few Osho books in my early 20's and his guidance and freedom helped me much! I felt a deep connection and it has let me to Alan Watts, Mooji, and of course TEAL SWAN! We love you Teal and appreciate your support and especially your perseverance to speak TRUTH against the odds. We all know those odds, we know what "they" would like to silence, smear, and discredit! Truth will rise over those who stoop as low as tyranny. Amen, and be well all🙏🤝💪🕯️❤️🌍📢😁😘

[@lucymadelengregg4482]

@@joshturner5165 I have a friend he also lost his father (because of suicide) at a very young age, and I can see how it impacted his mind negatively in the same way. He though is very much unaware of it, and he is on a subconscious level selectively comitted to unawarenes. Cuddos to your level of awarenes my friend, and your ability to acknowledge and also value youre emotional lows and to search for clearity. Its not easy when the hurt we faced was so big.

[@ecotarot]

To be able to recognize this behavior in yourself and others will be key. We’re all just scared children trapped in adult bodies, wanting to be loved and to feel safe. Thank you, Teal, for all your valuable lessons. You’ve changed how I love myself and how I parent my children!

[@TealSwanOfficial]

Thank you Eco. Comments like this are so valuable to me.

[@angelsrosena]

Did you discover it by yourself? 😆

[@1111-5-d]

Lol love you teal the universe put u on my path in 2015 . , you are my go to goggle lol just much more invinite. Intelligence lol . It’s great to listen and learn about myself from a true person that’s more knowledgeable than the best of the professional ones. . Love and blessings from me to and to anyone else who reads this . From Ireland 🇮🇪 with ❤️🙏😇💕

[@gravity.inspiring.change]

This is a really nice comment and so true. Have a great day : )

[@Masterofallytps]

@@TealSwanOfficial you seeeee right through meeeeee !!

[@dewshine3359]

I nearly cried when u told the bipolar disorder story. It felt almost exactly like my story😭

[@ally7030]

It's crazy..most times when I felt super low, super depressed I noticed I felt super unsafe...thanks for speaking about this

[@ChocolatBacon]

Something I wrote before watching this video that I feel is in alignment: "If nobody is sincerely taking care of you, your delusions will."

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[@yvonneshanson1525]

Wow!..👌

[@bunnyboo6295]

i guess it's best to drop toxic people so you stop looking for their help this way the voices can take over. Wish I didn't have "bf' at a really dangerous scary time if there was no one I would have followed the yelling voice in my head looking out for me.

[@vitech5631]

@@user-dg1fj4jf1n Yes, thank you so much Teal for your GREAT,free wisdom & contributions. Everybody should start taking care of their finances, jump on BTC & DiFicoins, 2-3 years from today will be late. The future is digital, China is pushing their digital currency to become worldwide use, but it's centralized. Good luck, the world doesnt need more centralized dictatorships...not going to fly

[@NitroSpeed253]

That's deep

[@farrokh86bulsara]

What is wonderful about having Teal's teachings is not just that is free and avaliable everyone but the fact that finnaly you can find understanding, reasons and solutions to the problems that even your psychiatrists gave up of trying to "fix". This, and all other videos from this courage human is gold study and practice material. Thanks so much for all your dedication and work so far and in future ! ❤️

[@TealSwanOfficial]

Thank you for your kind words.

[@farrokh86bulsara]

@Unit in Harmony Feel you bro 💕 The fear of going back to psychaitry ward is one of the reasons to be full time in reasearching psychology and related topics. I had luck with private therapy after hospital but after few years It became spinning in circles, not solving much. I feel that most of the experts in mental health profession are empathic and really nice ppl trying to help, not all of them ofc, but the methods and knowledge they can offer are not enough or suitable for today's needs and wants.

[@JH-je6ij]

Couldn't have said it better 👍💜

[@shehzadamurthy1983]

I think you should think of supporting Teal Swan, by buying her books or her meditations on her site. I think she also needs to survive haha.

[@vitech5631]

@Unit in Harmony you are correct, Spirit catalist like Tean Swan can heal you much faster & on a deep level than any medical expert.

[@Nina_Kowsari]

I liked that explanation of the golden child..the child that will adapt by having no problems and causing no problems.

[@heather7440]

That was me growing up, I still struggle to feel seen and have crippling anxiety and guilt whenever I feel that I have caused any kind of problem whatsoever. Luckily life is bringing me opportunities-to change that and I am slowly but surely healing this ‘problem’

[@angieperezascenciodelmoral3737]

Me too! I am súper depressed and anxious. What are/we're your symptoms?

