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First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Story About Anxiety by Sarah Wilson
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challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Favorite quote from this book - “I’d add that, in such instances, we’d love everyone (someone?) to see that we absolutely do not have our shit together. And to come and tell us they’ve got this one. Even for five minutes.
The more anxious we are, the more we’d really love someone to come and take the load off us and help us cope for a bit. This presents us with another cruel anxious irony, doesn’t it:
The more anxious we are, the more high functioning we will make ourselves appear, which just encourages the world to lean on us more.
Anxiety... it’s a befuddling clusterfuckery for everyone involved.”
The more anxious we are, the more we’d really love someone to come and take the load off us and help us cope for a bit. This presents us with another cruel anxious irony, doesn’t it:
The more anxious we are, the more high functioning we will make ourselves appear, which just encourages the world to lean on us more.
Anxiety... it’s a befuddling clusterfuckery for everyone involved.”
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts
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