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賲賱丕丨馗丕鬲 丨賵賱 賰賵賰亘 賲鬲賵鬲乇

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廿賳賳丕 賳睾乇賯 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲亘貙 賵賳睾乇賯 賮賷 丕賱賲爻賱爻賱丕鬲 賵丕賱亘乇丕賲噩 丕賱鬲賱賮夭賷賵賳賷丞. 賵乇睾賲 賴匕丕 賮廿賳賳丕 賱丕 賳爻鬲胤賷毓 廿賱丕 兀賳 賳賯乇兀 賰鬲丕亘丕 賵丕丨丿丕 賵賳卮丕賴丿 亘乇賳丕賲噩丕 賵丕丨丿丕 賮賷 丕賱賵賯鬲 匕丕鬲賴. 賱賯丿 鬲賲賰賳丕 賲賳 賲囟丕毓賮丞 賰賱 卮賷亍 賲賳 丨賵賱賳丕貙 賵賱賰賳賳丕 賱賲 賳囟丕毓賮 匕賵丕鬲賳丕. 賴賳丕賱賰 匕丕鬲 賵丕丨丿丞 賱賰賱 賲賳丕. 賵噩賲賷毓賳丕 丕氐睾乇 亘賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱丕賳鬲乇賳鬲貙 賵賱賳爻鬲賲鬲毓 亘丨賷丕鬲賳丕貙 乇亘賲丕 毓賱賷賳丕 丕賳 賳鬲賵賯賮 毓賳 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賮賷 丕賱丕卮賷丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 賱賳 賳鬲賲賰賳 賲賳 賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕 兀賵 賲卮丕賴丿鬲賴丕 丕賵 賯賵賱賴丕 丕賵 賮毓賱賴丕貙 賵乇亘賲丕 毓賱賷賳丕 兀賳 賳亘丿兀 亘丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賮賷 胤乇賷賯丞 賱賱丕爻鬲賲鬲丕毓 亘丕賱毓丕賱賲 賮賷 丨丿賵丿賳丕 丕賱亘爻賷胤丞. 兀賳 賳毓賷卮 毓賱賶 賲爻鬲賵賶 亘卮乇賷. 兀賳 賳乇賰夭 毓賱賶 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 丕賱賯賱賷賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 賳爻鬲胤賷毓 賮毓賴丕. 亘丿賱丕賸 賲賳 賲賱丕賷賷賳 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 賱賳 賳賯亘囟 毓賱賷賴丕. 兀賳 賳鬲賵賯賮 毓賳 丕賱賱賴孬 賵乇丕亍 丨賷賵丕鬲 賲鬲賵丕夭賷丞. 兀賳 賳噩丿 乇賷丕囟賷丕鬲 兀氐睾乇. 兀賳 賳賰賵賳 匕賵丕鬲丕 丕丨丕丿賷丞 賵賮禺賵乇丞. 兀賳 賳賰賵賳 噩賵賴乇丕 禺賮賷丕賸.

288 pages, Paperback

First published July 5, 2018

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Matt Haig

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Matt Haig is the author of novels such as The Midnight Library, How to Stop Time, The Humans, The Radleys, and the forthcoming The Life Impossible. He has also written books for children, such as A Boy Called Christmas, and the memoir Reasons to Stay Alive.

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Profile Image for Liz Barnsley.
3,687 reviews1,068 followers
July 14, 2018
I'm not really going to review this properly I bought it and read it just for me really. There's nothing much I can say that I haven't said before about this author's writing and sometimes you just want to read a book to kick start your soul again.

Suffice to say that as ever after reading a Matt Haig book my faith in many many things is restored. Yes indeed.
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122 reviews19 followers
September 6, 2018
As much as I respect and appreciate Matt Haig, I cannot give more than 2 stars to this book. First of all, it's very messy, and although he even mentions in the book that he deliberately wanted to write a messy book, it actually feels like a bunch of blog posts cluttered together in a book, without much structure and flow to it, especially since he repeats himself numerous times throughout it. I just couldn't help thinking I was reading a bunch of shallow self-help articles, full of truisms and of dramatic short sentences, that didn't go into enough detail in order to be interesting or helpful. Plus the exaggerated amount of enumerations became irritating after a while. I appreciate the intention of writing a book to help people navigate through modern times easier, but putting together a lot of statistics, quotes and general findings from different other authors (without mentioning the exact sources in the footnotes, another big flaw) just makes the book feel like a pseudo-scientific bunch of random facts. I'm really sorry Matt, this was not your best, I think.
Profile Image for Nat K.
500 reviews215 followers
July 31, 2019
鈥漈he paradox of modern life is this: we have never been more connected, and we have never been more alone.鈥�

Another gem from one of my favourite writers, which makes me realise why I love reading his books so much. Matt Haig has the innate ability to get inside your core and peel back the layers.

He makes you feel. He makes you think.

Whenever I start one of his books, the rest of the world falls to a blur, in slow motion. I become so engrossed in what he has to say, it鈥檚 as if time stands still. He writes of truth and hurt and feelings, and the discord so many of us feel in our oh-so-busy modern lives.

Inadvertently, he has become somewhat of a modern day sage with his wise words and observations. By being so upfront with his own struggles with anxiety and depression (via his previous book "Reasons to Stay Alive"), this book continues on the theme of the pressures we place on ourselves in the modern world, and if it is indeed worth it. We are bombarded with information overload from the time we wake up to the moment our head hit the pillow. No wonder our inner circuitry often snaps.

There's a beautiful snippet "A note from the beach" which is funny and cheeky at the same time. Effectively the beach has written an ode to us humans, about how we shouldn't obsess about who's "watching us" on the beach, about how we look, as no-one's really interested. They're all too worried about how they look.

"Reframe your idea of beauty. Be a rebel against marketing. Look forward to being a wise elder. Be the complex elegance of a melting candle. Be a map with 10,000 roads. Be the orange at sunset that outclasses the pink of sunrise. Be the self that dares to be true."

Penelope beautifully summed up this book by saying 鈥溾€is writing is like a cup of tea and a warm blanket making you feel that no matter how crazy the world can get everything is going to be ok.鈥� I couldn鈥檛 agree more. And I really can鈥檛 say more. Just read it.
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Matt, you have such a positive influence on so many people. I truly hope you read your reviews, because you鈥檒l see how much you mean to people, and just how many lives you鈥檝e touched 馃挄

馃尶 馃挌 馃尶 馃挌 Just be. 馃尶 馃挌 馃尶 馃挌
Profile Image for Reading_ Tamishly.
5,238 reviews3,341 followers
April 2, 2024
This is the book which will make you think about the most useless things that we invest most of our time in. And we say we need more time everyday to do things that matter.

"There is a clich茅 about reading. That there are as many books as there are readers.

Meaning every reader has their own take on a book."


(Yes, this book too joins my best 2021 reads.)


The best non-fiction from the author and arguably my most favourite book of the new year, this one is life-changing.

We worry about a lot of things. Like constantly. About one thing or another. For nothing.

This book has so much power to bring you the arguments that you probably thought you would never need to make you see the inevitable 'nothing' in all the craze we are involved in everyday.

We want more. More social media engagement, more news updates, more and more for everything.

The book made me see how our lives are getting so chaotic day and night to the point of getting addicted to the screen which aggravates our ways of dealing with how we value ourselves with such unrealistic scales of likes, comments, following and such on social media.

I know it helps establish our jobs and it benefits us but the book argues if it's worth the way it's affecting our lives in a more negative manner most of the time.

This book will help you decide how to cut down all the useless competition and comparisons we are all so caught up in each day.
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1,121 reviews47.5k followers
January 18, 2022
鈥淩eading isn鈥檛 important because it helps to get you a job. It鈥檚 important because it gives you room to exist beyond the reality you鈥檙e given. It is how humans merge. How minds connect. Dreams. Empathy. Understanding. Escape. Reading is love in action.鈥�

Of all the positive ideas this book imparts, the importance of reading in a stressful and busy world is by far one of the most significant.

We are constantly bombarded by information from our phones and by screens. A book is simpler in many ways. It offers us an escape into one world, into one story and with no distractions or internet holes to fall into. Reading is a way to relax, destress and to help shut off anxiety 鈥� especially if the planet itself is the cause of our troubling thoughts.

Whilst Matt Haig isn鈥檛 suggesting we become ignorant to the news and the problems we face as a society; he is advocating for a filtering system for the media we chose to consume. Perhaps a limitation to the amount of time we spend on social networking websites is necessary and a degree of caution when browsing the internet. Books are in many ways, again, much better for us because they very rarely cause us problems and troubling thoughts. This, of course, depends on the books we chose to read, but I appreciated Haig鈥檚 arguments on how they can open our minds.

So how do we live a better life and navigate the nervousness of dealing with the modern world?

Read. Read. Read. It鈥檚 that simple.

