Dr. John Delony

And so when your friend found himself without the promotion, if you're a crushing, killing executive, you're not allowed to grieve.

You're not allowed to say out loud, I really wanted this thing and it didn't happen.

You're not allowed to say, I went all in and at this particular moment, I wasn't good enough.

Or I went all in and they pick somebody else.

When that happens, you're supposed to be sad.

You're supposed to not want to get out of bed for a few days.

You're supposed to just want to go eat junk food.

Those things in and of itself are part of the human experience.

So yes, it's easy to run to a doctor.

You crank off a series of symptoms and they'll write you a script and you head out the door.

and they get your co-pay, and then they bill your insurance for as much as they can get, and your insurance fights them for all that.

And in the meantime, you are duct taping over that uncomfortable feeling.

And I think that's been a great tragedy.

On the other side, I ignored anxiety for so long that my alarm system was dysregulated.

It didn't work anymore.

It was going off all the time.

And so I'm also really open that anxiety medication did not cure my anxiety.

It did, however, turn the alarms down enough so that I could go talk to a professional, so that I could go sit with a group of guys who are also struggling and say, hey, guys, me too.

And so I am a big believer in the right medication for the right moment.

And I also think that, man, how often do we hear that guy's a narcissist?