{"id":11471,"date":"2025-09-23T08:38:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T23:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/?p=11471"},"modified":"2026-02-16T07:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:46:11","slug":"youre-not-imagining-it-it-is-this-weird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/youre-not-imagining-it-it-is-this-weird\/","title":{"rendered":"New release: &#8220;You\u2019re not imagining it, it IS this weird&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Ever stood in the supermarket staring at a $14 \u201cgut-healing\u201d loaf of bread and thought, <em>this can\u2019t possibly be normal<\/em>? Or opened a meditation app that sends you a push notification reminding you to breathe? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon wp-block-embed-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"You\u2019re not imagining it, it IS this weird: Notes on surviving the optimisation trap (Psychology that helps you)\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"580\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" data-src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_x0ilRo00xJbPKO&#038;asin=B0FS3JGV33&#038;tag=kpembed-20\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Good news: you\u2019re not imagining it. Life really is this weird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A book about surviving modern absurdity<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Psychologist and writer <strong>Lee Hopkins<\/strong> has just released a sharp, funny, and uncomfortably honest new book: <em>You\u2019re Not Imagining It, It IS This Weird: Notes on Surviving the Optimisation Trap<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Part social commentary, part cultural satire, part survival manual, this <strong>modern life is weird book<\/strong> takes aim at the endless contradictions we\u2019re all juggling:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Wellness culture<\/strong>\u2014why eating has become a moral performance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Productivity myths<\/strong>\u2014how optimisation culture leaves us more exhausted than fulfilled.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Authenticity traps<\/strong>\u2014why even being \u201creal\u201d has become a curated performance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>The crisis of simple things<\/strong>\u2014how food, sleep, and connection got absurdly complicated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Hopkins doesn\u2019t offer quick fixes or another self-help checklist. Instead, he invites readers to step outside the noise, laugh at the absurdities, and rediscover the joy of being simply, wonderfully human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why this book matters now<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">We live in a time when everything\u2014our sleep, our meals, our relationships, even our \u201cauthenticity\u201d\u2014is treated as a project to be optimised, tracked, and monetised. The result? Rising anxiety, choice paralysis, and the sense that no matter what we do, we\u2019re failing some invisible test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>You\u2019re Not Imagining It, It IS This Weird<\/em> challenges that trap. It\u2019s a reminder that the sanest response might not be to optimise harder, but to laugh, to question, and to trust your own experience again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Who this book is for<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">If you\u2019re tired of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">productivity hacks that don\u2019t make life better<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">wellness fads that leave you more anxious than healthy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">social media\u2019s endless performance of \u201cauthenticity\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u2026then this is the book you didn\u2019t know you needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the author<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Lee Hopkins<\/strong> is a counselling psychologist and writer whose work blends satire with insight. 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