By Adam Grant — 2021
The neglected middle child of mental health can dull your motivation and focus — and it may be the dominant emotion of 2021.
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CLEAR ALL
Some people harbor the illusion that rest is a luxury they do not have time for, but the reality is that rest is a necessity.
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Often, disabled people have their disability treated, but they don’t have their emotional or spiritual needs addressed.
Our culture has taught us that we do not have the privilege of being vulnerable like other communities.
The Latinx community is just as vulnerable to mental illness as the general population, but faces disparities in treatment.
Eso es para locos. Esta generación... siempre inventando. These are the words I’d hear anytime I mentioned therapy or mental health growing up.
“When I started my undergraduate degree in psychology, my grandmother said she was afraid I would become pagal (“crazy”) because of it.
I’m learning that my challenge isn’t just to unlearn what my family has taught me, but to put myself in situations that would reaffirm the new lessons I was trying to replace the old ones with.
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72% of entrepreneurs are directly or indirectly affected by mental health issues compared to just 48% of non entrepreneurs.
Look more closely and you’ll see.
Michael Phelps, the most decorated athlete in Olympic history with 28 medals, has acknowledged that after the 2012 games, his longtime depression was so overwhelming he thought about killing himself.