{"product_id":"when-nothing-feels-real","title":"When Nothing Feels Real","description":"Journalist Nathan Dunne was living the life of his dreams in London until, one evening, he jumped into a lake for a swim. When he emerged, his identity was simply gone. He felt completely lost and in acute, inexplicable pain. He knew who he was supposed to be but had no connection to the person named Nathan. His memories were distant and separate, not his. Everything was unfamiliar. All he felt was terror.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis was the beginning of his experience with depersonalisation, a little-understood and on-the-rise mystery mental illness that causes a person to dissociate from their body and thoughts. It can be chronic and severe but it can also be more everyday and relatable: symptoms include feeling overwhelmed, withdrawing from family and friends, experiencing negative thoughts, being unable to concentrate or perform routine tasks, or feeling outside of yourself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Nothing Feels Real\u003c\/i\u003e is Nathan''s quest to find his way through to the other side from the terrifying onset of his illness, the years of misdiagnosis and his long search for an answer and a cure. In the vein of \u003ci\u003eLost Connections\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Changed Her Brain\u003c\/i\u003e, he expertly weaves in neuroscience, patient experiences and interviews with leading doctors in the field, using himself as a guide to courageously explore the personal, medical, psychological and philosophical issues raised by depersonalisation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA compelling, deeply personal account, \u003ci\u003eWhen Nothing Feels Real\u003c\/i\u003e shines a light on this growing mental illness, helping other sufferers feel more informed and less alone. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eUtterly fascinating\u003c\/b\u003e...thrilling to be given an insight into an experience of the world that is not just at the end of a particular spectrum, not just ''ordinary'' pushed to an extreme, but which exists in what seems like a different category altogether.''\u003cbr\u003eMark Haddon, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e''This book broke my heart but also gave me hope. There is so much yearning here, so much longing to live and to love and to be whole again. \u003cb\u003eThis is a brave and beautiful book.\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003cbr\u003eMira Bartok, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Palace: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e''This book is a \u003cb\u003evital and timely\u003c\/b\u003e exploration of a poorly understood and devastating mental illness, and \u003cb\u003ea powerful meditation on the fragility and resilience of selfhood. It will resonate profoundly\u003c\/b\u003e with all those who question what it means to be ourselves, and what it is to be human.''\u003cbr\u003eElinor Cleghorn, author of \u003ci\u003eUnwell Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eWhen Nothing Feels Real \u003c\/i\u003etook a lot of courage to write. \u003cb\u003eIt captures the pain and mystery of depersonalisation as well as its art and science.\u003c\/b\u003e''\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Anthony David, Neuropsychiatrist and Director of the UCL Institute of Mental Health\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Nathan Dunne is \u003cb\u003ea writer of such touching sympathies and affinities and generosity and pure gifts of language and mastery\u003c\/b\u003e of both echoes internal and in the air.''\u003cbr\u003eCynthia Ozick, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Puttermesser Papers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAntiquities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Dunne''s writing is \u003cb\u003eextraordinary, original and rewarding\u003c\/b\u003e.''\u003cbr\u003eRobert Cottrell, BBC Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eJeepers! That''s some illness.\u003c\/b\u003e''  \u003cbr\u003ePeter Goldsworthy","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57193972564350,"sku":"NW9781761500770","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781761500770.jpg?v=1778546115","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/when-nothing-feels-real","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}