>>33218629 (OP)>>33219128Transcript from the Jordan Peterson Lecture:
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And you know, people... you hear, 'everyone takes antidepressants, you know, everyone's taking them.'
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It's like, no one takes those bloody things without serious consideration.
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Half the time I spend with my clients when they're depressed is often a 2 years long attempt to try to get them to tentatively try an antidepressant.
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Because they're so guilty that they're relying on an external crutch to sort out their lives,
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that they can't even tolerate it.
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But, you know, I say, well look, man, what if you had diabetes?
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You're not going to take your insulin?
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2:34
But sometimes, too, you're dealing with people whose lives are so wrecked that they don't even know where to start.
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They're different from the ones who have everything in order.
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And you say, well, try this, man, maybe you won't cut your throat in the next month.
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Because if you're dead, it's going to be hard to work with you.
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And so... so... medical interventions, anything! If you're sick, you do what's necessary to get better.
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And you leave your pride behind if you have to.
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And that says nothing about the utility of behavioural intervention.
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You want to hit the problem with everything you have at your disposal.
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But some antidepressants, especially for people whose lives are together and who are depressed,
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antidepressants can be absolutely miraculous.
