Summary of Matt Haig's Notes on a Nervous Planet

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#1 I was stressed out. I was walking around in circles, trying to win an argument on the internet. And Andrea was looking at me. Or I think Andrea was looking at me. It was hard to tell, as I was looking at my phone.

#2 I was scared. I couldn’t not be. Being scared is what anxiety is all about. I tried to distract myself out of it, but I knew from past experience that alcohol was off limits. I began to feel worse.

#3 The modern world can have physical effects on us, and as I grew better, I began to have an idea about a book. I had already written about my mental health in Reasons to Stay Alive, but now I was wondering how we can live in a mad world without ourselves going mad.

#4 The media is designed to make us anxious. It reports on anxiety while also making us anxious.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669387749

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Insights on Matt Haig's Notes on a Nervous Planet

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was stressed out. I was walking around in circles, trying to win an argument on the internet. And Andrea was looking at me. Or I think Andrea was looking at me. It was hard to tell, as I was looking at my phone.

#2

I was scared. I couldn’t not be. Being scared is what anxiety is all about. I tried to distract myself out of it, but I knew from past experience that alcohol was off limits. I began to feel worse.

#3

The modern world can have physical effects on us, and as I grew better, I began to have an idea about a book. I had already written about my mental health in Reasons to Stay Alive, but now I was wondering how we can live in a mad world without ourselves going mad.

#4

The media is designed to make us anxious. It reports on anxiety while also making us anxious.

#5

The