Rachel Platten - Bad Thoughts (Official Music Video)

this song legitimately saved me from having an anxiety attack last night

Playing this because I am stressed out and just want the pain to stop and I am thinking bad thoughts

Just the song I needed today, dark clouds were feeling a little heavy. But "I'm gonna be alright"

Jus played this out loud📢📢📢
down the memory care unit hallway from my room....
for my fellow nursing home residents....
...4-5 other residents stopped 🛑🛑🛑by my room...
& said thank You...this is comforting to listen👂🏻👂🏻👂🏻too night...w ALL's going on in the world🌍🌎🌍🌍🌎 today!!!

A special tribute to those dealing with a mental illness. God bless

Currently dealing with postpartum depression and anxiety but this song has been keeping me afloat. Thank you for all you do for us people struggling. I thank God for people like you.

Been there so many times, struggling most days ,but there is light at the end the tunnel.

3:13 is when I started crying because I have to remind myself that I’ll be okay! I suffer from anxiety and trauma from past friendships, I have to listen and tell myself that I’ll be alright, and just breathe. Thank you Rachel for this!

Curled around my pillow, crying. Thank you. The "Why does it feel so real???"

Such a beautiful, healing song ❤ — especially love “I’m bigger than the bad thoughts, why do they feel so real, and I won’t let the bad thoughts take the wheel” and then the final mantra “I’m gonna be alright” that trains the listener to overcome the bad thoughts (along with the 4-count breathwork and the recognition and awareness that just thinking something doesn’t make it “true”). Rachel Platten is such an amazing inspiration and positive role model—I have nothing but respect and admiration for her. 👏🏻

I really needed this today. Two miscarriages and one life threatening hemmorage, and my body is healing and grieving. Thank you for giving me hope in this dark time.

WOW! I've been battling bipolar depression since i was little then diagnosed in 2013. All this time all the doctors don't seem to understand what I think or how I feel. My daughter gets me but my husband it's too hard to explain, but this song WOW. It's the 1st time I've heard it and I feel she really gets me. I love you Fight Song it helps bring me out of that dark whole so I'm happy I heard it. Now I need this CD, cds help me even more when I'm singing along top of my lungs alone in my house. Thank you for making this song❤

She's the artist that the world needs to see like she's so powerful. LOVE YOU RACHEL❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

This song helped me with my own mental health
Sometimes I have bad thoughts

Love and prayers. This song could only be created by someone who has had to fight their own demons. Thank you and God bless.

God is my only family!🙏🏻💯🕊️

Rachel Patton did an interview recently about healing from her mental and physical pain; and part of that healing was loving who she is: wrinkles and all. And so she decided to stop doing Botox. As I watch this video and see the normal signs of aging on her that come on all of our faces when we get to a certain age, it makes me like her even more. She’s so beautiful inside and out. Her words help me so much but it’s also nice to see a gorgeous, talented and smart woman age like we are suppose to. Thank you, Rachel.

Have this on constant loop. Never has a song captured a panic attack then this. Finally validation.

I listen to this song every single night on repeat. I swear it's saved my life, especially the end. So thankful for music like this.

For everybody fighting with depression!Come on...be alright!

This music is a heal for my PTSD "fight"!❤

Thankyou Rachel for being vulnerable enough to share your life with us and strong enough to write songs like this. This one moves me, gives words to how I feel... I often struggle with "bad thoughts" because of having a rare type of bipolar spectrum disorder. It's hard to live with the symptoms plus side effects of medication. I know that I will be OK long term. I know that it is a cyclic spiralling pattern of symptoms and I am learning to watch out for the tell-tale symptoms that signal the start of a depression or a manic episode.
Where I have trouble is in the moment when I realise I'm starting to get depressed and can't stop the spiral down, that moment when I catch myself and realise "here I go again"... I'm basically house bound, recovering from being bed bound, with a list of chronic health challenges, on top of the bipolar spectrum disorder. This song shows the see-saw of my mind between the "bad thoughts" and the inner knowing that I will be alright, I can get thru this, I've done it before and will do it again, I'm just tired of the fight. I'm tired of being misunderstood and still having to educate people including doctors about the challenges I face. I'm tired of the every day fight to get out of bed and stay out of bed for more than an hour. But I'm also tired of just how unkind people can be, of politicians and people who have power or money or access to change the world but yet they fight about stupid things, waste time and money on destroying each other, etc.
Your songs give me hope again, hope that each of us can make a difference in our community.
Blessings from South Eastern Australia, Dot

I hate how realistic this song is...

