Capture Unraveling the Mystery of Mental Suffering
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Sprache:Englisch
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ePUB
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Nein
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Ja
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Ja
Erscheinungsdatum
12.04.2016
Verlag
HarperCollinsSeitenzahl
304 (Printausgabe)
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9780062388537
"A breakthrough book. In a world of increasingly specialized knowledge, it takes a particular gift and some stubbornness to cut across the fields of neuroscience, psychiatry, philosophy and psychology and to ask the fundamental question: Why it is that we can allow our best selves to be captured by and torpedoed by thoughts and actions that sink us?. . . . [Kessler's] ultimate answer is profound and one that could be life-changing and life-saving. I know I will be handing this book out for just that reason. Abraham Verghese, MD, author of Cutting for Stone
In Capture, New York Times bestselling author Dr. David A. Kessler considers some of the most profound questions we face as human beings: What are the origins of mental afflictions, from everyday unhappiness to addiction and depressionand how are they connected? Where does healing and transcendence fit into this realm of emotional experience?
Analyzing an array of insights from psychology, medicine, neuroscience, literature, philosophy, and theology, Dr. Kessler deconstructs centuries of thinking, examining the central role of capture in mental illness and questioning traditional labels that have obscured our understanding of it. Looking to the emotionally resonant lives of figures such as David Foster Wallace, Virginia Woolf, William James, Tennessee Williams, John Belushi, Sylvia Plath, and Robert Lowell, among others, he explains how this concept is at play in their lives andby extensionour own.
Ultimately, Capture offers insight into how we form thoughts and emotions, manage trauma, and heal. For the first time, we can begin to understand the underpinnings not only of mental illness but also of our everyday worries and anxieties. Capture is an intimate and critical exploration of the most enduring human mystery of all: the mind.
Dr. Kessler's groundbreaking theory of capture provides a unified new framework for understanding:
- A Unified Theory of Mental Suffering: Discover "capture," the common mechanism Dr. Kessler identifies as the underlying cause of everything from addiction and depression to our everyday anxieties.
- The Science of Attention and Emotion: Delve into the latest insights from neuroscience and psychology to understand how our brains form thoughts, process trauma, and can be rewired.
- Case Studies from Literature and History: Explore the inner lives of figures like David Foster Wallace and Virginia Woolf to see how capture shaped their struggles and their genius.
- A New Path to Healing: Move beyond traditional labels to find a more profound understanding of the mind and unlock powerful, lasting pathways to healing and transcendence.
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