Podcasts about depression epidemic

This episode explores the link between unhealthy compulsivity and depression in three parts: understanding what depression may be trying to tell us, how the negativity bias protects us and makes us miserable at the same time, and why compulsives get stuck on the hedonic treadmill. Click here for the written version. TranscriptWhy Compulsive People Get Depressed Part 1: The Missed Potential of Low Mood Constance was meticulous in everything she did. She was famous, and at times infamous, for accuracy at her job, for her fastidiousness in her home, and for her painstaking protocol when running the PTA.  Her friends and colleagues said that while she was really well-intentioned, her standards were just too high and she was way too controlling.  “You need to let go” everyone told her. But she was determined to get everything just right. And when a big project didn't go her way, she found herself falling into into a funk.  She couldn't care anymore. It felt like the drive that had throttled her through life so far was missing in action. But since we're all very enlightened and tend to think that depression is nothing more than a pathological state these days, it didn't occur to her that perhaps the depression was telling her something, and that it was telling her that walking away from unrealistic expectations just might be a healthy reaction. Not only did she miss the message, she interpreted it in a way that made her more depressed.  She thought there was something wrong with her. This is the first in a short series about the reasons that compulsive people get depressed. People who meet the full criteria for obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), and those who have just a few compulsive personality traits, are both especially susceptible to depression, and it's important to untangle the depression from the personality.  Otherwise they can each make the other worse. Being compulsive can make us depressed, and sometimes we try to cure or cover the depression by being more compulsive. Not a good idea.Bringing awareness to the possible function of depression is particularly important for people who are compulsive because they often endure their suffering in the territory of “high-functioning depression”–hidden from all, but painful nevertheless.These posts will offer a very different way to understand depression, and offer suggestions to help you break the cycle that can occur between compulsive personality and depression. However, I also want to make clear that if you're suffering from a serious depression you should consult a mental health professional for help through psychotherapy, medication or both.ContentsThe Potential Purpose and Value of DepressionThe Evolutionary Benefits of DepressionJung: Depression is the Unconscious Trying To Balance UsAnd Now–The RealityWhat happened to chemical imbalances?The TakeawayThe Potential Purpose and Value of DepressionDepression sometimes has a purpose. Especially if you're compulsive or driven, it can be nature's way of slowing you down when you're racing too far and too fast in one direction. Correctly understood, it has potential value.While there is much to support this idea of depression having purpose, in this post I'll be drawing on two particular and very different sources to support it: psychologist and mood researcher Jonathan Rottenberg at the University of South Florida, and early twentieth century groundbreaking psychiatrist, Carl Jung.Rottenberg has experienced major depression himself, and he's published a book about the science of low mood: The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic. He shares reams of data to back up the idea that there have been evolutionary benefits for low mood. Rottenberg questions the way depression is usually understood. He asks: Why is it that we've invested such huge resources in treating depression, but so many people are still so depressed?Jung didn't have the data at his disposal that Rottenberg did, but he still somehow understood, 100 years before, that if we look for the potential purpose in “mental illness” we can contend with it in a more holistic and effective way.Both urge us to stop pathologizing depression and start listening to what it's trying to tell us.  It's not a defect, it's a message.The Evolutionary Benefits of DepressionRottenberg's basic argument is that low mood has had evolutionary benefits that have helped us to survive and develop, so it's been pretty deeply engrained in us. Here are a few of the benefits:It discourages destructive conflict and sensitizes us to social risk. This was really important in the conditions in which we evolved: bands of 75 people struggling for survival. The better you get along, the more likely you are to survive because you can cooperate in collecting food, and in warding off intruders, those nasty, rule-breaking goons who hadn't bothered filling out the paperwork to join the United Nations.It discourages wasteful effort. When you hit a wall, when persistence becomes a liability, depression forces you to stop digging. It reduces the energy that would otherwise be wasted on futile goal pursuits such as trying to get everyone else to be as scrupulous and fastidious as you are.It slows us down so that we can actually concentrate more, and make better decisions about what's realistic. This can prevent calamities such as racing headlong into projects by yourself with the absolute certainty that you have to take it on alone because no-one else will do it the right way.People who are driven can become possessed by an idea and become rigid and inflexible in their drive to do what they feel is the right thing. It shows up in road rage, unwieldy kitchen commands, and passive-aggressive punishment aimed at those who don't comply.  It can cause unproductive interpersonal conflict, waste energy, and lead to bad decisions. Depression can lessen that tendency and can help us to slow down and question the strategies we've been so cocksure about.To anthropomorphize in a very unscientific way, depression says, if you don't let go willingly, I will force you to let go grudgingly.Jung: Depression is the Unconscious Trying To Balance UsCarl Jung believed that the human psyche is a self-balancing, homeostatic system. Or at least it can be if ...

