This book argues that people with mild-to-moderate depression have a more accurate perception of reality than non-depressives. Drawing from central observations from various disciplines, this book argues that a radical honesty about human suffering might initiate wholly new ways of thinking, in everyday life and in clinical practice for mental health, as well as in academia.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
1. Big History, Anthropathology and Depressive Realism
2. Religion, Spirituality and Depressive Realism
3. Philosophy and Depressive Realism
4. Literature, Film and Depressive Realism
5. Psychology and Depressive Realism
6. Psychotherapy and Depressive Realism
7. The Socio-Political Domain and Depressive Realism
8. Science, Technology, The Future and Depressive Realism
9. The Lifespan, Everyday Life and Depressive Realism
10. Arguments Against Depressive Realism
11. Lessons and Possibilities for Individuals and Society
