How does therapy work? | BBC Ideas

From depression to anxiety, talking therapy can help with a range of issues, boosting your mental health. But how does it work? And what happens when you go and talk to a therapist?
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  • @bbcideas
    @bbcideas11 ай бұрын

    We've got lots more videos about mental health in our playlist 👉kzread.info/head/PLMrFM-P68Wh4TS2FzfXrSnUu_0HDa27E4

  • @bbcideas

    @bbcideas

    11 ай бұрын

    For support and advice go to 👉 bbc.co.uk/actionline Find out more about the BBC's Mental Health Season here 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/YfRzhXDKSZQxFVn30TlXBj/your-mental-health-toolkit

  • @_aidid
    @_aidid11 ай бұрын

    Psychotherapy is effective enough to bring postive changes, but it is also quite expensive to get for many of us in the least-developed countries

  • @priyankadhuve3491

    @priyankadhuve3491

    7 ай бұрын

    Is it really effective or waste of money??

  • @_aidid

    @_aidid

    7 ай бұрын

    @@priyankadhuve3491 Effective

  • @liam.4454

    @liam.4454

    Ай бұрын

    I tried it 4/5 times and it always made me worse,

  • @_aidid

    @_aidid

    Ай бұрын

    @@liam.4454 I think you either had overly-high expectations or a bad psychotherapist

  • @liam.4454

    @liam.4454

    Ай бұрын

    £80 a hour and i felt worse ​@@_aidid

  • @danielleeaby-lomas2491
    @danielleeaby-lomas24912 ай бұрын

    This was wonderfully helpful

  • @gertrudelaronge6864
    @gertrudelaronge686411 ай бұрын

    Thank you. I needed to hear this. I appreciate the help.

  • @theharshtruthoutthere

    @theharshtruthoutthere

    3 ай бұрын

    Turn to bible and allow CHRIST to be your therapist, psychologist and psychiatrist. No man nor women fits to be one. All are sinners and without glory, all are tempted and suffer the same. All are expected to REPENT AND BORN AGAIN, to LIVE HOLY AND GO AND SIN NO MORE. All are weak in the daily fight between their spirit and flesh. All these therapist, psychologist and psychiatrist, this world provides, can do is: to deceive and steal. They deceived you through all these “diagnoses” and they steal your money, through all the pills which you “need”. In short: they poison your mind and your overall health, leaving you with neither one. Therapist, Psychologist and Psychiatrist = Field where no human soul, never ever going to fit of being an help, no matter the among of years spend in “medical schools” or the decree gotten from there. ALL of us are daily deceived, no matter the walks of life.

  • @ayaelbarazi7818
    @ayaelbarazi781810 ай бұрын

    You have been mentioning "studies show" a couple of times, but I couldn't find any references or sources in the description box. Could you please state them for people interested in reviewing them?

  • @pmlgjrd6960

    @pmlgjrd6960

    3 ай бұрын

    x 2

  • @MeganDuncan-hr5lt
    @MeganDuncan-hr5ltАй бұрын

    I've had experience with better health thank you so much

  • @liam.4454
    @liam.4454Ай бұрын

    I hate therapy so much, everytime it made me worse and the therapist pulled away from me, people don't seem to talk about the bad side of therapy or the negative effects but they should do.

  • @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    13 күн бұрын

    How about you check out this mycologist that can hook you up with drugs that has been scientifically tested as a way to battle anxiety and depression instead of therapy.

  • @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    13 күн бұрын

    Pharmpsych is the handle

  • @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    13 күн бұрын

    On Instagram...

  • @MaryamAli-vd1xv
    @MaryamAli-vd1xv5 ай бұрын

    Really enjoyed this video seriously 😊

  • @maxbastar
    @maxbastar9 ай бұрын

    Great work, thx u Radha 🤩

  • @TheOrignialMrGrizz
    @TheOrignialMrGrizz5 ай бұрын

    I basically have therapy but it’s in school talking about my mum doing drugs but one time I was traumatised thinking I made a murder happen so I went to actual therapy and talking about it but I still felt scared after that

  • @cantproducemyownnick
    @cantproducemyownnick6 ай бұрын

    The end quote is frankly terrifying. Fixing the thing over and over for the rest of your life means there's no fix.

  • @Eugenetra7

    @Eugenetra7

    3 ай бұрын

    I always thought about it like trying to grow legs that never existed. Or were chopped off at the early stage of development, so the whole process went in an absolutely different way.

  • @Ihatehuman666

    @Ihatehuman666

    2 ай бұрын

    they meant that you won’t become a faultless perfect other who doesn’t have problems or make mistakes at all. But you’ll be able to cope with problems and your imperfections in a healthier and more effective way.

  • @cofinify

    @cofinify

    Ай бұрын

    The difference between the definition of "treatment" and "cure" excellently put!

  • @jackjohnson40

    @jackjohnson40

    10 сағат бұрын

    Suffering will never go away, until you die. So how will you cope with it?

  • @Ihatehuman666
    @Ihatehuman6662 ай бұрын

    It’s interesting to see how ppl diminish the importance of psychological help for those who need it and give irrelevant advice about “be strong” “be adult” “get act together”, “talk to mom” etc. It seems that there should be more information about the process itself, mental states that ppl can experience. It’s big work that a person does with their personality, while changing their brains. Which is extremely hard from the biological point of view. Hugs to Everyone who’s in therapy 🤗 it’ll help.

