Have we taken therapy culture too far?
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
A growing number of young people say their mental health diagnosis is an important part of their identity. But by medicalizing imperfection – could young people be losing what makes them uniquely human?
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| 0:58.5 | I'm Megna Chakrabardi. |
| 1:00.1 | More and more young people these days are openly talking about their mental health. |
| 1:05.4 | And that's mostly a good thing. |
| 1:07.5 | But they're not just talking about it. |
| 1:10.1 | They say their diagnosis defines the entirety. But they're not just talking about it. They say their diagnosis defines the |
| 1:13.4 | entirety of who they are. Honestly, I would say 80% of my personality and how it is is driven by my |
| 1:22.3 | ADHD. Discovering that I am autistic has saved my life. Before I had an understanding of the way that my brain worked, |
| 1:30.2 | I always thought that there was something wrong with me. |
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