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A review by _bookmoth
Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
This book has a strong beginning but a weak ending. It starts with explaining why most depressions can't be fixed by drugs, that most of the time antidepressants are a scam. It is the lack of connections, to values, to people, to nature, that cause depression and reconnecting to them makes recovery more durable.
The second part intends to offer reconnections but delivers only more stories of people finding those connections and has an extensive part on the advantage of the use of psilocybin that could be shortened.
Hari should have incorporated the stories of the latter part into the former to avoid repetition, but overall, this is an important read for our modern days.
The second part intends to offer reconnections but delivers only more stories of people finding those connections and has an extensive part on the advantage of the use of psilocybin that could be shortened.
Hari should have incorporated the stories of the latter part into the former to avoid repetition, but overall, this is an important read for our modern days.