Real Therapist Fake Therapy #2: How to explain anxiety to someone

[@RustyIShacklefurd]

3:14 Ali: Overcoming anxiety sounds really hard! Ali: Actually it's gonna be super easy! Barely an inconvenience!

[@drali]

Ahahahhahahaha YES!!! 😂

[@Lilpumpkin505]

The reason this comment doesn't have as many likes is because too many people don't understand the reference

[@persadsanjay]

@@Lilpumpkin505 like me

[@Lilpumpkin505]

@@persadsanjay look up Ryan George

[@danaewade3676]

This made my future therapist heart so happy. Love your content!

[@drali]

Thank you so much!!! My plan is to make every other video a Real Therapist Fake Therapy session. Next time it’ll be on panic disorder.

[@Siano291]

That convo re: psychoeducation is the REALIST THING I'VE EVER HEARD!!!! I'm a therapist and I asked myself that same question, "Isn't this just.....education?"

[@miscellaneousb]

I just found this series and it is already helping soooo much. Thank you thank you thank you. I quit therapy after 2 years because it didn't help my anxiety at all..

[@MagisterialVoyager]

Thank you for talking about anxiety. I think everyone does feel anxious from time to time.

[@drali]

Thank you for watching and commenting! I totally agree. Anxiety as an emotion is completely common and helpful for a variety of reasons. In episode 1 of this series I talk more about when anxiety becomes a problem. On the next episode I'll dive into how to deal with panic attacks.

[@naduvam]

pls make more of this. Its really educating us about anxiety and giving us glimpse of anxiety. if we can learn symptoms of anxiety it can help us understand it is anxiety rather than getting scared of not knowing what's happening and thereby increasing anxiety & symptoms.

[@pm0913]

“Oh okay that makes NO sense.” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Shahar.Kadosh]

This video helped me feel so much better about the fear I have experienced in a traumatic event. thank you so much!

[@zehrafatima9942]

Thank you in helping a new psychologist to understand and reducing self doubt. I will be really happy if you could get real interviews.

[@drali]

Aww thank you! So happy this was helpful. My next video is going to be an interview with a colleague. But as far as videos featuring real patients, that's probably never going to happen. I have to protect their confidentiality.

[@ashlynsmith6218]

Something REALLY helpful that I got from this is that it's okay to ask a lot of (the right!) questions. I always felt like I ask too many questions during my externship, and it's a big insecurity of mine.

[@ashlynsmith6218]

Also LOL'ed about the psychoeducation part

[@ip-l934]

Omg these are so funny and just plain amazing!! Love these videos!

[@drali]

Awww thank you!!! This is so wonderful to hear!!!

[@dahdah954]

This was oh so good!

[@drali]

Thanks for watching!

[@m_trapp]

Lol this was fun. I already love Psychology, but watching this made me more intrigued. And I laughed. It's also gotten me closer to managing my anxiety, and learning more about other psychological aspects

[@woodstock760]

Awesome and immediate thumbs up for the Star Trek reference. You are now one of my teachers in my journey to being a counselor. Muchas gracias for this channel.

[@ruch123321]

This was absolutely amazing 😀

[@drali]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@hypnosacademy]

You are amazing. Thank you for recording this kind of videos it helps therapists too ❤️ By the way I was the one who was exactly 1000 like, how cool is that 😇😁🥰 See you on the next session 👍

[@kathleendoodles698]

I love this episode, and I love the not-so-subtle commentary on KZbin’s copyright violation enforcement.

[@drali]

Thank you so much! I wish there was someway for me to easily determine what content I can and cannot use on KZbin for educational purposes but there really isn't. Creators have to make a thing, throw it up there, and hope it doesn't get taken down. Not a good system.

[@kathleendoodles698]

@@drali They do make it tricky! Nonetheless, I love this series. I think it's good for people to get an idea of what therapy looks like-especially if they're on the fence about looking for help.

[@xzonia1]

Very cool! Loved this video! Please do more real therapist, fake therapy episodes! :)

[@drali]

Thank you!! I'm aiming to make every other video a Real Therapist Fake Therapy "session". The next one will focus on panic attacks.

[@drali]

What do you want to see on the next Real Therapist Fake Therapy?

[@emmyvilla]

I really love this. I shared your first one because I've had friends and family ask me about what it's like to go to a therapist. This was a great outline and made it less intimidating for them to go. I've had four friends start their own journey of healthier mental space ❤️ I think a great session could be discussing with the person about an anxiety attack and how to ground yourself.

