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annashiv's review against another edition
4.0
I think this book accurately portrays depression, and what it is like in the mind of someone experiencing it. It may seem self-centered and narcissistic, but that's what depression is. It is all completely in one's head and completely obsessed with itself. It consumes everything and anything, tainting everything. I completely related to a lot of things she wrote and understood it all perfectly. I'm glad she wrote this. It is comforting for those going through depression to see someone who reached the other side, to know they aren't alone, to relate to someone in such a way. It's important.
redflower10's review
challenging
dark
sad
slow-paced
4.0
I saw a TikTok that said this book made them drop out of school and get sectioned in a psych ward - I think this tells you everything you may need to know. Avoid if you experience depressive moods as this may trigger you like nothing else before.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Mental illness
janessakat's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.5
Beautifully written. I learned an entirely new vocabulary from Wurtzel’s intricate writing style. The way she writes about depression is almost beyond words. She makes a very individualized experience seem relatable in a sense. However, this book was redundant and could have been shortened to less than 300 pages.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, and Rape
bungadinding's review
4.0
Ugh, buku yang cukup sulit dibaca, karena pengalaman dengan mental illness memang tidak menyenangkan. Pembaca dibawa dari satu episode ke episode lain dari depresinya Elizabeth Wurtzel, penuh dengan histeria, tindakan-tindakan impulsif dan pemikiran-pemikiran nggak masuk akal, so very frustrating.
But it's real. Idk, seandainya mental illness bisa di-profile kayak permintaan-permintaan crowdfunding di kitabisadotcom, yang menimbulkan haru dan simpati sehingga orang mau sukarela menolong. Kenyataannya depresi dan gangguan kejiwaan lainnya is not pretty at all, not sympathetic, lebih kayak harus ngadepin orang paling toxic dan nyebelin sedunia, you might even think that they deserve to be doomed....
Aku rasa di sinilah poin di mana orang sulit memahami mental illness. Karena nggak masuk akal kelihatannya. Tapi pada kenyataannya, menderita mental illness juga nggak mudah, sangat amat nggak mudah, bagi para penderitanya. It's full of pain and struggle. Idk, harapanku sih semoga semakin banyak orang yang bisa lebih berusaha berempati dan memahami mental illness, karena seperti yang dikemukakan penulis di akhir buku, depresi dan mental illness sebetulnya bukan masalah personal seseorang, ini sudah jadi masalah publik karena banyak orang yang mengalaminya, tapi masih sedikit yang yang peduli tentang masalah ini.
Membaca buku ini perlu sabar dan hati-hati karena bisa terseret mood gloomy-nya Elizabeth. Tapi kalau aku personal sih tida bisa membohongi diri, aku selalu tertarik sama cerita-cerita depresif semacam ini. Jadi merasa nggak terlalu sendirian. Juga karena aku sesama pengguna fluoxetine (walau yang aku pakai sekarang udah merek generiknya bukan brand Prozac lagi). Jadi belajar info sejarah menarik, bahwa ternyata Peozac belum terlampau lama ada di peredaran (baru 20 tahunan) dan sempat sangat booming pas kemunculannya di Amerika.
But it's real. Idk, seandainya mental illness bisa di-profile kayak permintaan-permintaan crowdfunding di kitabisadotcom, yang menimbulkan haru dan simpati sehingga orang mau sukarela menolong. Kenyataannya depresi dan gangguan kejiwaan lainnya is not pretty at all, not sympathetic, lebih kayak harus ngadepin orang paling toxic dan nyebelin sedunia, you might even think that they deserve to be doomed....
Aku rasa di sinilah poin di mana orang sulit memahami mental illness. Karena nggak masuk akal kelihatannya. Tapi pada kenyataannya, menderita mental illness juga nggak mudah, sangat amat nggak mudah, bagi para penderitanya. It's full of pain and struggle. Idk, harapanku sih semoga semakin banyak orang yang bisa lebih berusaha berempati dan memahami mental illness, karena seperti yang dikemukakan penulis di akhir buku, depresi dan mental illness sebetulnya bukan masalah personal seseorang, ini sudah jadi masalah publik karena banyak orang yang mengalaminya, tapi masih sedikit yang yang peduli tentang masalah ini.
Membaca buku ini perlu sabar dan hati-hati karena bisa terseret mood gloomy-nya Elizabeth. Tapi kalau aku personal sih tida bisa membohongi diri, aku selalu tertarik sama cerita-cerita depresif semacam ini. Jadi merasa nggak terlalu sendirian. Juga karena aku sesama pengguna fluoxetine (walau yang aku pakai sekarang udah merek generiknya bukan brand Prozac lagi). Jadi belajar info sejarah menarik, bahwa ternyata Peozac belum terlampau lama ada di peredaran (baru 20 tahunan) dan sempat sangat booming pas kemunculannya di Amerika.
unavenusleyendo's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Vomit
davidcottington's review
4.0
"Gradually, then suddenly" is the most perfect way to describe how depression can hit you.
A tough read - I almost wish I had this book to hand to people around me when I was dealing with depression. If you're struggling to understand someone with depression around you, this book is definitely an insight into their mind.
A tough read - I almost wish I had this book to hand to people around me when I was dealing with depression. If you're struggling to understand someone with depression around you, this book is definitely an insight into their mind.
khornstein1's review
4.0
Ms. Wurtzel, where was your editor? Where are all the editors? Long-winded, meandering, unnecessary info., strange sense of a timeline...I could go on. But somehow with all that, what struck me about this book was honesty. I never felt that Wurtzel presented herself as anyone other than who she was: smart, scared, suicidal,depressed and brilliant. And funny at the same time! She makes some really bad choices...I read this after reading her essay in NYMag a year or two ago about how she had made bad choices nearly all of her adult life. But here she is, trapped in something that is completely bewildering and the fact that she just kind of goes for trying to describe it, I find amazing. It's not art and it's not a journal. It's just very, very honest.