[highpitched rewind whine] [projector humming] i grew up as a bigheaded baby in seattle, moved to nicaragua when i was three, made friends with parrots and sloths. Moved back to Washington State when i was five, learned to play the bassoon. Moved to illinois and joined the drama club, and eventually, i landed in los angeles as dunder mifflins assistant to the regional manager. Please welcome rainn wilson. Rainn wilson. Yet for all my success, my wife and son, whom i love, a nice house, people tattooing my face on their feet. [beeping, whirring] [sighs] youd think id be happier. [upbeat music] but like so many others, i struggle. To find fulfillment. Amy. To find true joy. I need to be honest with you all. Its just ive been going through a really hard time recently on a number of different levels, and ive been feeling a little bit low, a little bit less than, a little depressed and humbled and lost these days. And so ive churned through countless therapists and selfhelp books. Ive tried
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- i mean, i guess we have other stuff to worry about. like we take the most antidepressants per capita in the world. - you heard that correctly. iceland, one of the reportedly happiest places on earth, takes more antidepressants than any country in the world, and it s really not even close. - there are a lot of people who have seasonal depression. - okay. - because of the darkness, yeah, in winter. - do you have friends that have struggled with depression, anxiety, suicidal? - i have struggled with depression and anxiety. - yeah. me, too. [laughs] - there s a lot of culture in iceland that you always have to be doing something, and everything you do, it has to have a purpose. - right. - and so if you re depressed, you re just lazy. - mmm. - and you re just - so there s a cultural stigma against depression. you should be out there safeguarding this eider duck s nest this winter instead of sitting around feeling sorry for yourself or something.
but the youth of reykjavík are the first to admit that iceland, for all its creativity and whimsy, is not without its struggles. [tuning instruments] what does the name mean? - our grandparents, they have, like, an eider duck nesting that take care of every summer. they watch it so that the fox doesn t get into the nest. - wow. - yeah. and so the latin name of the eider duck is somateria mollissima. and so we took ateria from that. - boy, you icelanders have the weirdest hobbies. like, our family hobby is protecting the nest of the eider duck. [laughter] - what s life like as a disaffected punk rock youth in suburban reykjavík?