WEBVTT - Types of Depression w/ Dr. Alfiee

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, fam I'm Jada Pinkett Smith. Check out this exclusive

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<v Speaker 1>Red Table Talk bonus content. We are in a global

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<v Speaker 1>mental health crisis. We have brought in a pioneering psychologist

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<v Speaker 1>who literally wrote the mental health handbook, Dr Alfie Breeland Noble.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, Thank you for having me. Doctor. Can you

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<v Speaker 1>tell us what depression is? There are primarily three types

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<v Speaker 1>of depressive illness. We talk about popolar disorder right the

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<v Speaker 1>highs and loans. Everybody knows that. And then there's what

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<v Speaker 1>we call major depressive disorder. And that's the one that

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<v Speaker 1>I think many of us think about when we think

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<v Speaker 1>of depression, where you're not functioning almost at all. It's

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<v Speaker 1>hard to get out of the bit, it's hard to concentrate,

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<v Speaker 1>it's hard to focus, it's hard to engage in conversation,

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<v Speaker 1>you're crying all the time, those kinds of things. And

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<v Speaker 1>then there's what we call persistent depressive disorder. That's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of a low grade. And that's also what some people

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<v Speaker 1>will turn pi function in depression, just the low grade

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<v Speaker 1>all the time, just kind of down. The person who

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<v Speaker 1>walks around with the cloud hanging over their head. But

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<v Speaker 1>they're able to function, they're able to get out of

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<v Speaker 1>the bed in the morning, they're able to go to work,

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<v Speaker 1>They're able to have a conversation with you. It's not debilitating.

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<v Speaker 1>So when we think about high functioning depression, often what

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<v Speaker 1>we're thinking about is someone who's almost walking around with

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<v Speaker 1>the mask you might not necessarily know. I think there's

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<v Speaker 1>so much high functioning depression happening, especially in this time,

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<v Speaker 1>for sure. I remember Michelle Obama talked about walking around

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<v Speaker 1>with a mouth depression. When you mentioned that, that's what

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<v Speaker 1>comes to mind for me. So people like Anthony Borden

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<v Speaker 1>and Kate Space fall into that category, because what do

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<v Speaker 1>we see Anthony boardin all over the world enjoying food,

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<v Speaker 1>living life, having fun, Kate Spade running the whole business.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure there's a lot of pressure to stay so

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<v Speaker 1>the bear. Where is the room when they have a child?

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<v Speaker 1>Where is the room to ab with what you're dealing with?

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<v Speaker 1>And there's so many of us who are struggling with it,

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<v Speaker 1>who don't know what to do with it, who don't

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<v Speaker 1>know how to share with people that you know, and

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<v Speaker 1>how to express themselves. That even if you would go

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<v Speaker 1>to your job and you still can function in relationships,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like, well, Can I really call it depression? Or

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<v Speaker 1>am I? You know? So you're kind of confused yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>The difference in like, am I going through a bad moment?

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<v Speaker 1>Am I having a difficult time as an individual? Just

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<v Speaker 1>trying to be able to decipher what's actually happening? How

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<v Speaker 1>can you actually tell if someone is depressed if they

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<v Speaker 1>hide the signs? You want to be looking for these

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<v Speaker 1>symptoms to be hanging around and present for at least

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<v Speaker 1>two weeks. So sadness, right, that's a key indicator of depression. Crying,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't know where the client is coming from. Significant

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<v Speaker 1>changes in eating and sleeping habits. Right, you sleep all

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<v Speaker 1>the time, you barely sleep. You up all night and

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<v Speaker 1>sleep all day. It's hard to get motivated, low energy,

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<v Speaker 1>like being foggy, you just can't focus. Those are all

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<v Speaker 1>signs and symptoms. I think one that we don't talk about,

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<v Speaker 1>especially those of us who are black and people of color,

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<v Speaker 1>is irritability. Right, y'all know the person right got one

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<v Speaker 1>nerve and you getting on it. Right. I thought about

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<v Speaker 1>that just like constantly, and just like I feel that

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<v Speaker 1>constantly annoyed. Right, the people that you kind of don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to be around when you're depressed, what do you want?

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<v Speaker 1>You want to be left alone? How do you get

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<v Speaker 1>people to leave you alone? If you look like this,

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<v Speaker 1>people who whist wrong, you're But if your right, your

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<v Speaker 1>body wants to be by, and you get your needs met,

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<v Speaker 1>that need, that depression is telling you want to be by, isolated.

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