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Bed rotting as self-care: What a mental health expert wants you to watch out for

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published September 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM CDT

A woman lies in bed on her phone. (Crispin La Valiente/Getty Images)

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Dr. Jessi Gold, a psychiatrist and chief wellness officer at the University of Tennessee System, about the trend of “bed rotting” among young adults and how to draw the line between rest and depression.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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