Ebook: What about me?: the struggle for identity in a market-based society

"According to current thinking, anyone who fails to succeed must have something wrong with them. The pressure to achieve and be happy is taking a heavy toll, resulting in a warped view of the self, disorientation, and despair. People are lonelier than ever before. Today's pay-for-performance mentality is turning institutions such as schools, universities, and hospitals into businesses - even individuals are being made to think of themselves as one-person enterprises. Love is increasingly hard to find, and we struggle to lead meaningful lives. Psychotherapist Paul Verhaeghe describes the profound impact that social change is having on mental health, even to the extent of affecting the nature of the disorders from which we suffer"--Provided by publisher.