Notes on a Nervous Planet Hardcover – January 1, 2018

Easy to sort through, this easy-read features common sense observations on ourchanging world's current social environment. I actually like this book much better than the popular Midnight Library. The message is crystal clear; take back your mindfulness, people. We are not robots! I knew all this, but how refreshing having someone else simply state it all with grace. I would hand this book to anyone to perk them up and remind them of what's real.

While this collection of short essays and random yet compelling commentaries on our culture is marketed towards "those who suffer from anxiety and depression" - that's ALL of us to one degree or another.Such "ailments" are at epidemic levels in our culture (no, not our country, or our society - but by our entire western world CULTURE.Why? Because inherently we KNOW that we're on an unsustainable path, and that science and technology will NOT save us from ourselves.But Haig's common sense essays remind us that WE'RE not crazy - that the world IS crazy - and our reaction to that (anxiety) is NORMAL - but that doesn't mean we have to be sucked down into insanity with it. Just that very notion that WE are in charge of how we think about ourselves, and the world, provides the calming sanity in which one can recognize that anxiety happens when we reject what we inherently know to be true.Just because we live in a crazy culture doesn't mean we need to accept it - or medicate ourselves be it with anti depressants, anti-anxiety meds - or of course the numerous other drugs including alcohol we use to dull our senses enough to accept a crazy world. We can recognize that our culture is crazy and make the choice stand outside of it even as we are forced to live within it - and work to create a new culture that embraces simplicity and sustainability. We can minimize those things like cellphones constant intrusion into our lives - and recognize that we have NO idea what we're doing to a generation of kids being brought up to view the world through their cellphone cameras at best.Haig touches on SO many topics - and while his chapters might be 1 or 2 pages long in a book that can be read in a weekend, it SHOULD foster a lifetime of contemplation of recognizing that we're not quite as evolved as we think we are as a species - but that we ARE experiencing an awakening that can restore sanity and sustainability into an anxiety cultivating culture.Bravo Matt Haig & thank you!

Matt Haig is full of insights that can definitely improve your mental health. And his descriptions of his own struggles, like having a panic attack in a supermarket, make me very grateful that I don’t have them.

Love all Matt Haig’s books! (And personally think his nonfictions are better than his fictions, despite him being known for the Midnight Library). Unlike his other books which focuses on depression, Notes on a Nervous Planet ties several societal issues into the narrative and provides a deep thoughtful discussion on how certain aspects of today’s society shape our perception and contribute to mental health issues. It also provides several insights on how we can shield ourselves from things that trigger anxiety and unhappiness and offers a means to relieve us from the pain. The book doesn’t really have a defined structure but has gems scattered throughout. Like most of Haig’s other books, this one is just calming and enlightening.

Matt Haig captures this reader's attention from page 1 to the finish. He reports his life experiences without self pity or self egrandisement and I can identify with his struggles (I've not had his experiences but like everyone else had big problems to resolve) his inner search and determination, and his inspiring recovery from adversity. This book entertains, informs, and encourages any reader who faces anxiety in this challenging world. It shows how to find a calm, confident approach to life.

Some of Matt's insights into what is giving us anxiety as human brains in a computer-paced world gave me so much relief. I walk around with a new awareness that the way the world is currently designed will inevitably overwhelm my own limitations, and feel less despair by knowing it's a natural reaction.

I have never felt like I could properly describe or understand my anxiety and depression. This is the first time in my life I've heard of someone else being triggered by shopping centers. I also thought I was so alone when it came to feeling unnerved about the news and the overwhelming dread it brought with it. Thank you so much for writing this book. It truly has helped me so much.P.s. I highly recommend this book to anyone after going through 2020.

This book arrived in great condition not perfect but with very small noticeable issues. The shipping time was fast and arrived within the specified dates.

It’s a beautiful book! One of my favorites.

Speedy deliveryLoved the book, a very easy readA good book about coping in the modern world where you're constantly bombarded with information and told what you need, belief in self is key.

En cuanto a la calidad de impresión y encuadernación: La tapa blanda no es de estas que pierde forma mientras lees, la calidad del papel es normal pero tiene buen tamaño de letras.En cuanto al contenido: Me ha encantado el libro, a pesar de ser notas que en lineas generales no siguen un orden, no me ha parecido que fuese desordenado, todo fue bastante coherente, y además me hizo reflexionar sobre el estilo de vida que deseo llevar.

What can I say? An open, honest book that recounts the author's own struggles with mental illness, and looks at how modern life can exacerbate these problems for all of us. I could relate to so much of this book, how certain things affect my view of myself and the world around me, and it helped me better understand the problems my own two sons are going through. This is a book that everyone should read, so that we can all get off this roller coaster every now and then and find our moments of calm.

Somehow not as positive as i thought it would be. More of a negative note. Just my personal opinion.