[@MimiTheHamster]

I think my brother was the golden child, I was the scapegoat but also the one who got more attention that was positive in an effort to make up for their abuse. Sucks either way

[@Paula-ho9id]

That was me also

[@nathaliegrammer6209]

@@angieperezascenciodelmoral3737 I think I've been this kind of child too. My issues were/are: Feeling unsafe/unwanted in groups with new people. (Like in my school class back then.) Being afraid of saying anything in a group of people. (Not friend groups.) Being afraid of being heard/speaking up and of not being heard at the same time. Having the feeling of not being seen, heard and understood. Not speaking my truth (to "new people"). Suppressing my own wants, needs and desires. Talking them down. Not feeling worthy of love. Feeling guilt and shame. Feeling responsible for other people's moods. Putting other people on a pedestal. (Especially romantic interests.) Not feeling good enough for certain people or achieving things. Feeling "unnecessary" and useless. Feeling powerless and like a "playball" to people. Feeling judged and diskliked right away. Letting people put me down, like insult me without defending myself. (Even thinking they may be right..) ... and the list goes on. And all of those thinking patterns and beliefs result in some type of depression and the symptoms that come with it.

[@gregfrasier5005]

If only I had found a therapist 20 years ago that knew what you said. Thank you for all your videos

[@TheModernDating]

Fear is the absence of love.

[@JohnM...]

Yes but it can also be created within the minds of people by being relentlessly told by their governments that they SHOULD ALWAYS live in fear of something that is or perhaps isn't real, in order to reach a state where that person is EASILY CONTROLLABLE.

[@NickRyanBayon]

Thanks to your content Teal I made huge growth and healing from where I was 5 years ago. You helped me understand my mind, subconscious, and what was really going on. For years I was put on meds and therapy and it didn't help just made me worse. (I'm not suggesting or condoning people stop meds or go against their doctors orders! Just my own experience.) Only when I started applying what you were teaching and actually healing, not coping did I begin to free myself. It's been 5 years since then and been cleared by 2 doctors, no longer needed meds for my "bipolar 1 disorder" no longer feel suicidal, self hate, etc I survived and thrived. For that I am grateful so grateful. I never imagined i would be living my best life and I find it terrible that psychology is profiting and not actually helping people just helping them cope and keeping them paying customers. I hope one day all this knowledge will be understood by the medical field and they actually use it to help people

[@leahflower9924]

Freud is like a dirty word now but I want to give him a lot of credit for stating the power of the subconscious

[@kindgurly1]

Wow!!!

[@samedsehic9999]

Hey nick where did u start- did u only listen to Teal or did u listen other people too... read books did workout? ... im in the same situation pls answer

[@Padraigp]

Meds can help just as a plaster or cast can help a bone or wound heal but it's still only a support for the real healing. Without a splint or cast it's very hard to heal a bone if you're always in agony walking on it. But also only using a cast and not doing ohsyiotherpay and diet for your bone and rest etc. The bone doesn't heal by the cast. THe cast just helpe supoort the real healing. Thats how i see it. I think its irresponsible to give people the cast but not the physio nessisry to walk without the cast if that makes sense.

[@Kye-Kye7]

One of the few teachers providing actual step by step solutions to real life challenges. Teal is at the top of the game, and providing so much support for those ready to recieve these perspectives. Thank you, your book Shadows Before Dawn is saving my life right now!

[@gravity.inspiring.change]

Yes, totally agree : )

[@Kye-Kye7]

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[@vitech5631]

Love Teal's very deep analysis

[@Changeworld408]

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[@the_infinity_channel]

We have no idea how important is to make kids safe.. Great video I have grown up without a home and in toxic family always moving also and I can not explain how unsafe inside I am . I hope I will make safe place for me and my future family

[@KL-ni9ju]

This video hit on such a profound level....I have no words to describe how helpful it is to have mental health framed in this way.

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[@anandavanderwesthuizen1484]

I feel perpetually unsafe. Always have. It’s been a struggle for me for years and I just can’t seem to get free from it! Thanks for your video Teal. ❤️

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[@justjess986]

Me too that's a perfect way to describe the torment that I constantly feel its all consuming torture & I'm doing it to myself

[@natalliya2703]

Grown daughter of a person with borderline personality disorder here. From Ukraine. First pandemic with a cascade of stressful factors and when we finally saw light at the end of tunnel, war started. I can't describe how hard it has been on the entire family. Layers and layers of stress, uncertainty and actual physical danger (dealt with that finally). Anyway, thank you, Teal for a free, deep and supportive presence.

