b34n5

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[–] b34n5@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Now I'm reading "The inner level: how more equal societies reduce stress, restore sanity and improve everyone's well-being". I'm loving it so far.

[–] b34n5@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Without any particular order: Lemmy, Mastodon, Bookwyrm.

[–] b34n5@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Just today I finished reading 'Now' by El Comité Invisible (The Invisible Committee). Incredible. In parts, better than 'The Coming Insurrection,' although I would say the first part of that book is excellent, unsurpassable.

[–] b34n5@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I am loving it. It is written in a very poetic language and really makes you reflect. In my case, it also generates a nihilistic feeling towards society and the possibility of change. It is a call to insurrection; it shows you, in an aesthetic and philosophical way, that there is no other way out but rebellion.

[–] b34n5@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I'm currently reading "The Coming Insurrection" by "The Invisible Committee"

[–] b34n5@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

According to the book "Anatomy of an Epidemic" SSRIs (antidepressants) improve patient symptoms slightly in the short term compared to those who are not medicated. However, in the long term:

  1. They do not solve the problem of anxiety/depression at the symptomatic level.

  2. They hinder the patient's recovery and turn them into a chronic depressive or anxious individual.

In my experience, since I started taking SSRIs, I have been having more panic attacks, even though initially, about 5 years ago, they seemed to improve my symptoms of social anxiety and sadness.

Check this out: https://robertwhitakerbooks.com/anatomy-of-an-epidemic/antidepressantsdepression/

[–] b34n5@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

At the moment, I am still reading "Amadeo Bordiga in the Italian Communist Party" by Agustín Guillamón. Additionally, I have started "Anatomy of an Epidemic" by Robert Whitaker, which critiques the solutions that current psychiatry proposes in Western societies; it specifically focuses on the United States.

[–] b34n5@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Now I am reading 'Amadeo Bordiga in the Italian Communist Party' by Agustín Guillamón. I recently finished 'What Is to Be Done?' by Lenin.

[–] b34n5@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Try "El túnel" by Ernesto Sabato. As far as I remember, it doesn't have a very complex vocabulary. However, the story it tells has a message that can be analyzed from somewhat more complex perspectives.

[–] b34n5@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Me too. I started smoking cannabis and drinking alcohol until I got sick with schizophrenia; it was then that I had to stop using cannabis. Now I occasionally drink beer; but above all, I consume a lot of caffeine, in my case in the form of energy drinks.

[–] b34n5@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I have read "The State and Revolution." Now I am reading "What Is to Be Done?" Both books by Lenin.

[–] b34n5@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I read in Spanish because it is the language I am most proficient in. Sometimes, I also read in Catalan.

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