@troxycat

I honestly don't know what I'd do without my chickens. Sometimes it feels like they're my only source of joy, but they sure make up for it! They're my best little friends!

@youareloved8274

You are more understanding than my psychiatrist, he just wants to give me anxiety and depression pills, but he just  doesn't understand, anxiety pills can't fix the situation

@glendapolich7549

This is not judgement. This is wisdom and understanding. You help me  so much.😊

@julialucas1482

We can do the one thing that brings joy every day. Today, I cooked rainbow trout for dinner. It was perfectly cooked.  That was my daily dose of joy.

@ricksanchez3176

Brother.  You are so right, so many times. Thank you.  I have Celiac's, late diagnosed... yeh lol... no or at least not enough vitamin B,D,E....etc for decades. I am finally much better. The unwarranted "pit of despair" feeling over nothing, or sometimes over something positive happening, rarely happens anymore. I have a strict supplement regimen.  I have tried to describe a gluten reaction to friends before. Usually a couple big ole sneezes right after eating the wrong thing. Then a couple hours later, belly, sinuses, and joints lock up, get better after about a day to two. Reasonably well for two days. Then two days of what I describe as a "CHEMICAL depression"
Years of that chemical depression without knowing it, puts someone in a low portion of life.  

Thanks so much Doc.

@norbertomilan1906

I have schizophrenia with depression and today i felt like a loser until i said good things about myself even though i didnt believe it now i feel more calm

@bpfire1982

You Nailed it!!  I'm in that exact situation right now!   I needed to hear this.

@licksnkicks1166

My guitars are what’s saving my bacon right now. They are my one source of happiness. I also started a regimen of CBD oil and the difference is like night and day. I can feel the anxiety just melt away. This is a game changer for me.

@evadebruijn

In theory, yes absolutely.
It won't always work but at least there has to be the chance.
And yet it feels like buying a lottery ticket because not winning the jackpot is guaranteed if you don't have a ticket.

@cakensteak

Dr. Scott knows. Appreciated.
Best wishes brothers and sisters.

@juliz2500

I do things, not because they give me joy (can't feel joy) but they lift my mood just enough to feel some kind of okay. Still, everything looks bleak and I don't want to live anymore. I wake up every day thinking 'I want do die'. At this point, it feels counterintuitive to do anything to sustain myself, yet I do it for lack of alternatives I guess. My body is not showing any signs that I'll die anytime soon and after thorough consideration, the threshold to use violence against it feels too high for me. My therapist says there's something in me that wants to live. I guess it's buried somewhere because this is not living, it's merely existing.

@Katfancy40

The daily show helps me find joy in the stupidest of stupid and my 3 cats ❤

@integrityintruth

Amazing Synchronicity 🌈
I just thought to myself before I saw your message 
“I will be happy in the moment anytime I can” 
   Often it’s like 😮a portal opens and allows this in- 😢 
 in response to this, I vowed that I will gladly go into a happy place when I can, as often as I can” 
… which hasn’t happened in a long while
…but fid
Then i went directly to my phone and awwwh!
This is a a sign I am beginning to align myself more. 
Synchronicity is what I seek   - I highly resonate with , to be in balance and know I am in tune with myself and environment 
- and YOU SCoTT are the first source for me seeing it, begin again. 😊
 🎉 yAY!! 

I live reading others comments on this too 😊❤

@mariannetorkamani95

Thank you so much for helping so many of us with your knowledge ♥️🙏🏽

@rutha1464

Profound, and so very true in my own personal experience.  I often know when depression begins to descend what to do to escape, but lack the will and motivation to do them, i.e. exercise, diet and spiritual growth.  Thanks Dr. Scott!

@kikijewell2967

I coined this: "it's not your responsibility, but it is your power." So you don't blame yourself, but you can empower yourself. Feel free to use that. :)

@Kathy-z3r

I am not doing anything, you're right.

@mcd5478

Appreciate hearing this! I realized only recently, after starting an antidepressant, that I needed to try to do more to increase my joy. I think it would add to the antidepressant effect…I hope🤞🏼

@PatrickWallNeo

What if you know yourself well enough to know how activities are going to hit your soul, and whether or not they're going to do anything, so you end up consider much and running possibilities by yourself, but don't acually putting any effort into trying much because you're tired of everything always ending up being beige anyway? This is not complaining, this is desperation.

@bertholdroettgers213

Your video is very helpful, as always!!👍👍👍