For some reason YouTube suggested your video. And I thought I'd hear a little bit. I liked that it wasn't a viral video and it wasn't big production. Well I've been hearing a lot of what you have to say and it makes me feel more at ease with who I am. I've been working on a memoir but it is more about the insight than the events of my life journey so far. I worried that I was sounding too negative about society or too 'notes from the underground' but hearing your consistent perspective and reading some of the comments has been empowering. I wonder if there are events or festivals that you have found free minded people who are grounded in acknowledging the world we live in without the safety goggles which defense mechanisms of delusions provide. Also that those types of gatherings are not a cult recruitment lol there's that.

Hi Daniel, I serendipitously discovered your youtube channel at exactly the right time in my life. Against overwhelming odds, and following incessant and brutal psychological sabotage on my mother's part, I've secured an incredible career opportunity in NYC and am in the process of moving across the world for that purpose. What struck me the most about your message is how I seemed to already know a good part of it, on some level, but I needed someone else to say it first. My sense of reality was so warped that I didn't have the confidence to trust my own perceptions (much like how you felt that your mother was trying to "screw you up"). So I failed to exercise good judgment in my relationships, as an adult, and was further traumatized as a result. But I took concrete decisions and I know it in my gut -- that very gut I long thought I'd lacked -- that I will never look back. Thank you for being a part of this experience. My life will never be the same. On another note, I learned from your videos that you live(d) in the city and am wondering if you can point me to any useful resources to support adults recovering from parental narcissistic abuse. I cycled through several meds and therapists for nearly a decade now, but I'd like to move away from all that. What I feel I truly need is to simply dialogue with other people with similar experiences. Any pointers would be much appreciated. Thanks again for everything.

Hi Daniel. I was wondering if you could make a video discussing more in depth how the media normalizes toxic relationships, abuse, and unhealthy coping mechanisms as a result of trauma. When I was a young girl I grew up with artists like Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande being very popular at school and developed a terrible self esteem due to feeling like my only worth was how sexually appealing I am to men. Check out some of their lyrics and music videos if you're not familiar, but I'm sure other artists with similar issues will come to mind. It would be interesting to know your thoughts on how material so easily available (and sometimes directly marketed) to younger audiences keeps trapped in shallow ideas about life and what will make us happy.

You sir are one in a million

Hi Daniel, I am listening to your video titled "Why I Quit Being a Therapist -- Six Reasons by Daniel Mackler" and I am touched by your compassion (minute 15:50). I pray your tummy is a lot better now, but if it's not pretty please look into "grounding" or "earthing". This is basically putting your bare feet on earth. Sleep on a grounding mat. I hope this helps. Thank you for what have done for our brothers and sisters. Sara

500.! 🙂 Dear Daniel, I just found your YouTube channel - your content is very interesting! I like your videos, your ideas, your opinions, your deep thoughts!! One question: what do you think about psychedelics? Br, Bence

glad to see the growth of your channel Daniel ... all the best

What are some solid way (or not often appreciated ways!) to help those in my life who provide therapeutic services, whether licensed or not? Thank you - I appreciate your work and time

You have a beautiful soul, thankyou so much for putting yourself out into the world, I've just discovered you upon my journey of going within in order to change and create the outer world, I love you ??

You are Amazing Daniel. Love & Gratitude ?

Hi Daniel! Thank you so much for being yourself, recording your videos and writing and selling your books! It helps me somehow, just listening to a person like you, as much as it can help in the absence of therapy and good people around or connections. I've read "Five Weeks in China" and it was such a joyful encaptivating read! I also have another book to finish and I'm planning to read more of your books.

You are so good at putting everything I think and feel into words. One of my new favorite people! Alafair xo

Thank you for your video on "they did their best." The detail was very productive for me. Moreover. I've recently begun working with a certain fast-growing therapuetic sector where the phrase is a platitude. It's sometimes followed by, "once you've properly done this work [and even "have an open heart"] then you'll understand." Which feels dismissive at best. But I'm only just starting out. So I'm really glad to refer to you.

