Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, a psychology and neuroscience professor, explains why, she says, anxiety is tied to hope, and why linking it to disease is an outmoded way of thinking.
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What we still don’t know about mental illness
Writer Daniel Bergner discusses his brother’s journey with a bipolar diagnosis and the medications he was put on—and how drug-based treatments are still based on a lot of assumptions.
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Hello, sobriety influencers. Goodbye, Alcoholics Anonymous?
Writer Virginia Heffernan discusses our changing relationship to alcohol, from “soberinfluencers” to Dry January, and the new methods of recovery that eschew the 12-step method.
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What drug companies don’t tell you about antidepressants
Author P.E. Moskowitz discusses the still-murky science behind how antidepressants work and why always prescribing them might not be best serving all patients.
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Can you trust your mental health diagnosis?
Writer Sarah Fay discusses her many diagnoses and offers an examination of psychiatry’s main tool, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—the DSM— and the history behind it.
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The time you spend daydreaming is time well spent
Daydreaming is often seen as a way to waste time – but the reality is they reveal so much about our wants and needs.
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Chronic pain is all in your head – but it’s still real
Dr. Haider Warraich joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why there’s more to understanding pain than what’s measurable.
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The number one killer of creativity is fear
New York Times science reporter Matt Richtel talks about creativity and what awakens it, the conditions where it thrives and what happens when it’s blocked.
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Inside a mind with severe ADHD
Rebecca Schiller, a regular contributor to The Guardian, talks about her journey to be seen by specialists for severe ADHD and about learning to navigate her life in a new way.
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Here’s why you’re burned out at work
Jonathan Malesic talks about what we can do about feelings of worthlessness and exhaustion, whether that’s from inside a cubical or via the virtual office.
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There’s no point in seeking closure — and that’s OK
Prof. Pauline Boss discusses the pain from our collective loss of the pandemic, which lacks clarity, and the ongoing struggle to understand the new normal around us.
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When we should shame people — and when we shouldn’t
Cathy O’Neil explains the relationship between shame and power and when cancel culture is beneficial and when it goes too far.
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