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I listened to this as an audiobook and to hear Bryony actually tell it all made such a difference! I would really recommend reading "The Wrong Knickers" before this book as it provides some really interesting context to the whole thing.

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dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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5.0

This book as it rightly states is not a self help book, it’s not there for guidance or advice. However, it is the single most helpful book I’ve ever read in regards to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. As a longtime passenger on the OCD train I’ve never found as much comfort, humour and detail on such a harrowing illness as I have in this book. It’s so reassuring to know I’m not the only Mad Girl.

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4.0

I love Bryony's style of writing. She's honest, she's open and she's empathetic. Her story is quite 'Bridget Jones'-esque in how she retells it with self deprecating humour. Navigating topics which are difficult to grapple with, let alone write down including mental health, abuse and eating disorders. As you can imagine it's a wild ride peppered with the everyday. Bryony has a way of making the minutiae and mundanities of life equally as fascinating as the chaotic times, providing insight into her struggles then and how she has reflected since. Although hindsight plays a part, Bryony remains brutally honest throughout. Despite all that life has thrown at her, by the end you can see it's a resounding tale of hope. I would recommend you acquaint yourself with her journalism if you like her book(s) or visa versa. Everyone should read this book, to educate and normalise mental health issues.

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dark emotional medium-paced

4.25

This was difficult to read at times, because Bryony was and still is so open about all her mental health issues: the OCD, the depression and what it all did to her. Although I think it might be even more painful to read in the follow-up book "Glorious Rock Bottom"- I'm glad and grateful that she shares her story though because it made me feel less like a freak with all the mental health issues and weird thoughts and ups and downs I had in my life so far. Every once in a while I had wished she'd dial down the colloquial, self-deprecating humour, but I guess that's just her way of telling her story.

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