Alex Riley on Emerging Perspectives on Depression

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Alex Riley is an award-winning science writer. In 2019 he received a Best Feature award from the Association of British Science Writers for his reporting on the Friendship Bench, a project that began in Zimbabwe in 2006. Alex’s articles have been published by New Scientist, Mosaic, Nautilus Magazine, the BBC, and others.

In this episode, Alex and Eric talk about his new book, A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It.

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Alex Riley and I Discuss Emerging Perspectives on Depression and…

A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It
Eric’s telltale sign he’s in a depressive episode
The cause of Alex’s most recent depressive episode
Eric and Alex’s experiences taking SSRIs for depression
How he makes the decision to come on and off antidepressants
His experience of psilocybin treatment for depression
The role of nutrition in supporting his mental health and wellness
A working definition of depression
The connection between depression and “thinking too much”
The “P” factor – an idea that all mental illnesses are fundamentally connected at their root
The winners curse
Eric’s experience with LSD earlier in life

Alex Riley links:

Alex’s Website

Twitter

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If you enjoyed this conversation with Alex Riley, you might also enjoy these other episodes:

Strategies for Depression with Therese Borchard

Recovering from Depression with Brent Williams

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0:35.0	These drugs, you know, they're not going to cure anything. They're going to be able to support you
0:40.0	as you try new things, as you battle the depression with all these different avenues that we have
0:45.5	and finding the one that fits because everyone's journey is going to be really, really different.
0:50.1	Welcome to The One You Feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the
1:03.5	thoughts we have, quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true. And yet,
1:10.9	for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward negativity,
1:16.4	self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that
1:23.1	hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter. It takes
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