"Thinking is NOT the solution. Thinking is the cause" BRILLIANT

Balanced diet Regular excercise Living the moment Positive internal dialogue Healthy sleep Meditation/prayer

Meditation / Mindfulness, Movement and a nutritious diet makes wonder. We need to go back to the basics. Most of our diseases could be avoided if we lived healthy.

Eliminate "should, could, would, maybe, might, but, well, umm, if" along with other words and you will truly see changes in your character. Good luck everyone that actually sees this comment.

I personally believes that when you keep yourself busy with productive activities we surely feel good.

I am on medicine cause of PTSD . MY sister was killed and i was shot 4 times...i did not know better when i had first atack. I wish i was able to listen speech like this ... But i have been doing great for 4 years..i exercise and that hellps me sooo much. And I am happy for first time in my life.

Anxiety has plagued me for a long time. I didn't know I wasn't feeling normal, my ruminating mind focused instead on the pain in various areas of my body. My thinking was irrational, believing I was a dead man walking I didn't want to go to a doctor. I collapsed at work after over a year of feeling like I was being choked, my lead hand and supervisor had called a driver to take me home because I couldn't breathe. Eventually, with the motivation of a few TEDx talks and support from my wonderful family, I began to forge a new perception of life. Studying stoic philosophy and learning mindful meditation helps me identify many of the negative patterns in my thoughts. I work a physical job, my coworkers are familiar with the sight of my dancing. Life improved dramatically across the board for me in such a short time! The physical pains that made me believe I was dying have all but vanished. The sensation of being choked took a little while to fade, but plague me no longer. I've found a beautiful, compassionate girlfriend that makes every day brighter as well! We all have stories, humans are fascinating - shaped and molded through so many experiences. Leon, thank you for sharing your story!

You are only one workout away from a great mood. Good luck to whoever reads this

Amen! Sleep + Good food + mindfulness + movement + friends + hopeful hobbies = awesome mental health

My son's 3rd grade teacher got all of the, "behavior problem" kids every year. His trick? They went outside & played a game &/or ran races a few times a day. My son learned from this teacher how to deal w/his life issues e.g.: rage, anxiety, improve concentration & better his mental health. He's 25 & uses exercise vs Rx to feel better. I'm so grateful for this teacher & people like you to help us understand how important movement is for the mind, body & soul!

Ever since this pandemic, I've become more stressed than I used to. I used to walk in the park every evening and that helped me a lot.

Physical fitness is an incredible medicine to cope with the hectic life we have nowadays. Physical activity changes your mind, makes you feel more confident which eventually improves your focus and increases positivity towards life.

Our body is not build for lethargic life style. Simple and regular exercises are key to mental and physical well-being. Take a walk !!!

Ive been working from home and would be in front of my laptop from 12 to 16 hrs a day. I started to question my existence. Im so glad to come across this today

Psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression , anxiety and illicit pill addiction . Imagine carrying heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone . Believe it or not in a couple years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues . ⠀

Thank you for talking about this. We need more of these conversations

This is something more people need to see, amazing to see the stigma starting to end. I was a similar child to this and frustrated everyone around me including my family. Glad I am not alone.

"Thinking is the weapon of mass distraction"! "Feelings are Healings"!

This man has nailed it right on the head. We all need to move more, and joyfully in tune with our own bodies.

My movement is biking. I love gliding, moving along a road, seeing people. I like swimming, I like dancing, I like lifting. I get anxiety when I can’t take care of myself. I will keep moving to keep healthy and cheerful.

My movement is boxing. It engages my whole body and mind and the level of mental and physical fitness needed for boxing puts you way out out of the danger zone for depression and anxiety. sometimes when I shaddowbox I can feel the force of life itself moving with me. Nothing gives me more pleasure than boxing. It is something I just love to do.

Thank you Leon. Your message is just what I needed to hear.