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Profile Image for jade.
489 reviews379 followers
February 20, 2020
dear matt,

i get it, you鈥檙e an anxious kinda guy. and our Internet Super Highway world where everything is Fast and Overwhelming doesn鈥檛 really help matters. neither does having beef on twitter with internet trolls so badly it makes your heart rate skyrocket.

so, kudos to you for getting it out there. mental health issues are not easy to talk about. and i fully agree with you that the way we access, share, and process information can pose a lot of difficulties. for both the neurotypical and the neurodivergent (and yes, the latter includes me).

i mean, we could talk endlessly about the Bad Effects of social media and we鈥檇 probably have a good conversation with a lot of mutual agreement. i鈥檓 not sure if that would make us part of an online echo chamber or not.

anyway.

you put a lot of lists in your book. there鈥檚 chapters comprised of bullet points only. some are endless enumerations disappearing into big paragraphs; others lack context or discussion.

you also list goodreads as one of the Good Things about the internet.

so this is where i鈥檓 going to tell you to take your own advice, and not expose yourself to stuff online that makes you feel unhappy. because i鈥檓 going to rate your book, and i鈥檓 going to give it one measly star.

i鈥檓 sorry, man. you know what the most ironic thing is?

if i would鈥檝e been a follower of, say, your twitter or your blog or your whatever -- and every once in a while, you鈥檇 have posted one of the chapters from this book as a blog post or a series of tweets, i probably would鈥檝e liked SOME of it by clicking that heart button.

but presented together like this, your book beats against the shores of repetition to an irritating degree and adds nothing new to the current discussion about how to merge our physical reality with our online existence. and personal anecdotes, no matter how relatable, are a poor substitute for scientific research.

let鈥檚 try for a list of things that made me raise my eyebrow, to stay true to your style and all.

number one. it鈥檚 true that panic attacks happen more easily in places where you get overwhelmed. supermarkets, restaurants, shopping malls -- you name it. however, i did not expect you to link the prevalence in panic attacks in supermarkets to the fact that supermarket foods are 鈥渦nnatural鈥�. you then can鈥檛 seem to decide whether these foods are 鈥渦nnatural鈥� because they have chemical additions or because they are Altered Psychologically so that we will be manipulated into buying them. anyway, the more unnatural the pre-chopped jars of garlic, the more often we as humans feel 鈥渄erealized鈥�. right.

number two. you mention that the uncertainty of whether you鈥檝e 鈥渃hecked your privilege鈥� makes you anxious. you then proceeded to wax poetic about a colorblind outlook (鈥渋magine all of us as humans, rather than nationality/religion/race/gender鈥�) as a happy-go-lucky antidote to overwhelming negativity. not once, but TWICE -- i quote, 鈥渄on鈥檛 be blinded by the connotations of your name, gender, nationality, sexuality or facebook profile鈥�.

strike one for checking that privilege, my friend.

number three. you also conveniently forget to examine almost ANY situation from a non-white, non-western perspective except for throwing around some stats that i cannot CHECK because you did not include any sources. and yet i鈥檓 supposed to believe that the whole planet is having a nervous breakdown because we are all, across the globe, working 12-hour days at jobs we hate and maxing out our credit cards with stuff we don鈥檛 need? strike two.

number four. you visit a homeless shelter where everybody helps out with cooking, cleaning, etc. and tries very hard to keep addictive stuff (drugs, alcohol) out. you say, and i quote: 鈥淚t [the shelter] was like a distillation of the things that people need in life鈥�.

(still number four.) i鈥檓 sorry, you went to a homeless shelter where people who lost everything and fought addiction and managed to build something meaningful for themselves while still technically homeless, and used that as inspiration porn for your whole online detox argument?? privilege, meet class intersections.

strike three, you鈥檙e out.

also, did you REALLY make me read the words 鈥渢he guilt of privilege鈥� with my own two eyes? really??

alright, i鈥檒l bring this to an end before i start beating a dead horse. that said, we have a saying where i live: to kick an open door. it means stating the obvious in such a way that it鈥檚 entirely pointless, just like kicking a door that鈥檚 already open.

i feel that pretty much sums up your argument about stepping away from the internet and marketing campaigns when they make you unhappy. because, duh.

and where your personal anecdotes re: anxiety and nervousness may strike a nerve with those suffering from the same sort of problems, the rest of your observations remain wholly out of touch from the rest of the world in my point of view.

鉁� 1.0 stars.
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1,686 reviews29.6k followers
April 29, 2020
鈥滺ow can we live in a mad world without ourselves going mad?

Matt Haig has such a way with worlds and he is so good at being able to explain the reasons people might feel anxiety and depression in the world we are living in today. This read couldn鈥檛 come at a more perfect time for me because the world is unimaginably horrific these days and I really needed this. I enjoyed this one even more than Reasons to Stay Alive, and I just really love his writing so much.

鈥漈he future isn鈥檛 real. The future is abstract. The now is all we know. One now after another now. The now is where we must live. There are billions of different versions of an older you. There is one version of the present you. Focus on that.鈥�

I love the section about time in this book because a huge part of my anxiety is never feeling like I have enough time to do all the things I want to do, and never feeling present in the moment because I鈥檓 always planning things for the future and thinking about the future. This quote really speaks to me:

鈥淭o enjoy life, we might have to stop thinking about what we will never be able to read and watch and say and do, and start to think of how to enjoy the world within our boundaries. To live on a human scale. To focus on the few things we can do, rather than the millions of things we can鈥檛. To not crave parallel lives. To find a smaller mathematics. To be a proud and singular one. An indivisible prime.鈥�

I just love Matt Haig鈥檚 writing, and he makes me feel so understood and normal with my anxiety about life and the future and the world. I really needed this book right now and I鈥檓 so glad it was everything I was hoping it would be.
Profile Image for Tom McLean.
24 reviews
July 10, 2018
I feel like I could write a Twitter bot that would generate this entire book. If you're the type of person who needs someone to tell you "It will be okay" a thousand different ways, then this is the book for you. I, like Matt Haig, also suffer from anxiety. But being told "it will be okay" only adds to my anxiety. I was hoping for a tool or an escape, but did not find it here. I'm glad Mr. Haig has found a profitable way to deal with his anxiety, by selling out his mantras.
Profile Image for Penelope.
565 reviews126 followers
June 13, 2018
A truly timely and important book that everyone living on this nervous planet should read. Matt's honest and personal experiences shine through on every page and his writing is like a cup of tea and a warm blanket making you feel that no matter how crazy the world can get everything is going to be ok. I loved this book and have no hesitation recommending it to absolutely everyone, no one will finish this book without learning at least one important lesson or taking away one piece of advice that will make life just that little bit better. Thanks Matt!
Profile Image for Regina.
1,139 reviews4,405 followers
January 21, 2021
An ode to social media (by Matt Haig):

When anger trolls the internet
looking for a hook
it鈥檚 time to disconnect
and go and read a book


Can I get an amen on that?! Surely my lit-loving peeps felt that in the feels as much as I did.

My 2021 mission to conquer Matt Haig鈥檚 backlist led me to his second nonfiction book that deals with his mental illnesses (anxiety, depression, and panic disorders). Notes on a Nervous Planet was written in 2019, and if the planet was nervous then it must be rocking back and forth in the fetal position now. More than ever, we need books like this to remind us that we鈥檙e not alone in dealing with the stresses of modern life. Read a healing sentence - breath in - read an insightful sentence - breath out. Repeat.

Try it again. Deep breath in. Deep breath out. If you feel just a wee bit better now, then I have no doubt you鈥檒l feel a whole lot better after reading this book.

4.5 stars
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464 reviews676 followers
June 22, 2021

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賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 讴鬲丕亘 芦賲鬲 賴蹖诏禄 讴賴 爻丕賱 賴丕 亘丕 丕賮爻乇丿诏蹖 賵 丕囟胤乇丕亘 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿賴貙 丨丕賱丕 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 丕蹖賳 賳賵卮鬲賴 讴賴 趩胤賵乇 亘丕蹖丿 丿乇 丕蹖賳 噩賴丕賳 賲囟胤乇亘 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿. 賵 丕蹖賳讴賴 噩賴丕賳 賲丿乇賳 趩賯丿乇 丕蹖賳 賳诏乇丕賳蹖 賴丕貙 丕爻鬲乇爻 賴丕 賵 賳丕乇囟丕蹖鬲蹖 賴丕 乇賵 亘蹖卮鬲乇 賲蹖 讴賳賴. 噩賴丕賳蹖 讴賴 賱丕夭賲 丿丕乇賴 鬲賵 賲鬲氐賱貙 賲氐乇賮 讴賳賳丿賴 賵 賳诏乇丕賳 亘丕卮蹖