On this episode of Friends Talking Nerdy, join The Reverend Tracy and Tim Jousma as they have an in depth talk about depression. Articles mentioned during this episode include: Mental Health Disorder Statistics | Johns Hopkins Medicine FastStats - Depression (cdc.gov) The Depression Epidemic (psychotherapynetworker.org) How Pets Help Manage Depression (webmd.com) How Music Can Help Reduce Stress and Ease Anxiety and Depression (webmd.com) Tee Kittle on Instagram: “If you ever wonder what “small things” could be contributing to your anxiety, depression, PTSD/CPTSD, my number one piece of advice is to…” Kimberley Wilson — Whole Body Mental Health | The On Being Project Whole body mental health with Kimberley Wilson Whole body mental health with Kimberley Wilson | Tictrac Food and Mood Centre Stress Is Edible. Here's How We Can Avoid It In Our Food System - Worth How Animal Welfare Leads to Better Meat: A Lesson From Spain - The Atlantic Tee Kittle on Instagram: “Read More Here:…” 9 Benefits of Running a Mile Every Day. Nike.com Run for 10 Minutes to Improve Mental Health, Says Study (verywellmind.com) Exercising to Relax - Harvard Health Publishing - Harvard Health Mental Health Disorders and Rock Climbing - Climbing With everything going on in the world, please consider helping The Trevor Project if you can. They are currently looking for a trained remote Crisis Support Counselor. Consider supporting the National Network of Abortion Funds. Attacks on abortion are at an all-time high. Any help would be appreciated. Consider supporting the ACLU as well. The attack on the Trans community will end up in court rooms around the country. Supporting the ACLU in any way helps give voice to the voiceless. Consider supporting The Brigid Alliance. Attacks on abortion are at an all time high. The Brigid Alliance helps people arrange funds and support for people looking to have an abortion. As always, we wish to thank Christopher Lazarek for his wonderful theme song. Head to his website for information on how to purchase his EP, Here's To You, which is available on all digital platforms. Head to our website for more information about the show. We welcome the newest show to the Friends Talking Nerdy Podcast Network, Excelsior Journeys with George Sirois is available at this link. Follow us on Twitter at @FTNerdy, @TheRevTracy, @timjousma, and @genghisfaery Follow Friends Talking Nerdy on Instagram. Check out Season One of The TnT Review at this link. Join us on Wednesdays on the Friends Talking Nerdy Podcast Network for the latest episodes of Hump Day with Tim and the Professor at this link. Follow Their Voices on Twitter @TheirVoices_Pod Check out their podcast at this link. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ftnerdy/message

