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susuuuu's review
5.0
'I still sleep a lot and cry a lot, I’m still slow at almost everything and get stressed out over very small stuff. I don’t know if I will ever be ”well”. I’ll settle for…okey'
i love this man so very much.
i love this man so very much.
lululem's review
it feels weird to rate this, so i won’t. but this was a really powerful piece on depression and anxiety. backman gets really personal about his struggles and what goes on in his mind. it made me cry and i related to some parts of it. it’s emotional, and very honest. very raw.
i’ll just leave some quotes here
”it’s a great day, a good place, that’s why i can write about the dark ones without falling into them.”
“my brain lies to my body, it tells us we can’t breathe, that we’re going to die.”
“i didn’t write to become an author, i did it because it’s the only way to silence the voices in my head.”
“anxiety is like tiny iron weights in my blood, making me heavy, holding me down.”
“you feel fucking scared. because you’re up in the air. and when you’re in the air for long enough it’s getting really difficult to know the difference between flying and falling.”
https://www.fredrikbackman.com/2018/07/02/something-about-the-anxiety/
i’ll just leave some quotes here
”it’s a great day, a good place, that’s why i can write about the dark ones without falling into them.”
“my brain lies to my body, it tells us we can’t breathe, that we’re going to die.”
“i didn’t write to become an author, i did it because it’s the only way to silence the voices in my head.”
“anxiety is like tiny iron weights in my blood, making me heavy, holding me down.”
“you feel fucking scared. because you’re up in the air. and when you’re in the air for long enough it’s getting really difficult to know the difference between flying and falling.”
https://www.fredrikbackman.com/2018/07/02/something-about-the-anxiety/
megmegsheffy's review
5.0
Everything he writes make me feel like there are more people going through the same things I am going through. I feel supported by this.
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a_pilgrim's review
5.0
[mental health, ©bomgirl, devianart]
"Demons are personal, the ghosts in our head are never exactly the same."
"Depression is a difficult thing to explain. It’s an aching of the soul."
"Anxiety is like tiny iron weights in my blood, making me heavy, holding me down."
***
Dear Fredrik,
Thank you, for being brave and kind enough to share your thoughts in the form of this essay. I have loved reading all your books and you are a wonderful writer (please remain a writer, and you need not become an author). You now have my highest form of respect and gratitude also.
Wishing you all the peace and happiness!
Sincerely,
Your loving reader.
***
Fredrik Backman gives a vivid description and an inside peek of his mind, thoughts and feelings. He provides an account of what it means to be a normal human being and gives a soothing assurance that it is alright to be like that and discuss it. There is nothing wrong with being like that.
And she whispers back “you were never normal, that’s why I fell in love with you”.
FB discusses about depression not being logical, and about anxiety having no rational explanation. He also points out that it could be possible that depression and anxiety could be the source of his writings. The fact that being with our loved ones can be the happiest space to be in, and how our family can keep us sane despite all the insane experiences around, is explained so well. Loved ones give purpose and direction, they keep the loneliness away, they will love even after knowing who you are - with your loved one, you will be in a good place. It is alright to be silent, and not say or discuss anything.
It is so important and nice, as FB advises, to ask your friend/colleague how they are doing and if they are okay?
There is no need to fix yourself and remember nothing is wrong with you. As a person, we are just looking for some silence, some peace and some love. We may never be cured, but we will learn to live along with it and search for joy in our own way.
[© Lucie Ernestova 2015]
All I am looking for is some SILENCE, some PEACE and some LOVE.
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We are all going through a similar journey on the same path but at different levels.
We are yet to understand why and how our minds work in these mysterious ways. But, we all will need to make an effort to learn to be empathetic with our loved ones and fellow human beings and stop addressing and treating them as crazy, insane or the ones with a 'disorder'.
"It’s a great day, I know that. Which makes it odd to talk about feeling bad. But sometimes you need to be in a really good place to feel able to talk about the other ones."
"I have a very active imagination, and I use it to go to places where I can hide."
"...and I started a long walk back to finding myself."
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