Table of Contents
Prologue: The Apple 1
Introduction: A Mystery 5
Part I The Crack in the Old Story
1 The Wand 17
2 Imbalance 27
3 The Grief Exception 38
4 The First Flag on the Moon 45
Part II Disconnection: Nine Causes of Depression and Anxiety
5 Picking Up the Flag (An Introduction to Part Two) 59
6 Cause One: Disconnection from Meaningful Work 61
7 Cause Two: Disconnection from Other People 72
8 Cause Three: Disconnection from Meaningful Values 91
9 Cause Four: Disconnection from Childhood Trauma 106
10 Cause Five: Disconnection from Status and Respect 116
11 Cause Six: Disconnection from the Natural World 123
12 Cause Seven: Disconnection from a Hopeful or Secure Future 132
13 Causes Eight and Nine: The Real Role of Genes and Brain Changes 143
Part III Reconnection. Or, a Different Kind of Antidepressant
14 The Cow 159
15 We Built This City 164
16 Reconnection One: To Other People 179
17 Reconnection Two: Social Prescribing 189
18 Reconnection Three: To Meaningful Work 201
19 Reconnection Four: To Meaningful Values 211
20 Reconnection Five: Sympathetic Joy, and Overcoming Addiction to the Self 218
21 Reconnection Six: Acknowledging and Overcoming Childhood Trauma 241
22 Reconnection Seven: Restoring the Future 245
Conclusion: Homecoming 255
Acknowledgments 265
Notes 269
Index 305