Do I Really Need More TP or Bottled Water? Aka "If Everybody Else is Doing it, Shouldn't I?"

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

With things changing rapidly thanks to the spread of COVID-19 and the Coronavirus, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to know exactly what to do, how to do it, and for how long? But one thing that remains a constant amidst the chaos is people are flocking to stores for their toilet paper and bottled water...even when they have plenty already on hand, or have filtered water on hand via their taps or refrigerators! Why do we tend to follow the crowd even when we aren’t entirely sure that following them is exactly what works for us personally?

In today’s episode Tony explores why we tend to follow crowds, and whether or not it’s always a good idea? Tony uses Jeremy Nicholson Ph.D.’s article “Should You Do What Everyone Else is Doing” https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/persuasion-bias-and-choice/201903/should-you-do-what-everyone-else-is-doing along with “The Science Behind Why People Follow the Crowd” By Rob Henderson

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/after-service/201705/the-science-behind-why-people-follow-the-crowd as the outline for this episode. And you can watch this episode (audio AND video) on the Virtual Couch YouTube channel here https://youtu.be/ypUPYth00RY please take just a second to subscribe while you're there.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, coming up on today's episode of the virtual couch, do I really need more toilet paper?
0:05.0	And what if my fridge has a new filter? Should I get more bottled water? I mean, everybody else is talking about it.
0:10.1	Today, we talk about why we tend to follow the crowd and whether or not it's always the best idea.
0:14.9	Now, please do not think this is a podcast telling you not to help flatten the curve or engage in social distancing.
0:20.6	Absolutely not.
0:21.9	We're talking about toilet paper and bottled water and the psychology behind the phenomenon of,
0:27.4	I mean, well, I guess our mom's kind of said it best, just because everybody else is jumping
0:30.9	off that bridge. Does that mean you have to as well? That and plenty more. Coming up on this
0:35.2	episode of the Virtual Couch.
0:40.9	Hey, everybody, I just wanted to take a second.
0:42.9	And yes, this is an ad.
0:46.0	But I want this to be a little bit different right now.
0:51.8	Honestly, whether or not you click through my link or follow the referral code I'm about to give you is a bit irrelevant.
0:54.5	I think for right now with a lot of the things that we're kind of dealing with as a country as a world, the pandemic around COVID-19, the coronavirus,
1:00.0	that there are a lot of people that are struggling with some of their mental health challenges.
1:04.2	And I know that because of the text that I get as a therapist, that people are worried about
1:08.3	getting into to see their therapist, especially if they've worked on a lot of things in the past.
1:13.0	And so I just want to encourage you to reach out to your therapist.
1:15.2	A lot of therapists do have telehealth options available.
1:17.9	I know that's reached out to a lot of my clients yesterday.
1:20.5	Let them know that. or if you are really, I don't know, maybe this is the thing that has caused you to feel like you
1:27.6	really do want to talk to somebody or you are having maybe an extra bit of anxiety or depression
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