賲賳 丿乇丨丕賱蹖 丕蹖賳 賴丕 乇賵 賲蹖 禺賵賳丿賲 讴賴 蹖讴 丕亘乇 爻蹖丕賴 賳丕丕賲蹖丿蹖 賵 賳诏乇丕賳蹖 乇賵蹖 丕蹖乇丕賳 丕蹖爻鬲丕丿賴 亘賵丿 (賵 丕蹖爻鬲丕丿賴)貙 賳诏乇丕賳蹖 賴賲賴 蹖 賵噩賵丿賲 乇賵 诏乇賮鬲賴 亘賵丿 賵 亘丕夭 乇賵蹖 賱亘賴 蹖 趩丕賴 丕賮爻乇丿诏蹖 賳卮爻鬲賴 亘賵丿賲. 賴乇噩賲賱賴 丕卮 丕賳诏丕乇 禺蹖賱蹖 毓賲蹖賯丕 亘乇丕賲 賯丕亘賱 丿乇讴 亘賵丿 賵 乇丕賴讴丕乇賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 丕賳诏丕乇 賲賴賲 鬲乇 卮丿賴 亘賵丿. 卮乇丕蹖胤賲 賵丕賯毓丕 爻禺鬲 亘賵丿 賵 讴賱賲丕鬲卮 乇賵 亘丕 賴賲賴 蹖 賵噩賵丿賲 賲蹖 禺賵賳丿賲. 賳賲蹖鬲賵賳賲 鬲賵氐蹖賮 讴賳賲 讴賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 趩賴 讴賲讴蹖 亘賴 賲賳 讴乇丿 賵 趩賯丿乇 匕賴賳 亘賴 賴賲 乇蹖禺鬲賴 蹖 賲賳 乇賵 爻丕賲丕賳 丿丕丿. 賳賲蹖 鬲賵賳賲 丕夭 賲鬲賳卮 夭蹖丕丿 鬲賵囟蹖丨 亘丿賲貙 趩賵賳 亘賴 賯賵賱 禺賵丿 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲 賲孬賱 丕蹖賳 丿賳蹖丕 亘賴 賴賲 乇蹖禺鬲爻鬲

禺蹖賱蹖 丕賵賯丕鬲 卮丕蹖丿 亘賴 賳馗乇 亘蹖丕丿 蹖讴 賲賵囟賵毓 丿丕乇賴 鬲讴乇丕乇 賲蹖卮賴貙 蹖丕 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丿丕卅賲丕 爻毓蹖 賲蹖 讴賳賴 亘诏賴 " 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 丿乇爻鬲 賲蹖卮賴"貙 賵賱蹖 賲賳 卮賳蹖丿賳 賴賲賴 蹖 丕蹖賳 賴丕 賳蹖丕夭 丿丕卮鬲賲

亘乇丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丿乇 诏賵丿乇蹖丿夭 倬蹖丕賲 丿丕丿賲 賵 鬲卮讴乇 讴乇丿賲貙 賲蹖 禺賵丕爻鬲賲 亘丿賵賳賴 丕蹖賳 爻乇 丿賳蹖丕 蹖讴蹖 乇賵 丕夭 蹖讴 丕賮爻乇丿诏蹖 毓賲蹖賯 賳噩丕鬲 丿丕丿賴 賵 匕賴賳卮 乇賵 讴賲蹖 丌乇賵賲 讴乇丿賴. 丕诏乇 賲孬賱 賲賳 賴爻鬲蹖丿貙 蹖丕 丕蹖賳 乇賵夭賴丕 賵 丕蹖賳 噩賴丕賳 賲丿乇賳 卮賲丕 乇賵 鬲丨鬲 賮卮丕乇 诏匕丕卮鬲賴貙 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 亘禺賵賳蹖丿 讴賴 丕诏乇 賴蹖趩 乇丕賴讴丕乇蹖 倬蹖丿丕 賳讴賳蹖丿貙 丨丿丕賯賱 蹖讴 賳賮乇 乇賵 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿蹖丿 讴賴 卮賲丕 乇賵 賲蹖 賮賴賲賴

We need to carve out a place in time for ourselves, whether it is via books or meditation or appreciating the view out of a window. A place where we are not craving, or yearning, or working, or worrying, or over-thinking. A place where we might not even be hoping. A place where we are set to neutral. Where we can just breathe, just be, just bathe in the simple animal contentment of being, and not crave anything except what we already have: life itself.



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賰鬲丕亘 賱胤賷賮 噩丿丌.. 毓噩亘賳賷 丕賳 亘賷鬲賰賱賲 毓賳 丕賱爻賵卮賷丕賱 賲賷丿賷丕 賵丕夭丕賷 亘鬲兀孬乇 毓賱賷賳丕 賵亘鬲賰賵賳 爻亘亘 賰亘賷乇 賮賷 丕賱賯賱賯 賵亘賷卮丕乇賰 丕賱賲丐賱賮 鬲噩乇亘鬲賴 賵賲毓丕賳丕鬲賴馃枻
"賱賯丿 丌賲賳鬲 兀賳 毓賱丕噩 丕賱賵丨丿丞 賱丕 賷賰賲賳 丿丕卅賲丌 賮賷 丕賱毓孬賵乇 毓賱賶 乇賮賯丞貙 亘賱 丕賱毓孬賵乇 毓賱賶 胤乇賷賯丞 鬲噩毓賱賳丕 賳卮毓乇 亘丕賱爻毓丕丿丞 賵賳丨賳 賵丨丿賳丕. 鉁�"
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1,053 reviews13.1k followers
October 2, 2019
Thanks to Penguin for a free review copy!

I read Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig during my 2017 relapse, and I devoured it. I absolutely love Haig鈥檚 writing style and the way he weaves anecdote into advice, and how closely our experiences relate. I especially like how in this book, he talks about how social media and technology can exacerbate anxiety, which is certainly true for me as well.

I was initially fearful that this book would be a preachy 鈥渏ust get off your phone鈥� type of book, which isn鈥檛 what I was anticipating nor did I want to hear鈥攂ecause let鈥檚 be real, social media is fun and useful and literally one of my jobs. I quickly realized that despite his message of logging off, he was also all for social media in a nuanced way I think a lot of people tend to miss. I think Haig perfectly located the need to log off when the internet or the news or whatever becomes too much鈥攐r even just a clutch for boredom鈥攂ut not when it鈥檚 a source of joy or fun. To see someone who sees technology as so dualistic instead of strictly good or bad was refreshing, so it made me a lot more willing to internalize his advice.

I underlined SO many lines in this book because Haig is a gorgeous writer, but also he includes a lot of quotations and makes a lot of great points of his own about technology usage, remaining unique, relinquishing stress, and other ideas to reduce stress born from technology. If you鈥檙e someone who struggles with internet usage and anxiety, this would definitely be a valuable tool to remind yourself of your worth in a technological environment that tries to remind you that you鈥檙e worthless as a marketing ploy. I loved the encouraging tone of it, and in the end, it was a great reminder to make sure I鈥檓 taking care of my mental health by not abusing my phone or Internet usage.
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172 reviews57 followers
September 12, 2018
A book about depression, panic attacks and how to deal with them. Or at least get better at it.

Obviously, it's about a lot more subjects but Matt Haig give us some advice on how to cope with the present lifestyle and how to accept yourself and the world we currently live.
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383 reviews1,393 followers
April 4, 2021
亘丕丿卅 匕賷 亘丿亍 貙 賲丕鬲 賴賷睾 賱賷爻 丕禺鬲氐丕氐賷丕賸 賳賮爻賷丕賸 賰賷 鬲賰賵賳 賱賴 丕賱賯丿乇丞 毓賱賶 賰鬲丕亘丞 亘丨孬 毓賱賲賷 賵賲賵囟賵毓賷 毓賳 賲乇囟 丕賱賯賱賯 丕賱匕賷 氐丕乇 噩夭亍丕賸 賱丕 賷賳賮氐賱 賲賳 丨賷丕鬲賳丕 丕賱賷賵賲 貙 廿賳賲丕 賴賵 賷賰鬲亘 賲賳 賵噩賴丞 賳馗乇 廿賳爻丕賳 賲購氐丕亘 亘丕賱賯賱賯 賵 賲鬲賲鬲毓 亘賯丿乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲毓亘賷乇 毓賲賾丕 賷毓鬲乇賷賴 賮賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱賱丨馗丕鬲 丕賱賲卮賵卮丞 貙 賱匕丕 賲賳 賰丕賳 賷亘丨孬 毓賳 鬲卮乇賷丨 毓賱賲賷 賱賱賲乇囟 毓賱賷賴 兀賳 賷購爻賯胤 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳 賲賳 賯丕卅賲鬲賴 貙 兀賲賾丕 賲賳 賰丕賳 賷賳卮丿 丕賱氐購丨亘丞 賵 丕賱卮毓賵乇 亘兀賳賴 賱賷爻 賵丨賷丿丕賸 賮賷 丕賱鬲噩乇亘丞 賮賲丕鬲 爻賷丨丕丿孬賰 丨丿賷孬 丕賱氐丿賷賯 賱賱氐丿賷賯 .


