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The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
by Oliver Burkeman
I think this was a goodreads giveaway...
It was an interesting read, and I especially liked the chapter that detailed the ideas of the Day of the Dead in Mexico (although the author took some over-the-top risks).
I do have to mention that I find Ellis' explanation of stoicism (about p. 43) to be horse droppings - because he claims that nothing is 100% bad and that things could always be worse.... but I contend that the Holocaust would qualify as 100% bad, and that many find the facts of the matter pretty unimaginable - and why would one imagine something worse? Further, words can hurt - verbal abuse certainly does harm people and can cause PTSD.
In the chapter titled Who's There, the book discusses the separation of 'me' being what's in my head vs. the rest of my body.... and that the body is not necessary, yet amputees and breast cancer survivors who have struggle with this very definition of 'me' - are they who they think they are with only one leg? are they still a woman with no breasts?
Nevertheless, it is an interesting and thought provoking book and I would recommend it.
It was an interesting read, and I especially liked the chapter that detailed the ideas of the Day of the Dead in Mexico (although the author took some over-the-top risks).
I do have to mention that I find Ellis' explanation of stoicism (about p. 43) to be horse droppings - because he claims that nothing is 100% bad and that things could always be worse.... but I contend that the Holocaust would qualify as 100% bad, and that many find the facts of the matter pretty unimaginable - and why would one imagine something worse? Further, words can hurt - verbal abuse certainly does harm people and can cause PTSD.
In the chapter titled Who's There, the book discusses the separation of 'me' being what's in my head vs. the rest of my body.... and that the body is not necessary, yet amputees and breast cancer survivors who have struggle with this very definition of 'me' - are they who they think they are with only one leg? are they still a woman with no breasts?
Nevertheless, it is an interesting and thought provoking book and I would recommend it.