Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig

This book on the topic of author's breakdown in his 20s, and his experience of depression and panic attacks, is compelling reading. It's written in short, easy to digest, chunks and I was drawn into the autobiographical story from the outset.

Haig's easy-to-follow style and descriptive narrative will help anyone to understand the nature of depression, and the author discloses how depression made him feel, how it affected him physically, and how it was accompanied by suicidal thoughts and fears.