Picture someone who keeps getting headaches. They take painkillers every day, and the headaches go away for a few hours. But they always come back. It turns out the real problem is poor eyesight, and what they actually need is glasses. The painkillers weren’t wrong, exactly. They just weren’t solving anything.

Mental health works in a surprisingly similar way. A lot of people spend years managing symptoms of anxiety, depression, or other psychological struggles without ever understanding where those symptoms come from.… Read more