Abigail Shrier is a journalist, a writer for The Wall Street Journal, and an author.

Therapy use is becoming more prevalent while mental health is getting worse. Are these two things causing each other? Or just happening at the same time? It's a lively one today as I try to get to the bottom of this.

Expect to learn what is happening with modern mental health, the typical timeline of mental health for young people, what the current statistics are around therapy, which kinds of people see therapists the most, if there are any dangers to psychotherapy, why there might be an overdiagnosis and pathologisation of normal human emotions, why Abigail thinks there is such an increase in mental health disorders and much more...



00:00 The Modern Mental Health Crisis
05:21 Are Therapists the Problem?
08:53 Do We Just Need to Connect to Our Feelings More?
14:39 Does Therapy Make Mental Health Worse?
22:17 GenZ Are Learning to Be Avoidant
27:31 Finding a Sweet Spot With Therapy
33:27 The Paradox in Depression Treatment
37:47 Therapy Culture Vs Bad Therapy
43:19 Are Smartphones & Climate Change to Blame?
51:23 The Impact of SingleParent Households
55:04 Schools Making Parents Into Enemies
1:01:28 Overuse of the Word ‘Trauma’
1:05:57 Is Mindfulness a Better Way?
1:14:34 Kids Are Too OverMedicated
1:19:31 A Better Way Forward
1:23:35 Where to Find Abigail



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