AUDIO: Trying to be happy may make you miserable

Creative people are more prone to depression but positive thinking may be just what they don't need.
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Creative people are more prone to depression and positive thinking may be just what they don’t need.

It is a sign of the degree of concern mood among artists and that the most popular ever article on ArtsHub was a feature entitled Why are creative people more prone to depression?

Positive psychology is a popular response but Oliver Burkeman, author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking argues we are going about the search for happiness entirely the wrong way.

Listen to his argument:

Vincent O’Donnell
About the Author
Dr Vincent O’Donnell produces Arts Alive and is an Honorary Associate of RMIT’s School of Media and Communication and a Fellow of the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne.