Thanks to long-time member of our Colonie DBSA family, Jenny, for bringing this very informative video to our attention. In this video, by John Green of the YouTube channel, vlogbrothers, discusses global human health, mental illness, and how metrics like Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) can help us understand how severely mental illness affects human health around the world. It’s <4 minutes long and I found it very illuminating especially coming from someone having their own mental health struggles.

How Big a Problem is Mental Illness? https://youtu.be/NSA1BE6KUr0

This week’s group discussion immediately reminded me of this subreddit called WILTWIFLS (What I Listen To When I Feel Like S**t) that I occasionally check out when I’m feeling down. Keep in mind, a lot of the songs listed might embrace or even exacerbate an already depressed mood but there are good number of songs listed (especially those with the classification of “feeling better” in the post title) that might just help elevate you out of that funk. Anyway, it might be worth a look-see. Feel free to share in the comments section here what songs or playlists help you get out of an undesired mood or distract you from intrusive or ruminative thoughts.