Hi, better babes. Welcome back to getting better today. We are talking about something that I need to talk about.

Depression, high functioning depression, burnout, ADHD, mental health. What is going on with the state of mental health?

Dr. Judith Joseph is a psychiatrist. She's an author and she's an all-around mental, like, health literal doctor badass who is going to teach

us about the differences between ADHD, ADD, high functioning depression, burnout, all the

things. Dr. Joseph, how are you? I'm great. It's so good to see you. I love you to pieces. I also am

obsessed with your name. I love alliterations. So you are a clinical psychiatrist, a scientist,

and an educator who breaks down complex mental health topics in a way that's deeply human and hopeful.

Honey, are you not the medicine that the world needs?

So let's start here.

The motto of your lab is understand the science of your happiness.

What does that really mean?

Well, you know, there's only one

you. There will only ever be one you, right? There's only one me. But I find that many

a times we try to like use what other people are using that makes them happy. And then we end up

feeling like, well, that didn't work. What did I do wrong? We're deflated. We get depressed.

We get discouraged. And I, and what I tell my patience is that why are you using someone else's science? First, understand the science of your

happiness. How do you know what's going to make you happy? If you don't even take the time to

understand what's making you unhappy. So when you understand

where you're losing your points of joy, then you can be strategic and intentional and put back

those points in the right place. What's the difference between happiness and joy? And why does that

matter? Well, I have a lab not far from here. And I also have a research. so I have a research lab not far from here and a

private practice. In the research practice, we study the science of happiness. So we add up all

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