The mental health gym uses therapies to help with anxiety, grief, and trauma

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (WXYZ) — A majority of Americans believe that the United States is facing a mental health crisis and that the resources for those who struggle are proving insufficient to meet the demand.

This is why one local facility gets so much attention.

It bills itself as a mental health gym, a first-of-its-kind concept that uses a combination of therapies to help those suffering from anxiety, grief, and trauma by healing the nervous system.

Today, you’re coming to the gym with me, but there’s no need to switch into workout clothes or weight training because this is a gym for the mind.

“We have a toolkit for people who can come through in times of hardship,” he said. his upbringing Founder David McCuller.

Welcome to Inception, the facility that is nationally recognized as an alternative way to deal with life’s stress, grief, and trauma.

“It’s a magnetotherapy, really useful for inflammatory conditions, and it helps the nervous system rest and digestion,” McCullar said. “This is the next 30 minutes of neurofeedback. Next is flotation therapy, aka sensory deprivation, aka digital detox.”

Like a regular gym here, you rely on circuit training, but for your nervous system. Science – backs its ability to reduce the stress or flight response which, if not addressed, can seriously harm your health.

WXYZ’s Amira asked David, “How did you get drawn into this?”

“Panic attacks,” McCullar said.

David McCullar founded Inception out of necessity after a back injury sent him spiraling into anxiety and depression.

There is a real demand for this treatment. Right now, it’s because people are starting to realize they have mental health issues,” McCullar said.

A recent CNN poll showed that more than one in five adults describe their mental health as only “fair” or “poor.” For beginners, this means increased attention.

“Our schedule got packed,” McCullar said.

“Is this the future?” David asked.

“Yeah, that’s the future and you finally catch me,” McCullar said.

Long before our Seven Action News cameras “captured” us, Jason Wilson did.

“Trauma was a major problem for many of the boys I worked with,” said Jason Wilson, one of the visitors to Inception.

Wilson is the founder Hammonians A non-profit organization that helps young boys through martial arts and other therapies. In 2014, he began to have difficulty driving while dealing with his own internal challenge: his mother’s deteriorating condition.

“Truly first love is deteriorating before your eyes,” Wilson said.

But he says he found healing in an unexpected place.

“Dealing with the trauma of myself has been able to help the boys I work with,” Wilson said.

The concept of mind healing is common. Look at this here in southwest Detroit, it has become another tool in the fight to help at-risk youth.

Inception now has a reset station at the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation with the goal of helping inner city and immigrant communities.

“There is a lot of violence, drug addiction, fear of immigration and deportation,” said Lex Zavala. Detroit Spanish Development Corporation (DHDC).

Today, DHDC, through a grant from the Skillman Foundation, provides neurofeedback, magnetic therapy, and red light therapy to children and youth.

“We have to address these traumas before they enter the job market and university, so they can build healthy relationships,” said Zavala. “And avoid coping with drug and alcohol abuse.”

“This is how you calm yourself down and all we’re saying is that there are some better coping strategies to help you get organized,” McCullar said.

The beginning has plans to expand to other cities. In the meantime, DHDC will expand its services to returning citizens, and former prisoners moving back into the communities.