This is very short review on one of the books that have most influenced and helped me turn my life around. The review doesn't do it justice, but I didn't want to give anything away.
This is not a magic book. It's full of simplicity and what should be common sense. But for people that suffer from anxiety and depression, as much as we may know these truths, we underestimate them while overestimating the power that our illness has over us. This book, for me is not one full of empty platitudes that encourage you to develop fake confidence in the face of despair. This book, for me, is a reality check into not just what depression and anxiety have turned me into, but a manual for accessing the agency I can have over it.
One of the greatest reality checks I had was this small scene in Rick in Morty where Dr. Wong faces Rick with a truth I will never forget:
"I have no doubt that you would be bored senseless by therapy, the same way I'm bored when I brush my teeth and wipe my ass. Because the thing about repairing, maintaining, and cleaning is it's not an adventure. There's no way to do it so wrong you might die. It's just work. And the bottom line is, some people are okay going to work, and some people well, some people would rather die. ”
We forget that there is no one way to feel better. No magic cure.
It's maintenance. It's work. And it's boring.
But it's necessary.
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