Pain was kind of leaking out of me and I couldn't control it.

My doctor said, some people are just lacking a chemical in their brain called serotonin.

All we need to do is give you this drug, you'll be fine.

And I was taking higher and high doses until for 13 years I took the maximum possible dose

and still felt like shit.

People want a simple story.

They want one thing to be wrong that involves one medication to fix it.

The factors causing depression and anxiety and our attention problems are really fucking big.

Human pain is not a malfunction. Human pain is a signal. There isn't even any evidence that people

with depression have lower serotonin. It's agony. It's the worst thing I've ever experienced to be depressed.

But it's telling you something really important.

And if we treat it as a malfunction, it's an inaccurate map of pain.

This is a system built entirely around profit and entirely around these dysfunctional incentives.

I'm constantly amazed that Americans don't burn down the system of healthcare in this country.

If you're depressed, if you're anxious, you're not weak, you're not crazy, you're not a machine with broken parts, you're a human being with unmet needs.

I've ruled out uni because I want to live at home. I've ruled out uni because I want to live at home.

I've ruled out uni because I want to earn money.

I've ruled out uni because of my grades.

Study with the Open University and there's no need to rule out anything.

With our respected degrees, you can learn from home and work alongside study.

We're open to all. Plus, you'll have the support of expert tutors. So rethink your future with the degree you didn't think was possible.

The Open University. The future is open.

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