5 Ted Talks About Mental Health That You Need To See!
Who doesn’t like a good Ted Talk am I right? Nowadays, there is a Ted Talk available on any topic from space travel to cellular biology. Here are 5 different Ted Talks focusing on mental health. A subject I hold dear to my heart.
Kevin Breel: Confessions of a Depressed Comic
Youtube Description: Kevin Breel is a 19 year old writer, comedian, and mental health activist. As a rising young stand up comedian in Canada, Kevin is also extremely involved in mental health work; actively speaking at schools and organizations. His activist work has garnered international media attention and has impacted the lives of thousands of young people in North America.
Johann Hari: This could be why you’re depressed or anxious
Youtube Description: In a moving talk, journalist Johann Hari shares fresh insights on the causes of depression and anxiety from experts around the world — as well as some exciting emerging solutions. “If you’re depressed or anxious, you’re not weak and you’re not crazy — you’re a human being with unmet needs,” Hari says.
Frederik Imbo: How not to take things personally?
Youtube Description: Frederik Imbo studied theatre at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent and has acted in lots of television series. He founded Imboorling and now has over 15 years’ experience in stimulating and supporting people. With the aim of improving their communication skills Frederik gives presentations, workshops, training courses and personal coaching sessions to anyone prepared to make their two ears available.
Tim Box: How to stop feeling anxious about anxiety
Youtube Description: Tim Box is a therapist, author and anxiety expert, and in his youth experienced debilitating levels of social anxiety. Tim has spent a large part of the last 10 years helping people understand and control their anxiety response and at some point during the last decade he started to get the distinct impression that most people dealing with anxiety were thinking about it in entirely the wrong way. In this talk, Tim explains why we need to think about anxiety differently, why the help we are being offered often exacerbates the problem, and how a very simple shift in the way we think about our own emotional responses can free us from our diagnoses and help us all feel a lot less anxious about anxiety. Tim is a remedial hypnotist and mind management expert. He helps people get back in control of the way they think, feel and behave.
Colin Bien: Breaking The Loop of Anxiety
Youtube Description: Colin suffered from a panic disorder caused by a malaria prophylaxes for over 2 years. During a behavioral therapy, he learned how to break out of the vicious circle of anxiety. But not only that, he also realized how to use the same approach to form new stress relieving routines in his life. A personal journey about anxiety, stress and happiness. Colin Bien is research assistant, PhD-candidate and founder of True Fabrics, a sustainability oriented online shop offering fabrics from small-scale manufactures all around the world. He studied at the Leuphana University Lüneburg, the University of Oldenburg and the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. He is co-founder of the student initiative Nachdenkstatt. Colin has consulted the European Court of Auditors in greening their procurement processes and was invited as an expert in the field of sustainability reporting in higher education by the German Council for Sustainability. He co-initiated the Sustainability Reporting Network in Higher Education, now HOCHN. By the age of 24 he and two friends founded Boom le Choc, a DJ Team that shared stage with numerous DJs from all across the world.
Hopefully at least one of these videos resonated with you. For a list of all available Ted Talks please visit https://www.ted.com/talks. There are 4200+ Ted Talks available. I’m sure you won’t have a problem finding something that interests you.
