"How to make sense of this world and yourself. Life is a book designed to help people understand themselves, based on science. It explains psychological stress, mental disorders, and provides specific ways to deal with life challenges. The book describes many cases of patients the author saw over the years. Life examines the foundations of many influential self-improvement books, showing why they are appealing and why they dont work for the most part. The author spent 25 years studying psychology, working in universities and mental health institutions in the US, UK, and the Middle East. During that time, he moved from one school of thought to another out of dissatisfaction with their shortcomings and grandiose claims. In this book, he outlines, in a plain language, the basic premises of psychology, psychotherapy, and psychiatry that tend to be overlooked and demonstrates how any person can benefit from these scientific ideas. He explains when and why medications and psychotherapy are good, and when and why they can be harmful. The book discloses the ways in which psychologists and psychiatrists have been normalising mental disorders, and harming healthy people. It also shows the detrimental effects of myths about psychological wellbeing pushed by media, pharma companies, and psychiatrists. It opens a way for people to understand themselves and to grow with the help of real science."
Theo Alistair is a professor of psychology who worked in various universities all over the world. Before taking up research for this book, Theo had spent years studying how terrorist organizations and the petrodollar-funded Islamic institutions indoctrinate their members. He conducted many studies that aimed to understand the motive and rationale of terrorism. He interviewed thousands of subjects to examine the psychological aspects related to the religious violence and genocidal ideas among Muslims. He applied several psychological scales. The results of these studies kept directing him to the original sources of Islam which were used by many individuals to distinguish right from wrong. This made him realize that a thorough examination of Islam and the Western political and educational agenda is a must.
