What Everyone Gets Wrong About Mental Health (ft. Lori Gottlieb)

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Mark Manson

Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Could it be that today’s increased awareness about emotions, and our obsession with mental health issues, are actually causing more mental health issues? More people are doing therapy, but are those people potentially doing it wrong?

Therapist, counselor, and author Lori Gottlieb says that a lot of our culture’s approach to mental health is wrong.

In today’s podcast, we discuss what it takes to do therapy effectively. We discuss the prevalence of mental health content online and why that may be a bad thing. We talk about how people’s misunderstandings of vulnerability and boundaries can backfire. And we get into the effect social media might be having on this.

Enjoy.

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0:00.0	What if we're all getting therapy wrong? What if we're becoming too aware of our emotions?
0:05.6	What if it's our constant obsession with mental health that is actually making our mental health worse?
0:10.7	These are just a few of the questions that I discussed on today's episode with
0:14.3	Lori Gottlieb. A therapist, a couples counselor, and a best-selling author of the
0:18.7	mega hit, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, which is sold over 2 million copies worldwide.
0:23.6	Lori has been at the forefront of public discussions around therapy and mental health
0:27.5	and what makes therapy useful and what can make it potentially harmful.
0:31.2	Some of the ideas that we talk about in this episode include
0:34.0	the number one quality to look for in a romantic partner and why it's so easily overlooked.
0:39.0	Why the goal of therapy is to not know yourself, rather than to discover who you are.
0:43.4	What makes a bad therapist and how to know when it's time to stop attending sessions?
0:47.6	You might be surprised by that one.
0:49.1	When vulnerability and boundaries go wrong, the damaging ways that we've potentially made ourselves too aware of our mental health.
0:55.3	And finally, how men's attitudes towards therapy have changed and what that means for society.
1:00.7	I enjoyed today's episode because it looks at the possibility that there might actually be such a thing as too much mental health awareness, which definitely calls my job security in the question.
1:10.0	It also acknowledges that the human mind is far more complex than we give it credit for.
1:15.0	So stick around. You're going to learn a lot and be sure to subscribe and leave the show a review.
1:20.0	Follows and reviews help me book amazing guests like Lori.
1:22.8	So you're not just helping me, but you're helping yourself, friend.
1:27.0	And help yourself even more, I'm offering my 2024 Life Audit PDF
1:31.6	to select listeners. This PDF is a step-by-step guide for evaluating your values and habits in the new year and helping you decide who you want to become over the next 11 months. To get it, simply leave a review for the podcast on Apple or Spotify,
1:45.6	screenshot the review, and then go to Mark Manson.net slash audit, that's AUDIT,
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