Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford

96 reviews

rmkg's review

Funny, dark, bizarre, and at some points really touching. I think if you like Maria Bamford’s stand-up, you’ll like this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

emilyb84's review against another edition

dark emotional funny

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

dadspice's review

funny hopeful informative sad fast-paced

4.0

Love her, love the “recipes’ at the end of each chapter. 

I know oversharing is  a problem for her, but it sure is refreshing and validating to hear her experience..

A fluff-free, amazingly honest and amusing tour through a difficult life of mental illness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child abuse

abbie_reads_books's review against another edition

funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

kirstieanya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Suicide, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Self harm, Medical trauma, Death, Mental illness, and Cancer

Minor: Fatphobia and Homophobia

sharonus's review

I stopped on the page where the author was joking with her husband about committing suicide. In the 23 pages I read, this was the probably the fourth time she mentioned suicide. "But I'm not suicidal." lol? That’s just about enough for me, thanks. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

stan2long's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

Feel that I’ve learned to be more respectful of people who suffer from anxiety or depression and things like that.  The Author is a standup comic who jokes about such things, but also teaches others who don’t know about this, and encourages the ones who do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

Before beginning this book please think about whether it might be more than you’re prepared for. On the other hand it might be helpful for people with anxieties.

angelasunshine's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

nialystic's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

1.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Addiction, and Mental illness

abicaro17's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

This is one of the better memoirs i've listened too. I think Maria is hilarious and I'd totally go to her show. Again the book ends a little abruptly but I think the formatting is fun. The chapters are divided up into separate "cults" and chunks of her life. I appreciate that she keeps the timeline pretty easy to follow and describes what's happening year wise as well. I think I would have appreciated more of a conclusion other than her own twelve step program creation. The PDF of pictures and all the recipes were such a cute addition! I'd definitely recommend this as a good starter memoir. Very easy to listen to and funny while being serious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Death of parent, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Body shaming, Death, Dysphoria, Blood, Cancer, Cursing, Child abuse, Confinement, Fatphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Misogyny