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Mother's Schizophrenia vs. Instagram Mental Illness

from The Joe Rogan Experience | #330 · #330

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Tim contrasts his mother's genuine institutionalized schizophrenia with the wave of people self-diagnosing mental illness online, and discusses the difference between clinical and situational depression, segueing into a VPN ad transition.

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  • Tim's mother is schizophrenic and institutionalized, unlike people who self-diagnose mental illness on Instagram.
  • Clinical depression exists, but distinguishing it from situational depression caused by lifestyle choices is genuinely difficult.
  • Some people take antidepressants, get better, wean off them, and end up infinitely better than before—others have genuine chemical imbalances that require ongoing treatment.
  • Anxiety can come from a bad job or relationship, but some people are just genetically wired wrong, like schizophrenics.
  • Using the internet without a VPN is like going to the bathroom and leaving the door open for strangers to look in.
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