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First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Story About Anxiety by Sarah Wilson
7 reviews
marianajosefa's review against another edition
medium-paced
really bad. fatphobic (also advices leaving sugar bc that causes anxiety). privileged. “just do it” “just put in the work” (basically you deserve your situation).
also the random advice of leaving anti depressants? you are not a professional and it’s dangerous to suggest such thing. anti medication messages. fuck no.
also using a holocaust survivor memoir and use it to make your point about anxiety? doesn’t feel good.
also the random advice of leaving anti depressants? you are not a professional and it’s dangerous to suggest such thing. anti medication messages. fuck no.
also using a holocaust survivor memoir and use it to make your point about anxiety? doesn’t feel good.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
rhymeswithcarmen's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
1.0
I came to this expecting more research than memoir; that's on me. Still, the overall experience was like meeting a friend of a friend and feeling like you have loads in common only to have them earnestly tell you that chemtrails are making the frogs gay. There were many such record scratch moments throughout. And repeated citations of such dubious experts as David Brooks and Tim Ferriss. Plus a lot of label and name dropping, racial bias, and fatphobia. Oh the fatphobia. It is possible that this entire book was created to be content marketing for the author's diet program and books. Overall, yikes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Self harm, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
loyalrobyn's review against another edition
This is actual hot garbage.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Racism, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, and Eating disorder
Minor: Infertility, Classism, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Sexism
klariti's review against another edition
I couldn't finish this book because there was too much glorifying of mental illness. As someone with mental illness myself, I really couldn't connect with the idea that we should let our anxiety run wild. Yes, anxiety can be helpful to tell us when something is wrong or when something should change. But anxiety doesn't make everyone successful.
Which leads me to my next issue. Sarah Wilson is privileged in that she is successful. And her anxiety helped her get there.
Not all people experience anxiety that way. For some folks it's debilitating. Anxiety makes some people's lives worse not better. It's not something some people want to celebrate.
This isn't to say that some people have grown from their anxiety, but her whole vibe is that we should embrace our anxiety and let it make us successful. She makes it seem like we can all learn to be successful from our anxiety, which just isn't true.
The other thing that upset me, was that within 30 pages of the book she talks about going off her medication without talking about how incredibly dangerous it is. It isn't until later in the book that she talks about only tapering off your medication with doctor supervision. I think it's really dangerous not to mention that right away.
Overall, I really just couldn't get on board with her message. I agree that there can be some beautiful or useful things about anxiety and mental illness, but to just want to focus so much on using it for the positive erases so many folks experiences.
Also, not all of us are privileged enough to be able to talk to the Dali Lama and do yoga with famous people. A lot of people can't even afford therapy. So
braggadocious. 😒
Which leads me to my next issue. Sarah Wilson is privileged in that she is successful. And her anxiety helped her get there.
Not all people experience anxiety that way. For some folks it's debilitating. Anxiety makes some people's lives worse not better. It's not something some people want to celebrate.
This isn't to say that some people have grown from their anxiety, but her whole vibe is that we should embrace our anxiety and let it make us successful. She makes it seem like we can all learn to be successful from our anxiety, which just isn't true.
The other thing that upset me, was that within 30 pages of the book she talks about going off her medication without talking about how incredibly dangerous it is. It isn't until later in the book that she talks about only tapering off your medication with doctor supervision. I think it's really dangerous not to mention that right away.
Overall, I really just couldn't get on board with her message. I agree that there can be some beautiful or useful things about anxiety and mental illness, but to just want to focus so much on using it for the positive erases so many folks experiences.
Also, not all of us are privileged enough to be able to talk to the Dali Lama and do yoga with famous people. A lot of people can't even afford therapy. So
braggadocious. 😒
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia and Mental illness
curatedchoas_books's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
1.0
TW fatphobia and disordered eating
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia
lindsaysherman's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Fatphobia
shewantsthediction's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
Very privileged point of view (typical middle-class white lady stuff). The way she talks about other cultures is also sketch.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Infertility and Fatphobia
Minor: Toxic relationship
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