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Are we all the heroes of our own stories? (with Cate Hall)

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

CHAPTER

The Importance of Finding Good Narratives About Oneself

I think that I want to say that depression potentially arises from the inability to find compelling narratives about oneself in this context. So is the idea that a lack of these narratives could manifest as being depressed? Yeah, I think that's right. I view this urge to find good narratives about oneself as an alternative to feelings of despair and lack of meaning. Even prior to COVID, life expectancy in the US declined for three straight years,. which is completely insane.

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