Wow! Not only is my depression and anxiety gone, but my multiple sclerosis is too! Thanks! 🤣

@phantomfae_2323

4 жыл бұрын

Hi, I was wondering (and please don't take offense in this question, I'm just a genuinely _very_ curious person) what is Multiple Sclerosis?? I have a general idea, but it's never been explained well to me. Sorry if this is an annoying question, I just was looking for a better explanation. You don't have to reply to me if you don't want, but just thought I would ask.

@WendyRomkes

4 жыл бұрын

@@phantomfae_2323in a nutshell it's a disorder where the protective coating of the nerves disappears, and that makes the nerves not work (well) anymore.

@tbonegddss

4 жыл бұрын

@@phantomfae_2323 It is an autoimmune disease. The immune system attacks the protective coating (myelin) around the nerves of the central nervous system (brain and spine). When the myelin is attacked, a plaque or sclerosis forms. Depending on where in the CNS this happens, different types and severity of disability can occur. The electrical signals sent by the brain have trouble making it around the body.

@phantomfae_2323

4 жыл бұрын

Sara Harry thank you! I hope you have a good night 😊

@phantomfae_2323

4 жыл бұрын

Wendy Romkes thanks!

"You just don't work enough, just keep busy and your depression will be gone" This advice from someone I care about was the last straw that made me go back on antidepressants. People say -- in the old days there was no depression to speak of, because when you are constantly focused on earning your bread you don't have time to think at all. Sort of true, but also a survival bias -- we don't get the stories of the old days from the ones who killed themselves.

@annejeppesen160

4 жыл бұрын

I was told I just needed something to get out of bed for, then I would certainly be cured for my suicidal thoughts...

The ones that are just don't be _____ are so relatable, my grandmother doesn't quite understand mental illness. One time she was with me while I was having a panic attack, and she said "Sarah, just don't be anxious!" And my sarcastic mind was like "Gee! Thanks Grandma, I had NEVER thought about that." But I knew she was coming from a place of love. Yesterday I actually graduated from therapy and now have the tools to handle whatever Generalized Anxiety Disorder will throw at me!

@icantdecideonaname2748

4 жыл бұрын

So How have you been lately?😊🙋🏻‍♀️

@sarahvanorden670

4 жыл бұрын

I can't decide on a name COVID has made it tough to get through my anxiety, but I’ve been able to get through it with support from my family. I have been using my coping mechanisms and have been able to get myself through a few panic attacks and moments of anxiety. It was awful for me that I had graduated and was feeling great and then the world started turning into a dumpster fire

I've had chronic pain for over 10 years.... positivity and smiling doesn't help.

@justsomeone5658

4 жыл бұрын

it's been a couple of years for me. i hate how many people don't get what CHRONIC means. like, the amount of time i am asked "but for how long?" like they think i'm talking about a week or someting like that and it's going to "be better" in a few days and then they are shoked when a few weeks later i still have chronic pain...

Medication can suppress symptoms “sometimes that’s what you need to survive”. That hit me so hard. Thank you Jo

LOL “I wanna sit you down and have a LONG monologue AT you!!” Best quote

The real question is do you just have a Nick Cage pillow hanging around your house, or does Megan just bring that around with her wherever she goes? Either way, I approve.

In my experience depression actually involves very little crying. Also, the give 100%, give 100% person has never heard of energy efficiency. You’re basically never going to get out of a system the same amount of energy you put in - some of it will be lost thanks to the second law of thermodynamics. This concludes your science lesson for today.

@nicolabannister3582

4 жыл бұрын

Technically you will get 100% out as well, just some of it isn't useful energy 🤷‍♀️

@shayelea

4 жыл бұрын

Nicola Bannister fair! 😆

@shayelea

4 жыл бұрын

PlantsAreFriendsYouEat oh, 100% agree.

