“Where talk exists, so does hope,” Haig writes, and this has been my experience, too. He has found that writing and reading have been invaluable friends along his journey and he wants to pass the torch along. It was, more importantly, the first time he had told his story about anxiety, depression, and a breakdown that had happened when he was 24 years old.įrom the first chapters of the book, we see why Haig is writing: because he believes sharing stories can be a method of healing for those that struggle with mental illness. Reasons to Stay Alive, published in 2015, was the author’s first dive into the realm of non-fiction.
Reasons to Stay Alive immediately drew me in and kept me company during the dip down. As I was scouring library selections on mental health, Matt Haig’s memoir popped up and I gave it a try.
Some sudden life changes had caused a dip in my mental health, and so like a moth to a flame, I was drawn once again to literature that could stand by me in the valley. When I first read Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig, it was last year at the end of a long summer.
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