Sexo, drogas y… ¿cuidar a otros? | Alexandra Drane | TEDxBoston Salon

Alexandra Drane analiza la relación entre cuidar a otros, el agotamiento y las formas en que las personas se automedican para aguantar. Con base en investigaciones y en su propia experiencia de dar y recibir cuidados, cuestiona supuestos comunes sobre la salud mental y las relaciones. Su propuesta central es que quienes sostienen a otros también necesitan apoyo. El video es ofrecido por TEDx Talks.

• Relación entre cuidar a otros y vivir al límite
• Cuestionamiento de supuestos sobre salud mental y relaciones
• Necesidad de apoyo para quienes cuidan

What does “just doing what needs to get done” have to do with your sex life? More than you might think. Alexandra Drane connects the dots between caring for others, running on empty, and the ways we self-medicate to get through. Drawing on startling research and her own experience giving and receiving care, she flips assumptions about our mental health and relationships that have us asking “What’s wrong with me?” And explores how being needed by so many people can still leave us feeling alone. Her prescription? Make sure the people holding everyone else up have someone holding them up, too. Alexandra Drane has shared the stage with CEOs, professional athletes, celebrities, and political leaders from around the globe and worked the checkout line at Walmart. She brings the same curiosity to both: what’s going on in people’s lives, and how can we make it better? A serial entrepreneur, published researcher, and co-founder and CEO of ARCHANGELS, Alex believes the best way to understand health is to get curious about life. That means talking about the things we tend to keep to ourselves: money, relationships, caregiving, and whatever gets us through the day. She’s brought that conversation to stages including TEDMED, Milken Global, and CNN Life Itself, and into homes nationwide as the host of Prudential’s “The State of US.” She has co-authored research published by the CDC and in NEJM Catalyst, bringing data to a deeply human conviction: caring for each other is some of the most consequential work on the planet. At ARCHANGELS, she’s helping people across all 50 states see themselves as caregivers and connect with support. Offstage, she loves car racing, her Berkel deli slicer, and people. Especially people. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx