This gentleman should have atleast a million followers. Because this info is gold!! I havnt worked in 3 years because of fear and his videos helped me take a step and today was day 2 of working at a grocery store.

These videos are truly saving my life and mental health. Thank you so much!

Sir… God has GRACED AND GIFTED you for this!!! God bless you. I’m not going to say I’m glad you aren’t Pastoring anymore, but I’m glad you have this channel and you aren’t ONLY behind a pulpit. Whew… 🙌🏾🙌🏾

Mark thank you for committing to helping people with mental disorders, depression and such. My buddy Kyle introduced your channel to me.

Really appreciate you and your wife’s ministry! Not very many pastors speak on these topics, so it’s so encouraging! God Bless y’all 🙌🏼

Haven’t watch the whole video yet but this was perfect timing…wow lol

Mark and the insight he provides is nothing short of incredible and important and timely for millions across the world. NO ONE talks about any of these topics, nor do they understand the real need that many have for these teachings. I deeply appreciate that he doesn't 'spiritualize' or use 'spiritual bypassing' to cover up and avoid these deeper areas/struggling that so many are experiencing, and with no one to help guide them due to lack of knowledge. Just about every topic that he touches upon, has been my experience for more than three decades. I kept thinking and believing that if I read more, prayed more, believed more, had more faith, did more of all the 'right things', that these things would naturally go away and resolve themselves. What a HUGE & incredible falsity. What a grave misunderstanding of how God works and how we ultimately get healed and recover and transform. 💜💜💜

Mark your videos have been a godsend in the last few yrs as i navigate trauma counseling and EMDR. I realize I am looking for ways to avoid triggers rather than looking at it as an opportunity for redemption. The last 2 yrs have been so hard. But simultaneously I've grown so much. God bless you.

I love this video. You are seriously inspiring and I appreciate all that you do ! Your channel has changed my life for the better and I feel your words very much. God bless you and thank you for being obedient to God! 💯❤️‍🔥🙏🏾☺️

😂 I love how you put it in all CAPS, it's so true

Tears. Thank you for your compassion. Redemptive...yes....I ....will....hope😢❤

Super wisdom in this video. 🔥 I don’t even know what super wisdom is but it feels right!

I'm holding my breath.....so I don't cry.

God bless the body of Christ. I learn so much.

Thank you Mark. I pray God would bless you in every way and continue to use you to rescue people. Your videos give me such hope and ease so much pressure.

When I get triggered it is usually done by someone who is "gaslighting" me and then i go into rage monster. I much prefer to be around people that don't know how to push my buttons. Hence, I keep to myself.

Exactly what I needed to hear, thank you Mark 🙏

TRUE GOLD - ALL HIS VIDEOS ARE AMAZINGLY HELPFUL & applicable immediately to our lives!!! They have been a lifeline to me! ♥Thank You Mark!!!! I have bought all your books & will donate to you when I have the funds. Your ministry blows my mind.

Spot on!!! Wow. 😮

OMG NEED THIS

I think this is one of those topics where It is easier said then done. I do want to respond to myself in a more gracious and loving way unlike criticism going on in myself. I dont want to take offense so easily.

Oh my gosh, I spiraled the other day and everything you decided is accurate smh I got triggered because someone asked to date me. I’m fine with not dating, being single, and seeking God. I registered it as a threat and I flipped.

Let him cook🔥🔥

Awesome video 💞

This was extremely helpful to me because of where I am currently in my healing journey. This was gold from start to finish. Thank you immensely!

