#51 Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression with Johann Hari PART 1

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Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Alternative Health, Mental Health

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🗓️ 27 February 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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CAUTION ADVISED: this podcast contains swearing and themes of an adult nature.

For the past few decades, almost every year, levels of depression and anxiety have increased in Britain and across the Western world. But why? One of the most important voices in this area, Johann Hari, went on a forty-thousand-mile journey across the world to interview the leading experts about what causes depression and anxiety, and what solves them. He shares the fascinating findings of his research in this week’s podcast. Johann explains that although we have been told a story that drugs are the solution to depression and anxiety, in many cases, the cause is not in our biology but in the way we live. He argues that being depressed or anxious does not mean that you are crazy, weak or broken, rather, that your natural psychological needs are not being met. And it’s hardly surprising - we are the loneliest society there has ever been. We discuss how loneliness affects us and how social prescribing can transform lives. We delve into the role trauma plays and how shame is both physically and emotionally destructive. Johann believes that societal values have been corrupted and explains the effect that this is having on our health. Finally, we talk about the role of the workplace and how having autonomy and choices can reduce the likelihood of depression and anxiety. This is a gripping conversation and Johann's anecdotes are truly captivating - I hope you enjoy it!

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0:00.0	This to me is the most single most important insight I learned from all these people.
0:04.3	If you are depressed, if you are anxious, you're not weak, you're not crazy, you're
0:09.6	not a machine with broken parts, you're a human being with unmet needs, your pain makes
0:14.5	sense, right?
0:15.6	What happens when we tell an exclusively or extremely heavily biological story as my
0:21.1	doctor told me with the best of intentions?
0:24.0	Is we say to people, this pain you feel doesn't mean anything, right?
0:27.4	It's like a glitch in a computer program, but that's not true.
0:31.0	If you look at the evidence, now there are biological contributions to be sure I want
0:34.3	to stress that again, but when you look at the evidence, actually the reasons why people
0:38.5	are distressed in this culture, why it's rising year after year, makes perfect sense.
0:43.3	Hi, my name is Dr. Rongan Chatterjee, medical doctor, author of the four-pillar plan and
0:49.7	television presenter.
0:50.7	I believe that all of us have the ability to feel better than we currently do, but getting
0:56.5	healthy has become far too complicated, with this podcast by aim to simplify it.
1:02.9	I'm ghost, we have a conversation with some of the most interesting and exciting people
1:06.5	both within, as well as outside the health space, to hopefully inspire you, as well as empower
1:12.4	you with simple tips that you can put into practice immediately to transform the way
1:17.0	that you feel.
1:18.5	I believe that when we are healthier, we are happier because when we feel better, we live
1:24.1	more.
1:26.5	Hello and welcome to episode 51 of my Feel Better Live More podcast.
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