[@drali]

This is so awesome to hear! I've already started working on the next one and it's going to be focused exactly on that topic, what to do when panic strikes. Thanks for your feedback!

[@milkydubu12]

Would love to see how therapy is like for depressive disorders, like MDD and PDD! :)

[@drali]

Thanks for the feedback! Once I work my way through anxiety disorders, I’m thinking of doing some one offs on sleep, addictions, and perhaps moving to depression after that.

[@josephcoon5809]

Neural Feedback, please.

[@zandyquest2487]

Practical education about Anxiety AND KZbin's current copyright situation? Love it.

[@crystalhippytrippy5783]

I love your videos very helpful and fun to watch!

[@dhruvivora9763]

This session was fun to watch and actually a cool one!

[@drali]

THANK YOU! I had a ton of fun making it 😀 The next one is going to be all about panic attacks.

[@dhruvivora9763]

@@drali Ah...my loved one had a long relationship with panic attacks

[@adityapal525]

Can you please make a video on Health anxiety (Hypochondriac)

[@carolinaa6163]

Thank you!! There is a lot of edition work behind. We really appreciate it and the resulting video is fantastic. I´m from León, México and I love your videos.

[@ProfOzone]

Outstanding. Fantastic job, truly. Thanks for making these!

[@drali]

My pleasure! It was super easy, barely an inconvenience 😉

[@ProfOzone]

@@drali I see what you did there. 😆

[@mzdeeify]

Wow I felt anxious watching this 😂

[@davidroper8666]

Really impressive, clever way to explain this!

[@breannajohnson6612]

Plleeaasseeee tell me there are more mock sessions like this??!!? I am invested!

[@nicolebachler4450]

loved these! please create more!

[@HappyPlaceBlog]

Very funny and self-deprecating humour Ali. Craig

[@maggiearchibald3272]

Wow. This is so relatable. I just started CBT, but I do my homework :)

[@drali]

Congrats on starting the process! I wanted to show that it's okay to not do homework and to be honest with your therapist. That in itself is super helpful information.

[@maggiearchibald3272]

@@drali Thank you. It's a long time coming and something I should have done a lot sooner. And thanks for clarifying the "homework" part.

[@drali]

That's usually the case for all of us. The first time I went to therapy I kept wondering, "why didn't I do this earlier?"

[@maggiearchibald3272]

@@drali Exactly. That's what I thought.

[@SallyLePage]

Dude, I love these videos! (they're also making me realise how shite the therapists I've had have been)

[@drali]

Awww thank you!!! I've *really* loved making these videos. It feels great to find a format that helps me share knowledge that I can't otherwise share. I should also say it's easier to be a great therapist when your session is scripted in advance 😉

[@StarryNightxx]

I relate to this so much and this makes so much sense to me. My school therapist has never been this helpful with my anxiety at all 😅 she just blames me for the fact I don't have friends.

[@jessicamcmorran9375]

I am loving this!!!!

[@burntnikesock212]

I loved the little side convo on how dumb the copyright and claims rules on YT are. 😂😂😂

[@drali]

Haha, I HAD to sneak that in there! The BBC is super strict about Doctor Who content and even if I have fair use there’s no way for me to use it. Not cool.

[@burntnikesock212]

@@drali so lame. I hate how it's always the multi-billion dollar companies who are really strict about fair use. As if they need any more money....Lol anyways, great video, I'm enjoying this series a lot!

[@SomeOnlinePerson]

I'm still trying to figure out how to talk to my therapist. I keep not having answers for him, and the stuff we're supposed to work toward has been feeling less and less important and more like I need to change directions...

[@keeperoflostsouls13]

Love the new intro. It threw me for a sec though. But anyway, I love this. So many things that I can apply to my experience. I like that patient ali has a hard time leaving his house and doing what he needs to do. I've actually been experiencing that for the last couple months, but mine is also mixed with depression that's gotten pretty severe lately. Can you recommend a book on cbt so that people can do it themselves if they can't go to therapy?

[@BlackHayateTheThird]

This was so great, and I laughed so much! I also see you took my critiques from last episode (I did see your comment as well!), and it looks really great! Can't wait to see more of these (and all your other future videos too). For pride, could you do something around mental health for those who identify as LGBTQ+? Thanks again for your hard work!

