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Dr. Judith Joseph on The Hidden Epidemic of High-Functioning Depression | EP 616

2025/5/27
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Passion Struck Intro: 我发现过度工作不仅仅影响个人，还会蔓延到他们的家庭、团队甚至宠物，导致整个环境缺乏快乐。这种快乐缺失会像瘟疫一样在整个生态系统中蔓延，让每个人都感到不快乐。但是，如果我们能够有意识地放慢节奏，活在当下，就可以扭转这种负面影响，让积极的情绪也像病毒一样传播开来。通过正念和有意识的努力，我们可以改变现状，让快乐重新回到我们的生活中。

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Dr. Judith Joseph shares her personal experience of realizing she suffered from high-functioning depression despite outward success. She discusses the lack of formal recognition of this condition and its impact, particularly on adolescents and young adults.
  • Dr. Joseph's personal revelation during a pandemic-era talk.
  • High-functioning depression is not formally recognized in the DSM-5.
  • Increasing rates of suicidality and depressive symptoms in young people.
  • The impact of collective trauma and social media on mental health.

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In this powerful Passion Struck episode, John R. Miles sits down with Dr. Judith Joseph—board-certified psychiatrist, clinical researcher, and author of High Functioning: Overcome Your Hidden Depression and Reclaim Your Joy). Together, they unpack the silent struggle of individuals who appear to “have it all together” while suffering emotionally beneath the surface.

Dr. Judith opens up about her own moment of clarity during a pandemic-era talk, where she realized that despite her career achievements and public appearances, she was silently battling depression. This personal revelation inspired her pioneering research into high-functioning depression—a condition not yet formally recognized in the DSM-5 but experienced by millions.could actually fit into your modern routine, this episode is both grounding and uplifting.

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Together, John and Judith explore:

  • The difference between burnout and high-functioning depression
  • The role of avoidance and scarcity trauma in over-functioning behavior
  • How societal pressure leads to performance-based identity and joy depletion
  • The neuroscience of joy and emotional numbing (anhedonia)
  • Dr. Judith’s 5 Vs Framework: Validation, Venting, Values, Vitals, and Vision

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