@danilojosecanonizado8144

Жыл бұрын

@@Camille-dq8qg GOD LOVE YOU REACH OUT NOT UP

I love what Megan advised at the end about letting someone know beforehand that you just need them to listen and you aren't looking for advice. Sometimes I just need to talk it out and be heard by someone that is truly present.

@danilojosecanonizado8144

Жыл бұрын

ALL THE LOVE TOO YOU

I have been told to just smile and think happy thoughts and my depression and anxiety would go away. It was nice to laugh along with you both during this video!

2:22 I always base my treatment plans on anagrams. For instance, my dysthymia is a mere Daisy Myth.

Well what mostly cured me was how incredibly contagious your laughter was! I was losing it during the entire video lmao

Laughter is wonderful! I’ve got to remember “don’t worry”.

My friend at school had a councillor who- after being told about her stress, depression and home life- was told to eat more bananas and yogurt. She was allergic to yogurt and hated bananas. If you have a bad councillor like this please please just find a new one. Good counselling can be 10x more amazing than bad counselling can be damaging. Be kind to yourselves

@loganplonski922

4 жыл бұрын

That counselor? S. McNutt.

@lydiakies9053

4 жыл бұрын

My other half has, more than once, told me to "just go see a therapist" because it helped him. Yeah. Not helpful. I have a baaaad history with those dudes.

@LittleDergon

4 жыл бұрын

@@lydiakies9053 to be fair, I've had some awesome councillors. 2 in particular really helped me make huge progress with my mental health. But yeah the bad ones can be worse than unhelpful

@tatiana4050

4 жыл бұрын

My friend has experience at university where her personal tutor in reaction to her confession about mental illness said "so what are you doing at university?"

I love seeing both of you laugh! Megan your laugh is infectious!! I really needed this today ❤️💖

Footless Jo! Thanx darlin. I needed cheering up & this vid did it for me. love Steve Holliday

How To Temporarily Cure Depression: watch this video. I couldn’t help but laugh out loud several times!! Priceless! Great work ladies! Ps....my favorite one I have heard is...the suicide rate would plummet if people would use essential oil. #McNutt

@FootlessJo

4 жыл бұрын

We actually had a whole section about essential oils that I cut out for time...YEAH. Its really not okay (and illegal, in some cases) how they advertise that!

That pillow lol and great video lol

@FootlessJo

4 жыл бұрын

Haha thank you so much!!!

Megan has it right. God has given mankind the tools to help with mental disorders. It is up to us to seek out that help, or maybe help others seek that help. I have depression, and I'm also seriously introverted. I managed to find help. (I also seriously hate making phone call! It is almost phobic!)

@danilojosecanonizado8144

Жыл бұрын

ALWAYS REACH OUT FOR HELP ESPECIALLY IF IT HELPS THE ONES YOU LOVE YOU ALWAYS CAN BRING THEM IN

My favorite quote, sign, thing I have seen said “everything will be ok in the end. If it’s not ok, it’s not the end”

It's a miracle, I'm cured! My depression and anxiety are gone, hell it even cured my ADHD!

One day I decided to just be happy and now I'm happy. The next day I decided I didn't want to be stuck in traffic anymore so I just installed rockets on my car and now it can fly.

@FootlessJo

4 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s amazing! Lol 😆

This video cheered me up a bit, I got a bit upset today so it was nice to have a bit of a laugh

You and your doggos are my therapy today

My parent used to say “don’t let them rent space in your head” referring to my abusers. So turns out my brain had actually blocked out most of the trauma that he caused. My brain took that statement very literally… until it decided it was time to unbury and reprocess said trauma 😅

S. MacNutt was a roman catholic priest of the "pray the sick away" variety, he has written several books on the subject. As I am choosing to be positive about something I can't help: he won't be writing anymore bullshit as he died 3 days before this was posted.

