Reasons to Stay Alive is about making the most of your time on earth. 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, how he recovered and learned to live with anxiety and depression. It's also an upbeat, joyous and very funny exploration of how live better, love better, read better and feel more.
Matt Haig was born in Sheffield, England in1975. He writes books for both adults and children, often blending the worlds of domestic reality and outright fantasy, with a quirky twist. His bestselling novels are translated into 28 languages. The Guardian has described his writing as 'delightfully weird' and the New York Times has called him 'a novelist of great talent' whose writing is 'funny, riveting and heartbreaking'.
His novels for adults are The Last Family in England, narrated by a labrador and optioned for film by Brad Pitt; The Dead Fathers Club (2006), an update of Hamlet featuring an 11-year-old boy; The Possession of Mr Cave (2008), about a man obsessed with his daughter's safety, and The Radleys (2010) which won Channel 4's TV Book Club public vote and was shortlisted for a Galaxy National Book Award (UK). The film rights to all his adult novels have been sold. His next adult novel is The Humans (2013).
His multi-award winning popular first novel for children, Shadow Forest, was published in 2007 and its sequel, The Runaway Troll, in 2009. His most recent children's novel is To Be A Cat (2012).
作为一个曾经被诊断过重度抑郁,但是目前认为自己只有间歇性抑郁情绪的人,看完《活下去的理由》之后,就着一杯咖啡的劲头,我有些话想说,不过全是无用的碎片。 不友好提示:以下内容不包含任何方法论或者科学观点,仅仅是关于我个人体验和看法的一些描述,请勿对号入座。 我...
评分她得了抑郁症,于是全家理所应当被搅得鸡犬不宁。 惊恐症在恐吓她,而她就来恐吓着我们。 生活中的每一刻,时时刻刻我们都要随时随地准备应对她突然的尖叫、不明来由的愤怒暴躁、日复一日的低落和阴郁,还有瞬间就会崩溃的情绪。 为什么得了抑郁症的人不去死? 可如果她死了,...
评分这不是一本专业的心理学知识科普书籍,如果你希望从中获得科普知识的话,那可能满足不了你的需求,但不得不说,正是因为它不是专业的角度来讲述“抑郁症”,反而显得更加有可贵和好读。 谁都有过情绪难捱的时候,不管是抑郁症患者还是普通人群。 当身处这种难以言语的精神折磨...
评分 评分已经忘记是从哪里知道这本书的了,但是知道后立马就找来看了。 不是因为自己是抑郁症患者而企图从他人的经历找到出口,只是有时候觉得不快乐,或者更准确的说,长时间对任何事都提不起兴趣。 这本书给了一个很好的近距离视角来窥探抑郁症这个现代大多数人...
读这本书时,是我撞到现实感的两天后,我知道这次自己会好很久。开篇病中的描述不敢细读,麻木掉一些细致情感粗略读过,很意外的是读者列出的那些起到作用的作者和书籍,跟我有很大部分的重复。那些他用来描述Graham Greene 的句子,天呐,我想要紧紧握住他的手,好让我的激动能流到他手心,就此解救我要用语言再描述的困境。
评分几百年没有一口气读完一本书了!!!!!!!!!!!
评分治愈之书,生活之书。
评分这本书真的应该注明trigger alert。作者太多的经历感受甚至于文字比喻我都能在自己身上找到相似和对应。某种程度上读起来很痛苦。Part 1 - 4都有能找到自己影子的地方,到了Part 5变成了一些作者后来的思考,感觉是个很平和的人,真好。观点是认同的,不过需要时间。然而除去抑郁症这个标签之下自身的问题,还是靠自己去解决啊。 真的很希望家属都可以看看,尽管未必能够理解。
评分因为语法单词比较简单为了学英语读的。典型畅销书没啥干货,很多篇拉单子玩花样糊弄事,不是说不可以,但那种东西写在自己博客里网上转发一下就可以了,没有必要出书。关于抑郁症讲得完全浮于表面,既没有深挖自己的经历,遗传的话患病也要有个trigger吧?讲的办法也都是些“晒太阳”之类的治标不治本的东西(但看书瑜伽还是有效果的)。刚读完《toxic parents》(《原生家庭》)如果因为家庭原因抑郁寻求帮助的非常推荐去看那本
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