
← All in the MindNuevo · 28 min
Are we too quick to label ‘normal’ distress?
Most of us have experienced difficult feelings like grief or stress or sadness – but are we too quick to label these feelings as a mental health problem?
Clinical psychologist and author of You Are Not a Diagnosis Tanya Byron thinks we are – and we should also stop saying things like, “I’m traumatised”, “totally triggered” or “I’m so OCD”.
So why does the language we use matter - and why does Tanya feel she's seeing a rise in self-diagnosis?
Catherine Loveday, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Westminster, also joins us in the studio to give her take on the debate.
Plus, we tackle a listener's question about why some sounds can make us feel spine-tinglingly good and why are we ticklish?
Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Gerry Holt
Content editor: Ilan Goodman
Production coordinator: Jana Holesworth
Studio engineer: Steve Greenwood
Details of help and support with some of the issues raised are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline