Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv

25 reviews

jilliant's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

I did appreciate the perspectives of these stories and how vastly different each one was. I just think they were a little too disconnected? There seemed to be a vague overall theme of dissatisfaction with the healthcare provided for mental illness, but nothing concrete. I just wish there had been a more unifying message to tie everything together?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicide

nopebook's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Death, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Eating disorder

mswingholm's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Eating disorder

bloomingpear's review

informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Confinement, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, and Self harm

kellyisntcool's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical content

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, Vomit, Ableism, and Chronic illness

Minor: Child death and Racism

melissa_l_mcabee's review

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

This book may be the most impactful view on mental illness I have ever read. The lives and minds of the people she included spoke to the part of me that wonders if I'm the only one that feels the way I do. It was validating to see others perspectives and experiences. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcoholism, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

This is a book about the impacts of mental illness on four very real people. If you don't want to read about the traumas that come with it, then this is not the book for you.

dangrous's review

emotional hopeful fast-paced

2.0

This had interesting stories in it but there wasn't really an overarching thesis other than like the system doesn't treat mental illness very well? Sort of confusing overall, though I liked learning about the people's lives. I also kind of hate things about mental illness but this was more about the system so it wasn't too bad for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

caidyn's review

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

An excellent read with a critical, cultural lens on mental illness. That lens often gets lost with practitioners.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

aimee__a's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Suicide

productioneer's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Racism, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Confinement, and Child death

Minor: Death and Grief