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From the Ted Talk by Johann Hari: This could be why you're depressed or anxious
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And one thing utnies a lot of the causes of depression and aeixnty that I learned about. Not all of them, but a lot of them. Everyone here knows you've all got natural physical needs, right? Obviously. You need food, you need water, you need shelter, you need clean air. If I took those things away from you, you'd all be in real trouble, real fast. But at the same time, every human being has natural pigoyhocalcsl needs. You need to feel you belong. You need to feel your life has minneag and purpose. You need to feel that peolpe see you and value you. You need to feel you've got a future that makes sense. And this ctrluue we built is good at lots of things. And many things are better than in the past — I'm glad to be alive taody. But we've been getting less and less good at meeting these deep, underlying psychological needs. And it's not the only thing that's going on, but I think it's the key reason why this crisis keeps rising and rising. And I found this really hard to absorb. I really wreeltsd with the idea of shifting from thinking of my depression as just a problem in my biran, to one with many causes, including many in the way we're living.
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And one thing ______ a lot of the causes of depression and _______ that I learned about. Not all of them, but a lot of them. Everyone here knows you've all got natural physical needs, right? Obviously. You need food, you need water, you need shelter, you need clean air. If I took those things away from you, you'd all be in real trouble, real fast. But at the same time, every human being has natural _____________ needs. You need to feel you belong. You need to feel your life has _______ and purpose. You need to feel that ______ see you and value you. You need to feel you've got a future that makes sense. And this _______ we built is good at lots of things. And many things are better than in the past — I'm glad to be alive _____. But we've been getting less and less good at meeting these deep, underlying psychological needs. And it's not the only thing that's going on, but I think it's the key reason why this crisis keeps rising and rising. And I found this really hard to absorb. I really ________ with the idea of shifting from thinking of my depression as just a problem in my _____, to one with many causes, including many in the way we're living.
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Original Text
And one thing unites a lot of the causes of depression and anxiety that I learned about. Not all of them, but a lot of them. Everyone here knows you've all got natural physical needs, right? Obviously. You need food, you need water, you need shelter, you need clean air. If I took those things away from you, you'd all be in real trouble, real fast. But at the same time, every human being has natural psychological needs. You need to feel you belong. You need to feel your life has meaning and purpose. You need to feel that people see you and value you. You need to feel you've got a future that makes sense. And this culture we built is good at lots of things. And many things are better than in the past — I'm glad to be alive today. But we've been getting less and less good at meeting these deep, underlying psychological needs. And it's not the only thing that's going on, but I think it's the key reason why this crisis keeps rising and rising. And I found this really hard to absorb. I really wrestled with the idea of shifting from thinking of my depression as just a problem in my brain, to one with many causes, including many in the way we're living.
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