This reminds me of the "wonderful" advice my uncle (a surgeon) once gave me after I told him that I am going to a doctor because of my problems with my nose. "Just don't blow your nose" And yes, he was a 100% serious. Thanks 😂 And what a great video! 😂😍 I laughed so much, this actually made my day 💕

the pillow cured me

@FootlessJo

4 жыл бұрын

Preeeeeeeeeach it!

I have bipolar and the same is also true on opposite side spectrum when your manic you love it so much that when u come down from it your like oh dang this sucks ~you’re like I wish could could get my mania back🙃🙂

What was in those mugs? I can't believe it's just coffee! 😁

I should've watched this video years ago, dang. This advice straightened my scoliosis spine, cured my depression and anxiety disorders, and made me neurotypical. "Just be happy" bro why didn't I think of that? My miserable cow days are over 🎉

"The human body is a self-regulating organism." *stares in dysautonomia*

Lol the ”just calm down” response. The most helpful thing out of anything that has ever helped anyone.

The rope swing one was very disturbing. Sad.

I personally McNutted the fuck up, and now I am cured!

@FootlessJo

4 жыл бұрын

HELL YEAH ELLA! Me too, and now I'm giving 100%, 100% of the time. 😉 Lol!

The one thing I learned about depression this year has been how destructive it is on your memory, and recollection of events. It’s not just ‘sadness’ that is such a vague on nondescript version of what clinical symptoms actually are. The whole press on function helps you survive, but after years of dealing with it and not seeking medication due to preconceived stigma, in my case, it can do a lot of damage to your neurology after lacking the right chemical balance. Those that do not understand what it’s like, lucky you! But yeah you have absolutely no idea. I’m really grateful for putting my faith in trying medication, I’ve always tried to brush it off as I’ve always seen myself as a well person with this just additional, but it took me until I tried it to realise it actually was clinical. The cognitive relearning takes time ! But so long as your mind can access itself better you know that you can solve your issues inevitably

Can we have one film a month or maybe every second, it was good seing you two laugh like that, don´t think we have seen you laugh loud until now in any of the films? It was also interesting to see how you were changing the legs around, which on top of which, can´t see it as anything else than that it´s on its right way there!

It’s the equivalent to: “Just get rid of your cancer”

I have a prosthetic leg to

MISS YOU, REGAE GOLD RECORD QUOTE "DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY" BOB MARLEY LOVE YOU TWO

Got my laughing up too!! Thanks!!

Dat pillow though XD rofl

Best advice I was ever given for my anxiety? Just ignore it and it’ll go away forever... wow why didn’t I ever think of that 😂😂

Jo i love your posts and your laugh.im a stroke survivor who lost everything at the age of 40 and have a chronic disability but i believe I still have greatness in me, Rohan from Australia

Yesterday on Christmas, I was stressing out over a game of monopoly. For context, I have really bad anxiety and depression, I go to therapy, I take medications for it, and I recently got a breast reduction and the incision was inflamed and I was in pain. Anyway, it was a Jurassic Park one and the rules were weird af. So no one would shut up to hear the rules and my uncle who insisted on being the keeper of properties wasn't listening and kept forgetting to hand out properties. I was getting upset because games are supposed to be a nice balance between family time with jokes and competition of the game. So I took a deep breath and tried to get over it because I promised my mom that I would make a real attempt at socializing, seeing as it was Christmas. My Uncle raised his eyebrows and moved his hands like he was molding clay or something. I was super confused. My mom said he was trying to tell me to ball it up and throw it away because today is not the day for it. (She did not agree, she knew this was going to be rough for me. She also has anxiety so she knows that's not possible. I was already stressed and to have him act like all that emotion could easily just be tossed aside was so upsetting. I started to tear up as he kept telling me to let it go. Finally my Aunt suggested we play Uno Attack instead and my day got much better from there.

Thanks for the laughs today! You guys were a crack up! I'm very happy for those people who think you can just not be depressed. They obviously have not had the trauma or experiences of the people they think they are helping. They are truly lucky.

MCNUTT is the answer for all of us. 😂😂😂 Thank you for this video today. I laughed so hard with you two.

