Jonathan Alpert

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Something You Should Know · Has Therapy Gone Too Far? & The Hidden Genius of Birds · 13 Jul 2026 podcast

So they'll go into their therapist and say, oh, I think I'm depressed or I think I'm

anxious, I have anxiety disorder.

I have patients that see me for the first time and they're equipped with this diagnosis.

They say, I think I have ADHD or I think I have bipolar.

And I'll ask them just to set that aside and tell me why they think they feel that way or feel that they have it.

I would say nine times out of 10, they got it from online social media.

So that's a big problem today, because probably nine times out of 10, they don't actually have that diagnosis.

Yeah, and you do raise a good point.

It's much different than, say, a broken bone or even having an infection where there's a pretty defined treatment protocol in place.

Therapy is a bit more gray and mental health issues are a bit more gray.

And I always tell people

say a disorder like depression, it occurs on a continuum.

So on one side, you may have someone who's severely and obviously depressed.

They may isolate.

They may be crying a lot, very sad.

They can't get out of bed.

They can't function.

And they may even feel like harming themselves.

So that's on one side of the continuum.

And then on the other side, maybe someone who's feeling a bit blue, feeling down and out, just doesn't have the energy and the joy in their life that they once had.

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