today we're gonna be talking about the Netflix comedy special by Neal Brennan
called three mics but we're gonna be talking about one of the points he
touched on which is the stigma about how people with depression are lazy but he
makes some really really good points so stay tuned as we discuss this what's up
everybody this is Chris from the rewired soul where we talk about the problem but
focus on the solution and yes so Neal Brennan is a comic he's also a writer
and he has a comedy special on Netflix called three mics Neal Brennan has kind
of been in the background he was a writer for the Dave Chappelle show so if
you ever watched the Dave Chappelle show pretty funny stuff a lot of the classic
sketches on there actually came from Neal Brennan so now he's more in the
forefront he's doing comedy and I highly highly highly recommend you check out
this Netflix special because Neal Brennan is somebody who struggles with
like severe clinical depression not moderate not minor but severe depression
and first off I want to say I really love the format of this like it's really
interesting I've never seen a comic do this I love comedy maybe that's to
counterbalance my own depression but three mics it's very literal he has
three different mics and it's almost like three acts into one so he does
regular comedy and then he does kind of like a regular just kind of life story
but he talks about depression as well as the relationship with him and his father
it's a little bit more serious with a little bit of comedy mixed in and then
on the third mic he basically has flash cards and he reads like very corny silly
jokes but anyways go check it out it's a great great comedy special on Netflix
but anyways I wanted to focus on one part of the Neal Brennan comedy special
and basically he gets to a point where he talks about this stigma about
depression where he says there's this stigma where people with depression
they're just lazy almost like they got into a bad mood at some point in their
life and they were just too lazy to get out of it and those of you who struggle
with depression know that that's not the case but then he talks about all the
things that he has tried for his depression he has put in a lot of work
a lot of quantifiable work for his depression here goes the list of what he
has done to try to counteract and overcome his depression he has seen a
psychiatrist he has also seen a psychologist he even went vegan
he tried quitting smoking he's tried a slew of different exercise routines to
try to get those endorphins and stuff going
he tried meditation which also include doing a seven-day silent meditation
retreat he's also tried just about every single antidepressant medication that
they have he also went on a low-dose ketamine treatment I don't know if you
guys have heard of that but some people are using ketamine to treat depression I
will do another video on that at a later date because I have my own opinions on
it but he kind of covers some of my opinions on ketamine
there is withdrawal as the chance of becoming addictive and all that stuff
anyways the most recent treatment that he has done is called TMS and that
stands for transcranial magnetic stimulation basically this is a new type
of treatment where they put this like halo thing on your head and it shoots a
magnetic pulse into your brain the parts of the brain responsible for serotonin
dopamine endorphins nurp and nephron and all those different
chemicals and it tries to stimulate those parts of the brain to jumpstart
the neurotransmitters and getting them get him going and he talks about how he
has done 45 half-hour sessions of this and he ends with a little with by saying
this so listen to this clip I ended up doing a total of 45 half-hour sessions
of TMS which is a lot and the reason I demise it is because when you have any
kind of mood disorder it's not provable to people I have to show you is my work
like I had 45 half-hour session it's really aggravating when you have a mood
thing because people you can feel people's suspicion imagine if you had a
cold and people were like he doesn't really have that cold that's stuffiness
is a choice yeah it's really frustrating and it
speaks to people's ignorance about depression alright so if any of you
struggle with mental illness or even others out there who are watching this
and you struggle with addiction like this is a big part of the stigma a lot
of people who don't understand addiction or depression or anxiety or trauma or
PTSD or bipolar or schizoaffective or a borderline personality I can go on and
on and on they think that this is a choice like that's what drives me nuts
and one of the reasons why I make this channel to increase awareness and
educate people a lot of them think that we could just push a button and not be
depressed anymore turn this switch off and will no longer be an addict and like
it's not that simple right but here's the thing here is my message to everyone
else out there right oh all of you watching this who are here and you
follow my channel to get help for your mental illness here's the thing Neal
Brennan and all the effort he's put in to overcome his depression I don't see a
lot of people doing the same thing like here's the reality of a situation mental
illness does not just go away on its own there's an old saying that I love and
that's if nothing changes nothing changes recently I've joined some
depression and anxiety and mental illness the support groups on Facebook
and I see a lot of people in there just talking about the problem that's one of
the reasons why the tagline of my youtube channel is we talk about the
problem but we focus on the solution nobody's ever gotten better by just
talking about the problem like I'm here to present you with various solutions to
help you overcome your symptoms of mental illness but one of the issues I
take with this whole stigma around mental illness is is that some of us are
perpetuating that stigma by not putting in any effort like okay I get it you
struggle with depression so do i I get it you struggle with anxiety so do i but
like how much work are you putting into it like what are you doing to try to
overcome it are you going to say are you trying medications have you
tried this meditation thing that I am trying to beat into your skull on a
daily basis are you willing to do 1020 minutes of meditation when the science
is there that it helps to decrease symptoms of mental illness because if
you're not putting any effort forth you are part of the problem you're part of
the reason why people stigmatize mental illness because there's so many people
out there struggling with mental illness who are putting in this much effort
absolutely zero so I really want you to take that to heart and I might have made
you mad and I hope I made you mad I hope that by me saying this by me calling you
out on this it's making you want to go out there and put in some actual effort
because you you do not have the right to talk about the problem unless you are
doing everything it takes if you are trying every single possible solution
that's what upsets me so much when I'm trying to sell people on meditation
right like I know how it's impacted my life and so many people they hear the
word meditation they're like yeah I'm just not gonna try it and I'm sitting
there like five minutes a day just start out with five minutes a day like if
you're not willing to work on your mental health for five minutes a day in
my opinion you have absolutely no right to complain about anything and I'm sorry
to be so blunt about this but when I see people like Neal Brennan who are
inspiring where they have done so much for their mental health like it inspires
me and like I try to explain this to people like I made another video which
I'll link in the info card which says like somebody asked me are you happy all
the time and for the most part yes I'm somebody diagnosed with depression
anxiety I'm a recovering drug addict and alcoholic and I put in a lot of work for
my mental health a lot of work I meditate every single day I'm on my
medications I do a lot of other things to improve my mental health so if you're
watching this if you're still with me go out there put in some work
put some effort towards overcoming your symptoms of mental illness now as far as
depression I know one of the sins depression is lacking motivation and you
just got to take this leap of faith you've got to force yourself to start
trying new things or you'll never get out of that depressive rut and I'll make
some more videos about jump-starting the system in your brain to overcome
depression alright so anyways if you haven't yet go check out three Mike's
from Neal Brennan on Netflix it's hilarious but it also gives you a lot of
insight into depression alright so I hope I didn't make you too mad okay but
if you like this video please give it a thumbs up and you know what I'm telling
you right now if you know somebody out there if you know somebody out there who
is complaining about their mental illness and they put zero effort into
overcoming their mental illness do me a favor share this video with them right
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time