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 a...
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.
作者简介
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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 wri...
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).
“The more you research the science of depression, the more you realize it is still more characterized by what we don’t know than what we do. It is 90 percent mystery”
情感浓郁近乎咆哮的表达。抑郁症的“不想活”不是“想去死”，而是“希望从未出生就好了”，不想经历这种折磨，这里insight一下子就拉近了我跟depressive的距离，不说理解，但更愿意试着感受他们的痛苦。但于作者这种thoughts and reflections，更适合depressive的家人、朋友读，病友之间只怕某些观点不具备医学共识，尤其是对药的态度。我小时候常流鼻血，连累妈妈受苦，真是...情感浓郁近乎咆哮的表达。抑郁症的“不想活”不是“想去死”，而是“希望从未出生就好了”，不想经历这种折磨，这里insight一下子就拉近了我跟depressive的距离，不说理解，但更愿意试着感受他们的痛苦。但于作者这种thoughts and reflections，更适合depressive的家人、朋友读，病友之间只怕某些观点不具备医学共识，尤其是对药的态度。我小时候常流鼻血，连累妈妈受苦，真是数十种偏方尝尽，各种苦涩药味喝遍，后来自己工作后去医院挂个耳鼻喉科，我的问题就是鼻中隔偏曲压迫毛细血管充血，破则流血，手术后就再无流鼻血症状。如今的抑郁症患者多如我小时候流鼻血，亲戚朋友不是不关心，可错误的看待病症，于双方都是无谓的损耗。作者女友那是懂得、理解，所以顺当的支持，人同此心，心同此理。(展开)
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0 有用 信然 2018-01-30 07:59:14
“The more you research the science of depression, the more you realize it is still more characterized by what we don’t know than what we do. It is 90 percent mystery”
0 有用 姜小白 2021-05-29 09:44:48
情感浓郁近乎咆哮的表达。抑郁症的“不想活”不是“想去死”，而是“希望从未出生就好了”，不想经历这种折磨，这里insight一下子就拉近了我跟depressive的距离，不说理解，但更愿意试着感受他们的痛苦。但于作者这种thoughts and reflections，更适合depressive的家人、朋友读，病友之间只怕某些观点不具备医学共识，尤其是对药的态度。我小时候常流鼻血，连累妈妈受苦，真是... 情感浓郁近乎咆哮的表达。抑郁症的“不想活”不是“想去死”，而是“希望从未出生就好了”，不想经历这种折磨，这里insight一下子就拉近了我跟depressive的距离，不说理解，但更愿意试着感受他们的痛苦。但于作者这种thoughts and reflections，更适合depressive的家人、朋友读，病友之间只怕某些观点不具备医学共识，尤其是对药的态度。我小时候常流鼻血，连累妈妈受苦，真是数十种偏方尝尽，各种苦涩药味喝遍，后来自己工作后去医院挂个耳鼻喉科，我的问题就是鼻中隔偏曲压迫毛细血管充血，破则流血，手术后就再无流鼻血症状。如今的抑郁症患者多如我小时候流鼻血，亲戚朋友不是不关心，可错误的看待病症，于双方都是无谓的损耗。作者女友那是懂得、理解，所以顺当的支持，人同此心，心同此理。 (展开)
3 有用 天生傻气 2018-03-22 22:45:30
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。
2 有用 lfie 2015-03-29 22:38:47
几百年没有一口气读完一本书了!!!!!!!!!!!
5 有用 半个半个 2019-01-26 03:09:04
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... 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 (展开)
0 有用 Answer Lu 2024-05-05 16:59:55 上海
reasons to read , no.
0 有用 Chelsea📚 2024-02-14 15:54:52 广东
没给Matt Haig的书打过满分，但会一直读。虽然没什么惊人的顿悟，但读起来很舒服。
0 有用 NettieOwen 2023-10-31 03:25:39 英国
我也想有一位Andrea……
0 有用 Strrrr 2023-09-04 14:16:58 河北
中英文一起读的，英文版本更容易get作者重点。但是香港是中国的一部分，不是两个国家。结尾比中文版多了一些可以获得帮助的机构和网站，以及如何寻求帮助，怎么和医生说。
0 有用 西奥 2023-08-18 15:56:36 吉林
“And thus the heart will break, yet brokenly live on”