Reasons to Stay Alive Book Review
Title: Reasons to Stay Alive Author: Matt Haig Genres: Self-help, memoir, biography, autobiography Published: March 2015 Length: 264 pages “The key is in accepting your thoughts, all of them, even the bad ones. Accept your thoughts, but don't become them” Book Summary One day Matt Haig felt that he has died, with little to no understanding of depression. He felt that living was too much pain. He went to the edge of a cliff, intending to end all his pain and suffering. he thought of all the people who loved him, and he thought of death. He tried to gather up the courage to end everything, but the fear that he might remain paralyzed, trapped in his body forever restrained him from ending his life. He figured that to survive such tragedy would only bring more suffering. Reasons to Stay Alive uncovers Matt Haig's personal experience of depression, anxiety, the stigma around it and how he overcomes it. Review It's 2021, and yet we find ourselves h...