An Antidote to Dissatisfaction

Ohai! For a change a few personal words. My name is Philipp and I started this channel almost seven years ago - you don’t know my voice but you have heard my words because I write most of our scripts. Oh boy. This was a hard video to make. Gratitude felt vaguely risky to do as a topic. It has this aura of cheap Instagram hashtag self help stuff. Some of you will hate this video deeply, and the thought of that made me pretty anxious writing it. Gratitude was not supposed to be a video topic originally. Just like the Nihilism and Loneliness videos, the script was based on personal struggles and part of the process of dealing with them. And so it felt right to make gratitude a video too. But Kurzgesagt is not a self help channel, so we'll keep this sort of content at roughly one or two per year. We hope they are helpful to some of you. If you care for my take on how to practice Gratitude, we made a Kurzgesagt Gratitude journal to combine the science with practical tips. shop.kurzgesagt.org/ Edit: PRE-ORDER is available again. Please note: You don’t need to buy this or anything else to practice gratitude - you only need a pen, a piece of paper and 5 minutes. Thank you for watching our videos and reading this comment. Being able to do Kurzgesagt means a lot. To me and the whole team. - Philipp

Kurzgesagt: "Please note that you don't need to buy anything from anyone to practice gratitude." Also Kurzgesagt: "We made a Kurzgesagt gratitude journal, you can buy it" People in 2019: Buys them Me in 2020: WHY?

In January 2019 my mom got diagnosed with cancer, the type of cancer you can not survive even in the year 2020 when most brutal deseases can be cured or at least are not emmedately live threatening. She survived almost 16 months, 5 more than the average patient with that illness. Not counting in the last 2 weeks, I like to think she did great mostly and even the time from April to August where she suffered a seizur due to the cancer growing and invading her brain, making her unable to move more than her right arm and face/talking. She fought off cancer back in 2008 and despite having some very very dark days, she enjoyed life as much, working in her beloved garden and having fun with nices and nephews from my siblings. Just as she came back from hospital last year stating they could cut away only 80% of the tumor, I remembered a dream as a kid. I dreamd mom just disappeared, I was very sad for a few days until my brain realized it was just a dream. Now as a grown man I'd like to think my parents, and especially mom, indirectly tought me the value of being grateful/thankful even for little things. I fought with moodswings every day from April till August as I cared for her since I was the only one in the family that actually had the opportunity (student in university) to care for her at home. And the week after she died was brutal. But I wanted to and still believe that she is on a better place now not having to deal with constant pain or outright unconcsiousness day and night, whereas I could do little more than provide painkillers and distract her. I am not exactly a religious person, but the idea mom is watching from somewhere and preventing me from doing stupid shit, just as she had before, makes me thankful - ultra irrational. That said I often think about how much luck I had meeting special people which became close friends. That thought makes me grateful and I am very glad to not always have gone the logical or rational way. I met most of these friends by doing at least questionable stuff or just not being the functional norm every parent wishes for. I have the "ability" to be grateful for a lot of things, but I just cant think of anything that I am or have been grateful for on my own, not able to share with friends. Guys, admire friednships. Our brain makes us seek company because being allone to relax is a fine thing, having no one to share with, is evil. Be grateful for the people you meet, not for those you cant reach.

People Are different and so Are theire motions, sience cant change that. That is the truth. My advice is wacth more movies that make u happy and spend time with your closest🥰

Gratitude: the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. Me: thinking of people I helped and how they treated me after that.. hmm.. gratitude not found

Thank your for sharing this !

This makes me happy.

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Can you guys do a video about unschooling? Some sources of info can be books free to learn by Peter gray, punished by reward by Alfie kohn, nonviolent communication by marshal Rosenberg

I always think life is a suffering whenever I face hardships but surprisingly I feel satisfied.

Wow

To anyone wondering if this actually works, yes it does. Thank you, Kurzgesagt.

When you spike someone in smash bros SATISFACTION

You're just the best thing on EEprojects 👏👏👏

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I do the gratitude jurnal, and i am better now

EEprojects understands me more than myself lol 😂

Thanks for making this vid, made me realis something very important...........

im so dumb i just realized this is the same girl from the loneliness video

Consider urself lucky if your too accepting behavior leads u to tolerate even the jerks and your kindness leads u to vicious cycle of absorbing others negativity. It is not at all imp to mingle with jerks. The lesser the better. Good luck setting boundaries. Peace.

Yea that u forgot that most of the people that beliebe in this things are karens...

Thousands of "motivational" videos out there but this one could really make a difference in people's lives.

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Where are you from?

I love this channel, more and more every time.

The best channel on earth

You have to be happy for being alive. Thats how i do it.