I feel this is too simplistic. I’m a physical therapist, so I absolutely agree with the physiological and psychological effects of exercise. But I’ve also suffered from PTSD, and I can say from experience that exercise alone does not always help. Exercise is an important factor in overcoming mental illness, but therapy and medication are perfectly acceptable and, most of the time, necessary adjuncts.

My mum used to have to wear me out too. 🏃‍♂️ It was a choice between laps around the school fields or getting bollocked in class! Mental health more important than ever now - particularly running a solo business. So important to get out of your head.

❤️ Tedx talks… Each one has a different twist and new lesson for me to learn. I’m hooked. Thankful for everyone that shares there story. I never get enough of them.

1 this is the best ted talk I’ve ever seen. 2 my own experience mirrors that of the speakers experience. In 2017 I was given tranquillisers to cope with my fathers sudden death. After coming close to totally losing my mind I started running every morning. I ditched all the medication over 12 weeks and haven’t been on any since. I still run every morning and the difference it’s made in my life has been extremely positive. Without it I don’t think I would be alive today.

Brilliant. Had the same issues and the family doctor said to my parents ' let this child run and play everyday' . What a blessing that judgement call was.

A brilliant talk with subtle pauses that recaptured my full attention as he continued to flow … bravo !! Truly brilliant

A brilliant example of clear, paced speaking, combined with one simple and powerful message.

Oh wow. Thank You So Much. You are to be admired and emulated in my eyes. You are Awesome. I have struggled with mental illness my entire life, but physical activity is definitely what wins the battle.

Great video! I feel like at 32 I am finally figuring this out, this video was a solid affirmation that I have simply been lacking physical exercise from my life all along.

Leon Taylor, I loved this. I've heard a lot of these points before but a great presentation helps make it absorbable. Repetition too helps me. You're inspiring, motivating, and a wonderful speaker. Hearing your personal experience helped me. The video had 270k views which isn't super high, and I use this to help decide what to watch. I think I was drawn by your smile, and posture in the still picture. Guess one shouldn't always go by the rating. Most of all I felt it came from your heart and that you have a passion for it. Thank you.

Overthinking is the problem for everything in our life. When we start overthinking just alert your mind that you are overthinking and also doing things which makes you happy, which boosts your confidence and self esteem will definitely helps.

What a great approach to mental health. This might sound strange but his voice and the cadence I found so soothing :).

This is still so relevant today. finding movement you enjoy and doing it as often as you can. I'd be a very unhappy person without exercise.

EXCELLENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH Mr. Taylor!!!

Fantastic talk. What a great speaker and thanks for sharing your experience. This is a very positive step forward on an issue surrounded in so much negativity.

My mother desperately needs to watch this.

I totally relate to "finding the movement that fills you with joy."

Thank you very much for this excellent talk Leon. This came to me at just the right time to help me through my depression.

Thank you for this video! Like you, I was labeled a "problem child". As continue to learn to more effectively manage myself, I'm a learning about the importance of physical movement each day. This goes beyond exercise for health reasons. Each night, I do Yin Yoga to help me release stored trauma. The results have been powerful.

Amazing and inspirational. Thank you for this talk! This really spoke to me and I'm working on finding my movement 💪

This is one of THE BEST talks I've ever watched from Ted!! Absolutely mind blowing! A cure for PTSD? Omg, I gotta try!!

Distancing yourself from toxic people and manifestation, positive self talk helps a lot

Leon, the best talk I've heard you give. What a hard hitting and amazing movement you are starting. Love it.

Loved this! Convincing on a practical and scientific level. We have to look at alternatives to being on ever longer waiting lists to see so called experts.

I have experienced this myself. Exercise is definitely a great way to boost one's mental health.

this is so true physical movement is so important to our mental and physical health... and 9 months before I joined a gym i do consistent and see a change of my body performance and my mental health and i feel that this changes i changed my life and i become more confident and now i completely changed and I transform my self.. so do the physical activity guys this is so important to our life

Totally agree with this. Exercise makes difference, move more!

one of the most underrated tedx talks ever

Fine talk. I recollect going on long walks or cycling around my neighborhood in my childhood / teens, whenever I felt stressed out or sad. It used to uplift my mood and help me deal with my challenges with more energy n determination, instead of getting weighed down by them. Any movement or physical activity helps de-stress and it needn't be just yoga or Tai chi.

