#172 - Johann Hari - What Are The Real Causes Of Depression?

<p>Johann Hari is a writer & a journalist.</p> <p>Rates of depression are at an all time high and yet pharmaceutical drugs have never been more widely used. If depression is simply an imbalance of chemicals in the brain - what's going on?</p> <p>Johann is my favourite writer on depression and this episode has been 2 years in the making. Expect to learn what are the true causes of depression, how reality TV degrades society's values, how you can take back control of your mood, why I lowkey fancy Dame Judy Dench and much more...</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Sponsor:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Check out everything I use from The Protein Works at <a href= "https://www.theproteinworks.com/modernwisdom/"><span class="s1">https://www.theproteinworks.com/modernwisdom/</span></a> (35% off everything with the code MODERN35)</p> <p class="p1"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Extra Stuff:</strong></p> <p>Buy Lost Connections - <a href= "https://amzn.to/2LrPjo9">https://amzn.to/2LrPjo9</a></p> <p>Follow Johann on Twitter - <a href= "https://twitter.com/johannhari101">https://twitter.com/johannhari101</a></p> <p>Take a break from alcohol and upgrade your life - <a href= "https://6monthssober.com/podcast">https://6monthssober.com/podcast</a></p> <p>Check out everything I recommend from books to products - <a href= "https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom">https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom</a></p> <p class="p1">-</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Get in touch. </strong>Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast">MW YouTube Channel</a> or message me...</p> <p class="p1">Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx">https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx</a></p> <p class="p1">Twitter: <a href= "https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx">https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx</a></p> <p class="p1">YouTube: <a