The things that helped me hugely were having kids, pursuing my passion (which is composing music) and actually, although people don't like to talk about it, energy healing, and for me specifically pranic healing. And by doing that I have created this toolbox of things that helped and still do and this is what Matt Haig is talking about in this book, creating your own toolbox of things that help you. It's a driving force for me, my struggles with mental health, always gave me a push to look for a way to overcome it. The way I like to look at mental health is that we all do, let's admit it. He talks about all these lovely things that he has found have helped him, even when it's just simple things like reading, and it often is the simple things meditating, exercising for him it was running, and yoga. And this is what he talks about when those moments when you suddenly get like a second, a minute, five minutes 10 minutes of lift, of clarity, of beauty.
It felt like it wasn't anything I could see the end of. So they're not actually there constantly, even if you tell yourself there is this constant cloud and constant emotion of it They're not there constant or unending, they're cyclical. It's the idea that these mental states will pass. It talks about his experience in a very real and tangible way, which for me, like I said, brought back some "bad" memories, but as the book progresses, it talks about how he progressed out of depression what tools he used, what has helped him and what has helped other people.Īnd that for me is the golden nugget of this book. So, as I did follow Guy's advice to plow through it even when it feels a bit dark.
Reading of his experience of suicidal thoughts and of the Black Dog did, I will admit, bring back some vivid memories. So this is why I thought this book was great. It's often seen as a negative thing to be open about your emotions about your feelings and about your present mental state. This book is pretty powerful because it deals with mental health head on from the standpoint of a man. Now for those of you who have listened to my Trailer Music Composer's Podcast, you will know that I have suffered from depression and anxiety in my life. Specifically, Matt Haig's experience of it. This book is about depression and anxiety. For any of you who haven't, I think in kind of guessed it from the title. Now, for any of you who've read this, you'll know what this book is about. The gift was a book was called Reasons To Stay Alive by Matt Haig. A friend of mine called Guy Jones heard of my appendectomy. I recently had my appendix taken out, which inevitably meant that I had quite a bit of time to sit and read.
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