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A review by _stephbeyond
The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self by Michael Easter
4.0
I'm between loving this book and hating it. I enjoyed it for more reasons than I hated it though. There's some great insight into pushing yourself beyond your comfort zone, and a lot of background on psychology and physiological benefits of adding different "non comfort" based practices into your life. The weaving of the story of Easter hunting in Alaska with more intense science dives keeps this fiction-fan more interested in the non-fiction elements.
BUT, the author really tries to drive home the idea that getting outside and taking a hike will solve your mental health problems (this is an oversimplification of his argument, but you get the point). As someone who started antidepressants while I was living in the mountains and getting out for hikes, rock climbing, and just running outdoors all the time, this idea of nature fixing everything annoys me. Don't shame people for using meds when they need it.
BUT, the author really tries to drive home the idea that getting outside and taking a hike will solve your mental health problems (this is an oversimplification of his argument, but you get the point). As someone who started antidepressants while I was living in the mountains and getting out for hikes, rock climbing, and just running outdoors all the time, this idea of nature fixing everything annoys me. Don't shame people for using meds when they need it.