De câte ori ai simțit că ai pierdut ceva important și ai fi vrut să spui “sunt trist”, dar ai ales, în schimb, să te înfurii și să ridici vocea sau pur și simplu să pleci de lângă persoana sau din situația care te întrista? Știai că exploziile de furie în situațiile care te confruntă cu pierderi pot masca emoția autentică și te pot ține blocat în bucle defensive? Descoperim în acest episod cum învățăm tristețea, ce se întâmplă dacă nu știm să o trăim autentic, dar și de ce, chiar dacă dificilă și neplăcută, este o emoție pe care e esențial să învățăm să o simțim. Resurse: 1. Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Insights from the Frontier of Evolutionary Psychiatry, medic, 2019, carte 2. The Depths: The Evolutionary Origin of The Depression Epidemic, Jonathan Rottenberg, profesor de psihologie, 2014, carte 3. Happy or Sad: The Chemistry Behind Depression, Dolores Garcia-Arocena, PhD în Biologie Moleculară și Celulară, 2015, articol - https://www.jax.org/news-and-insights/jax-blog/2015/december/happy-or-sad-the-chemistry-behind-depression 4. The Chemistry of Depression, 2021, articol - https://www.verywellmind.com/the-chemistry-of-depression-1065137 5. How The Brain Processes Emotions, Heidi Moawad, medic, 2017, articol - https://www.neurologylive.com/view/how-brain-processes-emotions 6. Where In The Brain Is Depression, 2013, articol - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3619732/

Kathryn is a life coach who helps over-thinkers, self-critics, and deeply thoughtful humans to let go of self-judgement without bypassing their feelings or current reality, and helps them to live life more on their own terms. I met Kathryn in a group coaching programme and was drawn to how comfortable she seemed with sitting in discomfort… I watched as she took the space and time she needed and - something I still struggle with even though I've been working on for what feels like forever! - didn't feel compelled to fill space with words! It came as no surprise, then, when she told me she's all about sitting in discomfort, and that there's no need for ‘positive thinking' when you're around her. How refreshing is that! KATHRYN'S LINKS Website Instagram OTHER LINKS Depression as an adaptive response: The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic, by Jonathan Rottenberg Terror Mangement Theory (Managing Death Anxiety):The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life, by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski Water turns to steam:Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living, by Pema Chödrön That culture is the air we breathe: Untamed, by Glennon Doyle Holding our fears behind our back: Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation, by Bruce Tift Your early thirties as a period of settling + community finding: Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes by William Bridges EPISODE NOTES 4:32 - Getting comfortable with discomfort 5:51 - Journey with depression - value, curiosity and lessons 7:39 - Depression as a biological and adaptive response. Book ref, The Depths by Jonathan Rotenburg. What does depression tell us? 9:44 - How depression goes against the grain of societal expectations of a human, and the result of that. 12:21 - Personal significance, belonging/not belonging, feeling special. 14:44 - Terror management theory - humans are the only beings who are aware of their own death, and how we manage that by living beyond ourselves through culture, society and the greater good. 19:32 - Navigating significance, purpose, community, connection and contribution in the face of depression, disconnection, existentialism, removal of cultural meaning. 23:17 - Not fighting; taking a moment to experience, sit in discomfort and learn from your experience. Making sense and exploring the ‘why'. Finding comfort in the knowledge that your experience is a totally understandable and natural response. 23:59 - The cost/benefit of adaptive responses in different/changing environments. 31:23 - The anti-climax that comes from expecting there to be ‘a moment' “when water turns into steam” and how healing has evolved to mean almost nothing about the direct symptoms of my chronic illness. 34:31 - Do we substitute the word ‘healed' for ‘perfect'. Healing doesn't = a lack or an absence. It's a deepening understanding of yourself, how you want to be and ultimately, living. 40:22 - communication, understanding, meaning 42:38 - Communicating a ‘non-mainstream' way of living with your chronic illness with those around you, feeling shame around your chronic illness, and not piling shame upon shame. 49:24 - Depression as an amplifier and playing with integration.

Right, welcome back! This week I sit with TJ from 'Rugged Counselling', a licensed mental health expert and relationship guru, who has accumulated over 250,000 followers on TikTok.  We discuss the unknown causes of depression, the dangers of self-diagnosing, spotting red flags in your relationship, the impact of ‘parent wounds', advice to young adults, and so. Much. More.

