セックス、ドラッグ、そして…介護？ | アレクサンドラ・ドレイン | TEDxBoston Salon

介護や支える役割が、疲労や日々の対処習慣とどのようにつながっているのかを、アレクサンドラ・ドレーンが考察します。支える人がなぜ孤独を感じることがあるのか、研究と自身の経験を交えて語られます。メンタルヘルスや人間関係についての一般的な思い込みにも疑問を投げかけ、人を支える人自身にも支えが必要だと提案しています。

• 介護と消耗状態を、日常の対処習慣と結びつけて論じる
• メンタルヘルスと人間関係に関する思い込みを問い直す
• 多くの人に必要とされながら孤独を感じる状況を取り上げる

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