[@drali]

Your advice was super helpful! I think it looks much more realistic this way so thank you! LGBTQ+ mental health is a great idea! I can't get to it in time for pride as the month is almost over BUT I'll put this on the list of future episodes. Thanks for watching!

[@kateginger]

Damn. I wish my therapist was that good 😅. I guess I want to try this kind of treatment too.

[@drali]

Haha...it's a lot easier to be this good when it's scripted in advance 😄

[@cooper197]

I notice a lot of thus content in my therapy sessions and it makes me feel awesome

[@therapyfornerds6020]

Hahahaha I like calling it psychoeducation for a similar reason 😂

[@drali]

RIGHT?!?! I always thought it was so silly that we call it "psychoeducation" but at the same time it does sound fancy.

[@DivyaSujan]

Sir I'm persuing Family Therapy and ur videos are just soo sooo helpful. Thankyou for all the efforts u put in to make us understand the concepts. One humble request..can u share the link to doctor who episode scene that u mentioned here plssss

[@Vikashchhillar1]

I like Your channel ....... ... Phycology....And phycologist......Complete about learnt...

[@higherelevationformen4812]

Is it normal for anxiety to manifest into anger? A session like this would send me into immense frustration and irritation. I acknowledge I wish more people were this kind when I lacked doing my homework in former CBT sessions. I'm used to therapists eventually dropping contact entirely after a few times of not doing my homework. I've struggled to find one that I've been able to work with long term. But my anxiety greatly affects my job and ability to function, I rarely handle it well. I'm just not sure how to proceed with handling it much less identifying if what I'm feeling is actual anxiety or merely an anger issue..when I feel anxious, I tend to get super frustrated and eventually reach a boiling point.

[@audrey8]

Laughing so hard because I just had this conversation with my therapist 😂

[@RewritetheCycle]

will you do more real therapist fake therapy videos?

[@zaraarshad5973]

Okay so I knew about fight or flight response but freeze is something new to me. One more reason to regret taking commerce and not able to study psychology 😭

[@rubyblu21]

Could you give advice on PTSD please? I really appreciate your content.

[@marjoleinvaningen7686]

Is that a new intro? Or am I making things up?

[@drali]

It is!! It's the old logo with some new photos. I'm working on getting a new logo for the near future. Thanks for noticing!

[@amalibrahim9143]

I'm New subscriber I love your channel .

[@fightingrooster9088]

Can you do a video about Borderline Personality Disorder ?

[@Haffina]

4:17 literally LOLed

[@drali]

Haffina it’s funny cause it’s true 😊

[@Lukas_Marco]

Hello Dr. Mattu, I am planning to study industrial/clinical psychology very soon and I´m looking for some really good books about understanding human behaviour in general (choices, personal issues etc..), maybe how to kind of read people´s emotions and stories/things/types of people behind their mind. If you could recommend some books on this topic I´d be really glad. Thank you

[@uptown3636]

So you've done your take on ScreenRant's pitch meeting. Next, you should try a Doug Demuro spoof. "THIS...is generalized anxiety disorder. I'm going to take you through all the quirks and features."

[@LeedleLeedleLeo]

Dr. Mattu, I found your channel while looking for a strategy to deal with my aversion to eating veggies. I wonder what you would recommend for something like this? Exposure? CBT? something else? The anxiety feels physiological. It's not rational at all. And its really effecting my health. My friend's are worried I'm developing an eating disorder because I will often opt to not eat if the only thing I can bring myself (bc of anxiety) to eat that day is unhealthy. Thanks!

[@josephcoon5809]

Have you tried doing everything possible (including happy thoughts) that you have associated with happiness at the same time as eating something that causes you disgust? Either the endorphins from all the other stimulus will slowly associate happiness to the food you dislike, or you will associate disgust with everything you like. I guess it will come down to anther your disgust is stronger than your endorphin response. I would say manage the doses of each so as to start with a low dose of disgust with a high dose of endorphins. Eat with people that make you laugh and smile, in a place that is fun and exciting, thinking about how awesome you are, and hide a chunk of something distasteful in your meal.

[@pipersecretp3]

I see that Bronx Science tee shirt. Yay BX SCI! (🙋‍♀️ Class of 2009)

[@LM-ml2uc]

1:46 Don’t we all 😂😂

[@leerwesen]

People from Toronto are great at the "freeze" too. Never knew that was a 3rd part after F&F... What's that weirdo doing? Nothing to hear or see or smell here!

