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We have called it melancholia
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We have called it melancholia, the vapors, the English Malady, neuroses, nervous...

We have called it melancholia, the vapors, the English Malady, neuroses, nervous temperament,
nervous breakdown, neurasthenia

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We have called it melancholia,
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the vapors, the English Malady,
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neuroses, nervous temperament, nervous breakdown, neurasthenia.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:52
Uploaded
Apr 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Shriver Media,Motto Pictures

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A cure for some and a curse for others, widely prescribed anti-anxiety medication is examined by patients and experts in this revealing documentary.
And neurasthenia was kind of the disease of Gilded Age capitalism. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
And neurasthenia was kind of the disease of Gilded Age capit...
They saw neurasthenia as this new type of illness, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:07
They saw neurasthenia as this new type of illness,
People moving into cities, factories came online, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:09
People moving into cities, factories came online,
The steam engine, the daily press, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
The steam engine, the daily press,
People would read in their newspaper in the morning - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:14
People would read in their newspaper in the morning
Technology-induced anxiety - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:07
Technology-induced anxiety
A typical symptom would be an inability to turn off your thoughts. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
A typical symptom would be an inability to turn off your tho...
Morbid thoughts, insomnia, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:09
Morbid thoughts, insomnia,
Sexual dysfunction, tooth decay. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:05
Sexual dysfunction, tooth decay.
A very lucrative market developed, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:07
A very lucrative market developed,
"You feel this way, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:12
"You feel this way,
You know, you'll talk to a friend, and the friend says things like, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:08
You know, you'll talk to a friend, and the friend says ...
I feel like I always knew I had anxiety, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:08
I feel like I always knew I had anxiety,
It's like, "I don't want to go down that road that makes me weaker." - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:22
It's like, "I don't want to go down that road...
Joan, girl, Black people don't go to therapy, girl, they go to church. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
Joan, girl, Black people don't go to therapy, girl, the...
And I think for a lot of us, it was like they'd pray it away. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
And I think for a lot of us, it was like they'd pray it...
Pray away illness, pray away this, pray away that, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:08
Pray away illness, pray away this, pray away that,
When I was a kid, I was loud, a bit nervous, - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:08
When I was a kid, I was loud, a bit nervous,
I was just like, "Yeah, this is fun. This is who I am." - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:08
I was just like, "Yeah, this is fun. This is who I am.&...
But I think I was funny. I was always a pretty funny kid. - Take Your Pills: Xanax 00:06
But I think I was funny. I was always a pretty funny kid.