So truly.. Physical activity really brings a wonderful effects on entire physical and mental health of our bodies. I feel it certainly.

I’m suffering with great depression and anxiety during this lockdown and quarantine period. Thanks for your sharing! Think less and act more

Thank you so much for this.. it really opend my mind.

Thank you for this talk. I really needed this. I overthink to the point where I have made piece with death and lost all motivations. Will start running again!

When he started to talked about his friend who started to run, I imagined that person bending down wearing a running shoe, and the excitement and joy of going for the run. That makes me smile. ;)

Thank you Leon.. I accept the challenge of movement

"What is your favourite type of movement?" - great question. I am also glad he added that we need to start moving, or our children will take the lack of it as a model to follow and it will impact the entire socienty

Amazing content! Stay up with the videos, excited about observing much more of them

Best talk I ever have . Thank you so much

Thank you. I suffer from depression and social anxiety, and while I know I should exercise, it's helpful to hear these stories. I think I may try yoga, and I should make an effort to go swimming while the weather is nice.

Wow this is one of the best talks I’ve ever listened too!

Basics from NA helped me a lot. Defining your own personal "higher power", which can be anything but has to be loving, caring, and greater than one's self and more powerful than the disease of addiction"...

"THINKING is not the SOLUTION, THINKING is the CAUSE"

Very important lesson in life, thank you. The phoenix shall rise

Thank you! My highly energetic toddler loves to run, especially with chase games.

This guy, and this talk made my day!

I totally agree with this when I exercise I feel much better. The sea and the outdoors are my outlet or stress release

My movement is badminton. This talk inspired me to take a walk right after it. I suffer from anxiety and now every chance i get im gonna play.

Absolutely loved this talk. Just one thing I would add is balance. I used my "movement", which was running, to help with depression. But I ended up getting anorexia because I ran everyday minimum 4 times. So balance is key! Don't overdue it ;)

Absolutely loved this talk 💚

Thank you for making a video about this 🙏🏾

This talk is so much relevant in an era of Bing watching and jobs facing the computer all day long.

Excellent! Thank you!

Absolutely love to exercise and it truly feels amazing to get out under the sun🙌🏼

Thank you, Leon. I needed to hear this.

I think Leon Taylor has a very easy solution to mental health issues, maybe a little simplistic but I think he made a very strong point. When your overthinking and you spend to much time on your own thoughts, it mostly results in negative thoughts and emotions. When you do this on the long term depression and anxiety are getting really close. I also thinks that not only movement and exercise made the difference but meditation and biological/ healthy food can also reduce stress. When your playing professional sport and your train six times a week it is really hard to enjoy every training session because the only thing that seems important is getting better and perform, but the truth is that's really hard to get better and perform if your not enjoying your sport. So enjoying your sport or exercise is so important otherwise it would increase your stress and negative thoughts. That is why you should always pick a sport which you enjoy and not for any other reason. For example the fitness/bodybuilding hype is very unhealthy, people are not especially joining the sport because they like it. No they are looking for improvement and the are never satisfied because 9 out of 10 times they don't get the body that they want and this only cause frustration and stress. So in my opinion I believes you should eat healthy and pick a sport which you really enjoy and not for any other reason. Of course the sport or exercise should challenge you but it must challenge you in a healthy way, so your mind can also be challenge in a healthy way.

BIG THANKS for making this great video, indeed physical movement is actually the most efficient therapy for our mental health!

