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What if the mental health symptoms we face arent the actual problem? What if theyre signals that help us see and solve the real problemthe imbalances in our wider systems that are making us all sick?
As our world clashes and collapses around us, its no surprise that one in two of us will be diagnosed with a mental health condition by the age of 40, with one in five people affected each year. Its hard to view all our mental health symptoms as disordered if so many of us are experiencing them. Perhaps its not that somethings gone wrong in our bodies and minds, but that somethings gone right: These symptoms are brilliant alarms and adaptions to survive a disordered world. Having sensitive protective functions that sound alarms or short-circuit when were threatened isnt a design flaw. Its a design success.
As a psychiatrist, professor, and mental health speaker, Joanna Cheek argues that were not broken or doing it wrong when were stressed or struggling. As our systems are pushed to the brink of collapse, self-improvement alone neglects the source of our suffering. Instead, to care for ourselves, we must heal the imbalances in our wider systems that keep making us all sick. In Its Not You. Its the World, Dr. Cheek offers a survival guide of mental health tools to care for both ourselves and our collectives, helping us understand and befriend our alarms so we can come together to solve the shared problems theyre signaling.
With a foreword by Gabor Mat?, chapter-by-chapter guidance, and practical action to empower, connect, and instill hope in the reader, Its Not You. Its The World is the go-to guide for anyone feeling depressed, anxious, enraged, despairing, numb, or sick from adapting to a world on fire.
Author: Joanna Cheek
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Balance
Published: 02/03/2026
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9780306837371
Language: English
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