Dr. Alok Kanojia (HealthyGamer)
1985– — India / USA
“How can psychiatry, neuroscience, and contemplative practices be integrated to heal modern mental health crises?”
Primary Contribution
Psychiatrist and founder of HealthyGamer. Integrates neuroscience, modern psychiatry, and contemplative psychology into actionable clinical tools to treat digital addiction and identity crisis.
Key Ideas
- The ancient Vedantic model of the ego is the most precise map of modern identity dysfunction
- Digital addiction is a symptom of a deeper spiritual hunger — the search for meaning and the Witness
- Psychiatric frameworks alone are insufficient; Vedantic psychology fills the gap
- The mind is not broken; it is a tool with no instruction manual — Vedanta is the manual
- Modern suffering (burnout, addiction, meaninglessness) is rooted in mistaken self-identification
Recommended Works
- HealthyGamer YouTube — Neuroscience & addiction series
- Guide to Mental Health
“The mind is not broken — it is a tool we were never taught to use.”
Further Sayings
Legacy & Influence
Kanojia has built the most direct bridge between modern neuroscience, psychiatry, and contemplative practices in the digital age. HealthyGamer has reached over four million subscribers, with content that integrates neuroscience and clinical psychiatry with traditional mindfulness and self-inquiry, bringing healing to those who need it most.
Knowledge Well & Media
Recommended research papers, debates, and lectures