Help us find great videos that teach you about mental health! All Welcome!
We need your help! All welcome to chime in!
Please help us find great videos that either teach you about mental health, have a mindfulness exercise, or teach you another psychological technique. These videos need to be under 5 minutes and be high quality.You can also contribute your own!
We want to build a comprehensive list that we can weave into the growth path. Please also share, in one sentence, what the video does according to this formulate. Learn X to better Y.
For example the video here titled Calm (found here)can be captured like this: Learn how to be calm to get distance from things that worry you.
Please post here so we can award you the Boost Badge for helping to make the growth path stronger!
I love the video "My Black Dog" found here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCrniLQGYc
It's a great video to teach people about depression and help them to empathise with sufferers. It also can help validate your feelings if you suffer yourself. Definitely worth a watch! :)
Superb thread Laura...
I'm sure you've heard of Headspace. They have some very well-edited, fun and accessible videos on mindfulness, developed from a psychological rather than spiritual foundation. https://www.youtube.com/user/Getsomeheadspace
BeMindful.co.uk is another great site, supported by public funding, with its own mindfulness course. Users have to sign up and take the course via the site, but it is very good quality and developed with professional input https://www.bemindfulonline.com
Mind, the UK mental health charity, has a longstanding reputation with professionals and has some innovative resources on its YouTube channel. It recently ran a campaign for "mental health selfies", and has a collection of podcasts from celebrities and others on aspects of mental health? from eating disorders? to depression? to crisis intervention. They are a driving force in this field, and do much to dispel the stigma and myths around mental health. https://www.youtube.com/user/MindWebteam
Relate is a UK based relationship counselling service and has some resources for those struggling in relationships of any kind - whether romantic, familial, sexual or otherwise. https://www.youtube.com/user/WatchRelate
As for individuals, I'm a fan of Dr Evans' videos. They're really creative, quirky, intelligent, and help shift perception on topics that go beyond mental health to the full spectrum of health and related issues. I love them. https://www.youtube.com/user/DocMikeEvans
And I don't why this post came up in supersize font, but at least you can read it!
Learning about mental illness to remove stigma: Here
Raising awareness to help those with a mental illness feel comfortable talking: Here
Learn the signs and symptoms of anxiety disorders and panic attacks to determine next steps, such as talking to a professional: Here
Learn breathing techniques to help cope with anxiety: Here
These are just a few videos, but I hope they can be of use!
I charge a Finders Fee. If you would like me to post videos...please contact me for my fee. thank you.
TriDeltamakes great videos about body image awareness. This is one of my favorites! My only reservation about this video is that it is targetedtowards women when issues around body image affects all people.
The YouTuber hannahvancouveris a personal favorite of mine. She is a recovery person. She is recovering from anorexia, bulimia, and self harm. She suffers from anxiety and depression on top of that. She makes great mental health videos. 100% recommended!
Here's one really informative and animated video about depression, what it does, how it feels like and how to deal with it. It's made by WHO (World Health Organization), I often use it when talking to people that struggle with depression, I highly suggest it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCrniLQGYc
This video about the Black Dog is excellent! Thank you for sharing it.
This video is about awareness of mental health issues in general. It's targeted towards college students, specifically international students, but it is super clear for people struggling with some myths or just basic facts about mental health:
https://www.internationalstudentinsurance.com/explained/mental-health-video.php
I personally make videos on YouTube about adhd and trichotilliomania mainly but am planning a few about social anxiety as well my youtube channel name is the random hyper one and would love of you lot checked it out
Pre warning the videos are terrible as I have no camera and can't edit as have no software
My favorite mental health videos are:
This is water: About how we rush through daily life without regard for what we fill our minds with.
summed version with pretty graphics:https://vimeo.com/68855377
long version:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI
"Depression:the secret we share" & "How the worst moments define who we are": Both by Andrew Solomon, and about the things that we often forget to mention when we talk about depression.
https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_depression_the_secret_we_share
https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_how_the_worst_moments_in_our_lives_make_us_who_we_are
"The optimism bias": We depressives often feel that we see the world for what it really is, and I believe that that's very often the case also. Here's a compelling arguement to *not* see clearly, and instead be a bit "too" optimistic.https://www.ted.com/talks/tali_sharot_the_optimism_bias
"Why aren't we awesommer?": About the way our mind sees the world, and especially what makes something "true".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr6VawX2nr4