Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

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

18 reviews

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

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.

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

adcamp04's review

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Abortion

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

shakakan's review

dark emotional informative slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

beanusminimus's review against another edition

reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Ableism, Addiction, Abandonment, Abortion, Eating disorder, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Mental illness

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Eating disorder

Moderate: Body shaming, Addiction, and Ableism

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Self harm, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Confinement, and Alcoholism