[@drali]

Fight/flight gets way more attention than freeze. If you're interested, here's a great 15 second example of the freeze response in action.: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6rWiZ6KnLObqLc.

[@vaishnavidang8864]

hello sir, i ve done masters in psychology and want to be a clinical psychologist. please suggest me some course and from where...

[@devdarmdev]

Sir, can you please make a react video of you watching Agents of SHIELD’s Season 6 episode 6 ‘Inescapable’? It’s about a couple trapped in a ‘mind prison’ and had to deal with each other’s memories and traumas. We would like to see how a psychologist view this emotional episode!

[@drali]

I wish I could! I have to be careful with these types of videos because of potential copyright claims.

[@SatoshiSky]

Hey Dr. Ali, I have a video idea for you! It would be super cool if you could react to NF - The Search. It's his new song and it has so much depth to it form a mental health point of view. It would be amazing to hear your thoughts on it as a psychologist. Even if you don't make a video you should give it a listen!

[@shinomiya89]

Sir, the title is a bit misleading. I thought that you would expose fake therapies at first @@

[@josephcoon5809]

Fake therapy as in simulated because he isn’t actually giving himself therapy.

[@ISyedZainUlAbideen]

YEAH HELLO ANYWAY OF COMMUNICATION WITH YOU I NEED TO TAKE ADVICE FROM YOU... THANKS

[@AnaViscontti-j3s]

What’s your MBTI?

[@drali]

Never took the test because it's nonsense: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2bTmJp6eNOna68. I recommend the (free) big 5 personality test instead: openpsychometrics.org/tests/IPIP-BFFM/.

[@you_ok186]

​@@drali Sir,I took the test you recommended, unfortunately it didn't work for me. 😅The results dont match with my personality and real life experience. However, I took a SAPA test which was a lot reliable and accurate to me. Can SAPA tests be valid? It seems to be scientifically valid to me

[@solareclipse1468]

Therapists scare me...

[@psychologymriu8850]

do you have a twin

[@drali]

+psychology mriu I wish...that would make this video a lot easier to make.

[@psychologymriu8850]

@@drali oh my god

[@psychologymriu8850]

Mr Ali attu i am in my last sem of my ba app psy . Or teacher told DSm 5 is for psychiatrist only is it true . So why is DSm 5 taught in psychology . How it will help us in Clinical Psychology

[@ladysoloist]

I really don’t get it. Is the therapist bad or good? Is the joke that he’s a really bad therapist or that he’s really good but the guy seeking therapy is not participating in his own therapy. Someone explain please.

[@drali]

There’s no joke. I’m trying to show what realistic therapy can look like in a watchable format.

[@BlackHayateTheThird]

These episodes are to take a viewer through what a therapy session might look like. It tackles common questions and topics a patient or mental health seeker would say during a therapy session as a conversation piece. In this particular one, it's just illustrating how it's common for those with anxiety might not do their homework, and that it's ok and our lovely Dr Ali breaks down why this aversion to do anxiety homework happens.

[@ErebosGR]

@@drali I think the title of the series was a poor choice of words because like Nneka pointed out it can be quite confusing or misleading for fresh viewers. The content is awesome though.

[@ladysoloist]

BlackHayateTheThird you’re amazing. Thanks so much for explaining! It makes sense now!

[@ladysoloist]

ErebosGR agreed! Thank you 😊

[@cesarcontreras9903]

Study the RULER

[@martindang7333]

Please analyze Neon Genesis Evangelion

[@notreally5763]

Can you react to the movie “Lars and the Real Girl”?

[@victoriajuarez5771]

Yes. Please!!!

[@michelekurlan2580]

We don't get the ",fake therapy" part pf your header. Figured it was going to be a roleplay of real therapist vs. fake. There are ALOT of charlatans out there. Helping viewers to discern might be helpful. Was that header just a tool to get views? 🙄🙄🙄

[@sanitysquota937]

Hold up. I had to pause the vid because the plural of deer is deer; not deers… carry on.

[@ABc-v6n]

Only psychology atudents watch this. As a person who recovered from anxiety, this is all useless.

[@bequynh900kvaotimbantinhvn9]

54:44 Vạn pháp do duyên, vạn sự tuỳ duyên 🐔

[@bequynh900kvaotimbantinhvn9]

06:31 hi mọi người e ở đây từ tối qua 👆