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A review by shema
Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope by Johann Hari
4.0
I did find the book insightful. The author gives causes and backs it up with research from professionals. I definitely agree that one of the reasons that depression and anxiety is on the rise is because we are loosing our connections with community and that capitalism makes us drained in the workplace as well as a few other reasons he mentions in the book.
There were a few things I didn't agree with him or I felt like he could've done more research especialy given he's a white western man. For example, he claims that one of the ways we can solve depresssion in our society is to be more collectivist like Eastern cultures. Now that can't be the solution. Because even though countries like Japan and South Korea have a culture centered on the community, they have some of the highest suicide rates in the world. My theory is that Western individulistic culture to the extreme is the pulling yourself up by your bootstaps mentality. Eastern collectivist culture to the extreme is that any shame you put on yourself reflects on your family.
But other than a few disagreements, I do think the book overs good theories and solutions.
There were a few things I didn't agree with him or I felt like he could've done more research especialy given he's a white western man. For example, he claims that one of the ways we can solve depresssion in our society is to be more collectivist like Eastern cultures. Now that can't be the solution. Because even though countries like Japan and South Korea have a culture centered on the community, they have some of the highest suicide rates in the world. My theory is that Western individulistic culture to the extreme is the pulling yourself up by your bootstaps mentality. Eastern collectivist culture to the extreme is that any shame you put on yourself reflects on your family.
But other than a few disagreements, I do think the book overs good theories and solutions.