  • @MeganDuncan-hr5lt
    @MeganDuncan-hr5ltАй бұрын

    Wow

  • @user-pn9kh8wz7v
    @user-pn9kh8wz7v8 ай бұрын

    go snowboarding or skiing, its a game changer!

  • @Eugenetra7

    @Eugenetra7

    3 ай бұрын

    My knees and my back don't like this idea))

  • @bastyytsab5079
    @bastyytsab50794 күн бұрын

    my feeling is being scared because of death

  • @josefhlusi5360
    @josefhlusi53608 ай бұрын

    I have realy strong anxienty bcs i find out Melanie Martines. How can i be fine?

  • @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    13 күн бұрын

    I will refer you to a mycologist that will hook you up with drugs that can help treat your anxiety.

  • @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    13 күн бұрын

    Pharmpsych4 is the handle

  • @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    13 күн бұрын

    On Instagram...

  • @daisy7066
    @daisy7066Ай бұрын

    What's this got to do with relationships? I hardly think people recover after only 6 sessions...

  • @skylerjohnson8874
    @skylerjohnson8874Ай бұрын

    Of course talking about your problems feels good, it’s called venting and it’s just a coping mechanism. It is a band aid really

  • @djenabalde1902
    @djenabalde190211 ай бұрын

    💔

  • @aluette1
    @aluette111 ай бұрын

    this animation of people without arms and legs is very disturbing

  • @mothiurNCL

    @mothiurNCL

    9 ай бұрын

    They could've made it into a cartoon or animation with visible arms and legs. It's off-putting.

  • @wannabeAnimator0226

    @wannabeAnimator0226

    8 ай бұрын

    I like it though..

  • @arn3107

    @arn3107

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@wannabeAnimator0226same

  • @Lucas_70
    @Lucas_704 ай бұрын

    Bruh therapy is just paying someone to talk to you. They don’t even do much they just exist as someone you can talk to. They are essentially professional listeners.

  • @MonkeyRoo-nm3et

    @MonkeyRoo-nm3et

    4 ай бұрын

    It sounds like you may already have supportive people in your life who will drop what they are doing to dedicate an hour to listen to you in a nonjudgmental, objective way. Your support network probably provides emotional support, tools and education to help you navigate challenges in your life you might not have been prepared for, and challenges you to be the best version of yourself. That's wonderful, and not everyone has that.

  • @Lucas_70

    @Lucas_70

    3 ай бұрын

    @@MonkeyRoo-nm3et if I have a problem in life I fix it. I don’t pay someone to talk to and make myself feel better about it because that doesn’t make the problem disappear.

  • @pedrotherabbit2222

    @pedrotherabbit2222

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Lucas_70 I changed my mind on this, there are different kinds of problems in life, fixing a car is I guess something you can do yourself or hire a mechanic to do, but if your thinking is fucked up then you may not know how to improve that without help.

  • @arn3107

    @arn3107

    3 ай бұрын

    and you think listening is easy?

  • @arn3107

    @arn3107

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@pedrotherabbit2222well yeah different problems have different solutions

  • @parneetkaur1819
    @parneetkaur18192 ай бұрын

    I took therapy and I think she didn't cared about feelings or mental health but more about money.

  • @liam.4454

    @liam.4454

    Ай бұрын

    I work in care and that's true, it's mainly about cash

  • @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    13 күн бұрын

    I will refer you to mycologist that will guide you through your stage of depression and can hook you up with some scientifically tested drugs for treatment depression.

  • @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    13 күн бұрын

    Pharmpsych4 is the handle.

  • @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    13 күн бұрын

    On Instagram....

  • @jackjohnson40

    @jackjohnson40

    10 сағат бұрын

    Then switch therapists

  • @javi8672
    @javi86723 ай бұрын

    Therapy is such a weak minded move. Paying another grown person as a grown person to tell you what a grown person should be doing or how to deal with whatever it is.😅. I've been an addict, I've been in prison, I've been homeless, I've felt suicidal at times, Life really sucks and I hate a lot of sh.t that I "Have" to. I've never called anybody and here I am killing it at life because I am my own consultant as a grown up you should know what the right moves should be. Get at it 💪

  • @Ihatehuman666

    @Ihatehuman666

    2 ай бұрын

    and it doesn’t mean that everyone on this planet is the same person as you. The therapist would teach you this important idea.

  • @Benjy86

    @Benjy86

    Ай бұрын

    Therapy isn't just someone "telling you what to do" lol. Educate yourself

  • @robdavey7897

    @robdavey7897

    25 күн бұрын

    If, as a grown up, you "should" know the "right moves", how did you end up homeless, an addict and in prison? Perhaps going to therapy could have helped you learn the right moves sooner and you might not have ended up in those positions. Or is it better to get a criminal record than be "weak minded"?

  • @hmrobert7016

    @hmrobert7016

    16 күн бұрын

    Life really sucks for you and you hate it, but you are also "killing at it" while addicted to drugs and in gaol?

  • @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    @DavidCurtis-hd6wb

    13 күн бұрын

    I understand your pain cause I have been there but I was referred to a mycologist that guided me through it and he hooked me up with some drugs that helped my challenge.

  • @israelaldaba46
    @israelaldaba46Ай бұрын

    is thing is boaring wanna watch something else🎉

  • @lemonchanisrandom1531
    @lemonchanisrandom1531Ай бұрын

    Why does it look so ugly

  • @robmik83
    @robmik8322 күн бұрын

    Right, ruminating on your misfortunes somehow makes you better?