丕賱賴賱毓 貨 丕賱賯賱賯 貨 丕賱鬲賵鬲乇 貙 兀氐亘丨鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱丨丕賱丕鬲 丕賱賷賵賲 賲賳 爻賲丕鬲 賲噩鬲賲毓賳丕 丕賱賲丨丕胤 賲賳 賰賱 噩丕賳亘 亘兀爻丕賱賷亘 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇丞 賵賳鬲丕噩 丕賱鬲賯丿賲 丕賱乇賯賲賷 貙 亘賱 氐丕乇鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱丨丕賱丕鬲 賲鬲亘賵毓丞 亘爻賽賲丕鬲 兀禺乇賶 賲孬賱 丕賱兀乇賯 貙 賵丕賱丿賵賳賷丞 貙 賵丕賱廿丨亘丕胤 貙 賵丕賱鬲賯賵賯毓 毓賱賶 丕賱匕丕鬲 賵 睾賷乇賴丕 賲賳 賲馗丕賴乇 爻賱亘賷丞 囟乇亘鬲 噩匕賵乇賴丕 毓賲賷賯丕賸 賮賷 鬲乇亘丞 丨賷丕鬲賳丕 .

賷毓鬲亘乇 賲丕鬲 兀賳 兀爻賱賵亘 丨賷丕鬲賳丕 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇 賴賵 兀賴賲 賲爻亘亘丕鬲 丕賱賯賱賯 丕賱賷賵賲 貙 賮賲賵丕賯毓 丕賱鬲賵丕氐賱 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷 鬲賵丨賷 賱賲爻鬲禺丿賲賷賴丕 兀賳賴賲 兀爻賴賲 賮賷 亘賵乇氐丞 貙 鬲乇鬲賮毓 賯賷賲鬲賴賲 亘丕乇鬲賮丕毓 毓丿丿 賲鬲丕亘毓賷賴賲 貙 賮囟賱丕賸 毓賳 夭噩賴賲 亘卮賰賱 睾賷乇 賲亘丕卮乇 賱賲賯丕乇賳丞 兀爻賵兀 賲丕 賱丿賷賴賲 亘兀賮囟賱 賲丕 賱丿賶 睾賷乇賴賲 貙 賵賱丕 丿丕毓賷 賱匕賰乇 賵賴賲 丕賱丕鬲氐丕賱 亘丕賱丌禺乇賷賳 賮賷 丨賷賳 兀賳 丕賱賵丨卮丞 賵丕賱賵丨丿丞 鬲賳禺乇 賰賱 乇賵丨 賮賷賳丕 貙 賵 賳馗丕賲 丕賱鬲爻賵賷賯 丕賱匕賷 賷賵丕馗亘 毓賱賶 廿卮毓丕乇賳丕 丿丕卅賲丕賸 亘丕賱賳賯氐 賵 亘丨丕噩鬲賳丕 賱丕賯鬲賳丕亍 丕賱賲夭賷丿 賵丕賱賲夭賷丿 貙 亘賷賳賲丕 賳丨賳 賱丕 賳丨鬲丕噩 賮毓賱賷丕賸 爻賵賶 賱鬲賯丿賷乇 丕賱匕丕鬲 賵賮賴賲 丕丨鬲賷丕噩丕鬲賴丕 貙 賵 賰賱 鬲賱賰 丕賱鬲賰賳賵賱賵噩賷丕 丕賱鬲賷 鬲購亘賯賷賳丕 賲賰亘賱賷賳 賮賷 亘賷賵鬲賳丕 賷睾夭賵賳丕 丕賱兀乇賯 賵丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 丕賱賲丨鬲丿賲 賵賳賵亘丕鬲 丕賱丕賰鬲卅丕亘 賵丕賱廿丨亘丕胤 貙 亘賷賳賲丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賷賳鬲馗乇賳丕 賮賷 丕賱禺丕乇噩 .



賵 亘丕賱鬲賲毓賳 賯賱賷賱丕賸 亘賰賱丕賲 賲丕鬲 貙 毓丿鬲購 亘匕丕賰乇鬲賷 廿賱賶 丕賱賷賵賲 丕賱匕賷 賯乇乇鬲 賮賷賴 丕賱丕賳爻丨丕亘 賲賳 賰賱 賲賳氐丕鬲 丕賱鬲賵丕氐賱 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷 賯亘賱 毓丿丞 爻賳賵丕鬲 貙 賵賰賷賮 賰丕賳 毓丕賲賷 匕丕賰 賲賱賷卅丕賸 亘丕賱賳賵賲 丕賱賴丕賳卅 賵丕賱氐賮丕亍 丕賱匕賴賳賷 賵丕賱乇囟丕 丕賱匕丕鬲賷 貙 賵 亘乇睾賲 兀賳賳賷 囟乇亘鬲 亘丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 毓乇囟 丕賱丨丕卅胤 廿賱丕 兀賳賳賷 丨馗賷鬲 亘爻賱丕賲 賳賮爻賷 賱丕 兀匕賰乇 兀賳賳賷 丨馗賷鬲 亘賲孬賱賴 胤賵丕賱 丨賷丕鬲賷 貙 賵 亘丕賱賲賯丕亘賱 貙 亘毓丿 匕賱賰 丕賱毓丕賲 賵丨賷賳 亘丿兀鬲 兀毓賵丿 賱賵爻丕卅賱 丕賱鬲賵丕氐賱 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷 卮賷卅丕賸 賮卮賷亍 貙 鬲匕賰乇鬲 賰賷賮 亘丿兀 丕賱兀乇賯 賷爻鬲賵賱賷 毓賱賶 賱賷丕賱賷賾 貙 賵 爻購丨購亘 丕賱賷兀爻 賵丕賱丕賰鬲卅丕亘 鬲賰鬲賳賮 爻賲丕卅賷 賲賳 賵賯鬲 锟斤拷丌禺乇 貙 賵 亘賱 丕賱兀爻賵兀 賴賷 丕賱毓丿賲賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 丕噩鬲丕丨鬲賳賷 賲丐禺乇丕賸 賵毓亘孬鬲 亘賰賱 賲毓鬲賯丿丕鬲賷 貙 賮賴賱 賰購鬲亘 毓賱賷賳丕 貙 亘卮乇 丕賱賷賵賲 貙 兀賳 賳禺鬲丕乇 亘賷賳 爻賱丕賲賳丕 丕賱賳賮爻賷 賵丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇 亘賰賱 賲丕 賮賷賴責責


丨爻賳丕賸 貙 賷丨賰賷 賲丕鬲 兀賳賴 賴賵 賳賮爻賴 賱賲 賷鬲賵氐賱 廿賱賶 丕賱丨賱 亘毓丿 貙 賱賰賳賴 賲丕 夭丕賱 賷丨丕賵賱 貙 乇丕賮囟丕賸 兀賳 賷爻賱賾賲 賳賮爻賴 賱賱賯賱賯 賴賵 丕賱匕賷 毓丕賳賶 賲丕 毓丕賳丕賴 賲毓 賲乇囟 丕賱丕賰鬲卅丕亘 賲賳匕 毓丿丞 爻賳賵丕鬲 貙 賵 丕賱兀賮囟賱 賲賳 賵噩賴丞 賳馗乇賴 貙 兀賳 賳購乇卮丿 丕爻鬲賴賱丕賰賳丕 丕賱鬲賰賳賵賱賵噩賷 賵 兀賳 賳鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱乇賯賲賷 亘賵毓賷 賷賯賮 丿賵賳 丕賱丨丿賵丿 丕賱賯乇賷亘丞 賲賳 毓丕賱賲賳丕 丕賱丿丕禺賷 賵爻賱丕賲賳丕 丕賱賳賮爻賷 .



賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 兀鬲爻丕亍賱 賲丕匕丕 賰丕賳 爻賷丨丿孬 賱賲丕鬲 賱賵 兀賳賾賴 毓丕賷卮 賲丕 毓丕賷卮賴 卮亘丕亘賳丕 丕賱毓乇亘賷 丕賱賷賵賲責 賵賰賷賮 爻賷鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 賯賱賯賴 毓賱賶 賲爻鬲賯亘賱賴 丕賱鬲丕卅賴責 賮賷 馗賱 丕賱丨乇賵亘 賵丕賱廿乇賴丕亘 賵 丕賱賮爻丕丿 丕賱丨賰賵賲賷 賵丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷責 賴賱 爻賷亘賯賶 賱兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇丞 賲賳 兀孬乇 賵 賴賵 賲丨乇賵賲 賲賳 兀丿賳賶 賲賯賵賲丕鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵賲丨丕賵胤 亘丿丕毓卮 賵兀卮亘丕賴賴丕 賲賳 賰賱 噩丕賳亘責

毓匕乇丕賸 毓夭賷夭賷 賲丕锟斤拷 賴賷睾 貙 賯賱賯賰 賴匕丕 毓賱賶 丨丿鬲賴 貙 賴賵 賯賱賯 丕賱賲購鬲乇賻賮賷賳 .
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157 reviews4 followers
September 5, 2018
As discussed in the book, everyone has different opinions on books and I loved Reasons to Stay Alive but this I found really boring.
This book was very rambly and induced stress rather than prevent it. I found his last book actually had a story to it whereas this was just quoting other books and repeating what they said. The amount of chapters and paragraphs which. Were. All. One. Word. Sentences. Drove me insane by the end!
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491 reviews518 followers
April 13, 2021
A very accessible book written by Matt Haig.
I love the way it鈥檚 formatted and compiled of lists and short chapters.