[@Padraigp]

God bless you. I am safely in ireland with no war happening but seeing the wars around the world makes me feel so stressed out. So soul disturbed by how crazy people are for power land money and how unaware they are of the soft bellies we all have and how delicate and precious life is. Its making me feel very mentally ill. I'm watching cortcheting videos and then a screaming starving child is on my screen. It feels like this is designed to torture me ..I feel bad to not look at war in Ukraine or in gaza or yemen or etc but also I can do nothing to help you if all I do is watching. I could make some biscuits for my neighbours to cheer them up or make my garden nice for the birds instead which would probably be better for my head and heart. I'm so sorry that we can't help you and that men in power think this is any way to go about life. Its totally wrong. If my children tried to solve their problems with violence they would be told not to hurt others but adult men in positions of huge power and money don't know its wrong to harm innocent people to get their way? It's so messed up. Since you are in that situation do you think it's best if we look at what's happening or is it better if we deal only with what is happening around us as well as we can? Would like to hear what you think. Sometimes I think it is best if I enjoy this war free life I have as best I can because others do not have it. I should live it to the full pleasure and goodness. And not torture myself looking at what I cant change and just breaks my heart bit by bit.

[@natalliya2703]

@@Padraigp first of all I want to thank you for your kind heart and your humanity and for your braveness to not look the other way. As someone who has felt hopeless and terrified for my own and my family members lives on several occasions during this war, I can tell you that the absolute worst feeling to experience is as if no one cares what's happening, of not being seen. The attitude of "business as usual" and "not our war" that some of the people in power in the west are displaying is killing figuratively and quite literally. Please don't feel disheartened thinking that there is nothing you can personally do. Your kind words matter, a little blue and yellow flag on your car or home helps, countering russian propaganda online or in live conversation helps, sending even as little as 2 pounds to some official fundraiser helps (United24 is an official trusted platform). In Ukraine we believe into something like a "circulation of goodwill" when we help each other knowing that one day I'm blessed to be able to give help, while another day I might as well be in a position to need help. This is the one and only reason why Ukraine didn't fall in the first days of the invasion- most people showed up to help in this or that capacity. I believe this is the way we should act on a global scale too: consolidate and help to fight of powers that came to destroy life. This is the only way we will make it. Thank you if you reached all the way till the end of this message!

[@gracepurcell7825]

Teal is so incredibly wise.

[@mavmagick]

As a therapist I can say that this is so accurate. I work with patients with severe eating disorders and I see this every single day. People who are just trying to keep themselves safe. We can change the way we see mental health. I have so much hope. Love and peace

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[@roselynnmonroe8155]

I remember growing being in a constant state of worry as a small child

[@hectorignacio-nx1dm]

Thank you for your wisdom! ❤ Many times, I fear, and absolutely deny at my core, that I am indeed the most mentally ill person of all time.

[@mdcsml1]

I agree 1,000%. This aligns with proven scientific findings. Especially as it relates to childhood trauma and how it leads to mental illness.

[@kimdeane3145]

Yes I completely agree with your presentation and clarity here. My sister was diagnosed with bipolar at 18- 20 years old. As her younger sister I always knew she was suffering and that her mental illness was just an unhelpful and even harmful label.

[@jessicajohnston5693]

My most common complaint when I first went to therapy when I was about 17 was that I didn't feel safe. This makes a lot of sense, thanks for the video!

[@penielchery2765]

3:12 That's what I do when doing shadow work Beside "unsafety", "unmet needs" is a major reason for fragmentation This video is about seeing things from the perspective of all the protectors aspects in us.

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[@4katt372]

This just describes every minute of my childhood. How I survived is nothing short of amazing. My disassociation was to separate mentally from my body. I envisioned myself floating away in a bubble. Which caused significant speech delay only to be tested as above average IQ.

[@Nina_Kowsari]

ok, I got the part about the protective personalities and how feeling unsafe makes us slip into them more and more and become disconnected and fuel the feeling of un-safety in each other

[@sleepyseagull4200]

Sometimes these simple explanations are really shaking people up, it's so obvious that I wonder how I didn't get this before. It makes so much sense, wow...so almost every mental illness is only a coping strategy to feel safe. And can be unlearned and healed. Most people hold on to their diagnosis to find an excuse to not change themselves, but that's not true. I wish that the medical field would finally understand all this, spirituality is the answer! I have suffered from OCD and intrusive thoughts ever since I was 11. I grew up with an extremely controlling and anxious mother and an unpredictable father...I had no control and never felt safe. I still can't put the pieces together as to what this condition helps me with, it feels like a monster in my head that makes me think of the most horrific things and I'm constantly fighting against it...I hope to heal myself in the next years. Thank you for this video, it brought me clearance.

[@queenbeaver]

This is what compassion is all about. Thank you so much. I would love more example videos like this in the future.

