Matt Haig on living with depression, social media addiction and changing the nervous planet

Matt Haig is a best-selling author of adult and children's books - his most recent being 'Notes on a Nervous Planet' and 'The Truth Pixie'. He talks to Krishnan about his mental breakdown aged 24, how he got through it and the lessons we all need to learn to cope with the pressures of the modern world.
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[@joywilliams4014]

Hi Matt. I’m reading your book “Reasons to Stay Alive.”Probably the best book I’ve read..being someone who lives with depression and anxiety. I thank you for being so honest and open with your experience. It was written so well.Very inspired by your candor. Thank you so much for writing it.❤️

[@Thespongebobid]

I love the books❤

[@iApAchy]

Matt Haig is a voice that a lot of people need. Whether you suffer from anxiety or depression or other mental health disorders or your a person who knows someone that does, he is honest and real. and true to himself. We need more people like Matt Haig. #STOPTHESTIGMA

[@wonderwoman5528]

Matt’s grown so much more in confidence from when he first started. He’s an inspiration

[@misscogito9865]

Outstanding author. I’m reading ‘How to stop time’ and from the way he portrayed the main character, I had a hunch he might have might have lived with depression at some point in his life.

[@timb9363]

Deleting all of my social media for a few days is the reset I need sometimes. When I feel disconnected from my own life despite good things happening I know it’s previous mental health issues and I’m able to take the appropriate action to reduce the issue. I think self help is a massive thing with mental health and that can translate to just understanding your triggers and managing them. Great video

[@TheLucyblades]

Matt Haig is a legend and we must protect him - he is such a talent and an inspiration.

[@Victoria-bo9xk]

Listened to on Spotify

[@gillmahoney4742]

Matt i have just started your book reasons to stay alive! And no I have to argue i have been depressed and severely anxious ptsd also for over 25 years. I am 76 and foR me there is no future. I have things in my favour good family a roof if not mine. Pets i once had multiple talents but alas i cant. I am bedridden about 80% of the time I had lyme disease still have traumatised lost our smallholding lots of animals had to emigrate to. Be with family then two house fires one severe house uninhabitable, where am I to find this reason to stay alive aprt from my religious loyalty?

[@solrising33]

so good to listen to! input for today!

[@lucygarrick]

If we're not truly interested in what strangers are saying on the internet we should not be engaging with them; it's a waste of time and energy. It's not healthy to be completely alone all the time nor to be constantly engaging - we need a balance of both. If we find we are worried we're going to miss out on something, we need to step back and take a deep dive to understand what we thinking we might miss that is important enough to risk your own health and well-being.

[@colinbrown8740]

Great interviewer and author

[@balazsendrodi8762]

So Matt managed to get better and write a book about it. Enjoy success and triumph over the challenges that made his life extremely difficult at a time. Good for him. What about the millions who could not come out on the other side happier and more fulfilled?

[@SomeGirlNamedSarah01]

that’s why he wrote Reasons to Stay Alive. to help people come out on the other side.

[@Angels-3xist]

Hope exists

[@gillmahoney4742]

I suppose my great compassion for other sufferers is a bit of a reason.

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

Is this the interviewer that Robert Downey Jr. walked out on?

[@autumnclarke7405]

Yeah it is

[@not-a-ghost2206]

Why?

[@thelibrarian894]

Yes it is.

[@cookiesncream994]

@@pippajennings5856 is it an ego thing when the interviewer tries to pry about a sensitive personal topic that has no place in a movie interview?

[@jellybelly0963]

@@cookiesncream994 exactly.. he literally started the interview by asking about his addictions and turbulent relationship with his father 🙃

[@breaktheimage3]

Depression is destroying my life.

[@depreza68]

it won't be forever, felt same right now, but a while ago i tried to imagine, expect that somehow it will find it's own way out of here, it gave me some sense of relieve. Gotta have some faith, things always doesn't work the way we want, so expecting something huge, would not gave the answer.

[@gillmahoney4742]

I am drug resistent

[@lucygarrick]

Every generation of parents struggles with the best way to bring up children. What might be different in this last couple generation (even boomers, believe it or not) who had the luxury of focusing on their children in way previous generations of parents didn't have. 😂

[@claradontcara]

Heeheheheeee I've been listening to him on audible and I envisioned him as scrawny with curly dark hair,. WRONG! LOL

[@theworldspages]

Matt Haig was good in this interview but Krishnan... Awkward... Displayed a lack of understanding of mental health. You can tell he hasn't experienced it and doesn't get it!

[@NestortheArgonaught]

Pound sand Matt. No one can be happy living the vaporous life you tell us to reach for. The best you give people is distraction from their meaningless lives.

[@lucygarrick]

😂. I hope you're joking.

[@mariaradulovic3203]

I didn't like the bOOK. The author is an antropicenthriat and egotistic selfish breeder. When u r not healthy YOU R NOT IMPOSING LIFE on your own kids. ITS a GAMBLEIMG it's NOT LOVE. Anyway, disappointed.

[@irish_deconstruction]

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