Hi Daniel. What i have to say is the height of iatrogenic abuse. And sorry im mixing that with having had a couple of wines, because i have to cope with the pain. Basically, i am relating to your video clip the anti-psychiatry song and the one about psychiatric drugs. Very catchy. Antipsychotics are responsible for over 99% of the psychotic behaviour we see in society and less than 1% of psychotic behaviour comes from an underlying condition. Antipsychotics are so so so so adddictive, and even when there is an underlying condition, the medication is 1000 times worse. And it is JUST DISGUSTING. The withdrawl mimics an actual underlying condition, so the person winds up in the system for the rest of their lives. I was 20 years old when this happened to me. I was the most social, emotional, normal and friendly out of all my friends and family, yet i was the one that got put on all the Pharmaceuticals. There was something very healthy about me. And all it takes is that twinkle in a persons eye. Doctors want people to be healthy, they just don't want people to be healthier than themselves. Aint that the truth. And now im going through intensive involuntary primal scream therapy in a chair with blinkers, bits or wings of the chair that cut out my peripheral vision, so they can shut me down more easily. Because they were jealous of my healthy appearance and my good personality. Subsequently, Another family member of mine was drastically iatrogenically abused. And it was a child. Doctors dont have the slightest bit of interest in the Welfare of a Child. Especially they do not care about the Welfare of an attractive child. A doctor loves doing iatrogenic damage. Its what they thrive on. Doctors want people to be healthy, they just dont want people to be healthier than themselves. Aint that the truth. Also i might add that.. Everything we need for Perfect Health, can be found in the goodness of Nature and the bodies own Immune System. Medical system and pharmaceuticals are Just Money Makers. The most healthy people in the world are people that choose to abstain from the medical system, people who come from places in parts of South America and Africa, for isntance, where they have the biggest strongest bodies and healthiest whitest teeth. The pockets of the globe untouched by western medicalisation tend to still be the healthiest. Like parts of Peru or the Amazon. Personally i think doctors should reconsider their vocation and become Butchers at a meat shop instead, selling bits of meat that they slice and Dice Up.

Dear Daniel, Despite my exceptionally limited exposure to media, I managed to stumble upon your YouTube video. That lead me to listen to more. As a life long truth seeker raised in endless dysfunction, I easily embraced all that you had to offer by way of insight. Soon to be 55 I find myself living alone (completely) for the first time in my life. It is absolutely liberating! I will be opening the vault, if you will, on all the journals I have written since I was 12 years old. My aim is to deeply reflect (much like I have seen you do on a few videos) the differentials in what I wrote back then and how the memories surface now. What were the things I said to myself back then to make it through and what are the things I tell myself now to make sense of it all??? I left my home town when I was 18 and never went back -- that played a huge part in my ability to heal my own wounds. Sadly, my siblings chose a different path, however, that allows me to gauge my own progress. At times life has felt exceptionally isolating, but my writing has been my saving grace for as long as I can remember. I feel even more inspired to explore these journals and absorb the insight about myself they offer me. It was so heart warming and endearing to listen to parts of your story. I share your vison of a world that learns how to process and digest our traumas and heal from them. I have been trying to understand my own trauma my whole life in an honest way. The journals prior to 1990 have been tucked away for many years, the courage to open them and face one documented tragic event after another is a little intimidating, but I am more than up for the challenge. There will be no great narrative to follow, nor am I looking to do some magnificent storytelling -- I am looking to put all that to rest and move on with my life as light and as enlightened as possible -- understanding who I truly am to the deepest depths I possibly can. Thank you for sharing and allowing the insight from your experiences to nourish so many others. I appreciate what you have shared it touched my soul. Take care. Sincerely, Bonnie PS. I cannot even believe that I am writing this given my general avoidance of all social platforms. I just thought you, Daniel, should know how powerful and appreciated your words are. 🙂