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[@marissa9747]

This all makes so much sense.. as someone who used to self harm and was diagnosed with a different mental illness by each therapist that I saw. Thank you for finally allowing me to understand more about the causes of these behaviors. Much love 💜

[@jcbanbury]

Doctors and therapists dont know anything about mental "illness", only we can "diagnose" ourselves

[@cqfdagency-gabriellemarino6094]

Take care

[@TheKyley100]

The Jenna and Crystal scenario is so important to talk about I’m very grateful that you are sharing both of these perspectives. ❤️❤️❤️

[@youarelovedbylovehimself.6250]

..can you be here all day explaining each mental illness? please? these are powerful to know.

[@rachaelhutchings5659]

Maladaptive behaviour was the word the judge used when I was sentenced to reckless arson for leaving a pan on when drunk and in a manic state...IT made me think of what teal swan spoke about here....I thought I used behaviours which were a vicious cycle that I thought were keeping me safe...I'm bipolar, ocd, bpd etc... they just wack another diagnosis on everytime...I thought all of what she said as I got a suspended sentence, was my mental illness really just ways I tried to cope with my childhood and in adulthood to stay safe but in turn makes me unsafe. Even to the extreme of making others unsafe too. I've been diagnosed with so many mental illnesses it just has to mean there's a root cause. I had such an abusive childhood I naturally developed dysfunctional ways of coping from as young as 3 years old, when i was as young as 3 years old, l thought i should be dead that developed into suicide idealisation . Now its time to unravel this. No more labels....I was born free i will be free again..

[@nicolassmith1278]

Hi pretty lady. How are you doing today???

[@kennethnoahkentoart7308]

I love teal swan...

[@daniellesevolution]

It’s very….something….that whatever is happening in my life lines up with your videos and you tell me something I already knew deep down. You bring it to the surface. 😄

[@kellyroland6109]

I wish I had this when raising my kids. I need help letting go of that guilt. Yes I did my best at the time, but I see my own grown children struggling. I'm trying to project understanding, watching my words etc.

[@ashley.aurora]

WoW- Thank you, sister. You dissected a nebulous subject, and accurately delegated the truth, so eloquently. From the microcosm to the macrocosm. You always hit the nail on the head 🌹

[@alswift2481]

Ashley - This was incredibly said. 🤍

[@maja-wc8nd]

It is so true. I was abused in childhood from alcoholic aunt. I started with an eating disorder,then with xanax,than morfium,than cocain. I got so deep into it. I removed cocain and morfium 3 years ago. Than xanax 10months ago. Now i am dealing with food. My nervous system is broken on so many levels that the suffering becomes unhuman sometimes. I am in such strugle but i will never ever give up on myself. Your videos are such a reliefe. Thank you ❤

[@evadebruijn]

Food is the worst because you cannot go all Nancy Reagan on it and "just say no" ✌️

[@emmelinepitcher6721]

Thank you so much Teal. The world needs you now more than ever. Love you XXX

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[@dondankleberg4965]

I managed to integrate the symptoms of my "schizophrenia"(without hearing voices tho) with alan watts, teal swan, matias de stefano, ram das, moji, even canabis to let my chaos be clearer to me etc... But i gotta say it was kind of a fun ride haha! Looking back i am grateful for all pain i felt, and i had really fucked up pain.. But it shaped me and gave me perspective, feels like with every hellhorrible feeling, there was the duality in which i was also able to experience the most honest beauty.. And im still integrating and putting new logs of experience into my bonfire of awareness :) Dont forget to breathe since sunlight is manifested in air, sit and remember into your deepest emotions and past intentions, meditate and grow in beauty ❤️🕉️ have a good one, everyone that reads this and everyone that doesnt :) namaste

[@learnwithnorlyn]

Hi! I hope you are getting better each day 😊

[@brianherrera4383]

I have chronic pain and I have been diagnosed with schizophrenia dissecta and ever since 2018 I've been in a chaotic Loop and managing with cannabis and I do spiritual videos time to time but I have my ups and downs and I'm still on my journey to healing and yet I wonder why do I have chronic pain inside my back of my head pins and needles all down my back directly inside my head at the low end between my neck and it's constantly painful and so I manage it with the weed and suppress it but I hope if anybody's on the same path that I'm on on healing I wish them the best😇

[@alexsekai]

I was literally thinking about this very topic today, crazy how you just uploaded a video about it! Fantastic video, thank you for your deep and insightful work Teal ☺

[@graveyardghost2603]

Excellent, Teal, just excellent. Your deep perception of things amazes me.