The subject matter is very relevant and I found it explored issues and anxieties concerning modern life and social media that have been at the back of my mind for a while.
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357 reviews1,942 followers
July 9, 2020
Esse 茅 o segundo livro de n茫o fic莽茫o e sobre sa煤de mental do Matt Haig que leio.
Meu primeiro contato com esse autor foi com Raz玫es para continuar vivo (em 2018) e desde ent茫o j谩 sabia que iria querer ler tudo o que ele escrevesse. Ainda n茫o fiz isso, mas continuo pretendendo.

Observa莽玫es sobre um planeta nervoso 茅 uma leitura marcante e muito dif铆cil de n茫o se identificar, afinal, todos vivemos no mesmo planeta que Matt Haig.

Esse 茅 um livro que recomendo que voc锚 leia com marcadores e caneta por perto. 脡 aquele tipo de livro que conversar diretamente com o leitor, que traz reflex玫es, identifica莽玫es e que d谩 conselhos (conselhos de acordo com a experi锚ncia de vida do pr贸prio autor).

Um livro favorito e que irei recomendar para todo mundo. At茅 para quem tem preconceito com esse tipo de leitura, afinal, precisamos ajudar a quebrar essa separa莽茫o que o mundo refor莽a entre mente e corpo. Precisamos fazer com que falar sobre sa煤de mental n茫o seja um tabu e nem traga desconforto. Precisamos mudar muitas coisas no mundo em que estamos vivendo e essa 茅 uma delas.
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182 reviews105 followers
August 17, 2023
賲賳 兀毓馗賲賽 賮賵丕卅丿 丕賱賰鬲亘 賴賵 卮毓賵乇賳丕 亘丕賱毓夭丕亍貙 兀賳賳丕 賱爻賳丕 賵丨丿賳丕 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 兀賷賾丕賸 賰丕賳鬲貙 賵兀賳賾 賴賳丕賰 賲賳 賷賲乇購賾 賲孬賱賳丕 亘丨丕賱丕鬲賽 丕賱賮賵囟賶 賵 丕賱鬲卮鬲鬲賽 賵賮賯丿丕賳賽 丕賱爻賷胤乇丞..

賲賴賲 賵 鬲賵毓賵賷 賱賰賱賾 卮禺氐 賲乇賾 丕賵 賷賲賾乇 亘賳賵亘丕鬲賽 賯賱賯 兀賵 賴賱毓 兀賵 廿賰鬲卅丕亘貙 賵 賱丕 賷夭丕賱 丕賱丕賲乇購 睾丕賲囟丕賸 賵賲購乇毓亘丕賸 賱賴 貙 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 "亘丿丕賷丞" 噩賷丿丞 "賱賱賮賴賲" ..
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丕賱賲卮賰賱丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賰賲賳 賮賷 丕賵賱賶 鬲噩丕乇亘賷 賲毓 丕賱賯賱賯 賵丕賱廿賰鬲卅丕亘听 賵毓賳丿賲丕 賷氐丕亘 丕賱賮乇丿 亘丕賱賲乇囟 丕賱賳賮爻賷 賱兀賵賱 賲乇丞貙 賷鬲禺賷賱 兀賳 丨賷丕鬲賴 爻鬲爻鬲賲乇 亘賴匕賴 丕賱胤乇賷賯丞 賱賱兀亘丿貙 賵賰丕賳 賴匕丕 兀賲乇丕賸 賲乇毓亘丕賸 噩丿丕賸 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷貙 賱賲 丕賰賳 丕乇賶 兀賷賾 胤乇賷賯賺 賱賱賳噩丕丞"

" 賱丕 鬲賵噩丿 賲丿賷賳丞 賮丕囟賱丞貙 亘賱 賴賳丕賱賰 丕賱丨亘 賵丕賱毓胤賮 賵 丕賱賲丨丕賵賱丞 賵爻胤 丕賱賮賵囟賶 賱噩毓賱 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 兀賮囟賱 賲賲丕 賴賷 毓賱賷賴貙 賵賱廿亘賯丕亍 兀匕賴丕賳賳丕 賲鬲賮鬲丨丞 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 賷乇賷丿 賮賷 賲毓馗賲 丕賱兀丨賷丕賳 丕賳 賷睾賱賯賴丕"

" 賱賲 丕鬲賲賰賳 賲賳 丕賱毓孬賵乇 毓賱賶 兀賷 卮卅 賷卮毓乇賳賷 亘丕賱鬲丨爻賳貙 孬賲 亘丿兀鬲 亘賲賱丕丨馗丞 兀賳 亘毓囟 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 亘廿賲賰丕賳賴丕 丕賳 鬲卮毓乇賳賷 亘卮毓賵乇 兀爻賵亍 : 鬲賳丕賵賱 丕賱賰丨賵賱貙 丕賱鬲丿禺賷賳貙. 丕賱賲賵爻賷賯賶 丕賱氐丕禺亘丞貙 丕賱丨卮賵丿"

" 賱賯丿 鬲毓賱賲鬲購 兀賳賴 賲賴賲丕 賰丕賳鬲賿 丕賱乇睾亘丕鬲購 卮丿賷丿丞貙 廿賱丕 兀賳賾 丕賱賳丿賲賻 亘毓丿 廿卮亘丕毓賴丕 爻賷賰賵賳購 兀卮丿賾"

" 賲毓乇賮鬲賰 賱賱兀卮賷丕亍賽 丕賱鬲賷 鬲囟乇購賾 亘氐丨鬲賰 丕賱賳賮爻賷丞 鬲購爻賴賾賱 毓賱賷賰 賲賴賲丞 丨賲丕賷丞 毓賯賱賰"

" 賰賱賲丕 丕夭丿丕丿 賳噩丕丨賰貙 賰賱賲丕 爻賴賱 毓賱賷賰 丕賱丕丨爻丕爻 亘丕賱丕丨亘丕胤貙 賵丕賱賮乇賯購 丕賱賵丨賷丿 賴賵 兀賳賴 賱丕賷賵噩丿 丕丨丿 賷卮毓乇購 亘丕賱兀爻賶 毓賱賷賰 廿賳 卮毓乇鬲賻 亘丕賱廿丨亘丕胤賽 賵丕賳鬲 賳丕噩丨 "

" 賲丕乇賽爻 丕賱賷賵睾丕 貙 賲賳 丕賱氐毓亘賽 兀賳 鬲卮毓乇賻 亘丕賱賯賱賯賽 廿賳 賰丕賳 噩爻丿賰 賲爻鬲乇禺賷丕賸"

" 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲卮鬲丿購 毓賱賷賰 丕賱兀毓亘丕亍 貙 丨丕賵賱賿 丕賱賲丨丕賮馗丞賻 毓賱賶 乇賵鬲賷賳賺 賷賵賲賷"

" 廿賳 卮毓乇鬲賻 亘兀賳 氐丨鬲賰 丕賱賳賮爻賷丞 賱賷爻鬲賿 毓賱賶 賲丕賷乇丕賲 貙 賮鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓 賳賮爻賰 賵賰兀賳賰 賲氐丕亘 亘賲乇囟賺 噩爻丿賷貙 賯購賲賿 亘賮毓賱賽 賲丕 鬲丨鬲丕噩賴 賱賱鬲丨爻賳 貙 賱丕 鬲卮毓乇賿 亘丕賱毓丕乇 貙 賱丕 鬲賯賲賿 亘丕賱爻賷乇賽 毓賱賶 爻丕賯賺 賲賰爻賵乇丞 "
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1,116 reviews163 followers
January 29, 2020
A wholesome book on self-care in the 21st century - 4 stars
You鈥檒l be happy when people like you.
You鈥檒l be happy when more people like you.
You鈥檒l be happy when everybody likes you.


Digital detoxing and being happy in the 21st century
takes on how modern day life, with abundant choices and psychologist involved in marketing of almost any product, effects our state of mind.

It is very ironic that I listened to this book through Spotify (), commuting or at the gym, while the first topic Haig takes on is our mobile phone addiction. How information, change and choice has multiplied exponentially while our physical self and brains have changed little in 50.000 years. This first section of the book, with the musings on how capitalist society makes us feel perpetually unsatisfied and looking for the thrill of the new to sell more articles, made me think of his style of tackling big trends.

