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The Science of Happiness

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The Science of Happiness

PRX and Greater Good Science Center

Social Sciences, Science

4.52K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

For years, Dan Harris of ABC News was plagued by anxiety, depression, and streaks of anger. Here's how he learned to tame the voices in his head and get 10 percent happier.

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1:00.8

And when I got home from one of those runs in Iraq, I got depressed without knowing I was depressed.

1:06.0

I was having trouble getting out of bed and I felt like I had a little grade fever all the time.

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And I did a very dumb thing, which is I started to self-medicate with recreational drugs including cocaine.

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1:25.0

And I had done it before, so I didn't have any reason to foresee what was about to happen,

1:29.0

which is that I was just overtaken by this big bolt of fear.

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may be providing a big bonus.

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My mouth dried up, my lungs seized up, my heart was racing, my palms were sweating,

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