Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory by Sarah Polley

12 reviews

heatherjchin's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness

jjha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, and Grief

Minor: Blood and Miscarriage

ssorchaa's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

zosiablue's review

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

4.5

This was really remarkable. I'm not typically into memoirs & especially ones with personally triggering subject matters (old men taking advantage of teenagers), but this one felt like a public service. This is about the good men and bad men of the world, and Polley highlights them equally - she shows how easy it is to be a good man, how important it is to the health and future of young girls. She looks out for other girls through telling her own experiences, and it's just so beautiful.

Couple of ancillary things I found interesting - she talks about how defense lawyers in sexual abuse cases damage the victims, BUT wonders if keeping people out of jail in service of prison abolition makes this the greater good. She doesn't go into the nuances but just floating the idea made me 😦.

Second, the title - "running towards the danger" - challenges some of the current messaging of "be gentle with yourself." This is a cycle obviously - society says man up, then be gentle, then man up again. But I personally needed to hear this. I hide, I am often too gentle with myself. Sometimes I need to hear to run towards the danger. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

strugglecity's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

jacq_s's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cancer, Miscarriage, and Injury/Injury detail

laurasullivan's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Stalking

lianne_rooney's review

challenging funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Stalking, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, and Mental illness

francestea's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Two women in my book club recommended this book and suggested the audiobook, narrated by the author, which I appreciated. I must admit I didn’t know much about Sarah Polley before starting this but her life story is very interesting though also painful. It sheds a spotlight on the world of child actors and how well children are able to *appear* to adapt. I would love watch Polley with other former child actors do a talk on this subject. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Chronic illness

Moderate: Pregnancy and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual harassment

dnlrbchd's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Overall a good read but certain essays aren't going to be for everyone, especially if medical trauma, infertility or an aversion to the AWE™️ of parenting are triggering in any way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Blood, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Blood

Minor: Pedophilia and Miscarriage