The seeking out of psychiatric diagnoses is a new cultural phenomenon. How do we make sense of this shift? How and why did it happen? A very insightful & fascinating discussion with Freya India on the latest episode of the Radically Genuine Podcast. A must listen

It's cruel to convince young people that the most desirable life is one where you don't depend on anyone and nobody relies on you. Having nothing to lose just means you have nothing of value.

★ Just published a new episode of Radically Genuine Podcast with Dr. Roger McFillin: 129. Coddled into Crisis, A Gen Z perspective w/ Freya India. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/1f2a1e12

On the one hand, the work on infant attachment to parents by John Bowlby in the 1950s-1980s was legit, groundbreaking evolutionary psychology.

On the other hand, trendy overuse of 'attachment styles' to explain adult relationship troubles & sex diffs is stupid & cringe.

I feel as if therapy culture is now convincing us that any kind of dependency on or deep connection with someone is a pathology, and to punish ourselves for wanting it. But you're not broken for wanting something meaningful.

My latest for GIRLS:
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Just finished recording a podcast w Freya India To be only 24 years old and have such an in-depth grasp of complex cultural issues impacting Generation Z girls blew me away. Can't wait to release this episode. One of my favorites. I have had many conversations with top…

I don't know why modern culture looks down on people who live a quiet life. We assume that those chasing constant adventures and new relationships and career changes have the most to teach. But maybe we have the most to learn from people who are satisfied with simple comforts.

Welcome Freya India to the 'Free the Anxious Generation Movement.' I quote her in the book, and she'll be writing more often at AfterBabel.com.

So excited to announce that I'm joining Jonathan Haidt's team to help Free the Anxious Generation.

If you're concerned about Gen Z and Gen Alpha, or how phones are transforming our lives, please support us by ordering his book and joining the movement:
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On the perils of oversharing online— something that many young women, myself included, have a tendency to do. But does it help or hinder?

I really loved having this conversation with Freya India for Quillette

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I'm editing this video with Freya India but keep getting distracted by her angelic face

Stop trying to live your truth and start trying to live your values. Stop trying to be your true self and start being true to people. Then you might actually find yourself.

My latest for GIRLS:
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Freya India When you reward victimhood, weakness and suffering with praise and attention, you get more of all three.

Incentives are everything.

I think a major part of Gen Z's declining mental health is growing up in a culture that has lost the language of defiance. It's become almost offensive to tell someone they can overcome their struggles. We hear endless stories about defeat and disadvantage, never defiance.

'Companies are manipulating vulnerable people: trying to convince them that it will cost them a great deal—both emotionally and financially—to become their true selves.' Freya India for Quillette.

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When people used to describe someone as authentic, as true to themselves, they were talking about character. Now we’ve convinced a generation that their authentic self comes from the products or surgeries they buy.

Me for Quillette:
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'All over the internet, trans people are sharing how much effort it takes to be authentic & how expensive it is ... this is why more & more trans people are being sponsored by beauty brands ... it expands their customer base' -- Freya India

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Grateful to be featured in this incredible Atlantic piece by Jonathan Haidt alongside my friend Rikki Schlott.

'We didn’t know what we were doing in the early 2010s,' Jonathan writes. 'Now we do. It’s time to end the phone-based childhood.'

“it's the marketization and medicalization of normal distress. A cultural emphasis on treating every emotion we feel as diagnosable and solvable with consumption is doing so much psychological damage.”

Freya India on Modern Wisdom

#typefully
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I can't find members of Gen Z who defend the phone-based childhood or social media.

Among the most eloquent in laying out the harms is Freya India, with a comprehensive account of how girls are getting shredded. Talking with Chris Williamson

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