Reasons to Stay Alive
Order THE COMFORT BOOK. Available now! THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL TRULY ALIVE? Aged 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again. A moving, funny and joyous exploration of how to live better, love better and feel more alive, Reasons to Stay Alive is more than a memoir. It is a book about making the most of your time on earth. 'I wrote this book because the oldest clichés remain the truest. Time heals. The bottom of the valley never provides the clearest view. The tunnel does have light at the end of it, even if we haven't been able to see it . . . Words, just sometimes, really can set you free.'
Reasons to Stay Alive
Openhartige en rake memoir over leven met een depressie
Reasons to Stay Alive
Reasons To Stay Alive
A Sunday Times bestseller, Reasons to Stay Alive is both a wonderfully moving and upbeat account of how Matt Haig survived depression and anxiety, and an accessible, life-affirming guide to helping yourself—and others—through mental illness. In the western world the suicide rate is highest amongst men under the age of 35. Matt Haig could have added to that statistic when, aged 24, he found himself staring at a cliff-edge about to jump off. This is the story of why he didn’t, and how he recovered and learned to live with anxiety and depression. It’s also an optimistic, joyous and often funny exploration of how to live better, love better, read better and feel more. A wonderful mix of memoir and hard-won wisdom, Reasons to Stay Alive is, at heart, about making the most of your time on earth.
Summary of Matt Haig's Reasons To Stay Alive
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I had no understanding or awareness of depression, except that I knew my mother had suffered from it for a little while after I was born. I was twenty-four years old, living in Spain, and I didn’t want to be alive any more. I wanted to be dead. #2 I was in Italy for a vacation, when I started to feel extremely depressed. I felt like I was going insane, and I wanted to kill myself. I didn’t have terms like depression or panic disorder in my head, so I thought that what I was experiencing was something that everyone else had felt. #3 Depression is not just a feeling of sadness. It is the feeling of infinite torture, which can be just as bad as any other affliction. It can affect anyone, regardless of wealth, hair, or marital status. #4 I had to stop feeling this way. It was preposterously easy to consider taking my own life, versus the pain of living. But I didn’t.
