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Overthinking About You: Navigating Romantic Relationships When You Have Anxiety, OCD, and/or Depression by Allison Raskin

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_joy_'s review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

tetedump's review against another edition

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informative inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

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nyquilsquirrel's review against another edition

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5.0

I wish this book came out years ago! The thoughtful advice and push for introspection was something I needed. While uncomfortable, the prompts from chapter 6 were enlightening. Fantastic book, I hope she continues writing mental health content.

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5.0

This book is now an important resource for me moving forward with dating and relationships. There were so many things I didn’t realize about myself until I read them in this book.
Thank you, Allison, for using your voice by sharing your life experiences and getting the perspective of some outstanding mental health professionals.
I also enjoyed that this book was super accessible —a pretty easy read — and that it focused on other genders and sexualities in addition to the Allison’s experience as a straight cis woman.
I’m excited to see where Allison goes next!

loloreid's review against another edition

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4.0

Both lighthearted and informative, Raskin explores connections between anxiety/depression/ocd and relationships through personal anecdotes and scientific insights. No book about relationships will be fully applicable to every reader, but this overview balances general advice and insight while pointing to further resources to consider more specific circumstances. A useful read to challenge assumptions and historical/cultural expectations about how to date and how one "should" feel in a relationship. Told with a lean towards readers who might identify with her experiences as a white, cisgender woman, but there are some perspectives included to widen the scope, like insights from a therapist working with men's mental health, or approaching sexuality as a spectrum including asexuality. There are basic but important reminders of healthy expectations for any relationship, even beyond the focus on dating/early romantic connections.

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

i was pretty disappointed by this. i had been waiting for it from my library for weeks and was so excited for it. it felt more like a memoir about experiencing a breakup while having OCD and anxiety. i don't feel like i learned anything or got any help from this.