How do you cure an illness without first acknowledging it is there? You can’t tell someone to walk off a broken leg and you can’t expect someone to be cured of depression or other mental health conditions by thinking happy thoughts
Neel Burton: The anatomy of melancholy – Can depression be good for you?
In depth discussion on the nature of Mental Health conditions and the way we as a society view them
Where to Find Help
Whether you are suffering from mental illness yourself or know someone who is, it is important to seek the correct and professional help as early on as is feasible
Robert Waldinger: What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
Fantastic piece on the longest study ever conducted on happiness, providing lessons we can all take and apply to our lives
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow, the secret to happiness
http://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow
Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice
http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice
Kathryn Schulz: Don’t regret regret
http://www.ted.com/talks/kathryn_schulz_don_t_regret_regret
Elizabeth Gilbert: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating
http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_success_failure_and_the_drive_to_keep_creating
Dan Ariely: Are we in control of our own decisions?
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions
Andres Lozano: Parkinson’s, depression and the switch that might turn them off
http://www.ted.com/talks/andres_lozano_parkinson_s_depression_and_the_switch_that_might_turn_them_off