As an aspiring Mental Health PT, I agree to this. We advocate physical activity not just for rehabilitating physical disabilities and improving physical health, but also for transforming the whole person. We believe that the mental health and overall well-being of a person can be improved through physical movement. :)

He is a very good speaker - sympathetic resonance The knowledge is calm and controlled given. I have done mindfulness the past 2 months. After this TED-talk I'm going to search for a TAI-CHI school. I meditate more often thanks to mindfulness. AND I'm going to walk , ride my bike more often and taking breaks from sitting at my desk.

As a medical student, sometimes it's difficult to separate time for exercising.But I totally agree with you.Look for other things that can make you happy and you'll be fine.

Thank you so much for your inspiring speech. I have been struggling with stress for a while, and your speech is an escape for me. I've been so obsessed with work and looked down on exercising as I thought I have no time for that, which makes the tress even worse. I've been so overwhelmed with negative thoughts that I've forgot the joy. You just enlightened me of how important physical activities are.

Finding your movement. thank You

This is one of the most beautiful videos I've watched, thank you so much for sharing this :) .

Thank you.

This is so true, I tend to overthink sometimes and exercising helps me to focus on something else. My thing is tennis which I try to play twice a week, I did ask myself what I would enjoy doing the most because you need to enjoy the sport and love it so you always want to practice. I also walk an hour in my lunch break but sometimes I have periods where I stop exercising because of my studies and work and I notice how I feel less happy and more stressed. I hate when I have so much to do and I literally spend all day sitting at work or at home studying in the evenings and weekends before the exams! When I play tennis I always have a smile on my face :)

Thank you for such an inspiring story and information! As a mental health therapist, this wonderful video is going to benefit my clients and friends. I am going to share this valuable information to them all!

Very accurate speech,very helpful. Thank you.

Wow. This was a great talk. Well structured with interesting facts and stories.

Physical movement is the key. This video surely deserves more views . Such an amazing content.

This talk made me feel good!

I found Crossfit a few years back. I was never an athlete, and I am not a competitor. However, joining crossfit opened my eyes to "movement" what it felt like to work on yourself for one hour out of the day, the natural dopamine / endorphins you experience is utterly amazing. Within the past year I have fallen off my Crossfit journey, and it has been tough getting back on it, but there's no excuse. I must keep pushing forward and get back into exercise. It really does make a huge difference in your life. Everyone has their moments of ups and downs, they may last a couple of days, a few weeks or even a year+, BUT remember... only you can get back the control of your life! No one is going to save you.

I'm suffering from Schizoid Personality Disorder and one of the most painful symptoms is anhedonia, which is the difficulty to feel pleasure. I don't have a lot of friends and I don't really want to bother friends and family with my problems so what I was usually doing was overthinking. I eventually got to a point when I felt like I was surviving, but I wasn't actually living a life. I started to try to fix my problems and manage my mental health, but getting helped by others was really painful and difficult because of SPD. I started doing some sport, not because I thought it would've helped me, but it actually did. Right now, I'm very busy, I have a lot of work and when I have spare time I train. When I'm busy and when I do sport I can really feel better, so this has really helped me a lot and watching this video and hearing those stories gives me a lot of hope. I can't really say I'm OK now, doing sport feels like a temporary solution and my relationship problems don't have a solution and I don't really know what to do about that... but at least in bad moments I know how I can climb up the hole of depression.

I came here after watching vaibhav kadnair

Thank you!! Local authorities need to take heed about why sports is important!

Such a great issue mental health. Thank you bless you. And all your dreams come true.

To have a fantastic collaboration with yourself: 1. Tell your mind what you want. 2. Link massive pleasure to going there and pain to not going there. 3. Change the pictures and the words. Using very detailed words. 4. Make the familiar unfamiliar, and the unfamiliar familiar. 5. Make Self Belief so normal to you, that everyone believes in you too. ✨ Your potential expands beyond what you can imagine...

As someone who plays a sport competitively this really helped, I to have forgotten to just smile!

thank you so much. It really helpful. I wish i could watch this speech earlier. wish everyone a healthy life.

Great. Movement causes stress and makes us stronger against mental stress.