How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind

How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind
How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind
How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind

This title has a release date of March 28, 2023. See below for more information.

Written by: Clancy Martin

Publisher: Pantheon

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How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind releases March 28, 2023

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How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind released on March 28, 2023.

How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind Synopsis

An intimate, insightful, at times even humorous exploration of why the thought of death is so compulsive for some while demonstrating that there’s always another solution—from the acclaimed writer and professor of philosophy, based on his viral essay, “I’m Still Here.”

“If you’re going to write a book about suicide, you have to be willing to say the true things, the scary things, the humiliating things. Because everybody who is being honest with themselves knows at least a little bit about the subject. If you lie or if you fudge, the reader will know.”

The last time Clancy Martin tried to kill himself was in his basement with a dog leash. It was one of over ten attempts throughout the course of his life. But he didn’t die, and like many who consider taking their own lives, he hid the attempt from his wife, family, coworkers, and students, slipping back into his daily life with a hoarse voice, a raw neck, and series of vague explanations.

In How Not to Kill Yourself, Martin chronicles his multiple suicide attempts in an intimate depiction of the mindset of someone obsessed with self-destruction. He argues that, for the vast majority of suicides, an attempt does not just come out of the blue, nor is it merely a violent reaction to a particular crisis or failure, but is the culmination of a host of long-standing issues. He also looks at the thinking of a number of great writers who have attempted suicide and detailed their experiences (such as David Foster Wallace, Yiyun Li, Akutagawa, Nelly Arcan, and others), at what the history of philosophy has to say both for and against suicide, and at the experiences of those who have reached out to him across the years to share their own struggles.

The result combines memoir with critical inquiry to powerfully give voice to what for many has long been incomprehensible, while showing those presently grappling with suicidal thoughts that they are not alone, and that the desire to kill oneself—like other self-destructive desires—is almost always temporary and avoidable.

Genre: Memoir, Nonfiction, Self-Help

Clancy Martin
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