How to Be Miserable in Your Twenties, livre ebook

“When you find yourself underlining so many passages that the whole book is basically one long underline…it’s time to recommend that book. Highly. And be grateful it exists.” — Lenore Skenazy , president of Let Grow, and founder of Free-Range Kids “Pathological social withdrawal (called ‘hikikomori’ in Japan) is now increasingly considered a global mental health and socio economic concern. Withdrawal behaviors tend to be regarded as negative and maladaptive. Is this perception always correct? Randy Paterson’s book challenges such preconceptions and prejudices regarding hikikomori-related behaviors while also suggesting multidirectional solutions to this phenomenon.” — Takahiro A. Kato, MD, PhD , associate professor in the department of neuropsychiatry, and chair of the hikikomori research clinic at Kyushu University Hospital in Fukuoka, Japan “Innovative and inspiring…. The provocative mood makes the reading easy; the structure in lessons makes the book an on-demand pool of instructions the reader can refer to whenever needed. Randy Paterson has made great work to collect life situations and convert them into such practical actions.” — Ivan Ferrero, PsyD , cyberpsychologist, speaker, trainer, educator, edge innovator, and futurologist “Randy Paterson has done it again! In his latest book, How to Be Miserable in Your Twenties , Paterson provides insight into how young adults can avoid common traps that can contribute to unhappiness.