Gratitude is dangerous it can make you lazy and cannot adapt to problem

I get the concept of this, what you are saying, and obviously, I'm happy I have what I have but IDK man the word grateful just really gets under my skin and really makes me angry. It likely comes from being told all the time as a kid, "Be grateful for what you have" whenever I was was unhappy about something (significate or not). Like no matter whatever I was feeling or what shit show life had thrown at me today like no matter what I should just always be grateful for everything. Even if life slaps me in the face and spits on me I should just smile and say thank you?! None of that ever sat right with me. Things might be able to be worse but they could be better and just because somebody else has it worse than you right now doesn't invalidate how bad things feel for you. Also, it feels like this is just another way of being complacent and content in life. If everybody is just grateful to exist with whatever life gives them what propels them to work to achieve more and reach new goals. Where is the ambition to want and be more than you are already? This whole video really just felt like a patronizing adult saying "Stop trying to want more than you got and just be grateful for your lot in life", which makes me wanna scream. It's like that mean of the dog looking around while his whole house is on fire and being like "Yeah, this is fine". It also reminds me of Judy's parents in Zootopia and what they told their actual child about dreams, they are only happy because they settled. That existence is rather pitiful to me, it's essentially giving up because things got too tough. I suppose I'm one of those people with a lower amount of trait gratitude. Personally, I also don't like it when people do stuff for me anyway. I almost always turn down gifts or food offerings unless I really really need it. I don't like owing people and expected reciprocation, I love to bake for people and stuff but I want to give on my terms not because I feel obligated to. I have a set vision in mind of how I want my life to look, with some room for changes over time and a flexible plan of how to attain my goals. Anything short of what I want isn't good enough, and I will achieve my goals or fucking die trying. Even if I have to break my whole body working in fast food to get the money I need for college, to achieve my degree to work as a Hydrologist or just in general Water Conservation and Sustainability, I *will* achieve that or bust. We were told as children to shoot for the damned stars and that is what I did, it's what I want and unless I find something different to want or another means of attaining my goals, I shall continue on my endeavor as am I am presently no matter how horrible it is right now because I know once I get to work in a field of science that actually gives something important to humanity and it's future, that will most certainly be worth my present suffering, I might bitch and complain the whole way doing it but I'll be damned if I won't get it done.

This video wants you to be grateful for what you have that's good in your life. There are people out there who are in a worse situation. But it doesn't want you to stop striving to have a better, happier life. Just not to feel bad when you don't get what you want.

Better medication arrives Now people worried that global population is too high See the logic? People would always find something to be dissatisfied with. Every good has its bad. Never let the bad define the thing you believe in, except murder, theft, crimes against humanity, racism, or the *classified* bad things...those are something those shoudl not be practiced. --referring to the start of vdo

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I'm grateful for this video!

I never knew I needed this video

ya know, i honestly think Kurzgesagt is a little ray of hope and happiness in our life, and when your feeling down, philip and the bubbly animation paired with these pogchamp info vids will surely remind you to lift your chin up proudly. GG Kurzgesagt. and GG to you reading this. life sucks a lot, but whatever your facing just remember that YOU've faced something similar to this in the past, and you can do it again. :) proud of you all.

damn, i really need gratitude after i got that report card, and im quite sure i'll need it after i show it to my parents

How can i become happy, if my minds made of fear?

i just wanted to write that i was going through some hard times cornered by problems i cant or at least dont know how to solve. and this video helped me realize how much i was pressuring myself with problems ahead of me and how easily i was forgetting the problems i managed to overcome. i cannot believe a ten minute content could have this much impact on me. Just thank you thank you very much:')

Especially if it reflects scientific studies, I don't mind this type of video. I just don't want people to go the road of a lot of self help nonsense, which I think Kurzgesagt agrees with, of thinking that this is sufficient by itself. People also need to do actual things to build on their lives, make and achieve goals, improve the lot of humanity as a whole. Feeling good without doing anything to actually improve your circumstances is what taking addictive drugs is about. And clearly that destroys lives and societies. I think facing reality and finding the best ways deal with it rather than just make up stories to make us believe nice things should be the goal of societies and of the science of human well being.

After I stopped dating my gratitude levels skyrocketed.

Omg... Those facts in the video are actually part of the Buddhist philosophy... I'm so happy following this path. Growing the Bodhicitta is the solution and the core of this great path.

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Thank you.

I'm grateful you were part of my journey :) and thank you for continuing to teach in the beautiful way that you do.

I learned alot life youtube than online school

Watching this channel just solidifies the realization that i don't deserve my life except for the advancement of science and society. I would have been abandoned and shunned in the ancient human herds lol. :'3

It's so nice people are still coming back to this video. I saw this a while back, and I'm only beginning to discover how helpful gratitude can really be in day-to-day life. I'm starting my gratitude journal tomorrow. Wish me luck!

