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Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'
Where Am I Now? True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame by Mara Wilson
9 reviews
linnylionheart's review
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Grief, and Medical content
Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Abortion, Alcohol, Incest, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Rape
greatexpectations77's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Grief, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Mental illness
Moderate: Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicide, Eating disorder, Drug use, and Rape
beklovesbooks's review
2.0
Moderate: Mental illness, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Terminal illness
Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Eating disorder, Addiction, Bullying, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Suicide
Lots of references to masturbation, fetishes, puberty, normalizing pornographyconspystery's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Death of parent
valancysnaith's review
3.5
Graphic: Mental illness
backpackfullofbooks's review
5.0
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Death of parent, and Mental illness
ianders's review
4.0
Mara Wilson's book turned out to be a good insight into what dealing with OCD is like. Obviously, Mara doesn't speak in the name of every person who has OCD and your mileage may vary, but still when you don't know much about the disorder I figure raeding the testimony of someone who does is a good start. Mara doesn't only talk about OCD of course; she talks about her family life, her time in Hollywood, her experience with grief and the loss of her mother, growing up as a sort-of celebrity, etc. However, OCD informed, and in some ways was shaped by, her life experiences. And although I don't have OCD, I related to her on the basis of dealing with mental health issues and neurodivergence myself.
Biographies doesn't make you Know or Understand a person fully, but some of them help to humanize people who, a lot of the time, aren't thought of as people on the same level as the everyday man, woman and others. I feel Mara Wilson is one of those people who has been relagated to "that girl who was in Matilda" and that short-take sometimes make people feel entitled or make them act rudely. So reading her bio gave me perspective, and I'm glad for that even though she is someone I barely know of.
Graphic: Death of parent and Mental illness
meganmagicmusings's review
5.0
Graphic: Grief and Mental illness
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Suicide
isabeldotml's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Cancer
Moderate: Death and Grief
Minor: Pedophilia