Väggen: En utbränd psykiaters noteringar

Pia Dellson

Pages

138

Year

2015

Difficulty

Easy

Themes

burnout, personal narrative, psychiatry, recovery, resilience

Dellson’s best-known book, a collection of short, empathetic texts that capture what it really feels like to hit the wall. Written in Swedish by a psychiatrist who herself experienced burnout, offering a unique dual perspective: the doctor’s and the patient’s.

Why Start Here

This is Dellson’s most read and most personal book. The texts are short and accessible, deliberately written so they can be read even when you are very tired. Dellson knows that burned-out people cannot handle long chapters, and she meets the reader where they are.

What makes the book unusual is Dellson’s dual perspective. As a psychiatrist, she has diagnosed and treated burnout in others. As a patient, she has experienced it from the inside. That combination gives the texts a precision and honesty that is rare in the genre.

What to Expect

A slim 138-page book written in Swedish, with short, standalone texts. It reads quickly but stays with you long after. This is not a manual or a program. It is an honest account of burnout from the inside, written by someone who understands the subject at its deepest level, both professionally and personally.

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