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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
Le pongo tres estrellas porque la primera mitad del libro (causas) es excelente y bien fundamentada, y de verdad invita a la reflexión, pero en la segunda parte (soluciones) el libro pierde fuelle y la diferencia es muy notoria.
Pero sin lugar a duda es un libro para la reflexión y el autoconocimiento.
Pero sin lugar a duda es un libro para la reflexión y el autoconocimiento.
Much like the previous book I read from this author, Chasing the Scream, I saw his propensity toward using various approaches to his topic and to his writing. The initial part of the book is a memoir, which leads him and his readers to his book's topic of depression and anxiety. Many times he projects himself as just an average guy trying to chase down answers, sometimes in a rather flamboyant way, but he inevitably grabs hold of some serious research to focus his study, at each point along the journey, and we can take him much more seriously. After his initial personal comments about how the topic has affected his own life, he jumps into nine "disconnections" (or how we commonly get to our depressed states), and then responds to those by having the reader consider seven proposed methods to "reconnect." (Trust me, there's a logic to it all.) At one point in the book, he admits his work might end up in the self-help section of our local bookstores, but I find the book more personal and the presentation more investigative journalism than a stereotypical self-help work. While there was more than one instance along the way where I feared we were going to go off on a wild goose chase, it never got that far, and there was really only one point where he mentioned a particular dynamic where I asked myself, "Really? People do that?", but it was clear from the way he presented it, that I was apparently the odd one, and thankfully so, in my mind. All in all, I didn't learn a great deal new from this book, other than the existence of several studies that helped confirm how I've been approaching many life situations. In that respect, I felt lucky I'd already figured out much of what the author mentions. It was also clear that much of what he presented was new to him. I attribute that to the value of a longer life experience than him, for clearly he is more intelligent than me. The day after I finished reading this book, my wife was talking with me about a friend in our small town who (1) had lost her husband in a tragic boating accident, (2) moved to a new house in a new town by herself, (3) had her daughter-in-law very seriously injured in a head-on automobile collision, and (4) a new grandchild to help care for belonging to said daughter-in-law and son. I mentioned this book, which I think would be of help to her friend and to my wife in talking with her friend, but I think they are going to use the old hit-and-miss method of dealing with her friend's depression, i.e., keeping her mind off it until her psyche simply won't let her anymore.
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Super well researched, with lots of interviews that support the science rather than standing in as evidence. I imagine I’ll be thinking about this book for a long time.
I don't want to overstate this, but for me this is tied for the best book about depression I've ever read (with Hyperbole and a Half). Hopefully life changing and certainly worth everyone's time and thought.
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I loved Hari’s book Stolen Focus, it legitimately changed my life. Lost Connections was as interesting, but as someone who works in the space where health and social complexities overlap, I didn’t find it as revolutionary. The ideas are sound and well researched. He prescribes a more holistic approach to mental health that I whole heartedly believe in - looking at the bio-psychosocial model of practice. However, as someone who has been privileged enough to not experience the kinds of mental illness Hari describes, I’d take my opinion with a pinch of salt. I recommend reading it for yourself and take what is useful for you.
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I think this book was a little bit too anti-antidepressants. Since I believe that they actually can help people come out of depression.
However, I loved the discussion in the latter part of the book about how society contributes to depression and also what it takes to remedy it.
However, I loved the discussion in the latter part of the book about how society contributes to depression and also what it takes to remedy it.
An absolutely game changing book!
Urge every single person to read this!
Urge every single person to read this!