Particularly fun and illustrative was the observation that in the 16th century only around 40 books per year were published in England (fictional book club: what are we reading this year Cedric? Everything!) and how the number of internet users has gone from 16 million in 1995 (0,4% of the world population) to more than 3 billion people (51% of the world population) in June 2017. The world is changing ever faster.
He challenges the reader to develop a more healthy relationship with their phones and social media, and fills his story with snappy one liners (Facebook is the place online where everybody lies to friends, Twitter is where everybody tells the truth to stranger.) that made me think about my internet habits.

Mental health in relation to your surroundings
The problem was that i was viewing my own face through the prism of insecurity.
Haig is very honest about his own mental health and shares doable activities that might help anyone feeling less overwhelmed by the world: from watching the sea, the sky, walking in forests to yoga and focussing on breathing.
A lot can also be gained from mindset and not comparing oneself with another person (To be liked by everybody you鈥檇 have to be the blandest person ever) but to look for what according to you intrinsically makes the world better and focussing energy on that (Life isn鈥檛 about being be pleased with what you are doing but about what you are being).

I found this second part of the book interesting but less eye opening than the first part. Haig showcases the human contradictions and uncertainties in an eloquent manner, but a lot is derived from other writers or thinkers. Also his conveying of the (meta)panic about the feeling of panic was a bit too effective for my taste, in the sense that it made me a bit stressed from just listening to Haig reciting these experiences. Also the whole part of supermarkets being triggers for mental breakdown I couldn鈥檛 relate to as much. I also don鈥檛 know the set up, where quite a lot of chapters are lists, is the best: it sometimes felt a bit gimmicky to me (not to mention a cringeworthy, imagined conversation with a turtle on mindfulness).

Not to say that propagating a holistic approach to mental health, taking the environment and physical health into account, is not very important.
And I feel a lot of the techniques mentioned by Haig could really help in stabilizing your feeling of self as well as enable acceptance of self. It was almost therapeutic hearing Matt Haig saying that you are enough and how hard is to accept that you are not inadequate.

In that sense is almost like an intimate, deep conversation with a good friend around the topics you almost never talk about in day to day life.

Conclusion
Overall I liked the book, and will go around recommending this to colleagues, if only for the following wholesome, thought provoking one liners:
Working in an aspirational environment almost equates to the feeling of failing

Aim not at getting more stuff done, aim at having less things to do

Be kind to yourself

Reading is love in action

You will be cool when you are dead

Remember that many people feel like you

You are conditioned to want more
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304 reviews192 followers
April 30, 2019
This was my first encounter with the work of Matt Haig and I can see why he's become so popular. In his latest book, Matt shares his observations about today's 'nervous planet' we live on, overloaded with technology and social media connecting people all over the world, yet leaving them feeling alone. Based on his own experience, Matt offers advice on how to cope with stress and anxiety, how to value and appreciate the little things in life, but also how to accept ourselves and the fact that we are not perfect and to fail is absolutely ok.

You might not agree with everything Matt Haig says or does, but I think everyone who reads this book will find something in there that will speak to them or at least make them think.
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62 reviews88 followers
April 14, 2025
賮賷 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 兀賳丕 賱丕 兀賮囟賱 賴匕賴 丕賱賳賵毓賷丞 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲亘貙 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳丿乇噩 鬲丨鬲 賲爻賲賶 丕賱鬲賳賲賷丞 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞貙 丕匕 兀賳賳賷 兀毓鬲亘乇賴丕 丕卮亘賴 亘丕賱廿乇卮丕丿丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳鬲 鬲囟毓賴丕 "賵夭乇丕丞 丕賱鬲乇亘賷丞 賵丕賱鬲毓賱賷賲" 毓賱賶 禺賱賮賷丞 丕賱賰鬲亘 賵丕賱賰乇丕爻丕鬲 賮賷 爻丕賱賮 丕賱夭賲賳


氐丨賷丨 兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賰鬲亘 賯丿 鬲賮賷丿 丕賱亘毓囟 賵賯丿 賷賰賵賳 賱賴丕 亘毓囟 丕賱兀孬丕乇 丕賱廿賷噩丕亘賷丞貙 賱賲賳 賷丨丕賵賱 賵賷亘丨孬 毓賳 丨賱 賱賲卮丕賰賱賴 丕賱賳賮爻賷丞貙 亘毓賷丿賸丕 毓賳 丕賱兀賳馗丕乇 賵毓賷丕丿丕鬲 丕賱兀胤亘丕亍

賮賯丿 賷賯賵賲 丕賱賯丕乇卅 亘丕鬲亘丕毓 丕賱禺胤賵丕鬲 賵丕賱賳氐丕卅丨貙 賵丕賱鬲賲丕乇賷賳 丕賱鬲賷 賷賰鬲亘賴丕 丕賱賲丐賱賮 氐丕丨亘 丕賱禺亘乇丞貙 賵丕賱匕賷 賲賳 丕賱賲賮鬲乇囟 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 賲鬲禺氐氐賸丕 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賲噩丕賱貙 兀賵 乇亘賲丕 賷賰賵賳 兀賷囟丕 賯丿 賲乇賹 亘鬲噩丕乇亘 賲賲丕孬賱丞
廿賱丕 兀賳賳賷 賱丕 兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳賴丕 鬲賰賵賳 毓賱丕噩 賲孬丕賱賷 兀賵 卮丕賮賺貙 兀賵 兀賳賴丕 賮賷 丕賱兀爻丕爻 丕禺鬲賷丕乇 賲賵賮賯 賱賲賳 賷毓丕賳賷 兀賷 禺賱賱 賳賮爻賷貙 賵賴匕丕 賱兀賳 丕賱兀賲乇丕囟 丕賱賳賮爻賷丞 賰孬賷乇丞 賵卮丕卅賰丞貙 亘賱 賵賲鬲卮丕亘賴丞貙 賵賯丿 賷禺鬲賱胤 毓賱賶 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賵賷噩丿 兀賳賴 亘毓丿 丕賱廿賳鬲賴丕亍 賲賳 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞貙 賱丿賷賴 卮賰 賲賳 丕氐丕亘鬲賴 毓賱賶 丕賱兀賯賱 亘孬賱丕孬丞 兀賵 兀乇亘毓丞 兀賲乇丕囟 賳賮爻賷丞貙 賵賯丿 兀丨爻爻鬲 毓賳 賳賮爻賷 亘賴匕丕 賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 賯乇兀鬲賴丕

賵毓賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 丕乇賶 兀賳 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳 亘毓賷丿賸丕 賰賱 丕賱亘毓丿 毓賳 丕賱賲囟賲賵賳貙 賮丕賱賰鬲丕亘 鬲噩乇亘丞 卮禺氐賷丞 賱賱賰丕鬲亘 賱丕 毓賱丕賯丞 賱賴丕 亘賰賵賰亘 丕賱兀乇囟貙 賵廿賳 賰丕賳 賯丿 鬲賰賱賲 亘氐賷睾丞 丕賱噩賲毓 賮賷 亘毓囟 兀噩夭丕亍 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 賱賰賳賴 賱賲 賷囟賮 兀賷 噩丿賷丿 賮賰賱賳丕 賳毓乇賮 兀賳 丕賱毓丕賱賲 兀氐亘丨 賲賴賵賵爻賸丕 亘丕賱賴賵丕鬲賮 丕賱匕賰賷丞貙 賵丕賱鬲胤亘賷賯丕鬲 丕賱丨丿賷孬丞貙 賵亘乇丕賲噩 鬲毓丿賷賱 丕賱氐賵乇 賵丕賱賮賱丕鬲乇
亘賱 賵丕賳 賰賱 卮禺氐 賷毓乇賮 賵 賷賲鬲賱賰 賵賱賵 賯丿乇 賲毓賯賵賱 賲賳 丕賱丨賰賲丞貙 賮賷賲丕 賷噩亘 毓賱賷賴 賮毓賱賴.. 賲賳 丕毓鬲丿丕賱 賮賷 丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲 賰賱 賴匕丕貙 賵丕賱毓賵丿丞 賱賱胤亘賷毓丞貙 賵丨亘 丕賱匕丕鬲 賵毓丿賲 鬲丨賯賷乇賴丕貙 丕賵 賲賯丕乇賳鬲賴丕 亘丕賱睾賷乇. 賮賲賳 丕賱胤亘賷毓賷 兀賳賳丕 賳毓乇賮 賰賱 賴匕丕

賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞貙 兀賳丕 兀毓鬲亘乇 賴匕賴 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 鬲噩乇亘丞 卮禺氐賷丞 毓丕丿賷丞貙 賯乇兀賳丕 賲孬賱賴丕 毓卮乇丕鬲 丕賱賲乇丕鬲貙 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘爻賷胤 賵爻賱爻貙 賷賯乇兀 賱賱鬲爻賱賷丞 賮賯胤.
賵毓賳 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賰丕鬲亘貙 兀乇賶 兀賳 兀爻賱賵亘賴 亘爻賷胤貙 賷賮鬲賯乇 毓賳氐乇 丕賱噩匕亘貙 鬲賰乇乇鬲 亘毓囟 丕賱噩賲賱 亘賱丕 丿丕毓賷貙 賵丕毓鬲賯丿 兀賳 毓丿丿 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 賰丕賳 賲賳 丕賱賲賲賰賳 兀賳 鬲禺鬲氐乇 賱兀賯賱 賲賳 匕賱賰貙 賮賯丿 卮毓乇鬲 亘丕賱賲胤 賵丕賱鬲胤賵賷賱 賵丕賱鬲賰乇丕乇 .

