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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The Age of Anxiety is an entertaining self-help book. But I don't think it's going to be very helpful in stopping anxiety. one problem with the audiobook is there’s tons of space wasting quotes, but in the audiobook you can’t tell so every so often you’ll be listening to something and then he’ll say that was a quote by Decarte or something like that when he should’ve told us that before the quote. ( ) It's long, but if one is at all interested in anxiety, this is a great book. Scott Stossel has written a revealing and courageous memoir about his own struggles with overcoming anxiety interspersed with a fascinating history of the treatment of anxiety from ancient times to modern day. It’s interesting and surprising to learn about the many people in history who suffered from debilitating nerves and depression. The book is packed with lots of well-researched information about treatments and medications of the day. Some interesting factoids … Apparently Freud used cocaine for awhile to treat his own nerves until a friend over dosed and died. Bayer brought Heroin to market where it was available in America without a prescription until 1914. And Chlor-Trimeton, the allergy med, helped quite a few people overcome panic attacks. Who knew! “Anxiety” is a fiendishly difficult affliction to pin down and define; although written about for thousands of years, it was only formally recognised as a condition by the medical profession as late as 1980. Millions of lives, though, are altered, crippled or completely swallowed up by it every year. And it is also, once set in motion, an example of a self-worsening debility, amplifying itself over years or decades if left untreated. Scott Stossel, as a life-long sufferer, knows it better than most and in this book has pulled together everything there is to say about it. Chapters cover, first, anxiety as a riddle (what is it exactly?) and the variety of forms it can take. Then there’s its treatment (history of, and effectiveness or otherwise—do any of them even work?). He explores the question of what causes it: nurture (infant-parent relationships)? Or nature (genetics)? Or culture (modern life, prosperity, or perhaps even, particularly in the Western capitalist democracies, having more freedom of choice than ever before in history)? Some of the descriptions of Stossel’s own state of mind and resulting behaviour when in the grip of the worst bouts of his own anxiety are, at times, scarcely believable and excruciating to read. This is not only a comprehensive and exceptionally well-researched book, it’s harrowing in places too and, above all, incredibly honest. The writing itself is simply brilliant, as readable as a book on a subject as perplexing as this could be. In general, I like books about psychology, so I was predisposed toward this one from the beginning. The book itself is a very comprehensive look at anxiety from every angle - neurobiological to philosophical to historical. The informative aspects of the book are interwoven with Scott's memoirs regarding his own really serious struggle with anxiety and phobias. True confession, I, myself, struggle from some anxiety issues. I joke that if I don't have anything to worry about, I'm sure to find something soon. But anything I've endured is NOTHING compared to what Scott has had to deal with. Even after years and years of therapy and a myriad of medication and excruciating knowledge of the condition, he still suffers. It pained me to read as I felt a great deal of empathy for the guy. Turns out, the underlying causes of anxiety disorders are pretty murky. There's definitely some biochemical components and some genetic ones. But it seems that parenting can contribute or exacerbate the underlying predisposition. My only criticism of this well written and researched book is that the first chapter is by far the least compelling. After that, I found it very interesting and educational.
By combining such unfiltered honesty with deep reporting, Stossel has delivered an enlightening, empowering read. But all of his disclosures serve a higher purpose, too. His candor about his sense of unrest — as well as his gnawing, conflicted feelings about admitting to it — serve as the foundation for his investigation into the panic and apprehension that afflict millions of Americans. His new book, “My Age of Anxiety,” uses his experience as a guide through the disorder, tracing its legacy in thought and culture. He seeks to understand what anxiety is and what it means; he probes the condition’s ambiguities. The result is ambitious, and bravely intimate: a ruminative book that often breaks into a thrilling intellectual chase. PremiosDistincionesListas de sobresalientes
La vida de Scott Stossel ha sido desde la infancia una lucha constante contra la ansiedad. En estas páginas nos cuenta su propia experiencia con anécdotas tan conmovedoras como divertidas, a la vez que ofrece un completo retrato de este trastorno. Mientras seguimos su historia, aprendemos cómo científicos, filósofos y escritores —de Hipócrates a Freud o de Kierkegaard a Darwin— han intentado resolver los enigmas alrededor de la ansiedad. Scott Stossel nos habla de genética, de filosofía, de neurología, de psiquiatría e incluso de deporte, y nos ofrece un entretenido debate entre las diferentes actitudes médicas y psicológicas. El ensayo literario, la Historia, las memorias, la divulgación científica o el relato humorístico confluyen en este revelador texto, que nos habla de la esperanza y la resiliencia frente al gran mal de nuestro tiempo. Convertido en un inesperado best seller en Estados Unidos, Ansiedad está considerado ya el gran libro sobre el tema: los críticos se han apresurado a calificarlo de «fascinante» (The New York Times), «útil» (BBC), «valiente» (Telegraph), «hilarante y de lectura compulsiva» (The Independent), y los lectores han mostrado su entusiasmo y agradecimiento en las redes: «Para los que sufráis de ansiedad, en este libro encontraréis un verdadero amigo. Ningún texto de ningún experto me ha ayudado tanto» (un lector en Goodreads). No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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