Dr. Dave Rabin

Not very long, right? Like we need garbage pickups, we need food. You'd last maybe like a week. But in the body, the body has ways of negotiating this and figuring it out and extending our ability to sustain organ systems for years with decreased garbage pickup and decreased nutrients, meaning decreased blood flow to those organ systems, but eventually those organs dysfunction.

Not very long, right? Like we need garbage pickups, we need food. You'd last maybe like a week. But in the body, the body has ways of negotiating this and figuring it out and extending our ability to sustain organ systems for years with decreased garbage pickup and decreased nutrients, meaning decreased blood flow to those organ systems, but eventually those organs dysfunction.

And so that's why we see people who have chronic stress and, you know, developing all these different illnesses, physical and mental, emotional, because their organ systems responsible for recovery are just deprived of resources and waste. So you can see this direct connection between like, where's your blood going? And in any moment and stress and organ system functioning.

And so that's why we see people who have chronic stress and, you know, developing all these different illnesses, physical and mental, emotional, because their organ systems responsible for recovery are just deprived of resources and waste. So you can see this direct connection between like, where's your blood going? And in any moment and stress and organ system functioning.

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Yeah, it's a great question. That's actually one of the first ways that we focus on treating folks is any good clinician will first start to ask you questions about your life. And in the first visit from the intake and the first therapy visits, we ask you questions about what's going on, right? What's your day like? What are your nights like? What's your work life like?

Yeah, it's a great question. That's actually one of the first ways that we focus on treating folks is any good clinician will first start to ask you questions about your life. And in the first visit from the intake and the first therapy visits, we ask you questions about what's going on, right? What's your day like? What are your nights like? What's your work life like?

Where are the major sources of stress? Where do you feel like things are going well? Where do you feel like things aren't going well? And when did it start, right? When did things seem to be going, like when do you last remember things going well? And when did things start to take a turn downhill from your perspective?

Where are the major sources of stress? Where do you feel like things are going well? Where do you feel like things aren't going well? And when did it start, right? When did things seem to be going, like when do you last remember things going well? And when did things start to take a turn downhill from your perspective?

And then you can start to build a map of somebody's life and figuring out like, well, you know, was there, and there usually is, a stressful situation event or a series of massively stressful events that occur at a certain time point that start to take us in a direction towards feeling like we have mental illness or mental health challenges.

And then you can start to build a map of somebody's life and figuring out like, well, you know, was there, and there usually is, a stressful situation event or a series of massively stressful events that occur at a certain time point that start to take us in a direction towards feeling like we have mental illness or mental health challenges.

And the difference between somebody who's just stressed and somebody who has actual mental illness is really time and intensity of the symptoms. So typically the definition is that it is described based on you. If you have

And the difference between somebody who's just stressed and somebody who has actual mental illness is really time and intensity of the symptoms. So typically the definition is that it is described based on you. If you have

if you have feelings of depression, feelings of anxiety, or any other, you can add in whatever other mental health, mental illness symptoms you want for six months or more on a continuous basis, then you may be struggling with a mental illness. And if you have

if you have feelings of depression, feelings of anxiety, or any other, you can add in whatever other mental health, mental illness symptoms you want for six months or more on a continuous basis, then you may be struggling with a mental illness. And if you have

mental health symptoms like anxiety, depression, or sadness, focus issues, any of these other symptoms, and they last for a very short time, and they're only existing when you're really stressed out in your life, then you probably have just too much stress and not a mental illness. And then we need to focus on let's figure out ways to minimize the stress in your life and not just

mental health symptoms like anxiety, depression, or sadness, focus issues, any of these other symptoms, and they last for a very short time, and they're only existing when you're really stressed out in your life, then you probably have just too much stress and not a mental illness. And then we need to focus on let's figure out ways to minimize the stress in your life and not just

Think about what medications are we recommending for you and what treatment therapy and that kind of thing. But it's how do we get the stress under control? How do we help improve your resilience, your adaptability, and give you the emotional bodybuilding skills effectively to learn how to bounce back from stress more quickly? And these skills also benefit people who have mental illness.

Think about what medications are we recommending for you and what treatment therapy and that kind of thing. But it's how do we get the stress under control? How do we help improve your resilience, your adaptability, and give you the emotional bodybuilding skills effectively to learn how to bounce back from stress more quickly? And these skills also benefit people who have mental illness.