Nic cured me

It was helping me. But then I saw that creepy pillow staring at me and judging me. I got depressed again.

Omg you two, you made my day! I think that most of those written bullshits wrote people that never felt real depression, or have any idea what it is... for example, i am depressed how many idiots live on this planet, but hey I’ll just ignore them and now i am happy. Easy peasy, puff are they gone? 😂 wish you two lots of positive thoughts and strenght to overcome any depressing obstacle in your way... kisses from croatia ❤️

the advice didn't cure me but one viewing of ghost rider cured me

@FootlessJo

4 жыл бұрын

I'm going to have to try that therapy like NOW!

I had a relative tell me if I'm every having a panic attack I should eat an orange and I'll be fine. Not once has it ever worked.....I also hate oranges.

@aShadeBolder

4 жыл бұрын

...how....? how do you eat in a panic attack? I'm not taking the piss, I just can't imagine putting solid food in my mouth when I feel like I can't breath?

@micahtrumble1655

4 жыл бұрын

@@aShadeBolder Its extremely difficult and I didn't finish the orange but all in all, my relatives are crazy and give the worst advice. But I was a kid so I believed it.

The laugh of that girl is pretty contageous! XD

Please please please put the suicide prevention hotline too and center in the description! I doubt you can edit it in now that it's up, but always good to share it. You never know who it will reach at the right time. My dad used to tell me to let things took of my back like water off a duck. HFkshrhrmfbd!!!!? In other news, just had my first session with a counselor today! Been having a hard time functioning with diagnosis and 5 weeks to surgery.

The sleep paralysis has some truth to that but you can be engulfed in fear to control anything it’s a method of lucid dreaming in the lucid dreaming community if you really believe you can control it you can make it happy but that’s hard to focus on when shadows are screaming at you

This is my third video I have watched of yours and there have been different animals each time 🥰

“Just do _____” is typically bad advice coming from nondisabled people. Often there’s a pre-req that they automatically do that we can’t do. I have ADHD. Oh boy have I heard every single type of advice from neurotypicals. “Just make a list” or “Just have a routine”, while well meaning, is terrible advice for those with ADHD. Problem 1 is we lack the innate inertia that is required for neurotypical routines. So while I can make every list in the world (and Facebook has already advertised all the reminder apps at me), it means nothing if I don’t have a physical stimulus to create inertia to actually do it.

God gave therapists and doctors the skills they have in order to help you. God very much uses other people to help you. I wish people could articulate that more aptly when they say "God will take care of it". Your pain is valid. Anyone who tries to say it isn't valid, is wrong.

@SmillyDonut

4 жыл бұрын

I completely agree.

@beccaw74

4 жыл бұрын

100% agree!

@annejeppesen160

4 жыл бұрын

Every time someone says that you just need to pray hard enough, or medicine is wrong because God will provide, I remember the story of the man caught on a roof in a flood. He refused rescue from a rowboat, a policeboat and a helicopter because "God will save me." When he died and complained to God about not rescuing him, God said: " What are you talking about? I sent a rowboat, a policeboat AND a helicopter!

@SmillyDonut

4 жыл бұрын

@@annejeppesen160 Exactly.

Ground Hog Day Jo...

Your tree is beautiful and love ur besties name:)) Love seeing u w ur friends smiling and laughing:)))

Any simple answer to a complex problem is far more likely to be made in ignorance then from a place of helpfulness. I think my favorite study along this lines had to do with optimists versus pessimists. Optimists where found to be generally more happy with life but less prepared when something does go wrong. Pessimists where less happy but far more capable of dealing with events when they went wrong and far more realistic about what could go wrong as well. So the Optimists where always saying " just be happy " while the pessimists where thinking "how do I best survive". I'll take the later view thank you very much.

... everytime I see the Nicholas Cage pillow it makes me want it just so much more

My other half, bless him, gives me this level of bad advice a lot. He *wants* to help. He *thinks* he's helping. He also thinks my "Are you f***ing kidding me" face is one of confusion. Like, nope.....

