Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig

When the modern world is driving you crazy, this book will make you feel sane. Modern life is designed to make us feel anxious and depressed. We’re hooked on our phones, high on buying stuff we don’t need, and we’re low on sleep. That’s not really news, but Matt Haig explores the ways people are profiting from making us feel shit, and how the inadequacy we feel is only ever temporarily relieved by stuff we buy, or by the likes we get on social media. 

He also explores how overloaded we are: 24 hour news, constant notifications — it doesn’t stop, and it’s completely overwhelming. A recipe for anxiety. Once you read this book, it’s hard to unsee. 

Notes on a Nervous Planet is funny and it’s hopeful, and it helps you realise how much this world is messing with our heads, and all the things we can do about it. 

“I sometimes feel like my head is a computer with too many windows open. Too much clutter on the desktop. There is a metaphorical spinning rainbow wheel inside me. Disabling me. And if only I could find a way to switch off some of the frames, if only I could drag some of the clutter into the trash, then I would be fine.”

This is a book for anyone struggling with #anxiety #depression #mentalhealth #modernlife #consumerism and #socialmedia

Video review here