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By: Jenara Nerenberg (Author)
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A paradigm-shifting study of…
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed for You
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Dana –
Beautiful and eye-opening
What did I like/disklike?Liked: cutting edge research and journalism; considers capitalism, white-supremacy, and patriarchy as external agonists; focuses on depatholoziging languageDisliked: can be a bit of a laborious read considering some areas required me to stop the book and do research on other things to understand the paragraphs better, but that’s more of a learning/developmental challenge for me than it really has to do with the book itself and still comes out a total positive.Who would I recc to?Anyone looking to expand their knowledge on why people are the way they are, how to better understand themselves or the people they live with, and become more passionate and understanding to how certain behaviors may appear in themselves and others because of the world around us.Why did I choose rating?This book beautifully articulates relationships among discoveries in neuroscience, autism, psychiatry/neutropics, psychology, and therapy research to make a solid case for changing how we organize our views of the human mind, condition, and manifestation of behaviors; instead of by exclusively pathologizing the person, but by also acknowledging a major role the pathology of the environment they are in plays to their condition.
Kindle Customer –
Such an important read!!!
This book was incredibly eye opening to the world of neruodivergence, especially for adult women. Such a validating and empowering read. As a therapist, this gives me ideas in how to better support my clients and myself. Rather than seeing individuals as the problem, we have to ask how society and the environment exclude individuals.
Juusan –
Good book, mostly anecdotal
If you’re looking for a research book written by a scientist or clinician, this isn’t it — but it’s a great exploration of the experiences of many different people who fall into this category. I enjoyed it and saw a lot of my experiences reflected here. There is some research cited, but the author herself is not a scientist. If you go into it knowing that, it’s an excellent book.
Claudia M. –
I give this book generous three stars. It’s more of 2.5 stars, to be honest. It’s a very mediocre book.The studies are not “paradigm shifting”, they are generic, and all the research is superficially mentioned. The interviews focus on super-successful people, and the language is generically positive, with lots of “superpower” talk without much acknowledgment of the challenges experienced by various divergent women that don’t fit the uber-successful profile. It seems to be a book geared towards convincing people that ND women are good (we know that, honey), like a wannabe life coach or a women’s magazine article full of platitudes.I didn’t need “affirming”, I needed strategies. I didn’t get that.Side note: Unqualified author (she’s a journalist who does not identify as ND, just as “having ND struggles”. Instead of seeking a diagnosis (despite being able to), the author chose to “investigate through the stories of those that felt like her”). Besides this, the author never acknowledges her privilege nor seeks voices different from her own. She uses the term “ASPERGERS” repeatedly, and talks about “Highly Sensitive Person” as if it was an actual diagnosis. Why this book is being given more traction than the voices of actual ND women is beyond me. My guess is the author has better connections than the unprivileged voices that would have actually written useful books.
Chris –
Very well written with powerful and interesting content.I am at the beginning of my journey with regards to learning/adapting the way I move through the world, both to make life an easier and happier experience for myself but also others.I found this to be an enlightening and quite profound read, I saw myself in it and learned a lot about others too.I would highly recommend reading it, even more so if you feel the content might directly speak to your life experience or someone you love.
KW –
As a recently diagnosed 26 year old woman with ADHD and autism, this book beautifully articulated my experience of feeling misunderstood and misfit throughout my life. It gave me the vocabulary I need to move forward with my newly named identify and hope it does the same for so many more sensitive neurodivergent women around the world.