The Upsides of Having a Mental Breakdown

One of our greatest fears is to suffer a mental breakdown. Yet, in the long run, a breakdown might just be the most beneficial thing that will ever happen to us. Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/8BQHG Be more mindful, present and inspired. Get the best of The School of Life delivered straight to your inbox: https://t.ly/gpZsV FURTHER READING You can read more on this and other subjects here: https://bit.ly/3rV9AbP “One of the saddest and most puzzling phenomena of psychological life are the incidents commonly known as ‘breakdowns’, in which people find themselves suddenly unable to carry out their normal duties – and fall silent, take to bed and cannot stop crying…” MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE Watch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLself SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: Facebook:   / theschooloflifelondon   X:   / theschooloflife   Instagram:   / theschooloflifelondon   CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Aaron Sampson https://www.motionmaverick.com   / motionmaverick   Title animation produced in collaboration with Vale Productions https://www.valeproductions.co.uk/