Anxiety and Depression Can Seem Like a Mountain What's in This Podcast? Todd and Melissa talk about an epidemic in our schools: Anxiety and Depression in our teens Resources on Anxiety and Depression Epidemic in America: An Article from the NEA Educators and Parents: An Article from the NEA Healthy Children Article Anxiety and Depression: An Article from the Washington Post According to the National Institutes of Health, nearly 1 in 3  of all adolescents ages 13 to 18 will experience an anxiety disorder. Links Kim Egan Listen to Pastor Dan Schiel Preach! Our New Podcast is UP! Purposeful Marriage www.purposefulmarriage.com Visit Todds' blog and get his take on everything from education to football to food to politics and this year a year of Bible Blogs.  Check it out. Become a PATRON! Download the Marriage Guide for free!

The World Health Organization tells us that diagnosed cases of depression in adults has increased by 33% in the last 5 years. The bigger problem is that these figures jump to 63% in teenagers, and it is a devastating tsunami that is rolling in fast, that I believe is a greater apocalyptic scenario than the issues of climate change. In fact, it is leading to the other modern cultural apocalyptic scenario created by pharmaceutically created zombies. It is time we started talking about this before it is too late.Remember, if you want to live without limits you need to do something today, so you can thank yourself tomorrow. If you want to start living without limits, go to https://andrewhackett.com.au/optin/a/ to get started.Go to https://andrewhackett.com.au/audio and grab a copy of my latest Audio Programs and https://andrewhackett.com.au/books for links to order any of my Books.Go to https://andrewhackett.com.au/masterclass/order/now/oto to grab my special discount for Podcast listeners to my Fear to Freedom Master ClassConnect with me through Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AndrewHackettAustralia and send me a message if you wish to connect.

Jonathan Rottenberg is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of South Florida where he’s the director of the mood and emotion laboratory. He’s also the author of the book, The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic“, which he and Eric have discussed before. In this interview, they discuss some of the studies and research he’s involved with specific to those who go on to flourish after having depression. Why do they? What can we learn from them? There’s hope and practical wisdom in this episode for you.Need help with completing your goals in 2019? The One You Feed Transformation Program can help you accomplish your goals this year.But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!In This Interview, Jonathan Rottenberg and I Discuss…His book, The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression EpidemicThriving after depressionThe studies and research he’s involved withPeople who thrive after depressionThe destructive and recurring nature of depressionThe typical low expectation for those with depression about life moving forward and how it should be differentWhat is mental “health”?Psychological well beingExperiencing positive emotionsExperiencing negative emotions to a lesser degreeFeeling of balance in lifeHaving meaningful relationshipsFeeling a sense of autonomy over your lifeHow happy should we expect to be?Having elements of wellbeing amidst struggling with depressionThe 3 things that seed a low mood: events, temperaments, and routinesRuminationWays that people can work with depression more skillfullyHaving a different relationship with your negative thoughtsHaving connections with othersResearch on flourishingHow much control do we have over our state of flourishing?That it’s never too lateThere is hopeOur culture that idealizes euphoriaThe role of our basic temperamentFactors of wellbeing other than emotion and moodThe organization he helped found, Depression ArmyThe interesting and transformative experience of depressionThat his depression has been defanged and it doesn’t break the skin anymoreJonathan Rottenberg, Ph.D. Links:Depression ArmyFacebookTwitterInstagramBlinkist – Do you have an ever-growing list of books to read? Blinkist can help! With thousands of non-fiction books distilled down to their most salient points that you can consume in 15 minutes or less, go to www.blinkist.com/wolf for a 7-day free trialPolicy Genius helps you compare insurance plans and find the right policy for you at a price you can afford and then they handle everything – negotiating your rate and booking your appointment. Visit www.policygenius.comRobinhood is an investing app that allows you to buy and sell stocks, EFTs, Options and Cryptos all commission free at any level. All it takes to do so is 4 taps in the app on your smartphone so it makes investing easy for beginners and experienced people alike. For The One You Feed listeners, you can get a free stock like Apple, Ford, or Sprint to help you build your portfolio by going to youfeed.robinhood.comIf you liked this episode, you might also enjoy these other episodes:Johan HariLisa Feldman BarrettTherese Borchard

Amy Alkon's HumanLab -- The Science Between Us, a weekly show with the luminaries of behavioral science.We have a depression epidemic in this country, now affecting more than 15% of the population, and it’s striking people at younger and younger ages. It seems clear that our current modes of understanding and treating depression just aren’t working.My guest tonight, psychologist Dr. Jonathan Rottenberg, draws on research to show why we are failing to help depression sufferers and turns to our evolutionary roots to offer a nuanced understanding of why we get depressed, explaining why our modern environment’s mismatch with our evolved psychology can drag us depression. All of this leads to insights on how we might help depression sufferers get better, or, at the very least, not lead them to feel defective and broken because they are depressed. His inspiring and scientifically rigorous book we’ll be discussing tonight is The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic. Join me and all my fascinating guests every Sun from 7-7:30 pm PT and 10-10:30 pm ET, here at blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher.Support my show by buying my "science-help" book, "Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence." It lays out the PROCESS of how you can transform to live with confidence, plus countless tips for habit change, productivity, and more.

To explore this topic, we start with the idea that for 99% of history, humans were hunters-gatherers and evolved to live a very different lifestyle — spending time outdoors and tightly connected to their communities. Now that we live indoors, sitting in front of a computer, not socializing or exercising sufficiently, eating processed food, our modern lifestyle is not in line with our nature, and that is the major factor of the present epidemic of depression. IN THIS EPISODE OF FUTURE THINKERS: - Evoking the life of our ancestors to learn more about our modern life - Invisible stress factors from our environment that contribute to depression - Media consumption as an important influence factor for feeling helpless and depressed - Training ourselves to pinpoint the exact cause of our distress - Increasing self-sovereignty as an important tool for overcoming depression - 6 simple steps to alleviate depression symptoms - The importance of daily routines and habits to shift your state Show notes: http://www.futurethinkers.org/72 Join the Future Thinkers Community on Discord: https://www.futurethinkers.org/discord This episode is sponsored by: http://www.futurethinkers.org/qualia Recommend a sponsor for Future Thinkers: http://www.futurethinkers.org/recommend Support us on Patreon: http://www.futurethinkers.org/support

Kenya has been ranked 6th with the highest number of depression cases among African countries by World Health Organization. In 2016, 1.9 M cases of depression were reported. Globally, 300M suffer from depression. With the high cost of living and unemployment, the youth are at risk. Suicidal cases are on the increase and the issue of depression has to be addressed!

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Depression is the world’s greatest health problem and leading source of human misery. One in four women and one in six men suffer from depression, which has a devastating economic impact since those afflicted often can’t work. Depression is also the strongest risk factor for the world’s 1 million annual suicides—a total that outnumbers deaths from war, natural disasters, and murder. And while new research is identifying the various biological, cognitive, and environmental factors associated with depression and thus offering the promise of progress, the prevalence of the disease grows and it remains hard to treat. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, National Alliance on Mental Illness policy director Darcy Gruttadaro, and UCLA behavioral geneticist Jonathan Flint, came together at a Zócalo/UCLA panel discussion to examine “How Can We Reverse the Depression Epidemic?” at the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy in downtown Los Angeles.

Amy Alkon's HumanLab -- The Science Between Us, a weekly show with the luminaries of behavioral science.We have a depression epidemic in this country, now affecting more than 15% of the population, and it’s striking people at younger and younger ages. It seems clear that our current modes of understanding and treating depression just aren’t working.My guest tonight, psychologist Dr. Jonathan Rottenberg, draws on research to show why we are failing to help depression sufferers and turns to our evolutionary roots to offer a nuanced understanding of why we get depressed, explaining why our modern environment’s mismatch with our evolved psychology can drag us depression. All of this leads to insights on how we might help depression sufferers get better, or, at the very least, not lead them to feel defective and broken because they are depressed. His inspiring and scientifically rigorous book we’ll be discussing tonight is The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic. Join me and all my fascinating guests every Sun from 7-7:30 pm PT and 10-10:30 pm ET, here at blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher.Please support the show by buying my science-based, funny book, "Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck."

