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Matt Haig on social media and our well-being - BBC Newsnight
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6:28Now PlayingAuthor Matt Haig has a large following online but has distinct misgivings about the impact of digital distractions on our well-being. He found himself an almost accidental spokesman on anxiety and depression after publishing a candid memoir, Reasons to Stay Alive. As Haig's new book, Notes on a Nervous Planet, appears, Newsnight’s Stephen Smith has met up with him.
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