Answered from The Story of Stories · Hidden Brain · 2026-10-26
Jonathan Rottenberg responds to three critics. To a listener who felt blamed for not finding a silver lining, he says he means depression can have one, and that research has ignored that possibility while focusing on harm. To a sociologist stressing structural causes, he says he largely agrees. To a physician who credits chemistry, he says he backs medication, psychotherapy and self-understanding as an all-of-the-above approach.
“Clinical depression is a quite formidable adversary” Jonathan Rottenberg · at 1:33:55 — open in the transcript →
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