Please forgive us for the audio issues this week. On this week’s program we cover the untimely death of Chester Bennington, preparing to battle depression, and the importance of being a listener. We also chat about O.J. Simpson’s pending parole, the distribution of attention, and ignoring what you hate. This week’s “Words of Wisdom” is...

Amy Alkon's HumanLab -- The Science Between Us, a weekly show with the luminaries of behavioral science.We have a depression epidemic in this country, now affecting more than 15% of the population, and it’s striking people at younger and younger ages. It seems clear that our current modes of understanding and treating depression just aren’t working.My guest tonight, psychologist Dr. Jonathan Rottenberg, draws on research to show why we are failing to help depression sufferers and turns to our evolutionary roots to offer a nuanced understanding of why we get depressed, explaining why our modern environment’s mismatch with our evolved psychology can drag us depression. All of this leads to insights on how we might help depression sufferers get better, or, at the very least, not lead them to feel defective and broken because they are depressed. His inspiring and scientifically rigorous book we’ll be discussing tonight is The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic. Join me and all my fascinating guests every Sun from 7-7:30 pm PT and 10-10:30 pm ET, here at blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher.Please support the show by buying my science-based, funny book, "Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck."

Amy Alkon HumanLab -- The Science Between Us, a weekly show with the luminaries of behavioral science.We have a depression epidemic in this country, now affecting more than 15% of the population, and it’s striking people at younger and younger ages. It seems clear that our current modes of understanding and treating depression just aren’t working.My guest tonight, psychologist Dr. Jonathan Rottenberg, draws on research to show why we are failing to help depression sufferers and turns to our evolutionary roots to offer a nuanced understanding of why we get depressed, explaining why our modern environment’s mismatch with our evolved psychology can drag us depression. All of this leads to insights on how we might help depression sufferers get better, or, at the very least, not lead them to feel defective and broken because they are depressed. His inspiring and scientifically rigorous book we’ll be discussing tonight is The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic. Join me and all my fascinating guests every Sun from 7-7:30 pm PT and 10-10:30 pm ET, here at blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher.Please support the show by buying my science-based, funny book, "Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck"

Today we refer to depression as a mental illness that needs to be cured as quickly as possible. But our guest today makes the nuanced case that human beings may have evolved to be depressed and that at one time in our prehistoric past it served an adaptive purpose. The problem is that our brain isn't made for this hectic and stressful modern world that we live in. Dr. Jonathan Rottenberg is psychologist specializing in moods and today we discuss the research from his book The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic. Dr. Rottenberg's nuanced view of depression brings some much-needed balance and humanity to the discussion about depression.

