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It's All in Your Head: True Stories of Imaginary Illness by Suzanne O'Sullivan
2 reviews
pinkthinkydink's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
Highly informative about a topic that deserves more attention. Makes you think about the way that stress affects our lives on a deeper level.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, and Chronic illness
nineinchnails's review
challenging
informative
medium-paced
3.0
this was really interesting and insightful but some parts were uncomfortable to read. at the time of writing, the author does seem to be quite empathetic and compassionate towards those suffering from psychosomatic illness but there were a lot of instances where she could’ve handled things MUCH better (she does admit to this) and the chapter on me/cfs probably shouldn’t have been included in this book. it could’ve been like 100 pages shorter, too - there was a lot of repetition particularly with the references to freud and charcot - but overall i learned a lot and i’d still recommend this to anyone interested in psychology in medicine!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Child death, and Car accident
Moderate: Chronic illness, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma
Minor: Death, Terminal illness, and Death of parent
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