hwatales.blogg.se

Therapy helped me to think about that aspect of it. Clearly, therapy speaks most to the psychological causes, which are very real.

And then there are psychological causes, which are about how we think about the world. There’s environmental causes, which are about how we live together socially. There’s the biological causes, which are real, and can make you more vulnerable to depression, but don’t cause it on their own. There are three kinds of causes of depression and they interact. For the 13 years during which I was taking antidepressants, despite some doubts, I did believe in the theory that saw chemicals as the main approach.Īs well as taking antidepressants, you’ve seen a therapist for 14 years. However, I was afraid that if I dismantled the story that I had about depression and anxiety – even though that story hadn’t worked well for me – I would have no story at all, and it would feel really chaotic, and I would feel really vulnerable. For many years I had wanted to find out what causes depression and anxiety and how to really solve them. I think most of the things that are in the book I had inklings about. But did you have an idea of what conclusions you would come to? You started work on the book, you say, because you were puzzled by several mysteries. In 2011, he was the subject of accusations of plagiarism that led to the end of his career as a newspaper columnist. It argues that the notion of inherent depression has been overstated, and that environmental factors are too often neglected. His latest book, Lost Connections, explores the causes and cures of depression and anxiety. J ohann Hari is a writer and author of several books, and a former columnist for the Independent.