The arguments and statistics he presents are powerful ones and it’s hard to disagree with any of it. He visits doctors and highlights research which show that it’s not as clearcut as that. Hari took his first anti-depressant at the age of 18 and had completely accepted the narrative that his illness was caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. I picked up the book, where it took it’s place on my TBR shelf. I found what he had to say about Depression to be fascinating, and he was able to back up a lot of what he said with research. I first came across Johann Hari during an interview with Sam Harris on the excellent ‘Making sense’ podcast. By using research and statistics, and visiting a range of people and communities around the world, he sets out to show that it’s not chemical imbalance that causes depression but a lack of connection. Johann Hari’s ‘lost connections’ is an investigation into depression and it’s causes, and ultimately what we can do find hope. “What if depression is, in fact, a form of grief-for our own lives not being as they should? What if it is a form of grief for the connections we have lost, yet still need?”
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