This week we talk to Jonathan Rottenberg Jonathan Rottenberg is a leading researcher in the area of emotion and psychopathology, where he has focused on major depression. He is author of the  book, The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic. The book is a new look at depression. Depression is discussed as an evolutionary adaptation that has gone wrong in our current culture. Depression is not thought of as a deficiency, or a lack of something. Instead he looks at depression through the lens of mood. He edited Emotion and Psychopathology: Bridging Affective and Clinical Science, published by the American Psychological Association. Since receiving his PhD degree from Stanford University, he has been at the University of South Florida, where he is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Mood and Emotion Laboratory. His work has been generously funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health and he has authored over 35 scientific publications, including many in the top journals in psychology and psychiatry. His work has received national and international media coverage, reported in outlets such as Science News, Scientific American, and the The New York Times.  In This Interview Jonathan and I Discuss... The One You Feed parable. Depression as an evolutionary adaptation. Mood theory versus the defect theory of depression. That in our society incidence of depression is growing. The evidence for an evolutionary view of depression. How the purpose of depression is to help us disengage from activities that are not fruitful. How the defect theory of depression has no way to account for the growth of depression. How key human tendencies such as language and goal setting can exacerbate depression. The human tendency to make meaning out of everything and the role this can play in depression. The role of rumination in depression. Persistence of low mood is a key indicator in long term depression. His personal battle with depression. The three things that seed low mood: Events, Temperaments and Routines. The emotional set point theory. How living in a culture so obsessed with happiness is partially responsible for the epidemic of depression. Social media and the role it plays in depression. The inability to tolerate a little bit of depression can create a crisis where someone comes to question the whole path of their life. The goal of evolution is survival, not happinesss. Using medicine for depression as a step on the path. Having higher standards for depression sufferers. Using depression as a bridge to a better life. Three useful approaches to depression: meditation, cognitive therapy and acceptance. How these approaches all turn down the volume on the meaning making machine. Emotional context insensitivity. Depressed people react less to negative stimulus than non-depressed people. Anger can be a useful tool in getting out of depression. Depression can be caused by over attachment to goals, not under attachment. Jonathan Rottenberg Links Jonathan Rottenberg Home Page Buy The Depths on Amazon Came Out of the Dark Campaign Jonathan Rotttenberg on Twitter Jonathan Rottenberg on Facebook    Some of our most popular interviews that you might also enjoy: Kino MacGregor Strand of Oaks Mike Scott of the Waterboys Todd Henry- author of Die Empty Randy Scott Hyde See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amy Alkon's Advice Goddess Radio: "Nerd Your Way To A Better Life!" with the best brains in science.*"Best Of" replay tonight (because my new book just came out). Live show again next week! We have a depression epidemic in this country, now affecting more than 15% of the population, and it’s striking people at younger and younger ages. It seems clear that our current modes of understanding and treating depression just aren’t working.My guest tonight, psychologist Dr. Jonathan Rottenberg, draws on research to show why we are failing to help depression sufferers and turns to our evolutionary roots to offer a nuanced understanding of why we get depressed, explaining why our modern environment’s mismatch with our evolved psychology can drag us depression. All of this leads to insights on how we might help depression sufferers get better, or, at the very least, not lead them to feel defective and broken because they are depressed. His inspiring and scientifically rigorous book we’ll be discussing tonight is The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic. Join me and all my fascinating guests every Sunday, 7-8 p.m. Pacific Time, 10-11 p.m. Eastern Time, at blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher.My show's sponsor is now Audible.com. Get a free audiobook download and support this show financially at no cost to you by signing up for a free 30-day trial at audibletrial.com/amya (It's $14.95 after 30 days, but you can cancel before then and have it cost you nothing.)Please buy my brand new book, "Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck" -- only $9.48 at Amazon. 

Amy Alkon's Advice Goddess Radio: "Nerd Your Way To A Better Life!" with the best brains in science.We have a depression epidemic in this country, now affecting more than 15% of the population, and it’s striking people at younger and younger ages. It seems clear that our current modes of understanding and treating depression just aren’t working.My guest tonight, psychologist Dr. Jonathan Rottenberg, draws on research to show why we are failing to help depression sufferers and turns to our evolutionary roots to offer a nuanced understanding of why we get depressed, explaining why our modern environment’s mismatch with our evolved psychology can drag us depression. All of this leads to insights on how we might help depression sufferers get better, or, at the very least, not lead them to feel defective and broken because they are depressed. His inspiring and scientifically rigorous book we’ll be discussing tonight is The Depths: The Evolutionary Origins of the Depression Epidemic. Join me and all my fascinating guests every Sunday, 7-8 p.m. Pacific Time, 10-11 p.m. Eastern Time, at blogtalkradio.com/amyalkon or subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher.My show's sponsor is now Audible.com. Get a free audiobook download and support this show financially at no cost to you by signing up for a free 30-day trial at audibletrial.com/amya (It's $14.95 after 30 days, but you can cancel before then and have it cost you nothing.) 

Clinical psychologist Bruce Levine discusses his new book Surviving America's Depression Epidemic: How to Find Morale, Energy, and Community in a World Gone Crazy, an insightful exploration of the social and political causes of depression and how to heal by rebuilding communities.   [Read more...]