punk psychology is a 2022 book by psychologist Victor Amat. It is published by Vergara, seal of Penguin random house. It is a psychology manual that contravenes the current norm (that is why it is from punk), and that advocates letting oneself be, with the good and the less good, to reach a more placid state. Without deceiving or offering false promises.
So is this a self help book? Yeah! Is it the typical self-help book? No! Not at all. In fact, he renounces the typical psychology manuals that are on the rise these days and their phrases of illusory and mediocre positivism. This book comes strong, although with a sense of humor. It demystifies many things that others sell us and creates positive a more realistic way of facing life when they come badly
punk psychology
Against positive and naive thinking
Enough of naivety! punk psychology is a very rebellious rallying cry. It discusses what has been done lately in psychological outreach and dismantles the clichés with which they try to saturate people. It is a book that demolishes the myth that life should be a path of roses, but it does so with a sense of humor.
Likewise, warns of the danger of thinking permanently positive, without leaving time or respite for what is natural, which is to think negatively. Because for that we are prepared in our nature. It is a way of fleeing from danger due to our ability to survive. Instead of denying the negative, we must allow the thought and feelings that revolve around it, channel and accept them. It is naive to believe that at all times, with all our worries and difficulties that arise, we can feel joyful. No. And nothing happens. Amat does not want to ignore the negative, he wants to use it to lead us to the path of awareness, balance and calm.
punk psychology turns the tables a little and frees us from guilt, before the social pressure of the present moment in which everything has to be a state of constant happiness and permanent. Which is clearly unattainable. Except if you're a robot. Because it seems that if you don't define yourself as a happy person, something is wrong with you or the reason is that you don't try hard enough.
Speaking clearly: does happiness exist?
Amat explains that if we accept that life is made up of joys and tragedies, perhaps we can begin to change our perspective on happiness and free ourselves from the obligation to be happy. What if instead of aspiring to perpetual happiness we become more aware and relativize? Probably If we better understand what happens to us and seek balance in all its forms, we can be simply carefully.
If I always think positively and pay attention to: "If you want, you can", "you can with everything", "don't give up", "be your best version", etc., we really repeat imposed mantras that we don't believe in because we haven't even stopped to think about it. It turns out that if you don't think like that you are weak or lazy. Well, here is another truth: not by thinking less about the negative, the problems will disappear by magic. It's more, the psychologist warns that forcing yourself to be feliz it can be highly risky and a drag on our mental health.
The author also points out that our current way of life, the uncertainty we live in and the mismanagement of health care carried out by the administration also promote a rather lame general state of mind.
Conclusions
It is a book that speaks clearly, but far from discouraging people, it fills them with optimism due to its realistic sincerity. It is a realism that fosters a critical sense so that we do not get carried away by all the external influences of what is good to think and feel and what is not. Amat explains that no one can force us to feel or see things in a certain way, neither better nor worse.. Most of the time what a person needs is to feel sad and deal with a bad situation. Afterwards, only time can tell if you have learned something or not.
It is a self-help book made to help people, not to convince them of anything or to make them think that if they have not already solved their problems, it is because they are a disaster. Pursuing an unattainable ideal of happiness can be frustrating, and disastrous not to assume that sometimes in life there are situations that are terrible. But doing so can be quite a release. punk psychology It doesn't depress, but it unmasks fears and lies, and puts us face to face with the opportunity to feel good about life... if we prepare for it and allow ourselves to be bad.
About the Author
Victor Amat (Barcelona, 1963) is a licensed psychologist from Ramon Llull University, center of which he is a collaborating professor. It is also possible to find it at the Institut Català de la Salut, the Generalitat de Catalunya, the University of Barcelona or the Autonomous University of Barcelona. And right now he is directing the postgraduate program in Brief Intervention, a type of therapy in psychology. Works as a therapist, disseminator and trainer.
He is a European kick boxing champion and defines himself as a NAPC author: Not Suitable For Colleagues. Which gives a very funny idea of his thinking as far as psychology is concerned. Amat flees from fundamentalisms and as a writer, in addition to punk psychology, has titles like The secret of the holy mountain (2011), as well as collaborations with other authors.
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