6 November 2013
Depression: ‘Second biggest cause of disability’ in world
I thought I would share an article from the BBC about the prevalence of depression around the world, and its status as a major concern.
You can read it here.
I’m happy that this topic is getting attention, though of course it opens many questions in its wake. In my experience, everyone who suffers from depression suffers in their own way which is often inflected by the culture in which they either live or were raised. The question no one seems to want to ask is, if only because the answer is so complex: what do we do about it?
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filed under: depression• general info• resilience• society
15 October 2013
Louis C.K., Cellphones, and Psychotherapy
Test Test Test… Yes, you are reading that correctly. What, you may ask, do Louis C.K., cellphones, and psychotherapy have in common?
Well, the popular YouTube clip (below) in which comedian Louis C.K. rants about how our compulsion to use cellphones is getting in the way of our humanness hits the very target that psychotherapy also aims for: that there are authentic joys (and yes, authentic bittersweet moments) which we sometimes feel the need to interrupt with electronic devices, such as the iPhone: by checking our email, our social networks, the news. And in doing so, we have this thing – this unnecessary crutch – which we increasingly use to protect ourselves from truly feeling through experiences, individually and (crucially) with others.
Something to think about. Please enjoy the clip below.
(with thanks to fellow therapist Sara Kamin, who posted a similar thought)
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