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Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope
by Johann Hari
This is by far one of the best books I've read.
I started it early last year when I was trying to find explanations for my depression and anxiety, and solve it without medication, end it dropping it after a few pages because I got distracted with other stuff... Now I think It may have been the way it was supposed to be and end it up reading it at the correct time I should have.
Anyways, I got back to it some weeks ago and couldn't stop reading it. The book is not only written in an easy catchy way, is also full of research, and most importantly, something I have not really seen in self-help books is that it does take into account all the social oppressions that play a role in how we experience life and how that is fucking us up.
I end it up finding out the reason why I was depressed and anxious isn't listed in the book and rather as a symptom of ADHD, but if that is not your case, I highly recommend reading this book, because it gives a profound and not "chemical imbalance n your brain fixed with pills" narrow perspective. It makes you go deep, beyond the surface into what is really making us sick, it has compelling arguments about the mafia big pharma is, it speaks about depression and anxiety as symptoms of the capitalistic system that we live in and how it has done wonders to disconnect us from what we really need, but most importantly does bring hope and light into changing that, to not think we can't change been depressed and anxious rather that we have in our hands (and our collective hands) a solution.
Also, even if you don't struggle with depression and anxiety I still think is a must-read, because at the end is not only interesting from a sociological standpoint, but it would also help you to understand and be able to help better those around you who struggle with it and also, give enough tools for you to not fall into it too because at the end in the world we live today, we are all on the verge, one step away of becoming depressed and anxious if we don't change the system and our consumerist shallow western societies.
I started it early last year when I was trying to find explanations for my depression and anxiety, and solve it without medication, end it dropping it after a few pages because I got distracted with other stuff... Now I think It may have been the way it was supposed to be and end it up reading it at the correct time I should have.
Anyways, I got back to it some weeks ago and couldn't stop reading it. The book is not only written in an easy catchy way, is also full of research, and most importantly, something I have not really seen in self-help books is that it does take into account all the social oppressions that play a role in how we experience life and how that is fucking us up.
I end it up finding out the reason why I was depressed and anxious isn't listed in the book and rather as a symptom of ADHD, but if that is not your case, I highly recommend reading this book, because it gives a profound and not "chemical imbalance n your brain fixed with pills" narrow perspective. It makes you go deep, beyond the surface into what is really making us sick, it has compelling arguments about the mafia big pharma is, it speaks about depression and anxiety as symptoms of the capitalistic system that we live in and how it has done wonders to disconnect us from what we really need, but most importantly does bring hope and light into changing that, to not think we can't change been depressed and anxious rather that we have in our hands (and our collective hands) a solution.
Also, even if you don't struggle with depression and anxiety I still think is a must-read, because at the end is not only interesting from a sociological standpoint, but it would also help you to understand and be able to help better those around you who struggle with it and also, give enough tools for you to not fall into it too because at the end in the world we live today, we are all on the verge, one step away of becoming depressed and anxious if we don't change the system and our consumerist shallow western societies.