Reason to Live

I often feel lost and unable to retain anything. After reading for so many years, what have I learned? I can't see hope or future. What is the future? What is the hope? Where is the motivation? What am I busy for? What have I gained? What am I living for? Late at night, I thought about the answer, and for a long time, tears burst out. No results, no rest, no sleep. If all that is left in my life is pain and suffering, why do I persist so much? After reading this book, the power of words is so inspiring. "The mind will change, and the character will change. Your mind is a galaxy. There is more darkness than light, but the light is worth waiting for, so don't end your life, even if darkness is all. You must know that life is not static, and time is also space. You move in the galaxy of time, waiting for the star." The sadness in my heart has calmed down, like the silent mountain forest at night. "I hope I cry in the future because I am so happy."

The title of the book seems a bit heavy, but it is actually very easy to read. The whole book is composed of short sentences. There are 40 very useful tips on how to live your life! ! ! This book allows normal people to understand depression and tries to make you feel their pain (one in ten thousand). But this book is not about death, but about how to make a desperate comeback after losing everything and get through the difficult period of life; how to become a better version of yourself after getting out of the predicament, love harder, live, and perceive life. At the age of 24, the author Matt Hager was unfortunately chosen by fate and became a patient with depression. This book tells the story of this young man, who is no stronger than anyone else, overcoming the extreme mental pain bit by bit and surviving from despair. Some ways you can do this is to slow down your mind, yoga, slow down your breathing, meditate, accept, live in the moment, love, and go for a walk outside. You can't change the past, it's a basic principle of physics. You don't need the world to understand you. It doesn't matter. Some people will never truly understand what they have not experienced, but some people will. Be grateful to those who understand you.

After reading this book, I really had a lot of feelings, and I discovered that I can be understood by others; I discovered that the thoughts and feelings that I couldn't express are experiences that most people, even great men, have had; and I discovered that I can also feel the feelings that depression brings me, instead of being depressed. I hope this black dog can make me grow braver and stronger.

There are several pieces of advice in "How to Live: 40 Tips I Find Useful but I Don't Always Follow". When I had not read this book before, I did use a few of them, but I temporarily fell into darkness again for some reason. The power of sharing this book was too great. It felt a bit heavy at first, but I didn't give up until I finished it.

The long-term anxiety and the depression that makes me feel dazed and have splitting headaches when I attack, although I still feel like that sometimes now, reading a lot of books, going out with friends, feeling the warm sunshine, and feeling the gentle breeze caressing my cheeks have indeed enabled me to gradually escape from that dark vortex for longer and longer periods of time.

There is a deserted cemetery in everyone's heart.

Survival is difficult, whether it is animals in the wild or busy humans in society. With the rapid development of society, many people are overwhelmed by various pressures such as communication, work, and marriage. Many people face the pressure of life and have suicidal thoughts. Life seems so suffocating to them. However, we must clearly realize the preciousness of life. This book explains to us the world's misunderstandings about depression from multiple perspectives, including patients with depression, and guides us to find hope for survival.

Not everyone is completely healthy, just to varying degrees. You are yourself, your best self

"Cheer up, no one knows how hard it is". It is not a highly practical book, but the description of the symptoms is very realistic. Fear or dependence on drugs, lowered self-evaluation and anxiety experience. Compared with patients with depression, family members of patients should read this book and understand that depression is not a matter of "thinking too much" or "self-relaxation". It is a disease that you cannot control, just like any disease. A book that can make people without depression empathize and put themselves in someone else's shoes.

After December 21st, the days are getting longer and longer.

31. Three o'clock in the morning is not the time to try to sort out your life. 37. On a sunny day, be outdoors whenever you can.

It's not depression, I just like reading books. The entire text of "Reasons to Live" uses the first person to describe the difficulties that depression may or has encountered in daily life. It is the connection between the author's mind and reality, and it can also be an effective way for us to understand depression. In this book, we can see a different world through the author's eyes and experience things that we usually can't feel.

One side effect of depression is that you sometimes become hyper-aware of how your brain is functioning. During the time when I had a nervous breakdown and was living at my parents' house, the protagonist often imagined reaching into his own skull and removing the part that made him depressed. This seems to be a fantasy that many people have. The protagonist has talked with other patients with depression and also encountered it in the book. But which part should the protagonist take out? Is it a big chunk of solid stuff, or a tiny bit of liquid stuff?

This book only records, whether it is the effect of depression on him, the good or bad he feels, and his self-struggle. It is very plain, but it is real and touching. Only by believing that things can get better can we have the courage to change and work hard to get better.

I seem to have found the reason why I write novels

For me who is suffering from anxiety and depression, I am looking for a reason to live in this book. There are many resonances in the book, and I have only just read half of it.

It's super good-looking, the storyline is exciting and exciting, the characters in the book have distinctive personalities, and the language is witty and humorous. It's worth reading. So far it looks very good, there is no silent plot, the plot development is not delayed, it is good to watch.

On a winter morning, you might be scrolling through your phone in a warm bed, there might be snowflakes falling outside, you might be making a cup of hot tea, you might be listening to your favorite song, you might be doing nothing but being in a daze [laughs]

There are no boring scientific explanations and psychological terminology that makes people feel cramped and depressing. What makes people feel is that they can face themselves sincerely and truly. Just like the peaks and valleys mentioned in the book, who doesn't have such a psychological journey? Climbing on one side and looking down on the other. Life should be spent bravely enjoying the sunshine. Happily look back and constantly experience your own inner journey.

We are not freaks

You, you, you, you are the most important!

I particularly like this book by the author. It really describes the condition of depression very closely. Although I am not a patient with depression, I like this book very much. Indeed, depression is troubling. The reason why I read this book was that I was attracted by the title. I wanted to find a reason to live in the book. Of course, I am also moved and scared by some unfamiliar things in the outside world. Could this be the panic disorder in the book? I don't know either. Anyway, I really like this book by the author and highly recommend it!

