Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Nanette – kymmenen askelta by Hannah Gadsby

58 reviews

ankelsocks's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

TW: mental illness, suicide, physical- mental- sexual- child- abuse, trauma, physical trauma, depression, anxiety, genderdysphoria, lgbtqi+ abuse and more that I can't think of right now. 

I'm quite blown away by this book. The biggest chunk of it reads(listens) like an autobiography, detailing Hannah's life as a child in a tiny Tasmanian town to where she gains traction as a comedic artist. The last half is a detailed description of how she sculpted Nanette out of her trauma's. Red threads through the story are Hannah's autism, her relationship with her mother, her sexual- and gender identity and her (in)ability to interact with the world around her. The first half has its slow parts, but is generally really helping to gain insight in what made Hannah Gadsby who she is. She is witty, self -deprecating, but also critical and angry, especially when she mentions the political tensions surrounding homosexuality in Australia during her growing up. I listened to the audiobook, which I'd generally really recommend, since it's read by Hannah herself, telling you her story.
However much I loved this book, it was also incredibly triggering. Perhaps it was the added layer of hearing Hannah Gadsby read/tell the book herself, but the book is full to the brim with heavy topics. Suffering from mental illness myself, this book triggered anxiety attacks in me. I often listened to while cycling, and sometimes had to stop because the book made me too anxious or sad. 
If you can find a way to deal with that though, please read(or better: listen to) this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

kcorstel's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

kds's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Homophobia

Moderate: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Addiction and Drug use

beccaruthe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Blood, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Biphobia, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and War

fishrgreat's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

shiran_fa's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Perfection 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, and Abortion

maxandrambo's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Suicidal thoughts

mpimental's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug use, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

xeniba's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I love everything Hannah Gadsby does and this is no exception. I will say that I felt the chronological retelling of her childhood slogged a little bit. Once I got through that and into her adult years, comedy, and creating Nanette I was absolutely hooked, could not put it down. I resonate with so many of Hannah’s experiences as a queer, autistic person who was socialized female. Highly, highly recommend. It also makes me want to rewatch Nanette (and maybe listen to the audiobook of this!).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use and Gun violence

dr_aimz's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Rape, and Sexual assault