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The Andrew Klavan Show

Abigail Shrier on Why Gen Z Struggles So Much With Mental Health

The Andrew Klavan Show

The Andrew Klavan Show

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4.822.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

It seems like every kid in America today claims to be depressed and anxious. Weirdly, children are in therapy now more than ever, so you would assume the opposite would be the case. Abigail Shrier, author of the book, “Irreversible Damage,” and her new book, “Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up,” joins us to discuss why this is happening. - - - Today’s Sponsor: Helix - Get 20% off your order + 2 dream pillows at https://helixsleep.com/Klavan #AndrewKlavan #DailyWire

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0:00.0

And the Hey everyone. It's Andrew Clavin with this week's interview with Abigail Shrier.

0:19.0

Abigail Shrier is just an absolutely lovely person to look at her.

0:23.7

I mean butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.

0:25.3

You'd be shocked at what a troublemaker she is.

0:28.0

She is an incredible, just everywhere she goes she starts trouble.

0:30.9

She wrote a book, a terrific book called Irreversible

0:32.9

Damage the Transgender Craz seducing our daughters telling about the terrible things

0:37.8

that happened to children who go through this transgender transitioning all of which

0:42.1

now turns out to be true,

0:43.3

as we know from the W-PATH papers that have been released.

0:45.8

She has a new book out called Bad Therapy,

0:48.4

Why the kids aren't growing up.

0:50.0

Now, this is one I take personally. There used to be a headline, there was once a headline in the onion, the satirical newspaper, that said the psychiatrist cures patient and I happen to be that guy. I am the guy who was cured by psychiatry in my 20s when I went completely

1:04.9

out of my mind, the absolute crash and this guy miraculously not just brought me back but turned

1:09.8

me into the loveable and joyful person you see before you. I have now read this book however

1:14.5

and I'm going to let her off the hook. Abigail it's great to see you how you doing?

1:18.0

I'm doing great it's great to see you too Andrew. Because I was I was expecting this book to be an anti-therapy screen, but it's really not.

1:25.0

I mean, you talk about you've been in therapy and you talk about the fact that it can do some good.

1:29.0

So maybe we could just start off with you giving me the thesis of the book.

1:34.0

Sure. So the question, I always start a book with a question and my question was,

1:40.0

why is the generation that received the most mental health treatment?

1:44.8

40% of them have been in therapy.

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