5.0

4.5 rounded up. As someone who is going into somewhat the mental health field, this was such an impactful read. I enjoyed most of his takes on mental health in which I agreed for the most part. His way of interacting with and interpreting depression and anxiety will help cope with it. It was a pretty long book in which he could have shorten or combined a lot of the chapters. He did give tons of stories and experiences which people while he was researching for this book. Those were very impactful as they were first account experiences in which helped explained some of the concepts he was talking about. Some of them, he could have gotten to the point faster, but I loved how he presented his research in such a qualitative way. If you are going into the mental health field, I suggest reading this just to get a holistic perspective!