And I CAN NOT make IT WITHOUTH YOUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I NEED UUUUUUUUU😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

I’ve been struggling with postpartum depression and today was one of those days. After my shower this song played & tears just ran down my face. It was what I needed to hear. This song is going to be on repeat🥺❤️

I just had the best cry that I’ve had in a very long time ❤

The tears are rolling down my face. I hope this song gets more notice because there is healing power in this song!

Thank you, Rachel.I know this video came from your PPD, but it hit me so hard. I have lifetime major and chronic depression since I was a child, grew up with an abusive father and not so nice siblings all my life. I have Complex PTSD from my childhood and PTSD from a horrifying rape at knifepoint by a strange man at 24. I’ve picked 2 bad husbands who were abusive like my father (surprise!), I’ve had too much trauma to explain or care to share here and at 70, retired 3 years early due to a serious illness, I’m struggling to put myself together once again as I face yet another disability. This song is the words I’ll never tell my health professionals, because don’t want suicidal in my records at 70. Bad thoughts are with me everyday. I just try to make it, and survive for my dog and cat.

Simply beautiful. No pretending just real deep emotions. I’ve always loved and admired your pure honesty. Thank you

10k likes? 🤔This should have 10M likes with the message it's giving!

It‘s more than just a Song…

a voice full of sadness penetrates deep into my heart

Another beautiful song by Rachel Platten. I wish you all the happiness, Rachel Platten

I love this song. Stay strong everyone. Platten' is underrated. ❤

65 years old grown man in tears. Wow hit home. Thank you

This song hit home for me had me an tears 😭 I know I’m not the only one suffering from PTSD she’s related to so many of us in the world 🌎 she’s a gift and a blessing she did that ❤❤❤❤

I am having a dark day and that song really is helping. Thank you Rachel.

I feel like some artists release songs for the fun of it, whereas Rachel writes them to truly help people in need. What a genuine kind therapist 😇🙏

for those of us who survived the abuse as children, the bad thoughts are what our abusers inflicted on us. I was abused from age 3 or 4. That is how I know how real those bad thoughts seem like they are real. Self-discovery, long distance cycling and my brutal discovery that I was never alone led me to discover what self-confidence, esteem and respect are. To those of you who cry when you hear this song; you are not alone' it was never your fault, and it is okay to challenge the bad thoughts with truth and your inner strength. You can stand, you can defend yourself and you can learn to smile, and you can love and be loved. I am proud of all of you.
60-year-old retired military survivor who learned that I could stand at age 50 here.

I just discovered this song last week. It means everything to me. It’s my new life anthem. Thank you Rachel.❤

Wish people in my life would know how hard I work on just staying alive

Awesome job! I hope the ones in need found it 🙏

I have had bad days, but today was one of the worst. I opened YouTube, the first video I see is this one❤️

I'm glad you're still around <3

The lyrics , piano, & voice of her, such a beautiful combination & i can say that so touching...She deserve A Grammy

This song is simply stunning, I struggle with PTSD + panic attacks and this song helps me get through them. Thank you for helping so many of us with this song Rachel. It means so much to me listening to this song and just knowing I’m not alone ❤️😊🙏.

God sees you Rachel, I know how you feel. I struggle myself, I’m praying for you sweet woman.

never let the emotional body drive the car.. emotions come and go...let them pass like a wave..just focus on breathing.

I love that more artist are doing songs spotlighting the struggles people go through with mental illness. It's sad that people still don't talk about this serious problem because they don't think anyone will listen or others will downplay it. This song is absolutely beautiful and gives such hopeful vibes.

This is deep and real and raw and just rips into your heart and reverberates until is silences all the little voices.