{"product_id":"9780062947093","title":"Running Is a Kind of Dreaming: A Memoir","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eThompson, J. M.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHarperOne\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12\/6\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA powerful, breathtaking memoir about a young man's descent into madness, and how running saved his life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Voluntary or involuntary?” asked\u003cbr\u003ethe nurse who admitted J. M. Thompson to a San Francisco psychiatric hospital\u003cbr\u003ein January 2005. Following years of depression, ineffective medication, and\u003cbr\u003etherapy that went nowhere, Thompson feared he was falling into an inescapable\u003cbr\u003edarkness. He decided that death was his only exit route from the torture of his\u003cbr\u003emind. After a suicide attempt, he spent weeks confined on the psych ward,\u003cbr\u003efeeling scared, alone, and trapped. One afternoon during an exercise break he\u003cbr\u003eexperienced a sudden urge. “\u003cem\u003eRun\u003c\/em\u003e, I thought. \u003cem\u003eRun before it’s too late\u003cbr\u003eand you’re stuck down there. Right now. Run\u003c\/em\u003e. ” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe impulse that starts with\u003cbr\u003esprints across a hospital rooftop turns into all night runs in the mountains.\u003cbr\u003eThrough motion and immersion in the beauty of nature, Thompson finds a way out\u003cbr\u003eof the hell of depression and drug addiction. Step by step, mile by mile, his\u003cbr\u003ebody and mind heal. In this lyrical, vulnerable, and breathtaking memoir, J. M.\u003cbr\u003eThompson, now a successful psychologist, retraces the path that led him from\u003cbr\u003edespair to wellness, detailing the chilling childhood trauma that caused his\u003cbr\u003edepression, and the unorthodox treatment that saved him. \u003cem\u003eRunning Is a Kind of\u003cbr\u003eDreaming\u003c\/em\u003e is a luminous literary testament to the universal human capacity to\u003cbr\u003erecover from our deepest wounds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46829005144319,"sku":"9780062947093","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780062947093_s600x595.jpg?v=1780332738","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780062947093","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}