Lol 😆🤣

I have an actual pet bird (Green cheek Conure - a type of parrot) that keep on my shoulder all tge time, and i will now start introducing myself with "...bird by my side" every chance i get.

I had a smile and a laugh at the end of that sentence.

@@the_original_Bilb_Ono Aw , I love Conures. So intelligent and friendly little fellas .

Cool bird👍

Like that practice gratitude and kindness

Beautiful. Nothing wrong with a good cry. David Hoffman filmmaker

Hahaha... Sorry. No one saw right? XD I'm just kidding.

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Talk about synchronicity ... I'm 34 too, and when David said that, I had goosebumps. Thanks.

Same, David has a reality to his words that hits home for me personally, like a social worker in the digital world who is self aware of the people he's helping.

Dang bro I’ve been an emotional wreck myself lately. I’m 45 years old and now im fighting harder than ever just to be happy. I’m got giving up any time soon. 🤨.

To be honest, if you took a different path, it might have been better, but it also could have been much worse. Don't beat yourself up, there's still time to do things a little differently

I’m about to turn 40 and I feel exactly like that. Anxiety,depression,self doubt, un satisfied, regretful about what I have done and haven’t but should have done.

@@botijaism Seek God.

Get it changed or addressed quickly...it goes fast...

Always have plans for the future, things to achieve that makes you feel enthusiasm. Act on enthusiasm.

@@Unconditional---love people who suffer from true depression aren't able to experience enthusiasm though... Maybe simply going through a depressed time, although if one suffers from depression - then they aren't able to experience the same motivations, feeling, emotions, etc.

You can do it!

By which I mean to say thanks for this

Stick with David's community, a lot of folks to cheer you back to the feelings you deserve.

Hello. It’s all in your head. Everything is going to be alright. Just take care of yourself and try not to worry.

I needed to read this all I do is worry and have anxiety

My only advice is never give up on your goals in life never put them off think you can get to that later in life. Also never compromise on what you want out of life. Only you can control what you do in life your choices. Then when you hit your 50's look back know you did your best during the time of your life when you could make a difference for rest of your life.

My hope, almost certainty, for you is that something will pick up. Keep your eyes and ears attuned to the possible serendipities that are around you. And they will come and offer themselves to you. Just keep thinking positive thoughts so that the universe knows what you need next. David Hoffman filmmaker

Same here

I’m in the same situation as you are. It’s something that just has to happen one day to everyone. That’s life. There’s no way around it. Enjoy your life the best way possible because it’s over in the blink of an eye.

I think so -- but there will always be some big screen films as well. David Hoffman Filmmaker

David Hoffman yes the big screen movies and the personal KZfaq’s like your channel. God bless and happy thanksgiving!

Your testosterone is tanking. That will definitely bring anxiety and depression

Social media I guess and the way bad news has infiltrated our every waking second.

Thats normal, youre supposed to feel this way in your 20s. Youre figuring out life, and have little experience with it. I feel the same way, but its not a midlife crisis, its just life. Everyone goes through it, but not everyone comes out of it. Id suggest reading and learning as much as you can about life and how to make the best of it, how to view it and perceive it. That helped me deal with it, but it does still linger.

Same and I am 18

Speaking as someone who’s only 23 myself, it’s because we don’t have enough perspective yet. I’ve dealt with a good amount of death anxiety/existential anxiety by this point, but the looming reality of death and the ephemeral nature of existence will only become more and more clear the older we get. One of the most constructive things we can do is become as accepting of the inevitability of death as soon as we possibly can, the sooner the better.

We live in a though period, despite the pandemic. Social media, for example, wants to sell us happiness, but, when we lay our heads in our beds, we don´t see that coming. I can blame it for a lot of anxiety people are having

I’m sorry to hear about what you’ve gone through, bad enough chronic pain can drive anyone mad. I’m glad that you were able to gain empathy and perspective from your experience with pain and depression and I hope that you’re doing better now.

@@acardinalconsideration824 Thank you. One day at a time friend.

By the way, do you ever do stretches for your back pain? Stretches helped a lot with mine. Mine used to be really bad due to scoliosis, but stretching out the area helped tremendously.

I just read a comment about testosterone dropping and getting mental and physical problems. Look in to it. Maybe that could help you

I call it MENTAL PAUSE. Both gals and guys! Happy 60!

@@luciehanson6250 Mental pause for sure and thanks! :-)

Happy 60th birthday on Saturday, MrsC48 :D Best wishes from me in Australia...Cj .

@@klyvemurray Thank you so much CJ! :-)

I got you, bro. I'm not even 25 yet, and I already have midlife crisis :(

Things will get better, just keep trying bro ❤

@@zNblack00 at 21 & 25 your both still young. You have your whole lives ahead of you. I’m 43 but still feel there’s lots ahead in life. Don’t spend the best decade of your life feeling negative. Go and travel. thats what I did at 21. I spent 18 months travelling around Asia, Australia and New Zealand and it was the best thing I ever did. Now I’m married with kids but at least I can look back and say I had a small adventure in my life, and you should do the same👍

@@matty6848 how did you afford to do that?

