Is the economy destroying our mental health?
Garys Economics17 Aug 2025

Is the economy destroying our mental health?

Worsening mental health outcomes are often spoken about as if they are the fault of the individual, but is insecure mental health a natural outcome of an insecure economy?And does the feedback work both ways - insecure economies cause people to be scared, easily manipulated, and individualistic, which prevents ordinary people from uniting and fighting back as a class?Also a little on my own historical struggles with the economy and mental health, both in the past and now."In a mad world, only the mad are sane" ~ Akira KurosawaTake care of yourselves and each otherxx



(00:00) Introduction

(03:31) Mental health is affected by the economy

(04:55) Me on Question Time

(06:15) Mental health is a symptom of something bigger

(09:50) Deteriorating mental health makes political action hard

(16:00) More and more people know collapse is coming

(20:13) Hard work no longer pays

(22:24) Personal struggles

(25:09) What can we do?

(30:17) Why it's so urgent



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