[@JessLemarche]

My therapist literally explained this to me today. Take you for the great breakdown, Teal 🙏🏽

[@brandiegange-bobolg3874]

I had a dream last night about a mountain lion just outside my window, it saw me after I saw it, then came towards the window. I grabbed my daughter and said "we have to get out of here" she was a child again....we jumped out of a back window and ran. The lion resembles society, and anyone who has hurt and damaged me and my daughter. I have incredible, vivid dreams that speak to me. I know I am meant to listen to you. When I come across wisdom, light draws it to me. Part of me believes that when I'm drawn to dark people, it's to help them heal, often, I am not afraid of people I should be. Great channel. Literally everything you say speaks to my mind, heart and spirit. Thank you.

[@jaydizzler9916]

Got me crying I feel heard thanks Teal 😭 the thing that I think of is my sibling and his schizoaffective disorder. Started in Afghanistan makes sense that it's a manifestation of unsafety . Also my bipolar disorder came out ten fold after our mother passed away. So it makes sense. But honestly my medication helps alot. But it's good to know the cause of it.

[@lanachild7731]

I used to be afraid watching Teal's videos because of how extraordinary attractive she is. I feel unsafearound beautiful people. But, I g am learning to get over my fears. After all, ger teachings are brilliant and can be very beneficial to anyone. I'm back Teal, you don't make me feel unsafe anymore. Hugs!

[@lpssweetumstv8453]

this is really speaking to me right now. i have this fear of my loved ones dying, while nobody is actually unhealthy. in fact, we're really healthy and careful. but my mind keeps on trying to find things that could make me feel pain, through those who i can't control. i do not fear my own death, but the pain i'd feel if my loved ones did. i feel scared knowing that i cannot control death and it could happen at any moment. i'd be vulnerable, unsure of how to even process that kind of thing. i'm not sure what to do to feel safe as of yet. but i'm doing my best to accept it's out of my control.

[@aaronhorak710]

I don't know if it helps, but I think most people have major problems with the whole death topic. Most people probably suppress and deny it. I do too until I think of it, then I feel a big anxiety, both for my daughter and for myself. But denial is present most of the time and I don't think about it. By facing it you are suffering, but you are trying to take control of life which is changing the life you have. I don't have any answers here, just mainly acknowledging that you aren't alone.. It's an issue in one way or another for practically everyone

[@confusedwhynot]

I totally agree with this. If you feel unsafe you are always in a fight or flight mode.

[@Claudia-qt2uz]

I'm so THANKFUL for you. I've watched your videos countless times Tomales sure I'm grasping what you are teaching. All you are doing is empowering people from harm to themselves, others. I'm 37 yr old..3 therapist and you are the only one who has captured my pain. We have similarities and to know how you can separate yourself from the truth for the sake of others Isastinishing and its what helps me believe in a better tomorrow. Not just for myself but for humanity. Ms Teal you are a beautiful soul, a human soul who is judged continuously based on their fear. I'm sorry you were betrayed by people you loved and who also claimed to live you. Im going through that now. It hurts. I can't wait to be able to be able to join you in one of your synchronization shops. My greatest. Most deepest thank yous 💗

[@michaelvandenheuvel317]

The messenger and message are Beautiful .

[@adrian-madalinradu3234]

Aside from the Crazywise and Wisdom of Trauma movies, this is probably one of the best videos that I had the pleasure to watch that talks and tackles the mental illness in a holistic and so much needed compassionate way. And also, it reminded me about the Patch Adams movie. Teal, you are a walking genius into this field. Thank you for all your contributions ^_^

[@433bliss]

So so many people are being failed miserably by (mental) health systems and professionals at the moment, mostly because people are afraid to review what they thought they knew and to be questioned for their "expertise", and Teal Swan spells out the solution in a 20' video. I sincerely hope we collectively wake up to our wounds and how they forge our behaviours and belief systems, and start to heal by actually supporting each other. Thank you Teal for all you do and share. It's very touching to see someone care for humanity so deeply so as to put themselves constantly and accessibly out there, even at the risk of seeming "unconventional" to those too afraid to open their awareness. God bless you 🙏🏼

[@queengoblin]

I have trichotillomania and the part about self harm is really interesting to me. I'm guessing trich for me is about not letting myself feel rage and hopelessness and anxiety and like a failure because those emotions have been unacceptable to me. So there is an internal atmosphere of control and supression that comes out and is expressed through hair pulling.

[@heavenwithin81]

I had horrible trich when I was younger. Had a pretty stressful childhood (alcoholic parents) My father was completely emotionally unavailable making me feel unsafe and unloved. I think it's time I take a different approach as to what I truly NEED in therapy.

