The writer, teacher and naturalist(博物学家) Joe Harkness, who has died aged 39, was an inspiring advocate(倡导者) for the role that wild nature can play in alleviating(缓解，减轻) depression and helping all minds, but especially neurodivergent(神经多样性的) ones, find joy and peace.
作家、教师兼博物学家乔·哈克尼斯去世，享年39岁。他是一位鼓舞人心的倡导者，主张野生自然能够缓解抑郁，帮助所有心灵——尤其是神经多样性人群——找到快乐与平静。
His first book, Bird Therapy (2018), was a notable(显著的，著名的) success from a new generation of authors who found readers online and crowdfunded(众筹) their publication via the now defunct(已倒闭的) Unbound. In Bird Therapy, Harkness told the story of his own breakdown(精神崩溃), near-suicide(险些自杀) and subsequent recovery through watching birds near his home in rural Norfolk(英格兰东部郡，以湿地和观鸟闻名).
他的第一本书《鸟类疗法》（2018）大获成功，属于新一代作家——他们通过网络找到读者，并通过现已倒闭的众筹平台 Unbound 筹集出版资金。在《鸟类疗法》中，哈克尼斯讲述了自己精神崩溃、险些自杀，以及后来在诺福克乡村的家附近观鸟而康复的故事。
Readers responded to his honesty and heartfelt(真挚的) practical advice, as well as the obvious pleasure he found in nature. “In that moment, watching the flock of finches, I was allowing myself to become lost and absorbed in the sights in front of me,” he wrote.(“那一刻，看着那群雀鸟，我让自己沉浸、迷失在眼前的景象中，”他写道。)
读者被他坦诚而真挚的实用建议所打动，也感受到他在自然中获得的明显快乐。他写道：“那一刻，看着那群雀鸟，我让自己沉浸、迷失在眼前的景象中。”