The world plays with our minds. Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. A fast, nervous planet creates fast and nervous lives. We are more connected, yet feel lonelier at the same time. And we are encouraged to worry about everything, from world politics to our body mass index. How can we stay healthy on a planet that drives us crazy? How do we remain human in a technological world? How can we be happy when we are encouraged to be anxious? After years of anxiety and panic attacks, these questions became urgent matters of life and death for Matt Haig. He began to seek the connection between what he felt and the world around him. "Notes on a Nervous Planet" is a personal and important look at how to feel happy, human, and whole in the twenty-first century.