ABSTRACT
When Sanne went to the psychologist, she was given the diagnosis of “generalised anxiety disorder.” She worried too much, not least about her son. Despite that, her worst nightmare became a reality: her son died. Looking back now, she wonders what she could have done differently. Was it at all appropriate of her psychologist to diagnose her with a mental illness? Studies show that those countries that spend most on offering medical and therapeutic treatments for mental health problems are the same countries in which the greatest proportion of the population suffers from mental health issues. It seems difficult to magic away the anxiety from a person's life. Perhaps we simply need to learn to live with it? This is what the majority of psychotherapists today have taken an interest in – inspired by a long tradition of mysticism that transcends religion, in which the art of accepting uncertainty has been recognised for thousands of years. Acceptance could have helped the majority of the interview subjects in this book. But would it have helped Sanne?