[@saarakala2861]

Thank you for sharing. I also resonated with that part of self harm. I have had dermatillomania / skin picking since childhood, but it has gotten a lot worse the past year. It really makes me frustrated and desperate - possibly the emotions I'm supposed to feel throughougly. I've suffered because of misophonia (selective sound sensitivity syndrome) since childhood and as if often being in a fight or flight mode isn't painful enough, my whole family used to get angry, dismissive or made fun of my reactions to sounds. It's still very hard for me to express anger, it feels unsafe. All the best to you!

[@dualwielders1221]

I don’t think a lot of people realize the depth and knowledge this video provides you about the human condition. Truly a master class at work 😮

[@pamela5549]

Thank you Teal! I am so very grateful for your videos and books as they have helped me to understand why I do the things I do. Growing up and only child who was very over protected and naive then leaving home at 17 only to become involved in a extremely abusive relationship, then on to an emotionally abusive relationship, etc. Now I am unable to decipher between what is a healthy relationship. Not only with other people but with myself. I suffer with depression, anxiety, PTSD...and I don't want to continue medicating myself for the rest of my life. These alleged helpful drugs have sucked my creativity dry. I was once a thriving artist but have lost my 'groove.' Through you I am learning that there are options and healthy ways of coping. I commend your work and hope one day to meet you and Thank You personally! ~Namaste~

[@johncox2912]

DAMN!!! Teal Swan is spot on in what she's saying. GO through those examples a few times. She's dead on. I can see exactly HOW those people developed "coping strategies" in order to deal with things, and how those strategies later became diagnosed as mental illness. There are so many people on the planet who really need to hear this, my self included. Thank you, Teal. What you are doing is sincerely appreciated.

[@NightinGal89]

Well i think intuitively, many of us already knew this. This is perfectly illustrated in those films where a group of people are in a crisis situation and they start turning on each other for no real reason.

[@NightinGal89]

Like in the BBC's "the North water", a show I watched recently. A group of men get stranded on an Island in the arctic after their ship went down, with no real hope of rescue, and several of them start attacking each other. But in order to avoid these situations, every person should be self - aware enough to control their behavior and not act unreasonably

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[@mahmoudahmedshalabi]

Everytime Miss Swan says "I'm going to spell it out for you" my ears open wider. The way she navigates and dismantles emotional trauma and "disorders" is unbelievably refreshing. With each video I watch, I am given an entirely new perspective on the matter, and a freeing approach of tackling mental illness. Very grateful!

[@briana14333]

You explain it so beautifully. Thank you! I never viewed mental illnesses this way 🙏🏾

[@AmberW28]

I was raised by a narassasist and when I became old enough to leave I moved 1000 miles away. I keep having patterns of returning home and leaving for extended periods because my coping strategies destroy me internally to the point I have to abandon my family and my life. Im trying to find the strength to go back because I'm realizing just how unsafe I am in isolation. All I've ever wanted was my own life and to feel peace. Because if the runaway strategy I've never been able to keep a job or have a place of my own. Its getting disheartening. I feel like im not good enough - nor will I ever be- to support myself or feel safe.

[@TheErika711]

Teal you are our safety and sanity 🙌 Thank you for always explaining things that make sense and ease so much suffering. You made a path for me to get on a healing process of unreal suffering

[@usernamelady8030]

Thank you for all the videos you make. I think close to your way i watched so many videos. People say that i think to much and inalso did go trough a lot. But you make me feel that it’s okay to think like me. I want to understand a lot because it helps me to forgive. Thanks for helping

[@chiconapeacefulpath]

Blessings galore to you Teal!!! 🌻 Holy balls I'm not sure how I'd navigate this place without your guidance. Seriously. So much love your way this day from the Sonoran Desert 🏜 💛

[@irenekodac3511]

In my own case, my depression is a choice I make to avoid contact with the person I am forced to live with. When I'm depressed I do not have to be nice and that I like what is happening around me. I cannot change the other, cannot leave physically, so I withdraw - into depression. Just as death is a way out for some people in some cases, so mental illness is a way to avoid having to cope with a difficult world.

[@bonniefrazier6471]

I truly appreciate hearing you say what I’ve been observing and trying to find words for. You are refreshing to listen to. Thank you.

[@AKuhimitsu]

Thank you so much for speaking out about mental illness and for making these videos free, Teal. You are doing the world a huge service 🙏🥰

[@zoex7993]

Teal, thank you so much for your words. I would truly love to hear more from you about how we can be with our feelings of unsafety (without spiritual bypassing!) & avoid falling into these unhelpful coping mechanisms. 💜

[@TangoEchoSierraSierra]

This explains a lot thank you Teal Swan.💜 It’s also kind of like people who abuse other people to the breaking point whether psychologically, emotionally or physically and then when they snap the abuser says “oh see they were crazy all along” when in reality they drove them to snapping. So it’s like a set up 😩

[@nathaliegrammer6209]

That's so interesting! I've had similar thoughts concerning depression. That it might root in a general, internal, subconscious 'uncertainty'/feeling of unsafety.

