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Overcoming Depressive Thoughts with Behavioral Psychology
55:18 - 1:01:25 (06:06)
In this episode, the hosts discuss how to deal with depressive thoughts and overcome them using behavioral psychology. They emphasize the importance of recognizing the biases in our own thinking and understanding how our brains can distort reality.
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The speaker discusses his personal struggle with chronic depression and how it affected his desire to have the lights turned off.
55:18 - 57:37 (02:19)
Summary
The speaker discusses his personal struggle with chronic depression and how it affected his desire to have the lights turned off. In his experience, depression made him want to retreat from the world, but eventually he learned coping mechanisms to deal with it.
ChapterOvercoming Depressive Thoughts with Behavioral Psychology
Episode#186 – Bryan Johnson: Kernel Brain-Computer Interfaces
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker talks about how our brain can create a brutal environment and why it is important to acknowledge the realities of being human to manage anxiety in our daily life.
57:37 - 58:22 (00:45)
Summary
The speaker talks about how our brain can create a brutal environment and why it is important to acknowledge the realities of being human to manage anxiety in our daily life.
ChapterOvercoming Depressive Thoughts with Behavioral Psychology
Episode#186 – Bryan Johnson: Kernel Brain-Computer Interfaces
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
In this episode, the host discusses how to deal with dark thoughts that suggest hopelessness in life or the meaninglessness of existence with the help of behavioral psychology.
58:22 - 1:01:25 (03:02)
Summary
In this episode, the host discusses how to deal with dark thoughts that suggest hopelessness in life or the meaninglessness of existence with the help of behavioral psychology. He emphasizes that our conscious mind often distorts reality and offers biased perceptions which are not reliable sources of truth.