Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Story About Anxiety by Sarah Wilson

5 reviews

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Self harm, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

gondorgirl's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Chronic illness

Moderate: Ableism, Drug use, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

erinwolf1997's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Mental illness

Moderate: Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Eating disorder

Minor: Pregnancy

tuckysinclaire's review against another edition

Didn’t like the authors writing style, author wrote from a place of privilege 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

mckeelyshannon's review against another edition

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.”

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts