Aayushyacha Nava Daav By Shelja Sen, Sarita Athawale

नैराश्य ही सबंध जगाला भेडसावणारी समस्या. दर चार व्यक्तींमागे एक व्यक्ती नैराश्याने ग्रासलेली असते. नैराश्यातनं होणाऱ्या आत्महत्यांमध्ये भारत जगात आघाडीवर आहे. पण तरी मानसिक आरोग्याबद्दल मोकळेपणाने बोललं जात नाही. हे पुस्तक नैराश्यासारख्या महत्त्वपूर्ण विषयावरचं आपलं मौन सोडायला लावतं. डॉ. शैलजा सेन यांचा मानसिक आरोग्यातला प्रदीर्घ अनुभव, त्यांच्या कारकिर्दीत त्यांनी अनुभवलेल्या केसेस गोष्टरूपात या पुस्तकात समोर येतात. या गोष्टीतून आणि रूग्णांसोबतच्या त्यांच्या संवादातून प्रत्येकाला आपल्या मानसिक दुखण्यावरही इलाज सापडत जातो. मानसिक अनारोग्याबाबतची लांच्छनाची भावना, लाज यांच्याविरोधात आवाज उठवत हे पुस्तक तुम्हाला समजून घेणारी मैत्री बहाल करतं. DEPRESSION IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DISABILITY WORLDWIDE. DID YOU KNOW THAT ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN THEIR LIFETIME? IN INDIA, SUICIDE IS THE CHIEF REASON FOR DEATH AMONG THE YOUTH. IN FACT, A STUDENT COMMITS SUICIDE EVERY HOUR. NEARLY 40 PER CENT OF FEMALE SUICIDES OCCUR HERE. WHY THEN IS THERE SO LITTLE CONVERSATION AROUND MENTAL HEALTH? WHY DO WE CHOOSE TO STAY SILENT AND NOT SPEAK UP FOR OURSELVES AND FOR OTHERS AROUND US? SHELJA SEN BRINGS THREE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE AS A THERAPIST TO PRESENT AND ANALYSE THE STORIES AND WISDOM OF THE PEOPLE SHE HAS WORKED WITH. WEAVING TOGETHER THE TEACHINGS OF BUDDHIST ZEN MASTER THICH NHAT HANH ALONG WITH NARRATIVE THERAPY AND SOLUTION FOCUSED BRIEF THERAPY, THIS IS A COMPELLING AND CRUCIAL ADDITION TO THE LITERATURE ON MENTAL HEALTH AND SELF-CARE. NOBODY SHOULD BE DEFINED BY DARKNESS. THIS BOOK IS ABOUT STANDING UP TO THE FORCES OF SHAME, STIGMA AND SILENCE IN MENTAL HEALTH. AND RECLAIMING THE RIGHT TO AUTHOR OUR STORIES. IT IS A CRUCIAL READ FOR CAREGIVERS AND THERAPISTS WHO WITNESS PAIN EVERY DAY AND ARE LOOKING FOR CREATIVE APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR MORE JOY AND MEANING IN YOUR LIFE, THEN THIS WILL BE YOUR COMPANION. RECLAIM YOUR LIFE URGES EACH ONE OF US TO OWN OUR COURAGE AND FIND OUR NORTH STAR.