The contrast between the outside and the inner world. Or when that kind of osmosis that is social interaction stops working properly because inside one the chaos becomes unbearable. Anxiety, depression, a single idea of always being in the least opportune place for your peace.
Summary: For many people with depression or anxiety, the mere act of resistance, of appearing "normal," is daunting, painful, and at the same time heroic.
Getting out of bed, taking the kids to school, going to work, preparing something to eat… All of this can be an incredible achievement for those who have to exert superhuman effort just to stay on their feet. How can you move on? How do you do what you do, day after day, according to the idea that people have of you and how society expects you to do it, when what you really want is to hide and disappear?
En Fugue, James Rhodes tries to figure out how to make the unbearable bearable in the most unimaginable situations. Through five months of grueling music touring, performing in front of thousands of people and to the incessant company of the torturing voices in his head, James is left with no choice but to deal with a wild and recessed mind.
Fortunately, he still has the music, always. Bach, Chopin, Beethoven ... His Holy Grail, his survival mechanism. Only that.
These are important and necessary memories. About coping with the routine while feeling unable to escape the madness. On not setting the bar for happiness too high. About accepting that life is something imperfect and turbulent.
James Rhodes explores the myths surrounding depression, anxiety and stress (the plagues of our society today), breaks them down into a million pieces, and rebuilds them with his signature sense of humor and sensitivity. .
What is the good new? That everything is going to be fine. Only that.
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