We r happy (grateful) for being here on this channel ❤️❤️❤️

Covid 19 makes is value our time, things and loved ones. But personally im ok with the things i have and i'm greatful.

Na, it's the 5g that makes it happen

So now you guys are also psychologists?

THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY LIFE.

God is good. :)

At the end of this video I got an advertisement that started with "so you wanna make £5,000 per month do you?" Lmao

I feel gratefull for having : - Able to breath - Own a good living - Good health - Carefull parents - Good Education - n these hands to write down this comment Thanks God

so basically unhappy people is selfish, i knew it!

wow, how nice and wholesome. NOW TO GO FIND OUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A SOLAR FLAIR HIT EARTH

I really enjoyed this video Brilliantly put together.

im gratitude for Kurzgesagt.

this really help me i first felt very depressed but then when i saw this video i got so much better. THANK YOU KURZGESAGT !!

I still can't find any Gratification, I don't have anything in life to be grateful about, I'm always depressed, and reading all these comments and having watched the content of the video makes me jealous and envy taht y'all living a best & happy life, while I still don't know how to feel happy. Otherwise, lots of the other ppl in the comments are starting to feel happy again, it's just sad.

I am greatful for living in most revolutionary era of humans even revolutionary than industrial one. You can just compare live of humans 20 years ago and today

Solution: Be fucking grateful people. Consider what you have to lose first not what you have to gain.

i needed this video honestly so i will sincerely express my gratitude!!

This video gives me the warm fuzzies

Excellent video. I had to self reflect and see if I was being grateful for the good things in my life. Morals and good principles without religious dogma. Kant was correct.

I enjoyed every second of it

you are amazing and professional

I did the journaling for about a month and it changed my life. It changed the way my brain functions. Now I don’t need to write it down because I do it unconsciously through out my day. My depression isn’t cured, I still have issues but it’s helped me experience bursts of happiness even during those times when I’m feeling icky. I’m still able to smile and laugh through difficult times. & I find myself being happier much more often. There was a period of time where for 5 years I hardly experienced any happiness at all and was afraid I never would again. I almost never smiled and was known at work as the grouchy person. Coworkers say I’m like a completely different person, same with my friends and family. I can say from experience that taking note of and appreciating all the little things has *significantly* improved my quality of life.

incredible content as always

There are magic pills for it. They don't last forever, but they can push you on the right direction. But they can also make you dependent or even addicted. A safe use nevertheless can be very therapeutic

The dark side to being content is you won't be motivated to change anything so if your life is not in a good place right now gratude can backfire should you be grateful for instance if you are living in. Poverty?

Haha, there is a reason i stopped using social media

I got a cool solution that ive always used, just dont give a shit and you'll be happy

I feel disturbed as I was never taught these things in my life and that I've to learn these things from EEprojects now.

It's kinda hard to be grateful when you have nothing to be grateful for, having no friends and no living family members with a terminal Illness for example.

for some reason this video makes me really, really anxious. i can’t stop bouncing my leg

When objective, scientific videos are more motivating than motivational speakers

The song in this video is str8 fire 🔥

0:57 I know "cbt" from the many times I have googled it

I have nothing to say but thank you. An act as simple as this seems unexpectedly life changing.

This channel is one thing I'm grateful for. Thank you

Nah.doesnt work I'd rather be lonely with no gratitude then deal with human beings or write drab on paper and feel even more of a loser

I find that soup makes we feel a whole lot better!

they explained a huge social & psychological impact of not feeling enough by many factors in such a beautiful AND reachable way. everyone can be happy with more or less but the situation in your head won't help you if you don't help yourself first. it all starts with a simple step. thank you, this is truly awesome. ♡

I am grateful but I am alone 😞

Internet killing us

Dissatisfied?, try buddhism

Short girl 37

you guys really are adorable

Wem ist Raupy aufgefallen? :D Did anyone saw the Caterpie ?

Hard when your culture tells that you have to be the absolute best or you will be nothing

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ive tried it, and it doesn't work. i know my life is good, my brain just won't make the happy chemicals. i could have everything anyone could ever dream of and still want to kill myself. i'm an evolutionary dead end is all, it happens, nature doesn't care.

Thank you!

if i am a government i would immediately find a cure for dissatisfaction and force every citizen to be treated with the cure

i am greatful for having kurzgesagt on youtube

_An Antidote to Dissatisfaction_ *Thumbnail shows a nuke going off... 3:16 *

I watched this video just after it came out, and I really helped me. Since then, the effect has slowly worn off. I'm so glad I rewatched this. It comes in a time where I feel I need this more than anything else. Thank you so much! I think I can start my list with 1.) I am grateful for Kurzgesagt being there for me and everyone else.

Man, this channel is amazing! It's really like finding a diamond in the dirt.