There is a global, synchronized collapse of mental health among children that is unprecedented and larger than the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“there has never been a global synchronized collapse of mental health this is far larger than anything we've ever seen in terms of its effects on kids this is way way larger than covid”

Improving mental health involves more than preventing diagnosable illness, requiring a focus on optimizing overall well-being and life functionality.

“when we are talking about physical illness for example uh you know as a doctor I learned how to diagnose and treat someone with diabetes or with high blood pressure or with coronary heart disease but we also know that even if I don't have diabetes or coronary heart disease uh or high blood pressure ”

Normalizing mental illness is dangerous because it encourages the degradation of mental well-being across society.

“One of the biggest dangers for this society is, both in the normal society and in the medical fraternity, we are making illness normal. Normalization of illness, this is very dangerous.”

The current level of mental illness in America is glaringly obvious and widespread, with many people acting as if they are no longer operating within reality.

“and it just the level of mental illness in the country now is so obvious like it's glaring it's in your face if you're not recognizing it you're not paying attention”

The mental health crisis is largely driven by a lack of real human connection, which is being replaced by unnatural digital interactions.

“our bodies are designed to be in connection. And if it's out of connection, it will sound the alarms. And that, dude, that's what anxiety is. That's what OCD. Those are alarm systems going off. And now we've created an entire industry to shut the alarms off, to quiet the alarms.”

Addressing the mental health crisis requires proactively changing our daily behaviors rather than just treating symptoms.

“it's forced us to realize that um we are never going to be able to deal with a mental health crisis or all these diseases if we don't go upstream and change our behaviors.”

Chance claims that he suffers from undiagnosed schizophrenia and experiences auditory and visual hallucinations.

“I have undiagnosed schizophrenia. Okay. I'm also I have auditory and visual hallucinations.”

Sarra Gilbert believes that she committed the murder of her mother because she was hearing voices.

“what's going on Sarah I was hearing voices what were they saying to come my mom she was the devil she was a bad gu”