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Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
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<div class="post-meta"><span title='2020-01-28 22:28:18 +0530 IST'>🗓 January 28, 2020</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;🔖&nbsp;<a href="/tags/depression"> depression</a>&nbsp;·&nbsp;<a href="/tags/non-fiction"> non-fiction</a>
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<li>If you&rsquo;ve ever had a panic attack.</li>
<li>If you&rsquo;ve ever counted the number of times the ceiling fan rotates, just so you could avoid dealing with the endless voices in your head.</li>
<li>If you&rsquo;ve ever felt ashamed to admit that you might be suffering from the D-word.</li>
<li>If reading about personal stories of how people overcame their mental illnesses soothes you.</li>
<li>Because why not.</li>
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<p>A lucid, non-linear and a sort of haphazard look at the most personal struggle anyone can go through, give this one a read if you want to know what it feels like to have depression.</p>
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