@@Bomber411 work hard and save up. Then when your over there, there are plenty of seasonal jobs working on farms, fruit picking and construction, but you must get a work visa or a green card equivalent. But you can only stay in each job for 3 months at a time. As long as you get a temporary work visa you’ll find plenty of work, especially in Australia and New Zealand.&

Did you move? How is it going?

@@ecantu2600 Exactly how I was a year ago headspace wise. Still thinking about Cali, but my parents are old and it's hard to move so far away. 🥺 Still needing a change but lost. Thanks for asking. ❤️

Thank you Chuck. I like your comment. David Hoffman filmmaker

Don't look back, stay sober work often and be wise with your money

take one day or even one hour at a time.

Don't waste anymore of your health on drugs. I know it's something you did as a coping strategy I understand. I don't want you to treat yourself like garbage. I can't give you the answer( mainly bc I'm at a midlife crisis 40) lost years never to return. But I will say the crisis is our inner pain and giving ourselves permission to live..live for ourselves. I started to look up the word addiction and try to link it w some other thoughts..in my crisis ( which I cry a lot uncontrollably) I came to the conclusion addiction killed my only sister..it was from her past trauma ( fentanyl OD 8 years ago) she left behind a child ...I did a horrible job w her child and mine bc I spent all those years trying to save my mom( drug addict since I can remember) and dragged my kids through all the evil and drama trying to save grandma. So one thing I took away this week ( bc I'm just crushed and feel robbed in my soul) is addiction killed my sister.. addiction will kill me...am I on drugs? No. drink ?smoke? No all these 20 years no. But I addicted myself to people,pride( I'm strong I can fight,I can save them) I addicted myself to me being something to everybody.. so the results is when they get buried a piece of me is buried w them and I die over and over. Often I just wanted to sit amongst the graves bc I felt like a grave yard inside. I never was my own person..I was conditioned by my family to serve my mom. ( Also took care of her mom and for awhile my mother inlaw) when I was a teen I lived on the streets of downtown Portland no one cared for me many times I could have died myself..over the past year I really wanted some women to just lift me up ( it's never going to happen). parents love is our first dignity ..I never got that so you allow yourself to mistreat yourself by different means.. some socially acceptable ways to mistreat yourself is serving everybody else and neglecting yourself to the point of permanent types of damage. Socially unacceptable would be drugs.. or starving yourself ..you can visually detect that so it's not so acceptable...so you won't be so approved.. yet all those ways kill people, all of them are types of addiction. Addiction is a coping strategy to take care of trauma. I'm just now trying to address severe grief. At some point you might have to also. Grief you didn't have a childhood, grief of the Lost Time, grief of the time you maybe lost out on jobs or relationships they're all types of loss..we often don't acknowledge them. But I'm here to warn you I'm 40 and it will all come back to you and it will be a ton of bricks. Because besides that you'll also have the stigma associated with your age. Take it one step at a time NOW building up your dignity and yourself NOW. If you didn't have a parent to help you with your health or teach you how to take care of your body ...start doing it NOW I don't care what age you are . If your parent told you you couldn't do anything or are stupid ..NOW you need to go past fear and do the things that scare you. I'm in a really grief filled place now, but I wish you all the life. and I hope you can think about a future now and don't tell yourself you can't. You have a right to a life..it starts was setting boundaries ( I never did) and treating yourself better. We can compare ourselves to other people who had families ..and that only makes things worse. I did it for years and was jealous.It just made me have more pain and anger inside. Please just find your talents and let them grow. It's hard to have direction when no one was directing you in the first place. And it's hard to care when you weren't feeling all the Care in the first place. This can be a confusing life..but I know you have so much ahead of you. Please try to enjoy it. Get away from the toxic people, the people that demand your servitude. And take up your glass and work to fill it yourself. Wish you the best please take care.

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Thank you for your comment. If your resources allow, I would sure appreciate your using the THANKS button under any of my videos including the one you have commented on. It is something new that KZfaq is beta testing and would mean a great deal for my continuing efforts. David Hoffman filmmaker

Christian; Thank you for your comment. If your resources allow, I would sure appreciate your using the THANKS button under any of my videos including the one you have commented on. It is something new that KZfaq is beta testing and would mean a great deal for my continuing efforts. David Hoffman filmmaker

@@DavidHoffmanFilmmaker Of course sir, I would be delighted and also I would be terribly interested in other videos from you. I can genuinely say your video made my day and took a huge weight off my shoulders; again, thank you. Stay well and continue the good work : )

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It happens to all of us. I’m 50 yr Old and went through much of it in my 40s. The light at the end of the tunnel is as such.. at first the regrets set in. Later, you learn how to manage those feelings of regret and somehow come to an “acceptance” of “this is how things turned out, and it’s meant to be this way”... When things begin to turn around and really get better is when you transition out of the “acceptance” phase and into a phase of “embracement” - where you now have learned to truly “embrace” all that has been given to you or not given to you and you begin to find ways to live a life that uses and make the best of what circumstances were handled to you. I know it sounds cliche but moving into this phase has helped me tremendously. For me, it was being single at 40, never married, no children, etc. I eventually came to the mindset that I was going to wake up every day appreciating my time given to improve myself and make the best body - physically, emotionally and mentally for myself. I also found it helpful for me to volunteer at a senior living facility, and a homeless shelter. You’ll find it helps to take your mind off of your issues by helping others cope with theirs.