This is for when we need the wisdom of a friend or a reminder we can always nurture inner strength and hope, even in our busy world. A book of timeless comfort for modern minds. Manny Fulsom here. I wrote a book about what happened to me and events in my life leading up to it. What happened to me? It's actually the first three words in my book. Writing this book was not therapeutic for me at all actually, it was actually very stressful.
I literally put blood, sweat, and tears into writing this book. I hope you all get the message of my story. That's the vision behind Stay Alive is to help all people, to Stay Alive, even when life is hard.
I wrote the entire book on my iPhone 7. I destroyed my laptop with my friends with baseball bat and a shovel back in the fall of because I was struggling with porn. That was stupid now that I think about. I could've just sold it. I wrote a very vulnerable story. People say I have "such profound wisdom," but there is being humble.
I aim for that. Also, in my first chapter I say,"The world deserves to know. Also, the aim is not for people to feel bad for me. The aim is to help the reader if they need it. I'm so glad the cognitive stuff and memory came back quickly. I want people to not have to go through what I went through because it's a tough situation. Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. Please note that the tricks or techniques listed in this pdf are either fictional or claimed to work by its creator.
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Matt then goes on to narrate how he learned to examine himself, how he accepted and 'befriended' his depression, in which instead of him being part of his depression, depression was a part of him, and he had control over it.
He recounts how through reading and learning about depression from others who have suffered from it, by writing, and the encouragement from his family and his girlfriend Andrea, he was able to conquer the illness. Eventually, he learned to appreciate life and all the things we take for granted. Reasons to Stay Alive intends for readers to never lose sight of faith and support. Matt encourages to enjoy the little joys and moments of happiness that life brings, and tells that there are still opportunities to remain alive.
It recounts Matt's first mental breakdown when he was just 24 years old, living in Spain with his girlfriend Andrea. He expresses that then, he felt he was going to die and did not see any hopes to keep on living. It emphasizes that a key symptom of depression is to not see any hope nor future; it made Matt feel trapped in a tunnel without any way of escaping.
Matt talks about how depression is invisible and mysterious, and even himself was not aware of his condition, even though the history of depression in his family; where his mom suffered from it and his great grandmother ended up committing suicide due to depression. Matt did not kill himself when he got his first and most brutal episode, but it did make him feel even worse by not doing it. He states that only those who suffer become aware of depression, as for the outside people it remains unseen, making those who suffer from it, feel alone and that no one can understand them.
He goes on to say that stigmas created by society affect thoughts which in-hand affects depression which is an illness that is fed by thoughts. And depression can affect anyone. He explains that because depression and anxiety make you internalize everything, it makes you scared to be alienated, and tend not to speak about it, when in fact speaking, writing, and reading about it is helpful. And it was through reading and writing that Matt himself found salvation from depression.
He has a conversation across time with himself. His past self with no strength to keep on living, anxious of everything, hears his present self who assures him that if he fights there will be hope and salvation not too far away. But the old self is still in panic and is not convinced that he will overcome his situation, but his present self still consoles him and reaffirms to keep on going, and that he knows what the past self is feeling but it will all pass and everything will be ok.
After his episode, Andrea took Matt to the medical center, even though he was extremely afraid of going. A physician diagnoses Matt with depression and anxiety disorders and prescribes him with Diazepam. He said that taking pills was just part of the problem. He refused to take the pills, which lead him to experience his pain at a larger outcome but eventually got healed without the use of medication. He says that by not taking his med was how he started to learn about him and his illness.
Matt realized that things like exercising, looking at the sunshine, sleep, and conversations made him feel better. Shortly after his episode, he tries to get back on with his life. He starts to look for jobs and got one as an advertiser but ended up leaving the job.
At this point, Matt says he felt like he was getting better, but yet he was still very ill. Matt refers to his depression as a cyclone where everything was very fast and it did not stop. But, as time passed, he started to be more aware of his symptoms.
He said that depression was an illness that affected everything, both mind, and body. Matt goes on to say that depression is one of the deadliest diseases in the world and people do not realize how bad it is. Matt emphasizes that suicide is the major leading cause of death under the age of That there are approximately one million people that kill themselves , at least 10 million people try to take their lives , one out of five in people get depression at one point in their lives, and more are likely to suffer from mental illness.
Matt starts by expressing that depression is like a bad storm, and once he went into the storm and came out, he was a changed person. He says that a side effect of depression is that you become obsessed with your brain and how it's functioning. He restates the fact that medication did not help him, and instead he recurred to exercising, doing yoga and it was by that way, experimenting with his own body and mind, that he found what was the best solution for him.
For him, it was important to take into consideration both his mind and body together. Matt mentions that he kind of knew that something was wrong with him from a very early age. He would go for walks with Andrea and he would talk frequently with his family, but still, he was nervous and anxious most of the time and to fight depression day by day was still hard for him, he was still struggling.
He started having hope again and was starting to be more aware of himself; he did not feel as numb as before. Matt describes the difference between his thoughts of his first panic attack versus his hundredth panic attack. By his hundredth panic attack, he knew when it was coming, he knew that he had been there before, he knew that he was not going to die, that it was not the worst panic attack ever, and he continuously told himself that he would get over it.
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