Hacker News with Generative AI: Mental Health

Meet the Press: Lost and Lonely: America's Mental Health Crisis (nbcnews.com)
Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, former Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.) and Arthur Brooks join a special edition of Meet the Press on America’s mental health crisis. Lori Gottlieb, Nedra Glover Tawwab and Jean Twenge join the Meet the Press roundtable.
The Victorians, Creation, and the Dinosaur Problem (historytoday.com)
Overworked and haunted by hallucinations, Hugh Miller wrote a note to his wife Lydia and shot himself at some time between late 23 December and early Christmas Eve 1856.
Show HN: Crymaps – A map of the best places to cry (netlify.app)
Click on the map to add a new cry spot. Share your feelings, find solace.
Mouth bacteria partially spread depression and anxiety in newlywed couples (xiahepublishing.com)
Oral microbiota transmission between individuals in close contact partially mediates symptoms of depression and anxiety.
Decades On, SSRIs Remain Mired in Mystery and Debate (undark.org)
In 2006, a new study on antidepressants was making headlines with its promising results: Two-thirds of participants who tried various antidepressants recovered from their depression symptoms within less than a year.
Ask HN: Has anyone been able to overcome crippling executive dysfunction? (ycombinator.com)
Suffering from overwhelming executive dysfunction along with a lot of other shit has drastically slowed my learning and operational capability.
Why men feel sad when their wives earn more (bbc.com)
What we earn can affect our mental wellbeing, especially when we compare ourselves to those around us – and it can negatively influence male mental health.
Dev Therapy, part 4: Tending the narrative gardens (melatonin.dev)
tl;dr When working alone on a big project, deciding what stories you tell yourself makes all the difference.
It's Not Just a Feeling: Data Shows Boys and Young Men Are Falling Behind (nytimes.com)
Boys and young men are struggling. Across their lives — in their educational achievement, mental health and transitions to adulthood — there are warning signs that they are falling behind, even as their female peers surge ahead.
Adverse childhood experiences and interpersonal functioning: A systemic review (sciencedirect.com)
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are widely recognised as predictors of later life psychosocial outcomes (e.g., Kalmakis & Chandler, 2015).
The Internet's Favorite Sex Researcher (theatlantic.com)
Over the course of 2024, Aella cried on 71 different days, showered on 24, and took ketamine on 14.
Surgeon general pick praised psychedelic therapy, shrooms helped her find love (apnews.com)
Trump appeals for Qatar's help in persuading Iran to give up its nuclear program
In a high-stress work environment, prioritize relationships (bearblog.dev)
In a high-stress work environment, prioritize relationships
Running Windows.exe on a Linux Brain: The Sysadmin's Guide to Neurodivergence (leantime.io)
TL;DR: Your brain is a custom Linux distro trying to run Windows software. Understanding this helps you optimize your mental infrastructure for better performance and longevity.
Navigating Burnout (lesswrong.com)
Burnout. Burn out? Whatever, it sucks.
How my ADHD makes handling relationships difficult (aaronjy.me)
As someone with ADHD, I really struggle with maintaining relationships. Not because I don't want them, but because I struggle to keep in touch for various reasons.
Psilocybin reduced depression symptoms as much as leading antidepressant (2021) (massivesci.com)
Depressed tech workers can't stop talking about Zuck and Musk, therapists say (sfstandard.com)
Tech workers who spend hundreds of dollars for 50-minute therapy sessions increasingly have one man they want to discuss: Mark Zuckerberg.
Meta's new moderators face worst conditions yet (thebureauinvestigates.com)
A suicide attempt, depression, substance abuse, insomnia, surveillance, threats. These are just some of the experiences reported by the low-paid moderators tasked with sifting through Facebook and Instagram’s most disturbing images.
Don't fear getting fired if you have ADHD (claimingattention.substack.com)
For people with ADHD, getting fired can happen—and that's okay.
Could GPT help with dating anxiety? (scottaaronson.blog)
Since 2015, depressed, isolated, romantically unsuccessful nerdy young guys have regularly been emailing me, asking me for sympathy, support, or even dating advice.
Empty Calories of AI: A Cure for Loneliness Worse Than the Disease? (peakhorse.substack.com)
In the face of a growing loneliness epidemic, artificial intelligence chatbots are being heralded as a revolutionary solution.
'Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria' Turns a Small Snub into a Big Deal (nytimes.com)
For some people, perceived criticism can be overwhelming.
Isolated older adults find joy and connection through virtual singing (news.northwestern.edu)
A new Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine study finds that, even when singing with others in a virtual setting, the benefits abound.
The hostile internet is driving us crazy (ft.com)
Welcome to slop world: how the hostile internet is driving us crazy
Half of Teens Now Say Social Media Hurts Their Generation (implicator.ai)
Social media connects teens but may break their spirit. A new Pew Research survey reveals 48% of U.S. teens believe social media harms their generation – a sharp rise from 32% in 2022.
She Kept Her Condition–Dermatillomania–Secret for Decades, Then Bared It Online (nytimes.com)
Millions of people compulsively pick their skin or pull their hair. Social media is helping some of them to recover.
Welcome to slop world: how the hostile internet is driving us crazy (ft.com)
Welcome to slop world: how the hostile internet is driving us crazy
An EdTech Tragedy (afterbabel.com)
In The Anxious Generation, we focused on the emergence of the adolescent mental health crisis that began in the early 2010s. However, since the book’s publication one year ago, we have learned even more about worrisome trends in education that closely mirror those in mental health: after decades of stability or gradual improvement, test scores in the U.S. and around the world began declining notably in the 2010s.
Welcome to slop world: how the hostile internet is driving us crazy (ft.com)
Welcome to slop world: how the hostile internet is driving us crazy