John Green shares his hopes for the film adaptation of the 2017 novel

John Green opens up about the inspiration behind his 2017 novel, Turtles till the bottom, Which has been adapted for the screen.

in an interview with us weeklyThe 46-year-old author shared that he hopes the film will help others deal with their mental health journey.

Green told the outlet, “When I wrote the book, I was recovering from a very bad mental health episode and was conscious of the fact that I was recovering thanks to the friendships and relationships in my life that made recovery possible. Hui.”

He added, “I was also in recovery because I got off the medications and I was using new therapy techniques and all of this together helped me get to a place where I could live a full life again. Was.”

“But I also knew, and still know, that things are fragile and when you live with chronic mental illness; Sometimes you have periods of health, and sometimes you have periods of ill health.

Green elaborated that he wanted to write as “honestly” as possible about mental health battles and in a way he “hadn’t seen so much written about it.”

He said he didn’t want something to be “stigmatized or romanticized, not as a disease that happens with some superpowers, but instead as a very difficult form of mental pain that still doesn’t define you.” Shouldn’t do it.”

turtles to the bottom Max premieres on Thursday, May 2.