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Cargando... Insomniacpor Gayle Greene
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. One of the benefits of reading this book is that I realized that whatever sleep problems I have are relatively mild. This book is an exhaustive investigation of insomnia that covers everything from sleep disorder conferences to pharmacological remedies to folk remedies. The author visits sleep clinics, interviews experts and looks into just about every aspect of the topic I can imagine. She investigates philosophical approaches; looks at the history of sleep; I honestly cannot think of anything she doesn't cover. Ms. Green is herself an insomniac who is clearly frustrated with the lack of information we have about the topic. Far too often, she argues persuasively, we blame insomniacs and tell them it's a personal weakness or laziness or psychological disturbance that prevents them from sleeping. She even writes about researchers who don't seem to have much sympathy for their subjects. Sleep clinics mechanically cite "breathing disorders" as the routine explanation. She is clearly frustrated with this state of affairs and her state of upset comes across. I have to admit there are times when I myself think the author is a bit high-strung, but then I remember my own struggles with insomnia and realize the frustration that comes from lack of sleep. Add to that the seeming indifference she experiences at the hands of the experts and her frustration makes entire sense. This book isn't for everyone. If you are a sound sleeper, I don't know that the book will speak to you. But for those of us who struggle with falling asleep or, in my case, staying asleep, this book gives us some insights into the complexities we face and the long road ahead of us before we can begin to sleep peacefully. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
I can't work, I can't think, I can't connect with anyone anymore. . . . I mope through a day's work and haven't had a promotion in years. . . . It's like I'm being sucked dry, eaten away, swallowed up, coming unglued. . . . These are voices of a few of the tens of millions who suffer from chronic insomnia. In this revelatory book, Gayle Greene offers a uniquely comprehensive account of this devastating and little-understood condition. She has traveled the world in a quest for answers, interviewing neurologists, sleep researchers, doctors, psychotherapists, and insomniacs of all sorts. What comes of her extraordinary journey is an up-to-date account of what is known about insomnia, providing the information every insomniac needs to know to make intelligent choices among medications and therapies. Insomniac is at once a field guide through the hidden terrain inhabited by insomniacs and a book of consolations for anyone who has struggled with this affliction that has long been trivialized and neglected. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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However, an English professor who suffers from insomnia but with no scientific background thoroughly researching and writing about this personal disorder is extraordinary. She really has done her research: attending sleep conferences, speaking to doctors of all sorts, researching treatment with drugs, behavioral therapy, alternative medicine, etc.
The overwhelming amount of information is in part why the middle chapters drag. But as a counterbalance, the early and later chapters have a very personal, even revolutionary undercurrent that I can't ignore. ( )