Reviews with content warning for Suicide attempt - An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

The first part was a bit of a slog, basically the author's privileged childhood made me think she wouldn't be reliable for this topic. But man was a wrong. She really shows how important it is to have ppl who truly understand what it is like to experience mental illness in psychology. And I didn't feel like this was a "woe is to me book" bc it isn't. In the epilogue she says that given the choice between redoing her life not having been manic depressive or being manic depressive, she would chose the later. And again, she very much ascribes to the medical model of it being an illness. But she understands, because she has been through it, it colors the way you see your whole life, so you can't picture being "yourself" without it. I can't recommend this book enough. It put a lot of things ppl who have mental illness go through/feel into words.

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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hopeful informative fast-paced

5.0

A life-affirming, hopeful read. Exactly what I needed to feel less alone in my struggles.

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

I loved her voice through out both the sad, and the easy chapters, it conveys both hardship and hope with sincerity. This memoir is not a sob story nor it is a proud pat on the back, it's just the perfect balance of an extraordinary life.

There is a sense of resolution and peace at the end of the book, that I hope I would feel about my own life someday.

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dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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challenging reflective medium-paced

4.25

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