“ Night Vision is a stellar and courageous literary achievement. Norem, author of The Positive Power of Negative Thinking The world needs a lot of fixing, and learning to know and accept the reality of negative emotions may help us all understand more about how to fix it.”-Julie K. It will give you blessed validation that you’re not wrong or bad for having those feelings-just human. This book is for anyone who has ever been told to chill when they’re anxious, to cheer up when they’re depressed, or to count their blessings and stay positive when they’re grieving or ill. “ Night Vision provides a much-needed counterpoint to toxic positivity run amok. "This is the book to read this season."- Choice If her points resonate, you may find yourself feeling less shame and blame when ‘stay positive’ just isn’t working."- TheSkimm "In Night Vision, Alessandri moves the needle from normalizing mental health issues to revering them. "Vigorous, deeply personal, and provocative."-Glenn C. Through insightful observations of temperaments at the dark end of the emotional spectrum, Night Vision reminds readers that our humanity is only truly visible in the dark and that the darkness is where we emotionally grow."-Shahina Piyarali, Shelf Awareness "A compelling, philosophically sound case for finding ‘dignity’ and strength in the discomforting emotions that are a natural part of the human condition. We do need better night vision."-Andrew Stark, Wall Street Journal Alessandri certainly does us a service in calling attention to the value of dark moods. In doing so she makes a persuasive case against the superficiality of 'don’t worry, be happy' peppiness. relates these stories with insight and sensitivity. Alessandri makes her argument through a series of biographical sketches. "Alessandri offers a very different understanding of clinical mood disorders, one that at first seems like bad news but ultimately proves comforting, even uplifting. Instead of encouraging our loved ones to “stay positive,” maybe it’s worth sitting with someone in their darkness."-Kira Condee-Padunova, NPR "Mariana Alessandri explores our culture’s obsession with ‘toxic positivity’ and our fear of darker emotions like grief, anxiety and depression. Ideas Podcast: Night Vision The therapist and the gadfly Night Vision shows how, when we learn to embrace the dark, we begin to see these moods-and ourselves-as honorable, dignified, and unmistakably human. Alessandri explains how readers can cultivate “night vision” and discover new sides to their painful moods, such as wit and humor, closeness and warmth, and connection and clarity. Lewis, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Søren Kierkegaard sat in their anger, sadness, and anxiety until their eyes adjusted to the dark. Thinkers such as Audre Lorde, María Lugones, Miguel de Unamuno, C. In this powerful and disarmingly intimate book, Existentialist philosopher Mariana Alessandri draws on the stories of a diverse group of nineteenth- and twentieth-century philosophers and writers to help us see that our suffering is a sign not that we are broken but that we are tender, perceptive, and intelligent. Night Vision invites us to consider a different approach to life, one in which we stop feeling bad about feeling bad. The self-help industry, determined to sell us the promise of a brighter future, can sometimes leave us feeling ashamed that we are not more grateful, happy, or optimistic. When viewed through the lens of modern psychology, they can even look like mental disorders. Under the light of ancient Western philosophies, our darker moods like grief, anguish, and depression can seem irrational.
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