Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig - Non Fiction - Paperback

Details:. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781786892690. Publisher: Canongate Books. Age Range: Adult. Overview. Notes on a Nervous Planet is Matt Haig's number one Sunday Times bestselling follow-up to Reasons to Stay Alive. Blending memoir, reportage and practical insight, Haig examines why modern life leaves so many of us anxious and overwhelmed, and offers a hopeful, humane route back to calm. Honest, witty and endlessly quotable, it's a book readers return to again and again whenever the world feels like too much.. About the Book. The world is messing with our minds, and Matt Haig wants to help us do something about it. Drawing on his own years of living with anxiety and panic attacks, Haig turns his attention outward, asking why rates of stress and anxiety keep rising even as we become more connected than ever. Across short, digestible chapters he explores sleep, the news cycle, social media, addiction, work, technology and play, unpicking the everyday habits of the digital age that quietly erode our wellbeing. Rather than offering a dry self-help manual, Haig writes with the same warmth, humour and vulnerability that made Reasons to Stay Alive a phenomenon, mixing personal anecdote with wider cultural observation. The result is part memoir, part manifesto: an invitation to slow down, notice what's actually making us unwell, and reclaim some peace of mind in a world designed to keep us restless. It's a book to dip into or read cover to cover, packed with lines readers underline and return to. Praised by critics and fellow writers alike for its honesty and readability, it has become a touchstone for anyone trying to navigate modern anxiety, phone dependency and information overload. Whether you're newly grappling with stress or have lived with it for years, Haig's compassionate, non-judgemental voice makes this a genuinely useful companion, not just a diagnosis of what's wrong with modern life.. Bestselling mental health read from the author of T