Modern people are under great pressure, and sometimes it is easy to lose themselves and fall into anxiety. In the book, Matt Hager uses his own experience to accurately and delicately describe the various inner feelings of patients with depression, which were once ignored by the world and could not be expressed in words. Through his cry, we recognize the stress and hardship they endure. Fortunately, with the company of love, Matt defeated the darkness time and time again and found a reason to live. He displayed an indomitable spirit and love for life that made me believe that even in the most desperate moments, one can still find the strength to overcome difficulties and regain the beauty of life.

I don't have depression, but I am in pain, psychologically. Maybe many people have experienced it, but maybe few people have. I am in the third year of junior high school, and there are more than 100 days until the high school entrance examination, but I don't study. Why, I don't know. My heart is roaring, telling me what I should do so that I don't regret it in the end. Oh my God. , No one can understand that feeling, roaring in my heart, but I don't do it, I lie in bed playing with my mobile phone, eating and sleeping, my life is simply terrible, in fact, I haven't read much of this book, because I have to get up, oh, my words have no meaning at the beginning, and no sense at the end, but he helps me, face my laziness, oh, come on

Those who live with nihilism and depression are strong. Those who are not strong are either dead, hanging in the hospital, or on the road to death. There are still many people who are afraid of death, but for them, they have to try their best to live, which is also a kind of strength.

My personal experience feels similar to that of the author. When I was a student, I had no male friends and suffered from bipolar disorder. I encountered misunderstanding, betrayal, and malice from strangers. But a sentence in the book moved me very much, "The days were worse in the past, and today is nothing. Store him in the bank."

I came from the title of the book, and it turned out that the content inside is very exciting and worth thinking about. It allows people to understand the experiences of some patients with depression (but different people experience different situations, but it has reference value) Everyone has different reasons for living. I think the reasons for living will only increase rather than decrease (personal opinion). Before I opened this book, I thought I had already found my reason for living. After reading this book, I became even more determined about my reason for living! I hope everyone here who is reading can find their own reasons to live, and I also hope that people suffering from mental illness can recover as soon as possible.

The book "Reason for Living" tells the story of the author who became a patient with depression when he was twenty-four years old. Faced with the sadness and ups and downs caused by depression, self-hiding from outsiders and unwillingness to communicate, the author gradually recovered from the pain and slowly returned to normal daily life, trying to communicate with others, trying to live a normal life, etc. This book teaches us how to keep rising through ourselves when we encounter difficulties.

It is very good. It describes the world through the eyes of depression in detail. It was also the first time that I learned that depression can be so terrifying, but at the same time, it also contains the power of terror, which is equal to life.

Some favorite places: /How to Time Travel: Read. How to feel time: writing. How to free up time: Breathe. /Things that make me feel better (sometimes) Mindfulness meditation. Running. Yoga. Summer. Sleep. Breathe slowly. Being around the people I love. Read the poems of Emily Dickinson. Read a little bit of Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory. Writing. Eat healthy. Take long baths or showers. Movies from the eighties. Listen to music. Facebook (sometimes). Twitter (sometimes). Take long walks. "Noble deeds and hot baths" (Dodie Smith). Make tortillas. Bright sky and white walls. Read Keats's letter. ("Don't you know that the pain and troubles in this world are to train intelligent creatures to become souls?") Large room. Do something selfless. The smell of bread. Wear clean clothes (ok, I'm a writer and this is rarer than you think). Thinking I have my own way. Know that others have other ways. Focus on something. Knowing that others may read these words, the pain I feel may not be meaningless. /40 Suggestions 10. No matter where you are, at any time, try to find beauty. A face, a poem, the clouds outside the window, a graffiti painting, a wind field. Beauty can purify the mind. 18. Sit down, lie down, be still, do nothing. Observe and listen to your head. Don't judge what's going on in your head, just let it be, like the Snow Queen in Frozen. 20. Look at trees, get close to trees, and plant trees. (Because trees are awesome.) 21. Listen to that yoga instructor on YouTube, "Walk as if you're kissing the earth with your feet." 22. Live, love, let go 25. Read a book without thinking about finishing it. Just read. Enjoy every word, sentence, paragraph. Don't expect it to end, or ever. 27. Listen to what Hamlet, literature's most famous melancholy, told Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: "There is no good or evil in the world; thought makes it so." 28. Allow others to love you. Believe in this love. Live for them even if it feels meaningless 31. Three o'clock in the morning is not the time to try to sort out your life. 32. Remember: You are not weird at all. You are a human being, and all your behaviors and feelings are in line with nature, because you are an animal in nature. You are nature. You are an ape. You live in this world, and the world lives in your heart. Everything is connected. 33. Don't believe in good or bad, winning or losing, victory or defeat, highs and lows. At your lowest and highest, whether you are happy or desperate, calm or angry, there is a core "you" that remains the same. This "you" is the most important. 34. Don't worry about the time lost due to despair. After surviving despair, the value of time will double. 35. Be transparent with yourself. Build a glass house for your mind. View 36. Read Emily Dickinson, read Graham Greene, read Italo Calvino, read Maya Angelou. Read whatever you want to read, just read it. Books are possibilities, escape routes. They give you opportunities when you have no choice. Every book is a home for the displaced mind. 37. On a sunny day, be outdoors whenever you can. 38. Remember: The key to life on Earth is change. Cars will rust, book pages will yellow, technology will become obsolete, caterpillars will turn into butterflies, nights will turn into days, and depression will fade away. 39. When you feel too busy to rest, that is when you need to find time to rest the most. 40. Be brave, be strong, breathe, live. You will thank yourself for who you are today.