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Opere di Henry Emmons
The Chemistry of Joy: A Three-Step Program for Overcoming Depression Through Western Science and Eastern Wisdom (2006) 170 copie
The Chemistry of Calm: A Powerful, Drug-Free Plan to Quiet Your Fears and Overcome Your Anxiety (2010) 115 copie
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This is more of a giant lifestyle adjustment than anything else. Emmons recommends a certain diet and exercise to help deal with stress and anxiety along with mindfulness or other types of meditative practices for the spirit. I find it somewhat hokey I suppose, but if it works then why not. I have a certain strange fondness for Western Style medicine since Eastern Medicine seems to focus on Chakras and other things that can’t really be measured. I probably just haven’t found anything to demonstrate it properly or something along those lines.
Finally, this book isn’t really what I expected. More than a lifestyle-changing program to improve resilience against anxiety and stress, I thought this book was going to be on how the brain experiences stress and anxiety. I took it out of the library so it isn’t like I sunk any money into this, but it is somewhat disappointing all the same. While the book does have a section that explores what neurotransmitters and other things do in the brain and how to improve brain chemistry in some ways, it wasn’t really what I wanted.… (altro)