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Title: Lost Connections Pdf Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
From the New York Times best-selling author of Chasing the Scream, a radically new way of thinking about depression and anxiety.
What really causes depression and anxiety - and how can we really solve them? Award-winning journalist Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and started taking antidepressants when he was a teenager. He was told that his problems were caused by a chemical imbalance in his brain. As an adult, trained in the social sciences, he began to investigate whether this was true - and he learned that almost everything we have been told about depression and anxiety is wrong.
Across the world, Hari found social scientists who were uncovering evidence that depression and anxiety are not caused by a chemical imbalance in our brains. In fact, they are largely caused by key problems with the way we live today. Hari's journey took him from a mind-blowing series of experiments in Baltimore, to an Amish community in Indiana, to an uprising in Berlin.
Once he had uncovered nine real causes of depression and anxiety, they led him to scientists who are discovering seven very different solutions - ones that work. It is an epic journey that will change how we think about one of the biggest crises in our culture today.
Compelling and timely An engaging journalist presents the emerging picture of depression as having its roots in life events that are then compounded by social and cultural dynamics. He explores the various treatments and approaches that are proving effective - often far more than pills.He's done an amazing job tracking down the many threads of research from around the world that create that picture as well as unearthing touching community stories to illustrate the points. That study you may vaguely have heard about? He interviewed everyone involved.His approach is fair and he acknowleges the complexities of life and science without shying away from making important points about how public understanding has been warped and why most people need to know that there isn't something wrong with their brain that they can expect to be fixed with a pill. There is a much bigger picture.I want to add for discussion that I've also seen many recent articles suggesting that diet-related factors such as gut flora and inflammation may have an impact on depression and anxiety. Diet factors are not discussed in this book - it is a book about cultural factors.This is the cure for depression I'm only about halfway through the book, but it has already dramatically changed how I look at and live with my depression. It will continue to be a guide for how I improve the parts of my life that contribute to my depression. I actually cried in the shower this morning because it was the happiest I've been in a decade and a half without drugs. I'm looking forward to the future for the first time since I was a teenager at least. I know this is one of few books that I'll actually be re-reading. It's the first book I'll be gifting like crazy. I want the people around me to internalize the lessons learned here so we can enjoy a life without depression together. Cannot say enough good things about this book. Buy it now.At last, something new that feels true. While this book was on pre-order I read (without exaggeration) twenty-three books on anxiety and depression. I’ve read many in the past, and I wanted to read everything that had a good reputation. I wasn’t impressed. I got so tired of reading the same ideas and advice, which was usually ‘breathe deeply’ and ‘try to be mindful’. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy came up a lot too, which is mind-numbing when you’ve found its benefits to be so limited. To be fair, many people must get a lot out of what’s already out there. But this book is something new. The author doesn’t repeat the old ideas; he breaks down assumptions. Rather than seeing depression as a rare malfunction, it’s recognised as a response to the dehumanizing world we live in. It’s not preachy, and the arguments make sense better than this review can. The references are solid. Better still, it’s full of practical ideas for reconnecting with the things that matter. Ease the causes of depression and you can ease depression. A lot of the ideas I knew already, on some level, but seen from this perspective I have seen the power of these ideas. No book will be a cure-all, but if you’re looking for help and don’t have time to read as many books as I tried, this one will give you more than you expect. Give it time. It’s not a quick collection of techniques, but gives you the understanding you need. That’s worth a lot more than the same old lists of techniques.
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