I started reading this book when I finally decided it’s time I faced my fears head on. And I think I picked just about the right book to kick off my jI started reading this book when I finally decided it’s time I faced my fears head on. And I think I picked just about the right book to kick off my journey. The book is brilliant and hugely quotable, not because the quotes are cool but because they are so very relatable. It made me understand why CBT hasn’t worked for me, and it gave me ideas for other schools of therapy that could work better for my kind of thoughts and anxious mind. The author is very humorous and he even addresses humor as a form of therapy and technique for dealing with chronic worry.
A lot of the reviews criticised how repetitive the book was. However, to me this was a plus, because when it comes to worry and anxiety, we do need these repetitions because our minds are never easily convinced, so we have to repeat the ideas and thoughts.
To say that this book has changed my life would be too much, but it certainly did show me new horizons when dealing with my own anxieties. And it gave me a push to be braver to read more about this topic, which a year ago would have been a huge trigger for me.
I absolutely recommend this book because it erased that fear I had from reading about my mental state. And because it ridicules worry, and this is exactly what we need to overcome our anxieties....more
I’m not exactly sure about how I feel towards this book. I was not going to read it so I went for Audible. I know that the title of the book tells thaI’m not exactly sure about how I feel towards this book. I was not going to read it so I went for Audible. I know that the title of the book tells that he’s going to use the F word a lot, but I honestly didn’t like it and felt it too much in the book. Some stories were really good; but some chapters were entirely boring I don’t remember a word of them. However, the book did add to my knowledge and motivation. Wouldn’t re-read it though. ...more
This is by far the most beautiful book I have ever read. It might look like I’ve spent too much time reading it but I honestly procrastinated finishinThis is by far the most beautiful book I have ever read. It might look like I’ve spent too much time reading it but I honestly procrastinated finishing it because I did not want to. While Part I was heartbreaking, Parts II and III were all what this book was about. There are many sections of this book that I read twice on this first read, and I will no doubt be reading the entire book again soon. I love how you never feel that the author is philosophising the experience but trying to learn the meaning of suffering and the meanings of life through everything he’s been through. This book gives so much hope in healing to anyone who is going or has gone through any mental hardships or illness. It basically tells you that life isn’t there to make us happy but instead we should be bravely suffering because that’s what gets us going. I would recommend this book to anyone I know. A very useful and beautiful read that is changing my life....more
طبعًا أنا شهادتي مجروحة ولكن لا يمنع أن أقول رأيي وبكل صراحة. أجمل ما في الرواية التعاطف الذي وضعه الكاتب في قلوبنا لأبناء الطبقات المجتمعية الأخرى، واطبعًا أنا شهادتي مجروحة ولكن لا يمنع أن أقول رأيي وبكل صراحة. أجمل ما في الرواية التعاطف الذي وضعه الكاتب في قلوبنا لأبناء الطبقات المجتمعية الأخرى، والتي أرانا الكاتب من خلالها كم من السهل أن نقع في مصيدة العنصرية. الجزء المفضل لي من الكتاب هو سيرة الولد. مختلفة كثيرًاعن باقي الرواية وبها طابع مظلم ولكن جميل.
لغة الكاتب هي أجمل ما في الكتاب. لغة سهلة وممتعة جدًا وبها تعبيرات رائعة ومختلفة. ...more
This book is so beautiful you wouldn't want to finish it despite the pain it gives you. Matt Haig shares his personal experience with depression, how This book is so beautiful you wouldn't want to finish it despite the pain it gives you. Matt Haig shares his personal experience with depression, how it started, progressed, and how it changed his life. The first few chapters are painful and scary, and they will make you weep, but understanding depression is essential to actually beat it. I believe that we should read about the things that scare the hell out of us, and this was my bravest moment; to read about something I feared so much, even if I didn't really have it. Matt Haig has a way with words, and I guess it's people who go through the most painful experiences in life that know how to exactly write about these experiences. The book has so many quotes that I had already known before realising they were from it, and the one that I recall quite well which really struck me as the most accurately beautiful thing I have read in so long is this:
“THE WORLD IS increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn’t very good for the economy. If we were happy with what we had, why would we need more? How do you sell an anti-ageing moisturiser? You make someone worry about ageing. How do you get people to vote for a political party? You make them worry about immigration. How do you get them to buy insurance? By making them worry about everything. How do you get them to have plastic surgery? By highlighting their physical flaws. How do you get them to watch a TV show? By making them worry about missing out. How do you get them to buy a new smartphone? By making them feel like they are being left behind. To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be happy with your own non-upgraded existence. To be comfortable with our messy, human selves, would not be good for business.�
This truly is a beautiful book that I think everyone should read. Painful? Yes. Heartbreaking? Hell, yes! But it teaches us many lessons no one often speaks about. That depression is smaller than all of us, that mental illnesses are all smaller than us, that they live within us rather than us living within them.
This is the truest book I have read in so long....more
No matter how many chances I give Murakami, he never fails to disappoint me. An OK read. Not sure I like the idea of taking someone's novel and writinNo matter how many chances I give Murakami, he never fails to disappoint me. An OK read. Not sure I like the idea of taking someone's novel and writing an inversion of it. Sounds like an easy choice to get witty....more
A beautifully dark memoir on depression. It takes you to a journey most of us have no idea about. Depression. With all its melancholia and suicidal thA beautifully dark memoir on depression. It takes you to a journey most of us have no idea about. Depression. With all its melancholia and suicidal thoughts, imagining the depletion of norepinephrine and serotonin hormones and the increase of cortisol, the hormone that increases anxiety. A scary, scary vision and thought. I certainly learned a lot about depression from this book, and I truly admire the author for being that brave to share his own experience with such horrific mental illness. Beautiful book. It left me dumbstruck at the very last lines. I wanted to cry because I never understood a mental illness (other than anxiety) this much. I would read this book again. ...more
أخذني الكتاب في البداية فغُصتُ معه ولم أستطع تركه فوجدت نفسي أقرأ الكثير من الصفحات وأوقف نفسي عن القراءة بمجهود. كتاب جيد ولكن به الكثير من الفجوات. أخذني الكتاب في البداية فغُصتُ معه ولم أستطع تركه فوجدت نفسي أقرأ الكثير من الصفحات وأوقف نفسي عن القراءة بمجهود. كتاب جيد ولكن به الكثير من الفجوات. به أخطاء نحوية لا تُغتفر، وحشو أحيانًا ما يصبح مملًا شديد الملل إلى حد أني أردت أن أقلب الصفحات للوصول للحدث الرئيسي. مشكلة سعود أيضًا أنه يُعجب بخياله ولغته أحيانًا فيحاول صبّ حِكمته علينا ولكنها تبدو مصطنعة للغاية، وحتى اللغة المجهود فيها واضح بشكل سلبي حيث فقدت سلاستها أحيانًا.
كتاب جيد ولكن لا يستحق البوكر في رأيي. ولا أظن أنني سأقرأ لسعود مجددًا. ولكنني أتمنى له كل التوفيق فهو يحاول بصدق....more
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