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(Don't) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health by Kelly Jensen

3 reviews

lmjones's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

I really love that this book exists. I thought almost every story in here was quite good. There’s only one that I remember rubbing me the wrong way. What’s great about this book is that it’s hope-filled. You read these stories about all these different people and their different diagnoses and circumstances and each delivers beautiful and often hard-won wisdom…except the one that just came off dogmatic and still angry. 

One thought I had though while reading this was that it might be a bit of a heavy read for teens even though it’s YA. Some stories were well suited for that audience, while I thought a few would have freaked my depressed teen self way out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Transphobia, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Racism, Deadnaming, Addiction, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexism, Suicide attempt, and Transphobia

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, and Death

teo_rodas's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

Well thank g-d that’s done. I had it on my tbr for ages and finally made myself read it. Despite including two of my all time favorite authors, I enjoyed only two or three of the 33 pieces included, neither of which were theirs. The last essay is definitely worth reading and I found a lot of the graphic essays/visual media compelling. But this book is distinctly stigmatizing and ableist(or disablist to borrow a word from my favorite contribution that I will most certainly be adding to my vocabulary). It centers on the more palatable versions of mental illness and shies away from critique at nearly every opportunity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Vomit