Book Details
⚡️Book Title : Reasons to Stay Alive
⚡Book Author : Matt Haig
⚡Page : 272 pages
⚡Published February 23rd 2016 by Penguin Books (first published March 5th 2015)
Reasons to Stay Alive - Matt Haigs accessible and life-affirming memoir of his struggle with depression, and how his triumph over the illness taught him to live. "Destined to become a modern classic." Entertainment Weekly Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression. Reasons to Stay Alive is Matts inspiring account of how, minute by minute and day by day, he overcame the disease with the help of reading, writing, and the love of his parents and his girlfriend (and now-wife), Andrea. And eventually, he learned to appreciate life all the more for it. Everyones lives are touched by mental illness: if we do not suffer from it ourselves, then we have a friend or loved one who does. Matts frankness about his experiences is both inspiring to those who feel daunted by depression and illuminating to those who are mystified by it. Above all, his humor and encouragement never let us lose sight of hope. Speaking as his present self to his former self in the depths of depression, Matt is adamant that the oldest clich is the truestthere is light at the end of the tunnel. He teaches us to celebrate the small joys and moments of peace that life brings, and reminds us that there are always reasons to stay alive.
Reasons to Stay Alive
Matt Haigs accessible and life-affirming memoir of his struggle with depression, and how his triumph over the illness taught him to live. "Destined to become a modern classic." Entertainment Weekly Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression. Reasons to Stay Alive is Matts inspiring account of how, minute by minute and day by day, he overcame the disease with the help of reading, writing, and the love of his parents and his girlfriend (and now-wife), Andrea. And eventually, he learned to appreciate life all the more for it. Everyones lives are touched by mental illness: if we do not suffer from it ourselves, then we have a friend or loved one who does. Matts frankness about his experiences is both inspiring to those who feel daunted by depression and illuminating to those who are mystified by it. Above all, his humor and encouragement never let us lose sight of hope. Speaking as his present self to his former self in the depths of depression, Matt is adamant that the oldest clich is the truestthere is light at the end of the tunnel. He teaches us to celebrate the small joys and moments of peace that life brings, and reminds us that there are always reasons to stay alive.
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