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We have become so soft as a culture and it is creating so many mental health problems for people. This book is a timely reminder that humans need to struggle and we need to be resilient. It is fascinating to see these principles of mental health appl
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Emotions are the chemical consequences (or feedback) of past experiences. As our senses record incoming information from the environment, clusters of neurons organize into networks. When they freeze into a pattern, the brain makes a
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“It was only a long time into talking with these social scientists that I realized every one of the social and psychological causes of depression and anxiety they have discovered has something in common. They are all forms of disconnection. They are all ways in which we have been cut off from something we innately need but seem to have lost along the way.”
― Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions
― Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions
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