The Joe Rogan Experience #1077 - Johann Hari
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Feb 12, 2018 
Writer and journalist Johann Hari dives into holistic strategies for combating mental health challenges, challenging traditional views on depression. Topics include the link between work and depression, childhood trauma, addiction, societal change, and the impact of collective action. Hari explores universal basic income, Portugal's approach to drug addiction, the opioid crisis, human psychological needs, medicated competition among children, and critiques pharmaceutical practices.
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Depression's Root Cause
- Depression and anxiety are rising due to unmet psychological needs.
- These needs include belonging, meaning, purpose, validation, and a sense of future.
Control and Work
- Lack of control at work significantly increases the likelihood of depression and stress-related heart attacks.
- This is because it disrupts our ability to find meaning in our work.
Hari's Teenage Depression
- Johann Hari describes feeling a deep sense of pain as a teenager, which his doctor attributed to a chemical imbalance.
- He was prescribed drugs, but they didn't alleviate his depression.