Take a photo of a barcode or cover
debnielsen 's review for:
Notes on a Nervous Planet
by Matt Haig
This book is truly a gift. I love Haig’s novels; the way it takes something normal, mundane even, and by slightly tilting it brings about a whole new perspective. He does the same thing to mental illness in this book. Not that mental health is mundane but he brings a fresh perspective to anxiety and trying to live a mentally healthy life.
A book I should own and re-read from time to time.
Haig brings himself to this book but also countless researchers. He explains why seemingly simple things like grocery shopping can be so anxiety inducing. The reality is that grocery stores and shopping malls are built to make us anxious by first making us feel inadequate and then offering an overwhelming number of choices. In fact much of the world is intentionally created to raise anxiety so we are unhappy with our lives and buy what they are selling or as Haig says “[h]appiness is not good for the economy”. That FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) is an actual marketing principle.
A wonderful book everyone that struggles with mental illness or loves someone with mental illness should read.
Remember to look at the sky everyday.
A book I should own and re-read from time to time.
Haig brings himself to this book but also countless researchers. He explains why seemingly simple things like grocery shopping can be so anxiety inducing. The reality is that grocery stores and shopping malls are built to make us anxious by first making us feel inadequate and then offering an overwhelming number of choices. In fact much of the world is intentionally created to raise anxiety so we are unhappy with our lives and buy what they are selling or as Haig says “[h]appiness is not good for the economy”. That FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) is an actual marketing principle.
A wonderful book everyone that struggles with mental illness or loves someone with mental illness should read.
Remember to look at the sky everyday.