Johnny Crowder – How to think Healthier Thoughts

Johnny Crowder is a 29-year-old suicide/abuse survivor, TEDx speaker, touring musician, mental health and sobriety advocate, and the Founder & CEO of Cope Notes, a text-based mental health platform that provides daily support to users in nearly 100 countries around the world. Johnny Crowder Vroom Vroom Veer Stories Growing up in an abusive home, Johnny sought refuse in his bed with books, art, and writing; letting with imagine better worldsJohnny suffered from crippling mental health issues like OCD, schizophrenia, and depression; started formal treatment in high schoolOCD manifested like thinking if he stepped on a crack that blades inside the cracks would cut his feet; if he sat near a window he knew a sniper would be able to take him outSchizophrenia for Johnny had very mundane symptoms; like knowing he had purchased a printer and telling his friends he has a printer; and then going home and finding no printer; he had to question if every little was realWorked many odd jobs like warehouse labor; landed on copy writing and editing; worked freelance and as a job; all while touring with his band While working on his psychology degree and volunteering in the mental health field; learned about neuroplasticity; used sticky notes around his house to provide "surprises" to remind him to think better thoughtsOver time, your brain will tune out a sticky note and you will stop noticing them; so the next evolution was sending text messages to people at random times; people responded with; "How did you know I needed that?" He didn't, but the brain filled in the blanks and the text helped them think better thoughts Connections Website Johnny's TEDtalk