賲賳 丕賱廿賯鬲亘丕爻丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 兀毓噩亘鬲賳賷.
(兀氐亘丨鬲 賲卮丕毓乇 丕賱賲噩賲賵毓丞 賴賷 賲卮丕毓乇賳丕 丕賱禺丕氐丞 )
(廿賳賰 鬲賰鬲亘 賰鬲丕亘 毓賳 丕賱賯賱賯 賵賮賷 匕丕鬲 丕賱賵賯鬲 鬲鬲氐賮丨 丕賱丕賳鬲乇賳鬲 賱鬲氐丕亘 亘丕賱賯賱賯).
(毓賳丿賲丕 賷卮毓乇 丕賱亘卮乇 亘丕賱睾囟亘貙 賷賳鬲卮乇 丕賱睾囟亘 賲賳 丨賵賱賴賲).

(賱丕 鬲賯丕乇賳 賳賮爻賰 亘丕賱丌禺乇賷賳
賱丕 鬲賯丕乇賳 賳賮爻賰 亘丕賱丌禺乇賷賳
賱丕 鬲賯丕乇賳 賳賮爻賰 亘丕賱丌禺乇賷賳
賱丕 鬲賯丕乇賳 賳賮爻賰 亘丕賱丌禺乇賷賳
賱丕 鬲賯丕乇賳 賳賮爻賰 亘丕賱丌禺乇賷賳
賱丕 鬲賯丕乇賳 賳賮爻賰 亘丕賱丌禺乇賷賳
賱丕 鬲賯丕乇賳 賳賮爻賰 亘丕賱丌禺乇賷賳.

賵丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 兀賳 賴匕賴 賴賷 兀賴賲 賳氐賷丨丞 賳卮賰乇 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 毓賱賷賴丕貙 賵賴賷 兀爻丕爻 毓匕丕亘丕鬲 丕賱亘卮乇 賲賳匕 亘丿亍 丕賱禺賱賷賯丞 賲賳匕 賯丕亘賷賱貙 賵賴丕亘賷賱 .
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569 reviews1,071 followers
February 24, 2021
This is a brilliantly efficient book, cherry picking the themes Matt explores in his fiction and condensing them into a less-than-300 page primer on mental health and how the world we live in today contributes to the widespread anxiety and depression on our 'nervous planet'.

Haig details how we are all basically encouraged to be constant consumers--whether through technology or just in a traditional capitalist sense and how that can lead us to essentially forget the core of our base humanity. He also discusses the cycle of wanting and how that can lead to a feeling of never being truly satisfied. Perhaps my favorite of his devices in this book are a series of lists and reminders for how to get back to the basics of being human---stop. breathe. unplug.

This is a perfect companion piece to which also ties in the impact of the external world and as always, provides a frank and accessible look at mental health coupled with some fantastic advice.

Thank you, as always, to Matt Haig, for being just the sort of authentic, honest, and open mental health advocate the world needs. 馃挆
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1,141 reviews515 followers
April 25, 2025
賱丕 鬲睾乇賯 賮賷 亘丨乇 賲賳 丕賱噩賲賱 丕賱鬲賷 鬲亘丿兀 "亘賲丕匕丕 賱賵 " ..
賱丕 鬲乇賴賯 毓賯賱賰 亘鬲禺賷賱 賳爻禺 兀禺乇賶 賲賳賰 賮賷 兀賰賵丕賳 賲鬲賵丕夭賷丞 丨賷孬 賳賯賵賲 亘廿鬲禺丕匕 賯乇丕乇丕鬲 賲禺鬲賱賮丞.
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August 23, 2020
Notes on a Nervous planet

丕蹖賳 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丿賯蹖賯鈥屫臂屬� 賵 賲賳丕爻亘鈥屫臂屬� 毓賳賵丕賳鈥屬囏й屰屬� 讴賴 丿蹖丿賲 蹖讴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 乇賵蹖 讴鬲丕亘卮 诏匕丕卮鬲賴. 賴賲賵賳胤賵乇 讴賴 毓賳賵丕賳 诏賮鬲賴 丕蹖賳鈥屬囏й� 蹖丕丿丿丕卮鬲鈥屬囏й屰� 丿乇賲賵乇丿 丕囟胤乇丕亘 賴爻鬲賳.
丕賵賱蹖賳 亘丕乇蹖 讴賴 卮乇賵毓 亘賴 禺賵賳丿賳 讴鬲丕亘 讴乇丿賲 丨爻 讴乇丿賲 讴賴 丕蹖賳丕 丿賯蹖賯丕 卮亘蹖賴 蹖丕丿丿丕卮鬲鈥屬囏й� 乇賵夭丕賳賴鈥屰� 禺賵丿賽 賲賳 賴爻鬲賳. 賲禺氐賵氐丕 乇賵夭賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘丕 鬲賽賲賽 "禺賵丿蹖丕乇蹖 賵 丕賲蹖丿 亘賴 亘賴亘賵丿" 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫迟�.
丕蹖賳 蹖丕丿丿丕卮鬲鈥屬囏� 禺蹖賱蹖 倬乇丕讴賳丿賴 賵 賳丕賲乇鬲亘賳! 亘毓囟丕 賳丕賲賴鈥屬囏й屰� 亘賴 賮乇賲 賳賵卮鬲賴鈥屬囏� 氐賮丨賴鈥屬囏й� 丕蹖賳爻鬲丕诏乇丕賲蹖 丕夭 "爻丕丨賱" 賲蹖鈥屫ㄛ屬嗃屫�(亘賴 胤賵乇 賲孬丕賱)貨 讴賴 亘乇丕卮 賲賴賲 賳蹖爻鬲 賮乇賲 亘丿賳 卮賲丕 趩胤賵乇蹖賴 賵 趩蹖 倬賵卮蹖丿蹖丿. 丕賵賳 賴賲 禺賵丿卮 倬乇 丕夭 卮讴賱鈥屬囏� 賵 賮乇賲鈥屬囏й� 賲禺鬲賱賮賴!!


蹖丕丿丿丕卮鬲鈥屬囏й� 蹖賴 丌丿賲 睾蹖乇 賲鬲禺氐氐 賲孬賱 禺賵丿 賲賳 讴賴 禺賵丕爻鬲賴 爻乇 丕夭 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖蹖 丿乇亘蹖丕乇賴 讴賴 亘乇丕卮 丕囟胤乇丕亘鈥屫藏� 賴爻鬲賳. 讴丕賲賱丕 賲卮禺氐賴 讴賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 乇賵蹖 賴乇 賲賵乇丿 "丕蹖賳鬲乇賳鬲" 乇賵 诏卮鬲賴 賵 讴賱蹖 賲賯丕賱賴 禺賵賳丿賴 賵 爻毓蹖 讴乇丿賴 丿乇 丕賳鬲賴丕 賳馗乇賽 賲爻鬲賯賱 禺賵丿卮 乇賵 亘丿賴. 賳馗乇蹖 讴賴 賲孬賱丕 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 丌蹖賳丿賴鈥屰� 賴賵卮 賲氐賳賵毓蹖 讴賴 亘丕 賮蹖賱丿 賲賳 賲乇鬲亘胤賴 亘乇丕賲 亘賴 賵囟賵丨 賳丕丿乇爻鬲賴! 賳馗乇蹖 讴賴 賲蹖賮賴賲蹖丿賲 丕夭 禺賵賳丿賳 蹖賴 爻乇蹖 賲賯丕賱賴 丨丕氐賱 卮丿賴貙 丕賲丕 丕蹖賳 賲賯丕賱賴鈥屬囏� 丿乇 蹖讴 噩賴鬲 禺丕氐 乇賮鬲賴 賵 賱夭賵賲丕 賳馗乇 丕賮乇丕丿 爻乇卮賳丕爻 蹖丕 賳馗乇 亘丕 倬卮鬲賵丕賳賴鈥屰� 毓賱賲蹖 賵 蹖丕 賲賳胤賯蹖 賳蹖爻鬲!


