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3.23 AVERAGE
3.23 AVERAGE
2.5? The title was the best part of the book
i think it’s really brave to share one’s therapy sessions and i enjoyed being a third-party witness to someone else’s recovery journey but this book felt very…unfinished? undeveloped? unstructured? or maybe just poorly planned. plus, i wish there was a note explaining the editing process for the transcripts because it felt like the psychiatrist jumps to random conclusions and makes presumptuous diagnoses. it feels like this book could be almost harmful for someone who doesn’t know what a health relationship with a psychiatrist would look like.
relaxing
fast-paced
peut être que je suis aigrie mais flemme de juste lire du fétichisme de sa propre tristesse pour 200 pages sans vraiment de but ou de direction claire, ça se lit en une fois mais on en retient pas grand chose
reflective
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Points off for audiobook narrator, who I didn't love and found distracting.
The book itself was very vulnerable and reflective, and the psychiatrist had some very interesting insights and strategies. I don't think I've ever read a book this raw and honest—even about things that call attention to the author's flaws. I also found it helpful as a model and script for how to navigate conversations with therapists and psychiatrists.
The book itself was very vulnerable and reflective, and the psychiatrist had some very interesting insights and strategies. I don't think I've ever read a book this raw and honest—even about things that call attention to the author's flaws. I also found it helpful as a model and script for how to navigate conversations with therapists and psychiatrists.
reflective
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
"why are you trying to be brave? why are you trying to be confident? just go ahead and feel what you feel. don't cheer up!"
Looks like it doesn't matter where in the world we live in, in the end we're facing all the same daily issues when it comes to mental health.
Looks like it doesn't matter where in the world we live in, in the end we're facing all the same daily issues when it comes to mental health.
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
I admire the honesty in this book but perhaps I didn’t read it at the right time because it also annoyed me in some parts. I could relate to some anecdotes while others felt very strange to me and I did not enjoy the structure because it felt all over the place and a bit repetitive. Of course, this reflects the nature of the struggle with mental health, which is perhaps why it annoyed me-I have been through these repetitive cycles before myself and there was not much new insight in this memoir for me personally.
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness