Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Educated by Tara Westover

255 reviews

theshanana's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Car accident, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Dementia, Death, and Death of parent

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

I think this book might have changed my life.
This book is such a marvelous, deeply interesting exploration of the power of education, of the meaning of family, of struggling with abuse and still being able to forge an identity for yourself afterward. Her path towards education is also a path towards being able to think for herself, instead of being told what to think by others. This might be the strongest, most powerful message woven in between the threads of this memoir, an ode to finding yourself through education.
So much nuance, so many tiny little intricacies present in the text show that Tara Westover truly is a historian -- that she's able to see the many different versions of a story and present them to the reader, making them reflect upon the significance and meaning of each unique account. "[...] nothing final can be known", as she quotes John Stuart Mill.
I feel like I'm going to reread this soon, just so I can underline the passages in this book that are so powerful they would make anyone stop reading just to reflect upon them. I shouldn't have been scared of underlining this book, gosh!! I gotta start being more willing to do that, whenever I think it might be important to me.
All in all, wonderful book. Marvelously crafted, beautiful writing, moving and powerful message. I cried reading this. I think it will stay with me forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Sexism, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Blood, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Murder, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Vomit, Racism, Miscarriage, Mass/school shootings, and Genocide

cosmiccutie's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Car accident, Classism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Dementia, and Pregnancy

sierrabowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

I loved this memoir. It reminded me of A Little Life, but the story was from a real person. It made me sad but also greatly aware of how religious trauma can affect a person or brainwash the masses. Education is not only a right but it is essential to those who only have access to information that is censored and warped. I would highly recommend to everyone!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abandonment, Addiction, Gaslighting, Gore, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Vomit, and Racism

pranjuli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

I wanna know more and lesser at the same time. Tara has a gift - this is undeniable, and her story is one of inspiration and abandon at the same time. I am horrified as well as gratified. 

Weirdly, despite being a story so away from our lives, Tara doesn't come across as an alien when discussing about her feelings and fears and how she felt when thrown into new situations after living a completely different life for 17 years. She doesn't feel unnatural, she doesn't come across as miraculous either. 
She is a woman, just like any of us, who had to grapple with so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

maggiemcfly's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Animal death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

somberlittleman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

One of the most important and infuriating memoirs I’ve ever read. If you want to know some of the worst and most pitiful depths homeschooling in America can reach, Educated displays them unflinchingly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cancer

marissasa's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.0

This memoir is a testament to the author's strength and resilience, and the ways in which education and the way we are raised really shapes who people become. Although this story is often harrowing and tense, the author had a bit of an emotionless matter-of-fact writing style that made it such that I wanted to keep reading but I never felt truly moved or emotional. This style makes sense though as she speaks about the way she learned to not let it show that the trauma and abuse she experienced got to her and to not outwardly show her weakness. I do really admire the courage she found to live life on her own terms and to write this book without the support of most of her family members.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cursing, Bullying, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Violence, Animal death, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Medical content, and Mental illness

lilianmathilda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Violence, Sexism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, and Body shaming

garyosu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Sexism, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Violence