丕夭 倬乇丕讴賳丿诏蹖 蹖丕丿丿丕卮鬲鈥屬囏� 诏賮鬲賲貙 賳賴責 丕蹖賳讴賴 乇賵蹖 賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲 賲禺鬲賱賮 丕毓賲 丕夭 鬲乇爻 丕夭 倬蹖乇 卮丿賳貙 賮卮丕乇 亘乇丕蹖 丿丕卮鬲賳 馗丕賴乇蹖 夭蹖亘丕 讴賴 鬲賵爻胤 卮亘讴賴鈥屬囏й� 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 鬲毓乇蹖賮 卮丿賴貙 丕禺亘丕乇 賵... 蹖賴 亘乇乇爻蹖 爻胤丨蹖 賵 蹖賴 賳馗乇蹖賴鈥屬矩必ж槽� 爻胤丨蹖鈥屫� 亘乇丕蹖 丌乇賵賲鈥屫池ж槽� 匕賴賳鈥屬囏й� 賲卮賵卮 丕賳噩丕賲 卮丿賴. 亘毓囟蹖 氐賮丨賴鈥屬囏� 賮賯胤 趩賳丿 讴賱賲賴 鬲賵卮賵賳 倬乇鬲丕亘 卮丿賴!!

Things that are faster than they used to be
Mail.
Cars.
News.
.
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.
Relationships.
Political events.
The thoughts in your head.


丿乇 丕蹖賳 賲蹖丕賳貙 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賴乇 蹖讴蹖 丿賵 氐賮丨賴 丿乇 賲蹖丕賳 丕夭 噩賲賱丕鬲 賯卮賳诏 亘丕 賯丕亘賱蹖鬲 賴丕蹖賱丕蹖鬲 卮丿賳 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 賲蹖讴賳賴貙 讴賴 亘賱賴 亘毓囟丕 賲蹖鬲賵賳賴 賲賮蹖丿 亘丕卮賴 丕賲丕 賲賳 蹖丕丿诏乇賮鬲賲 讴賴 丿乇賲丕賳鈥屬囏й� 爻胤丨蹖 夭賵丿诏匕乇賴 賵 亘賴亘賵丿 賳蹖丕夭 亘賴 亘乇乇爻蹖 毓賲蹖賯 賵 爻丕禺鬲丕乇蹖丕賮鬲賴 丿丕乇賴.

And so, when I am well - but stressed - the things that make me feel a little bit worse are often the things that make me feel much worse when I am ill. What you learn when you are ill, about whst hurts, can be applied to better times, too. Pain is one hell of teacher.



丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 禺蹖賱蹖 賲賮蹖丿 賵 丿賵爻鬲鈥屫ж簇嗃� 亘丕卮賴. 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏й� 爻丕丿賴 賵 爻胤丨蹖 賲蹖鬲賵賳賳 丨丕賱 丌丿賲 乇賵 亘賴鬲乇 讴賳賳. 賵賱蹖 丕蹖賳 丕鬲賮丕賯 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 賳蹖賮鬲丕丿( 禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲 讴賴 亘卮賴 賵 賵丕賯毓丕 鬲賱丕卮 讴乇丿賲). 賵 丕蹖賳 賲卮讴賱 丕氐賱蹖 賲賳 亘丕 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賵丿. 賴乇亘丕乇 讴賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 賲蹖禺賵賳丿賲 囟乇亘丕賳 賯賱亘賲 亘丕賱丕 賲蹖乇賮鬲 賵 丕囟胤乇丕亘賲 亘蹖卮鬲乇 賲蹖卮丿. 趩乇丕責 趩賵賳 丕蹖賳 蹖丕丿丿丕卮鬲鈥屬囏й� 蹖讴 匕賴賳 倬乇 丕夭 丕囟胤乇丕亘賴 賵 匕賴賳 賲賳 賴賲 讴丕賲賱丕 亘丕 丕蹖賳 丕賮讴丕乇 丌卮賳丕爻鬲. 丕賳诏丕乇 讴賴 丿乇 丨丕賱 鬲睾匕蹖賴 丕賮讴丕乇 倬乇 丕囟胤乇丕亘賲 亘賵丿賲 賵 亘丿鬲乇 丕蹖賳讴賴 乇丕賴 丨賱鈥屬囏� 亘乇丕蹖 匕賴賳 賲賳 讴丕賮蹖 蹖丕 賲賳胤賯蹖 賳亘賵丿賳丿. 亘蹖賳 乇蹖賵蹖賵賴丕蹖 亘丕 丕賲鬲蹖丕夭賴丕蹖 倬丕蹖蹖賳 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 诏卮鬲賲 賵 賲鬲賵噩賴 卮丿賲 讴賴 丨爻 賲賳 丕诏乇趩賴 丿乇 丕賯賱蹖鬲 賴爻鬲 丕賲丕 睾蹖乇 卮丕蹖毓 賳蹖爻鬲. 亘丕賱丕禺乇賴 賴賲蹖賳 賳馗乇賴丕蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 賴爻鬲 讴賴 賲丨蹖胤 丕蹖賳噩丕 乇賵 丌夭丕丿鬲乇 賵 夭蹖亘丕鬲乇 賲蹖讴賳賴.
讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 賳丕鬲賲丕賲 丿乇 噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賳亘蹖賳賲卮(亘賱賴 丿蹖丿賳 噩賱丿 讴鬲丕亘 賵 蹖丕丿丌賵乇蹖卮 賴賲 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 丕囟胤乇丕亘鈥屫藏� 亘賵丿!) 乇賴丕 讴乇丿賲.



倬.賳. 亘蹖賳 蹖讴 爻鬲丕乇賴 賵 丿賵 爻鬲丕乇賴 卮讴 丿丕乇賲. 蹖讴 禺蹖賱蹖 讴賲賴 賵賱蹖 賵賯鬲蹖 丕賳賯丿乇 亘丕 讴鬲丕亘 賲卮讴賱 丿賱卮鬲賲 賵 亘毓囟蹖 噩丕賴丕 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 讴鬲丕亘 賳亘賵丿責!
倬.賳. 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 趩乇丕 毓賳賵丕賳 乇賵 賳賵卮鬲賴 亘賵丿賲 鬲蹖鬲乇. :|
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2,185 reviews654 followers
November 10, 2022
I read this because I have been anxious as hell (gosh I wonder why?) and a glance at the early chapter on goalposts (with their tendency to keep moving) felt helpful. But oh boy, did the warning bells start ringing early -- building to Kill Bill level sirens.

I have a lot of sympathy -- of empathy -- for Haig's history of anxiety and depression, but the privilege on display in this book is just off the charts. If I catalogued every boneheaded thing he said in this book, we'd be here for days, but (paraphrased) highlights include: "Just unplug for a while!" (I have a job?) "Hey, I know it's natural for women to hate their bodies, but did you know men hate their bodies now too?" (Lots to unpack there.) "I once visited a homeless shelter and it was very inspiring." (...Dude.) But my absolute favorite has to be (not paraphrased):

Imagine, for instance, if there had been social media and camera phones during the Second World War. If people had seen, in full color, on smartphones, the consequences of every bomb, or the reality of every concentration camp, or the bloodied and mutilated bodies of soldiers, then the collective and psychological experience who have expanded the terror far beyond those who were experiencing it firsthand.


...

Okay, so. You're imagining an alternate history of WWII where smartphones existed to document the Holocaust, and your first thought here is that it would have been traumatic for the global witnesses? Not that this could have helped stop the atrocities? Not that part of why the Nazis were able to slaughter eleven million people is that they were able to do much of it in secret (or "secret"; people did know)? ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE? LISTEN TO THE WORDS COMING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.

I can't even take the time to rebut this seriously, because I have already taken more time to think about it than Matt Haig did.

Runner up: the "Imagine" chapter (written before the celebrity "Imagine" video, but about as cringe), wherein Haig says, "Imagine if we had a day where we called human being human beings" and then spends two pages essentially letting us know that he "doesn't see color." I can't with this book.
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2,448 reviews837 followers
November 30, 2018
3.5, rounded up.

I really, REALLY liked Haig's previous 'self-help' book, , even though some found it corny and simplistic. Reading this sequel, I could see why that feeling might be valid this time round. A prime reason why the previous book made an impact, is that it hewed more closely to Haig's personal history, as he shared autobiographical stories from which he gleaned his insights - here, there are far fewer such examples, so it just seems like a stream of platitudes - some of which are profound, some of which extract a feeling of .... 'well, duh'! And some of which seemed awfully repetitious (e.g., do we really need to be told the virtues of peanut butter on toast twice?). Still, anyone struggling (as I do) with a panic disorder, anxiety or the feeling like the world is far too stressful, can find much to like and take away from this quick and often entertaining read. It never hurts to hear that it isn't necessarily YOU!
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659 reviews506 followers
February 24, 2021
賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴鈥屰� 讴鬲丕亘 禺賵丿卮 丕禺鬲賱丕賱 丕囟胤乇丕亘蹖 賵 倬賳蹖讴 丿丕卮鬲賴 賵 鬲賵賳爻鬲賴 亘丕 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 爻亘讴 夭賳丿诏蹖卮貙 丕囟胤乇丕亘卮 乇賵 賲丿蹖乇蹖鬲 讴賳賴.
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