Generation Me | Glynn Harrison

We’ve been told that the purpose of life is self-discovery and self-expression and that the key to good mental health is boosting self-esteem. We have been raised on a steady diet of praise and positive self-talk: You are special. You can be anything you want to be. You do you. But is our self-obsessed age fuelling the crisis in mental health?In this archive episode from our Salt Live event in March 2022, speaker Glynn Harrison speaks into the problem of self-obsession and its impact on our mental health. Glynn is a former Professor of Psychiatry and consultant psychiatrist who has written a popular book on this subject, ‘The Big Ego Trip’ (IVP) which explores the contemporary self-esteem movement. Before retirement, Glynn was Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Bristol University and has also acted as an advisor to the WHO. The Q & A session from this talk is also attached to the end of this session's audio.