[@Anna-yl2lp]

I love the recent content, it's very practical and understandable I feel to the current mentality. It amazes me how I discovered her content when there weren't all these tik tok people talking about validation and boudaries, teal was the only one teaching this and maybe a few people I didn't know about, and it freaks me out in a good way how at least my reality caught up to everything. Bless this woman

[@viktorija1999]

This makes so much sense!! Thank you Teal ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻

[@roxannetownshend261]

This is explained so well. Rather than slapping ugly labels onto humans and further shaming people, you have successfully explained the root cause as an adaptive strategy for survival. This is so good. Thank you.

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[@nicholedecarlo8725]

I worked at an psychiatric hospital and I’d say more than half the patients were abused as children

[@oliviareedwrites5929]

When I saw this video, I knew I had to click! Since late 2020, my mental health has been at an all time low and I've just recently started to realize that what I'm really feeling is unsafe, unstable, and insecure. I resonated a lot with the 3rd example and I hope by understanding more I can stop feeling so out of control.

[@francisco19830]

Thank you so much Teal for all the wisdom you share 💜

[@podcastbard]

People have gifts, a work that they came in here wanting to do. By not doing what they feel could give them a feeling of non safety. Some do not know what their gift, their work is. Finding that, they need to look themselves, writing in a notebook without thinking they can have a conversation with their own higher being. Thank You for finding your gift.

[@TealSwanOfficial]

Incase You'd Rather Read About It Instead: tealswan.com/resources/articles/root-unsafety/

[@eleanor4759]

One of Teal's most accurate and insightful videos!

[@daniraehutchins4287]

Thank you so much for shedding light on this! It means so much that there are people out there(you) in the world who understand the “root causes” and behavior cause/effect on a deeper level . I have always found myself highly connected to this subject but am still unsure of what course of study to take In order to make a difference… what job role could I obtain to teach/help people understand root causes and healthier behaviors? You are so inspiring 🙏 and this resonated with me through and through 💜

[@kylahyland7048]

Iv been thinking this same question. What career path can I step into that will make an impact from the root of someone's trauma. iv started to look into social work..

[@Joseph-zd2hf]

hello, have you had any ideas around that? I've been thinking about the same thing.

[@Nate1975]

100% it is all about feeling unsafe absolutely most definitely. Need to work on meeting your own needs, not taking any BS, not lying to yourself and not accepting stuff that should not be accepted however hard as the alternative is not an option.

[@kevinrosa7163]

Thank you teal!!! Pls come to Cleveland Ohio for your synchronization workshop I WILL volunteer and everything

[@audreyw3769]

Heck yes!

[@cainen6355]

Sound and empathetic as always! This approach to "mental illness" is way superior to most of the treatments, that are dones nowadays. One feels understood by Teal rather than dealt with as a case that needs fixing, which in most cases ironically is the very believe that get's us unhappy and struggling in the first place.

[@zinathetravellingstorytell6882]

So, is this what happens with episodes of psychosis too? The perception of unsafety is too much to handle so the mind just let's go of 'reality'?

[@GrahamNificent]

It's amazing how straight-forward and self explanatory a lot of these dynamics in the world are, and how we still get so confused about them. It seems as though any confusion we experience about anything is just the result of the failure to look deep enough to see the obviousness of the underlying dynamics in consciousness... the dynamics that underpin everything in reality. What the confused masses call genius is nothing more than clear perception.

[@IridescentParadise]

Very interesting comment, I think you’re onto something

[@the1betterpodcast84]

VERY FEW REALLY GET THIS

[@dantosinferne]

Beautiful way to look at mental illness, and a wonderfully measured and fair look at the covid fear. Culture has grown progressively more divisive and accusatory, jumping around from one narrative to another, no logic, no peace. but you focus on the REAL, with respect to the divine. Bless you! Your perspective on the "protector self" makes more sense to me than all the research ive done to try to understand mania. Fantastic!

[@xoxchunaxox]

This is sooooo on point as usual, just yesterday I figured this out but about validation, thanks for the confirmation ❤️❤️❤️

[@ParthibanTR]

Thanks Teal. And thanks for the subtitles too. Relating to the first story, I have been fighting this with my father for so long. I react to his anger by shouting out loud (feeling unsafe of his anger and talking all ill about my family members always and always to the extent we lost my Mother last October). My Mother had a strategy of adjusting because there wasn't any choice. Adjustments kept harming her from inside and now after her he hasn't changed a bit. Talking nonsense and character assassination of others (only family members) continues. I too shout because he will never let others talk and always try to impose his policies and rules, and because I get raised when he starts to jump in anger. My Mom succumbed but I through her experiences got to learn to find a strategy to protect myself (one of which is just retaliating outright by not accepting his impositions and shouting out loud). What I learn from you is that I am going right which feels that I am not right by conscience. Going out leaving him is the best strategy, and that is in the process. Thanks Teal for talking about this in so much of depth and clarity. I mean, I think at times, what are You how are You!!! that You ARE.🙏🤝🙏

[@chrisbacos]

You really hit it on the nose here. Trying to keep the peace and make fathers happy was my adolescence and early twenties. You're a gem Teal. When you mentioned powerful and political families I thought of the Kennedys, the Trumps, the British Royal Family, and a few children of celebrities.

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[@bubbles1366]

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[@luvinmylife88]

I am consistently blown away by how considerate Teal is in thinking of the core reasons for human behavior. It makes so much sense. Years ago, I had been diagnosed with depression. My mental health was so worn away that I would have spells where I would lose feeling in my legs and I could not walk for a few hours. (Keep in mind that I exercise regularly and have been physically healthy my whole life). I would agree that my depression was triggered by being unsafe, and it was encouraged by the coping mechanisms that my mind and body came up with to protect myself. Knowing this new information grows my compassion for myself and others. Thank you Teal for helping me and others understand.

[@stellaandrews4467]

Beautiful

[@david.walters]

"Thank you Universe for sending all the beautiful things into my life. I’m wealthy, happy, and prosperous. I wish everyone in this community and people around the world receiving wealth and prosperity from this abundant Universe."

[@Noname-hs5lx]

Thx 🙏

[@taminorthup815]

Girl you are incredible, true straight talk. Grateful your here to guide us. Nameste ❤

[@marnieschallert1220]

Great video to help us see ourselves and have more compassion for others!! 🥰🙏 It would be so helpful too if you would do a video on what we can do individually to regain a healthy felt sense of safety in these times. What can we do to reduce this inflammation in the world and bring about more healing and connection? Thanks!!

[@YuchanLeo]

Your explanations are all logical and easy to understand but you have so much compassion to others that you understand people so well. This is amazing. You’re helping me to be compassionate to myself and others ❤️🙏🏼

[@HAPPY-ev4kx]

Can you please do a video about the root of stuttering? Is that a defence mechanism as well? Stuttering near people, but when alone,it stops.

[@apollofateh324]

Perhaps you don't want to be heard, because there was previously a consequence or negative experience that came with voicing your opinion/thoughts/being yourself. Teal has a video on parts work/fragmentation and how to talk to different aspects of yourself. You could try directly asking the part of you that stutters why it does that, and what it needs to feel better.

[@queengoblin]

Making yourself seem harmless so you don't get hurt by others they don't see you as a threat.

[@chernp66]

Look up Paul stamets. He had bad stuttering for years and cured it with mushrooms

[@Jwaydanofficial]

I'd imagine stuttering is related to fear of using one's voice and fear of punishment and there's probably alot of nervous system dysregulation going on. Somatic experiencing therapy might be very useful for you here 💗

[@deei906]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful and kind way of looking at mental health..I will be looking at these different now.❤️

[@no0525]

I cant deal with the synchronicities anymore XD I just had a CP about this

[@lorileclaire281]

I am so very impressed by such an accurate, comprehensive, and helpful description of such painful conflicts. Thank you so much.

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[@iwontsubmit]

White coat drug dealers need justice. They put people on drugs to treat the same conditions the side effects of the drug cause. What a trap. In and out of the hospital for life.

[@NickRyanBayon]

They want paying customers not healthy patients which don't pay.

[@DarKNess1111x]

Drugs shouldn't be illegal to begin with. 'Substance' abuse has far broader applications than are formally recognized and an addiction can be formed by way of any significant source of dopamine release, not just those with chemical origins. Addressing the root cause of the problems that persist within and amongst us, individually and collectively, is the only remedy. Though I'm confident that our demise is immenent and welcome the rewards of the greed, vanity and hubris we've so highly valued. Don't fret tho, your thoughts and prays have secured enough virgin filled mansions for each and every apathetic, denominationally predisposed devotee 👍😁👍

[@ajl2232]

@@NickRyanBayon I used to say the root cause of depression and mental illness was poverty and injustice. I understand when she says unsafety because poverty and injustice is a feeling of being unsafe and not protected.

[@cs3459]

These are so true. Thank now I know what inside of me I deem is become unsafe and I will see it for what it is and apply logic to my situation combined with positive action what ever it calls for.