@annejeppesen160

4 жыл бұрын

I knew I was getting better when I had the mental capacity to tell of my father for his constant "advice." I know, (and have been told an insurmountable number of times) that his "advice" comes from a place of love... Doesn't really help though, constantly having to filter and make excuses for him. It's bloody hard work for any person, on top of a mental disorder, it's just exhausting.

It was good to see people who have these issues make fun of the memes that make fun of us👏. My son showed me a meme the other day, he was laughing until I got mad. It was an ambulatory wheelchair user, standing up to place an order for tacos, and the caption read "tacos cure everything".. I explained to my son about ambulatory wheelchair users and how *NOT* funny the meme was. He then said "yeah, people are aholes". Plus, him and I both deal with my moms ableism.

I enjoyed this video and I’m glad you guys are able to laugh and put some humor to some of these serious issues, and the truly awful things that people sometimes say, albeit usually with good intentions. You made me smile 😁

Wow. I let a sad memory go, and now my clinical depression is gone.

I'm sure they say the same thing to people with physical ailments as well - just get over your diabetes, leukemia, MS, whatever. Yep, that's gonna work REAL well. Sheesh!

Cindy GuertretBaldo talks a lot about this recently on her podcast Uncurated Life - toxic positivity - very interesting topic and cultural idea ...

This stuff actually helps me. But not with depression (I dont have it) it just helps me when I'm down or sad. But depression is deeper and different. I do have slight anxiety, but it's not bad. This stuff wouldnt help cause I only get it on occasion and it's always got a cause or a trigger and then I'm not looking through stuff like this. So when I'm sad, sure this stuff could help. But depression is different

That Nick Cage pillow is so distracting.

Sometimes “just give it to Jesus” means “yeah, so I don’t want to talk to you about this.”

Painkillers can help relax you, so the body can actually stop being in pain. I get painkillers all the time from doctors when my back is being particularly bad because if I don't feel pain, my muscles won't cramp and make it worse, instead they'll relax and things can go back to normal. Sometimes your pain response is keeping your body from healing itself, so painkillers are the best thing you can do to perpetuate healing.

@annejeppesen160

4 жыл бұрын

Errrh NSAID can reduce inflammation and in light cases ease muscle tension, but the really effective painkillers works by blocking the nerve signals from body to brain. It is *theorised* that chronic pain is caused by "confused" neurons. If you have constant or near constant pain (for any reason) for a longer period of time, your neurons will confuse this for the normal state and when what ever caused the pain is healed, the neurons will continue to signal "pain" instead of "no pain/normal."

@jjjayfilms

4 жыл бұрын

@@annejeppesen160 Yes, I don't disagree with you. My excessive back pain is caused by cramping muscles and nerves grating against bone as a result of the cramped muscles. So for me, painkillers (usually paracetamol or dexibuprofen) that help me relax actively help me get out of the downward spiral of pain - cramping - pain - cramping.... I wouldn't call my acute flare-ups 'light' though. I can barely walk and painkillers are both a remedy to break the cycle AND help me go about my day despite my issues.

@annejeppesen160

4 жыл бұрын

@@jjjayfilms sorry, I use "light" in a medical perspective, we have to differentiate between "excruciating needs a tonne of morphine" pain and "beats the crap out of you, but can be eased with non-opiates" pain - and still sound professional...

Thanks, that video was what I needed today!

Thank you, Thank you! This video is every day of my life! ❤️❤️

Also these are 99.9% things that the 'Aunt' posts while on her lunch break at work.

Oh wow I feel so much better now. Not only am I mentally stable now I also no longer have my autoimmune disease.

👍👍👍

#McNutTheFuckUP! 😂😂😂

Cured! Thank you soooo much!

I'm not cured.... but seeing your cute puppies did help make my day a little better!

