A sense of belonging : how to find your place in a fractured world / Dr Holan Liang.

  • Liang, Holan
Date:
2022
  • Books

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"A sense of belonging - being liked, understood, accepted for who we are - is vital for our mental health. Whether it is fitting in at school, struggling to connect with colleagues in a new job, or just feeling out of place in our own family, we all, at various stages in our lives, find ourselves questioning our identity. For Dr Holan Liang, one of the UK's foremost psychiatrists, this crisis of identity cuts right to the heart of the modern epidemic of anxiety and depression. In this ground-breaking book, she draws on her own experience as an immigrant to the UK, and on 20 years of caring for patients suffering from a range of mental health conditions, from depression and anxiety to ADHD and anorexia, to explore a radical new perspective on mental health. Warm, wise and full of humanity, A Sense of Belonging will help you to: understand the causes of loneliness, reprioritise the people and things that matter, stop people-pleasing, and learn how to accept yourself in order to find genuine connection."-- From cover.

Publication/Creation

London : Short Books, 2022.

Physical description

243 pages ; 22 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction -- Why we need to belong -- Part one. Why we don’t belong -- 1. Emptiness: absence of first connection and faltering family ties -- 2. Misfit: the anxiety of peer rejection and swimming against tide -- 3. People pleasing: the impact of social pressures and unhealthy relationships -- 4. Loneliness: isolation and feeling alone in crowd -- Part Two. Why we struggle to connect -- 5. Brain wiring: neurodiversity and neurodevelopmental disorder -- 6. Sh*t happens: the impact of adverse life and trauma -- 7. Shame: the ongoing stigma of poor mental health -- Part three. Finding your tribe: the pross and pitfalls of belonging -- 8. Belongings through exclusion: the mental health impact -- 9. Belonging through acceptance: a way forward -- Acknowledgments -- References

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  • 9781780724683