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pinkdino88's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Suicide attempt and Mental illness
fionnlister's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
carodonahue's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
hudapages's review against another edition
5.0
“What does it mean to feel truly alive? How can we live in a mad world without ourselves going mad?”
In Notes on a Nervous Planet, it focuses on how the world is affecting your mental health with the existence of social media. How social media can both help and hinder’s people mental health, and how it also can be the part of people. The main mental health focus in this book is partly about anxiety as it is the most relatable subject on how we can stay sane in this world, or should I say the modern world? Apart from mental health, this book also discusses how modern technology influences our behaviour. Too much addiction to modern technology or social media can make us feel anxious, and the worst part is, it does affect the quality of life we lead.
Minor: Mental illness
loftio's review against another edition
3.0
I chose to read this book as the first of 2022 because it felt like it lined up with the idea of changing my social media habits (which I have done dramatically).
Overall, I enjoyed the book and the themes covered felt very important and timely. It didn't particularly change my mind about anything, but it did reinforce the idea of changing my habits. I am already in the mindset of making changes, and I've put some of those into action ahead of reading the book, now after reading there's a few other things I'd like to change in my routine, so in general it's been helpful
A note however... this book is written by somebody with anxiety, I do not have anxiety, but if I did I don't this book would be helpful. The first half almost made me feel anxious by proxy, just by reading Haig's narrative on the world. While he does offer some thoughts and reflections on certain topics like social media addictions, self-esteem and the overload of information we consume in modern life, it doesn't feel like there are many solutions. So in that way, I'm unsure whether I'd recommend this to the people I originally thought might benefit from it the most.
Also I think this book could have been half the length, but I think that about most 'self-help' style books.
On the flip side, I absolutely love Haig's fictional writing, so I'll be picking up The Midnight Library very soon!
Minor: Mental illness
mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts
nostarryeyes's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Addiction
sprucy2427's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Mental illness
nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts
slpellicci's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Mental illness