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journeying_homeward's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
shebbles's review against another edition
4.0
This was a fantastic look on depression and what it’s like living with it I recommend this to anyone and everyone
classicallyclassy's review against another edition
fast-paced
5.0
Good book good writing good execution good plot learnt a bunch of stuff, basically, perfect.
swaye's review
4.0
Important reminders from this book to keep coming back to when everything feels too big and bleak:
Appreciate happiness when it is there
Sip, don’t gulp.
Be gentle with yourself.
Sleep more.
There is absolutely nothing in the past that you can change.
Reading is the most nourishing form of meditation anyone has so far found.
Don’t feel guilty about being idle. More harm is probably done to the world through work than idleness. But perfect your idleness. Make it mindful.
Be aware that you are breathing.
Wherever you are, at any moment, try to find something beautiful. Beauty cleans the mind.
Hate is a pointless emotion to have inside you.
Look at the sky. Remind yourself of the cosmos. Seek vastness at every opportunity.
Be kind.
Understand that thoughts are thoughts. You are the observer of your mind, not its victim.
Sit down. Lie down. Be still. Do nothing. Observe. Listen to your mind. Let it do what it does without judging it. Let it go.
Don’t worry.
Look at trees. Be near trees. Plant trees. (Trees are great.)
Read a book without thinking about finishing it. Just read it. Enjoy every word, sentence, and paragraph. Don’t wish for it to end, or for it to never end.
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
If someone loves you, let them. Believe in that love. Live for them, even when you feel there is no point.
Be grateful.
Three in the morning is never the time to try and sort out your life.
Don’t believe in good or bad, or winning and losing, or victory and defeat, or ups and down. At your lowest and your highest, whether you are happy or despairing or calm or angry, there is a kernel of you that stays the same.
Don’t worry about the time you lose to despair. The time you will have afterwards has just doubled its value.
Be transparent to yourself. Make a greenhouse for your mind. Observe.
Read anything you want. Just read. Books are possibilities. They are escape routes. They give you options when you have none. Each one can be a home for (a hedgehog).
If the sun is shining, and you can be outside, be outside.
Remember that the key thing about life on earth is change. Caterpillars become butterflies. Nights morph into days. Depression lifts.
Appreciate happiness when it is there
Sip, don’t gulp.
Be gentle with yourself.
Sleep more.
There is absolutely nothing in the past that you can change.
Reading is the most nourishing form of meditation anyone has so far found.
Don’t feel guilty about being idle. More harm is probably done to the world through work than idleness. But perfect your idleness. Make it mindful.
Be aware that you are breathing.
Wherever you are, at any moment, try to find something beautiful. Beauty cleans the mind.
Hate is a pointless emotion to have inside you.
Look at the sky. Remind yourself of the cosmos. Seek vastness at every opportunity.
Be kind.
Understand that thoughts are thoughts. You are the observer of your mind, not its victim.
Sit down. Lie down. Be still. Do nothing. Observe. Listen to your mind. Let it do what it does without judging it. Let it go.
Don’t worry.
Look at trees. Be near trees. Plant trees. (Trees are great.)
Read a book without thinking about finishing it. Just read it. Enjoy every word, sentence, and paragraph. Don’t wish for it to end, or for it to never end.
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
If someone loves you, let them. Believe in that love. Live for them, even when you feel there is no point.
Be grateful.
Three in the morning is never the time to try and sort out your life.
Don’t believe in good or bad, or winning and losing, or victory and defeat, or ups and down. At your lowest and your highest, whether you are happy or despairing or calm or angry, there is a kernel of you that stays the same.
Don’t worry about the time you lose to despair. The time you will have afterwards has just doubled its value.
Be transparent to yourself. Make a greenhouse for your mind. Observe.
Read anything you want. Just read. Books are possibilities. They are escape routes. They give you options when you have none. Each one can be a home for (a hedgehog).
If the sun is shining, and you can be outside, be outside.
Remember that the key thing about life on earth is change. Caterpillars become butterflies. Nights morph into days. Depression lifts.
brisingr's review
4.0
I think the most important idea in this book is that if you talk about your problems, if enough people talk about a common problem, it won't be taken as something unusual anymore.
Interesting and worthy dive into depression and anxiety. Even though there are a lot of things I don't specifically agree with, I think it's an important read for anyone who has had to try and find reasons to stay alive at some point in their lives. Lots of experiences and phrases that will seem very familiar, and some that you recognized in yourself, but never knew how to place.
Interesting and worthy dive into depression and anxiety. Even though there are a lot of things I don't specifically agree with, I think it's an important read for anyone who has had to try and find reasons to stay alive at some point in their lives. Lots of experiences and phrases that will seem very familiar, and some that you recognized in yourself, but never knew how to place.
lillamy_jenny's review against another edition
5.0
"no one is 100% mentally healthy"
Almost everyone knows how it is to go through difficult times and sometimes you don't seem to see the light at the end of the tunnel. This book is this light. And if you don't have the patience to read through it entirely, at least find some minutes to read the 40 pieces of advice on How to live. There's much truth in them.
Highly recommended.
Almost everyone knows how it is to go through difficult times and sometimes you don't seem to see the light at the end of the tunnel. This book is this light. And if you don't have the patience to read through it entirely, at least find some minutes to read the 40 pieces of advice on How to live. There's much truth in them.
Highly recommended.
inessova's review against another edition
4.0
I picked up this book because I wanted to be in the head of someone suffering from depression. I wanted to know what it is like, how does it feel and how the author got through it. Because if he can get through life and enjoy it so can I...
I loved everything about this book: the writing, the short chapters, the jumping in time from past to present, the dialogue between his past and present selves.
Reading this made me question my life and my priorities. I actually made some discoveries about myself.
I recommend it to everyone. If it doesn't help you, it may lead you to help someone you know.
I loved everything about this book: the writing, the short chapters, the jumping in time from past to present, the dialogue between his past and present selves.
Reading this made me question my life and my priorities. I actually made some discoveries about myself.
I recommend it to everyone. If it doesn't help you, it may lead you to help someone you know.
cateconut's review
4.0
4.5*
Eu só tenho uma coisa a dizer,
MUITO, MUITO obrigada, Matt Haig.
Este livro é tão importante.
Eu só tenho uma coisa a dizer,
MUITO, MUITO obrigada, Matt Haig.
Este livro é tão importante.