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A journey into the heartland of psychiatry. This audiobook debunks myths, challenges assumptions and offers fresh insight into what it means to be mentally ill. And what it means to be human. This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health was previously published in 2019 in hardback under the title The Heartland. Nathan Filer's podcast, Why Do I Feel?, is available to stream wherever you listen.

'I'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name's Simon. I think you're going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he'll be dead. And he was never the same after that.' The Shock of the Fall is an extraordinary portrait of one man's descent into mental illness. It is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fiction.

Welcome to WHY DO I FEEL? a podcast that takes us on an emotional journey into people’s lives. We share stories to help make sense of our experiences and to know that we are not alone.In each episode award-winning author and mental health expert, Nathan Filer invites us to consider a challenging emotion by listening to real-life stories and hearing from world-leading experts and therapists. We live in strange times, which have inspired many of us to examine our lives more closely. WHY DO I FEEL? embraces that curiosity and self-reflection. Sometimes, this will touch upon deep sorrow, but ...

Da Matthew Homes og hans ældre bror Simon, der har Downs-syndrom, er på ferie med deres forældre, sniger de sig ud om natten. Men det er kun Matthew der kommer hjem igen. Ti år senere er Matthew indlagt på psykiatrisk afdeling med diagnosen skizofreni, hvor han ved at skrive sine tanker ned, forsøger at forstå hvad der skete den nat, i de efterfølgende år, og med ham selv. Sindslidelser vender mennesker indad, skriver han. Vil Matthew, ved at skrive om hvad han finder i sit indre, endelig blive forløst fra sin skyldfølelse?