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Reasons to Stay Alive
Your brain says it'll always feel like this. Your brain is lying. 🌅 Matt Haig wrote the receipts.
Who it's for
At 24, living in Spain with his girlfriend Andrea, Haig collapsed into depression and panic and came close to ending his life, then spent years recovering.
Hopeless→Hopeful
Feelings it meets
What it is
Reasons to Stay Alive is a 2015 memoir by Matt Haig, published by Canongate Books. Haig recounts the depression and anxiety, including panic attacks, that began when he was 24 while living in Spain, including a moment of suicidal crisis, and his recovery over the following years.
Where to find it
In print (Canongate in the UK, Penguin in the US); widely available from libraries (Libby/Hoopla) and as an audiobook. Not public domain.
Before you start
Heads up: Suicidal thoughts and a near-attempt.
Age: Ages 14+
We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—Paul Laurence Dunbar, “We Wear the Mask”
