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.
Now I am reading ‘Amadeo Bordiga in the Italian Communist Party’ by Agustín Guillamón. I recently finished ‘What Is to Be Done?’ by Lenin.
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.
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.
I have read “The State and Revolution.” Now I am reading “What Is to Be Done?” Both books by Lenin.
I read in Spanish because it is the language I am most proficient in. Sometimes, I also read in Catalan.
Right now I am reading “Hegemony and Socialist Strategy” by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. Just a few days ago, I finished the book “Workers’ Councils” by Anton Pannekoek (5/5).
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:
They do not solve the problem of anxiety/depression at the symptomatic level.
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/