Highly appreciated Mark! 🙏🙏🙏

1. Delay reaction to the trigger. Don't act on the impulse(s) to lash out or make the thing or person that triggered you the Focal point. It is Not really about that thing or person. 2. Begin practicing Unconditional love towards yourself. (begin learning to respond to yourself differently) 3. Take notice (become a witness) of your emotional life / experience. 4. Ask yourself: Is what I'm experiencing (feeling) representative of (mirroring) something similar (familiar) from my past? What is being signaled? 5. Black and white thinking is NOT helpful. Everything or Everyone is ALL good or ALL bad. Just be Aware of your tendency to think / interpret from this place. An Open perspective is much healthier and balanced because it allows room for all the gray in between. 6. Don't demand that others understand your experience (feelings). Your experiences are precious; stop 'casting your pearls before swine'. 7. Ask yourself: What am I believing about this situation/ experience that needs renewal (an alternative perspective on this experience)? What is HERE for me to learn so that I can begin practicing anew? 8. Learn to Practice (this is a process) renewed responses. Give yourself room and patience to learn practicing renewed responses. This insight and information is as precious as GOLD. Thank you, deeply, for your work and dedication, Mark. You're a gift ❤️

14:00 I want to give Glory to our Lord for all the healing you received from him.

Excellent content!! DBT is a great reminder. You've inspired me to revisit it.

I enjoy your videos so much. I'm sharing them with family. Thankyou. You give me hope

This video was so informative and helpful. Thanks so much!

Always a blessing!

Does being triggered mean trying not to do a compulsion or being tempted to

Amazing content! Thank for your study ❤

Beautiful Fruit!! Thank you!

I don't know how to control my anger (and sometimes straight up rage) that I feel that I know I cannot express when my wife psychologically abuses me and will not ever negotiate with me.

I gotta get this DBT thing.

very helpful thank you

Thanks!

thanks for this video mark! it helped me a lot. i do have a question regarding the 3rd point. i agree that sometimes people can give you helpful or good advice but deliver it in a wrong way. i have struggled with religious ocd for years, i always obsess about whether it’s sinful for me to enjoy certain things like some secular artists or movies or whatnot. my family has come down pretty hard on me recently for enjoying a secular artist & continue to say it’s wrong of me to like her music as a Christian. it’s been a very painful experience and throws me into so many spirals. because my ocd takes it to such crazy levels and makes it so hard to think logically. i guess my question is, how do i know when their advice is sound and good, even if it’s delivered harshly? is it something that you just learn in time? sorry if this doesn’t make sense. thanks for the video!

I'm getting triggered right now! I need grace, now this moment. Literally, now.

CPTSD helps 🙏🏼 Suicidal Ideation helps 🙏🏼 Major Depression helps 🙏🏼 ...please, thank you

Mark, when there’s something valid or important to communicate… how do you balance that. My partner is so uncomfortable with conflict or disagreement (or hearing feelings) that she shuts it down immediately-usually by pronouncing on the situation in a final, authoritative way that 1. invalidates and 2. stops the conversation. She then leaves or puts on headphones. It brings back the bad old scapegoating days of my FOO but it feels like confusing double duty to have to manage my own triggers and figure out when it’s OK to speak up when what’s said is valid (but auto- invalidated and urgently unwanted). It’s hard to figure out (again) what is ‘outside of me’ that needs to change in the relationship and what is ‘inside of me’ to manage…

What happens when u don't react but stock in ur head, still don't know how to get out of ur head. Then conderm urself for stocking in ur head, thinking the way u are thinking

Is it wrong to avoid places that triggered us?

What about seeking for help from a psychiatrist?

19:30 - 20:15 If it's not seasoned with God's grace, how is it helpful, even if it is technically true? What about the whole concept of the spirit of law vs. the letter of the law?

It seems like you put a huge amount of emphasis on self healing and seemingly make calling out to God for rescue a weakness. I'm not sure but it feels like you put more emphasis on psychology than on the power of God. Also sometimes we do have to take every thought captive and there is such thing as very real spiritual warfare going on in people's minds, you seem to downplay this perhaps a little too much. At one point you will refer to the thoughts as harmless and to be ignored yet another time you will call them bullies that you have to stand up to and fight. You're very rarely refer to the thoughts coming from the enemy or the flesh and in fact downplay this idea. I like your channel but the contradictions and the heavy leaning towards towards relying on self....... the very self that is the problem makes it more difficult to listen to.