3:00 Having suffered from sleep paralysis for as long as I can remember, I can tell you this is not true. However, knowing what is actually happening does make a difference. It is still terrifying, but knowing it isn't real helps.

i mean s.mcnutt seem to help with depression just purely from the name XD

Someone recently sent me a post saying pain that is in both sides of your body is most likely caused by emotional problems. I sent her your video talking about misconceptions about chronic pain to learn and she said who is she(jo), is she credible source:)) It is hurtful seeing so many ppl like this but it is good to remember just hear and forget ..

I’m healed

@FootlessJo

4 жыл бұрын

All praise Reddit!! Lol

The best part of this is I have cousins with the last name McNutt 😂😂

The whole laving it to god and avoiding doctors and medicine reminds me of the "joke" of a child gets sick and one by one 3 drs show up to help, but the parent sends them each away saying that god would heal the child. Soon after the child dies and the parent after they die years later asks god "why didn't you cure my child?" and god looks at them and goes "I tried, I sent 3 different doctors to treat the child and you sent them each away."

Where is my early squad

@cxndypop

4 жыл бұрын

Here

@WendyRomkes

4 жыл бұрын

Right here

@pigfacebug9749

4 жыл бұрын

Here, kinda honestly don’t know if I’m still qualified to be in the early squad lmao

who is in the video with Jo? does she have a youtube channel?

Human aren't axlotls, we can't heal everything. Or grow new limbs... If someone says to leave it in gods hands, ask them withc of the approximately 4200 gods that would be. And if they tell you to leave it in Jesus hands remind them that he have holes in them.

@holycreepsauce7547

4 жыл бұрын

Flying Spaghetti Monster is the only one true God, do not be falling for impastas. The holy one doesn't really do anything to help you when having mental health issues but did create pasta and that can help when feeling down. A nice helping of pasta with sauce and cheese can help soothe the soul and lift the spirit. R'Amen.

@darkiee69

4 жыл бұрын

@@holycreepsauce7547 R'amen. May your sauce be to your liking and may your meatballs always be spicy.

@holycreepsauce7547

4 жыл бұрын

@@darkiee69 Why thank you matey

@nicolabannister3582

4 жыл бұрын

@@holycreepsauce7547 the flying spaghetti monster has clearly abandoned those of us who can't eat pasta 🙄😂 eating pasta would cause me so much pain 🙈

@darkiee69

4 жыл бұрын

@@nicolabannister3582 Zucchini pasta is a great substitute. Quob doesn't demand that you eat of his noodly goodness as long as you're a good person. pastafarians.org.au/tenets/

Nope hasn't cured me but did make me laugh and give me a little boost to get going with my day ❤ Also at one point I did find the live laugh love type stuff helpful because it gave me hope and some sense of control

What's in your coffee today? 😂 You are so much cooler than McNutt!

OMG!!!! THAT PILLOW!!!! (L)

For people who might be triggered by explicit scenario’s mentioning suicide or self-harm: Skip 5.49-6.28 and 13.35-13.47 if you want to skip those. Other parts still include mentions of suicide, but no methods or similar are being depicted or named, as far as I could tell. If someone wants to add other trigger warnings, please do so below.

Wow my new motto is "what would mcnutt do" 😮😂

This cured me so hard I'll never have any problems in my life ever!

I´m so thankful for all the videos you make but I´m autistic with ptsd/a dissociative disorder and the background music makes it really hard to actually not get lost somewhere in some void when watching the video. I value your words so much, I think they really don´t need anything extra, and the added music really makes your videos less accessible for me and probably other people as well. Maybe you could consider leaving it out? If somebody needed background music to be able to follow what you say, they could always put their own music on to get the extra input...

I think there was some good advice. - That ball would keep a dalmatian entertained too.

Quien viene por -un poco de todo-reportese

Thanks for making me laugh! Please print mugs with the new hashtag for McNutt!🙂

People who don’t really know what to say, just don’t say anything