Notes on a nervous planet

Haig, Matt 1975- (author.).

Summary: "A follow-up to Matt Haig's internationally bestselling memoir, Reasons to Stay Alive, a broader look at how modern life feeds our anxiety, and how to live a better life. The societies we live in are increasingly making our minds ill, making it feel as though the way we live is engineered to make us unhappy. When Matt Haig developed panic disorder, anxiety, and depression as an adult, it took him a long time to work out the ways the external world could impact his mental health in both positive and negative ways. Notes on a Nervous Planet collects his observations, taking a look at how the various social, commercial and technological 'advancements' that have created the world we now live in can actually hinder our happiness. Haig examines everything from broader phenomena like inequality, social media, and the news; to things closer to our daily lives, like how we sleep, how we exercise, and even the distinction we draw between our minds and our bodies"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780143133421
ISBN: 014313342X
ISBN: 9780525505211
Physical Description: print
288 pages ; 18 cm
Publisher: New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2019.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

General Note:

"First published in Great Britain by Canongate Books Ltd 2018."

Formatted Contents Note:

A stressed-out mind in a stressed-out world -- The big picture -- A feeling is not your face -- Notes on time -- Life overload -- Internet anxieties -- Shock of the news -- A small section on sleep -- Priorities -- Phone fears -- The detective of despair -- The thinking body -- The end of reality -- Wanting -- Two lists about work -- Shaping the future -- The song of you -- Everything you are is enough.