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Lost and Broken : My Journey Back from Chronic Pain and Crippling Anxiety by Congressman Adam Smith (2023, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHealth Communications, Incorporated
ISBN-100757324622
ISBN-139780757324628
eBay Product ID (ePID)14057243206
Product Key Features
Book TitleLost and Broken : My Journey Back from Chronic Pain and Crippling Anxiety
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMood Disorders / Depression, Anxieties & Phobias, Political
Publication Year2023
GenreSelf-Help, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorCongressman Adam Smith
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight7.2 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2023-302493
Dewey Edition23/eng/20230531
Reviews"When I started reading Lost and Broken , I could not stop. This book tells the vulnerable and unfortunately typical story of Representative Adam Smith's struggles with anxiety and chronic pain. Smith reveals the lengths he went to both treat and hide these struggles, and the consistent hurdles of poor treatment and lousy information he encountered. In doing so, his compelling book provokes the right questions: how do people in emotional and physical pain figure out what works, and how do those with less access to resources and support even stand a chance?" --Lynn Lyons, LICSW, author of The Anxiety Audit, coauthor of Anxious Kids, Anxious Parents
Dewey Decimal362.20973
SynopsisSuch was the place Congressman Adam Smith found himself after a yearslong struggle with debilitating anxiety and searing physical pain that sent him to a dark place from which he feared he'd never recover. To others, he was at the pinnacle of success. Few knew that every day was a relentless battle. It's a struggle millions of Americans know all too well. In Lost and Broken, Smith reveals with unflinching honesty how he got to this lowest point in life, and how he slowly found his way back to having a calmer mind and being free of chronic pain and medication. His desperate search for the right diagnosis and treatment for his mental and physical pain lasted over six years and involved more than a hundred different healthcare providers. Smith faced the severe limitations of our nation's healthcare system including the cost of the stigma our country has against admitting to and dealing with mental health issues. Ultimately, he learned that life isn't about finding that quick fix; it's about learning who you are, understanding your body and mind well enough to face those struggles that we will all inevitably face, and then being able to enjoy your life even when those struggles come., Adam Smith, 26-year member of Congress and Chair of the House Armed Services Committee for the last four years, offers a candid memoir about his years-long struggle with anxiety and chronic pain, and the winding path to find the right diagnosis and treatment. "Early one morning in April of 2016 I woke up and seriously contemplated the possibility that I would never be able to generate the strength, focus, and courage to get out of bed. The combination of crippling anxiety, chronic pain, muscle atrophy, and the fascinating mix of pharmaceuticals coursing through my body had, I feared, finally broken me. My life terrified me. I had been fighting some combination of these battles for just over three years at this point, and I didn't think I could do it for one more day." Representative Adam Smith was successful by all measures, with a long, distinguished career in Congress and a loving marriage with children. Yet seemingly out of nowhere, his body and mind broke down to the point where every day was a relentless struggle to just keep moving. It's a struggle millions of Americans know all too well. Would he be able to meet his responsibilities as a husband and father? Could he still maintain his breakneck professional schedule and continue to do his job well? He soon realized he couldn't will himself well--he needed help. Thus began a desperate search for the right diagnosis and treatment for his mental and physical pain that lasted over six years and involved more than a hundred different health care providers. With unflinching honesty, Smith reveals how he got to this lowest point in life, and how he slowly, painfully, and unevenly found his way back to having a calmer mind and being free of chronic pain and medication. Smith discovered the severe limitations of our nation's health care system, and brought him face to face with the cost of the stigma our country has against admitting to and dealing with mental health issues. He learned that life isn't about finding that quick fix or clear-cut mental and physical program to stop worrying and struggling. It's about learning who you are, understanding your body and mind well enough to face those struggles that we will all inevitably face, and then being able to enjoy your life even when those struggles come.
LC Classification NumberRA790.6.S58 2023
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- 22 Feb, 2024
Straight to the point
This book is easy to read and although I have only read the first chapter it appears to be very helpful.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
