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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
informative
medium-paced
I'm not sure how much value the book gave my life, it was so dry it was a struggle of will to get through.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Highlighted excerpts:
Psychiatry partially originated in the disciplines of obstetrics and gynecology, where it was seen “rightly” housed within the study of women's issues.
Many intrinsically valuable female traits, such as intuitiveness or compassion, have probably been developed through default or patriarchal-imposed necessity, rather than through either biological predisposition or free choice. Female emotional talents must be viewed in terms of the overall price exacted by sexism.
My sensitivity affords me a great passion for helping people and creating a transformation in the world, but that has to be balanced with the unplugging and settling back into what feels more natural for my nervous system.
Once people became aware of themselves as sensitive people or introverts or both, that gave them the permission to be themselves and carve out the space they needed to protect themselves. And it also gave them the confidence to use their gifts in the way they were meant to be used.
Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)
Determine your energy quotient, that is, thinking about how many energy points you may start off with in the morning and then realize what simple things in your day may drain a good chunk of available points and replenish them by doing something you enjoy.
The automatic mechanisms for regulating our emotions don’t work the same way as a Neurotypical’s so we feel higher highs and lower lows. Ex) “picking up on the energies around us” and “a lower tolerance for bullshit”
I think we give a lot of leeway to kids – that it’s OK for kids to be different - but once you’re an adult, it’s not okay…. [we should be] advocating that it’s okay for people to be different, and it should be celebrated.
Women to look into:
Maya Dusenbery
Angela Saint
Shannon MacNamera
Dr. Rana Awdish
Alexandra Sacks
2.5 Content is good, but have to wade through too many situational anecdotes and conversations to get there. All sections and chapters read something like:
Chapter X
I [walked into/am sitting in/stand by/was invited to] [Name]'s [office/kitchen/car]. [Name] is An Expert in [thing]. "When I first discovered blah blah blah", they say "I just knew that I had to [share/experiment/chart] blah blah blah". I say "Blah blah blah" and we [have a moment]
etc etc etc ad infinitum.
OK, so I really really don't like this kind of writing. It's not poorly executed and the subject matter in the book is interesting and well researched, but I would much prefer a straight review of the content rather than A Narrative.
Chapter X
I [walked into/am sitting in/stand by/was invited to] [Name]'s [office/kitchen/car]. [Name] is An Expert in [thing]. "When I first discovered blah blah blah", they say "I just knew that I had to [share/experiment/chart] blah blah blah". I say "Blah blah blah" and we [have a moment]
etc etc etc ad infinitum.
OK, so I really really don't like this kind of writing. It's not poorly executed and the subject matter in the book is interesting and well researched, but I would much prefer a straight review of the content rather than A Narrative.
informative
fast-paced
Ugh. The narrator sounded like a computer generated voice and the book is so long winded... 1h of conclusions that basically say everything again.
I went into this book with some apprehension, after seeing some of the reviews posted here. But honestly? I don't think most of those points made against the book were fully warranted. Was the author's perspective narrow and limited? Yes, of course it was. But was she promising anything that she did not deliver? I don't believe she was. The preface was pretty clear on the fact that the book would focus on "high-functioning", "successful" neurodivergent women. You could see from the start that it would be the tale of defeated obstacles and happy endings rather than a systemic analysis of the issue. The author was very comfortable in following stories very much like her own, which one could argue was not very journalistic of her, but that's a choice she made.
Having said that, I don't think the book itself was particularly good or outstanding either. Perhaps it was the flow, perhaps the stories that haven't quite landed for me personally. Something was missing.
Having said that, I don't think the book itself was particularly good or outstanding either. Perhaps it was the flow, perhaps the stories that haven't quite landed for me personally. Something was missing.
I loved this book so much. I’ve never felt more seen. The criticisms I’ve seen are valid, of course, but I sure appreciated hearing other women going through the same situations I did.
Wow. Good stuff. Very specific perspective for those of us who are made to feel weird or wrong for how we are, but may have never taken the time to investigate it because our expression isn’t typical or because we did well in school.
A nice book, however I kinda wished it would… help you somehow. I think I just wished it to be more concrete, while it is mostly just stories of people who find out their diagnosis.