[high-pitched rewind whine] [projector humming] i grew up as a big-headed 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 mifflin s 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] you d think i d 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. it s just i ve been going through a really hard time recently on a number of different levels, and i ve been feeling a little bit low, a little bit less than, a little depressed and humbled and lost these days. and so i ve churned through countless thera
- and like, i think that talking about how you feel is a pretty recent thing here. - yeah. - we re big fans of suppressing our emotions, big fans of ignoring trauma. and the conversation, it has started. it is starting. - yeah, but i think we have a long way to go. - we definitely do. - yeah. - we all need a means of coping. fortunately, the band members of ateria found a unique form of artistic expression. perhaps my favorite ateria song is one that you guys wrote about cod liver oil. [laughter] the national beverage of iceland, which, when i was googling its effects, it actually said it had mental health benefits and reduces anxiety and depression. cod liver oil. - yeah. you take one spoon of it each morning, and then you follow it up with something else because it s disgusting. - what song is that, the cod liver oil song? - [speaking icelandic]