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Surviving Me: This Book Won't Save You... But It Will Tell You How to Save Your Damn Self!
Paperback
Publisher: Book Company
Published: Jun 4 2025
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
He was months from dying. He had no idea he was already giving up.
At ten years old, André was sent alone to live with strangers in another country. He taught himself to survive by staying strong, saying nothing and never asking for help. Decades later, that same strength nearly killed him.
Surviving Me is the true story of a man who came home to save his family's failing company and lost himself in the process. He uncovered mismanagement, sold his own house to cover debts and fought off a charismatic organization that tried to take the business. No one thanked him. He stopped eating and sleeping, and his weight fell from about 90 kg to 60. Then his doctor gave him a warning, and his psychiatrist said six words that changed everything: You are letting yourself die.
This is not a story about a single dramatic moment. It is about the slow, quiet way depression takes hold of the people who seem strongest, and how one person found his way back through:
- therapy and medication, and the stubborn hope that kept him walking back into the psychiatrist's office
- two unlikely friendships that held space when he couldn't hold himself
- meditation, yoga, hypnosis and journaling as complements to treatment
- learning to ask for help, and to value himself without waiting for his family's approval
Told through candid interviews, this memoir moves from a Mexican childhood and years across Italy and France to a family business in crisis, and finally to a new purpose: helping others heal.
Inside you'll find:
- an honest account of depression, burnout and passive suicidal thoughts
- the family patterns of silence, fake peace and unspoken expectations that fuel them
- Recognition Exercises at the end of chapters, reflection questions to help you apply the story to your own life
If you have ever been the one everyone leans on, or if you love someone who is, this book will help you see the signs earlier than he did.
Content note: this book discusses depression and suicidal thoughts. It shares one person's experience and is not medical advice or a substitute for professional care.
About the author: Alejandro Plascencia is a businessman and advocate for mental health and healthy emotional environments in the workplace, and has given courses across Mexico and the United States.
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