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melissakm's review against another edition
5.0
This is a funny, entertaining and very important story about mental illness. I really like Bryony's work and first read Eat, Drink, Run expecting fluff and then really enjoying the depth in it. Her openness and vulnerability are so important in letting others know it is okay to be open about their challenges. She also raises important points about how privileged she was to be able to access and afford care at the time she needed it and that the current system fails so many people. Having people in my life with OCD, this gave me a much greater nuanced understanding of what this feels like.
fenneel's review against another edition
3.0
*listening on audiobook*
I actually thought this was brilliant - maybe a little triggering, but then thats my fault for not really looking up what the book was about. I have OCD and it was actually quite funny to hear the thoughts I have on the reg spoken out loud. I thought I was the only one! The thoughts are so crazy and irrational that it was sort of helpful to hear them spoken by someone else. There were a few times where the in-depth nature of the thoughts made me feel like I might need to stop listening because I didn't want to start thinking them too, but I pulled through, and if that isn't exposure therapy what is!
Feel really bad saying this but I gave it 3 stars purely because her voice was so unbearably grating, I'm sorry! It was unbearable to listen to at points :/
I actually thought this was brilliant - maybe a little triggering, but then thats my fault for not really looking up what the book was about. I have OCD and it was actually quite funny to hear the thoughts I have on the reg spoken out loud. I thought I was the only one! The thoughts are so crazy and irrational that it was sort of helpful to hear them spoken by someone else. There were a few times where the in-depth nature of the thoughts made me feel like I might need to stop listening because I didn't want to start thinking them too, but I pulled through, and if that isn't exposure therapy what is!
Feel really bad saying this but I gave it 3 stars purely because her voice was so unbearably grating, I'm sorry! It was unbearable to listen to at points :/
annevanantwerpen's review against another edition
4.0
Good read. Gives you a good insight into what it means to have OCD.
katebirdy27's review against another edition
5.0
“Although it is comforting to know that there are others out there like me, I cannot stand that at any given moment, they could be going through the unique pain only a head can produce”
mistymyer's review against another edition
4.0
I liked the book. At the beginning the stories kinda start and stop abruptly but all the same Bryony did a good job with explaining her fight with mental health and her kind off victory off of it. The book is well written it's a good read.
ineffablesquirrel's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.5
rachel_parkes's review against another edition
5.0
A very brave and truthful account of Bryonys OCD. Not a 'poor me' story. Bryony makes it clear through the book that she had many opportunities given to her. Mental illness affects rich, poor, men, women, young and old. It did make me question if her parents had equipped her with some life skills. I think children do need to be taught resilience, relaxation techniques and the ability to 'let it go'. I sometimes think that we have become so obsessed about being PC that those with sensitive personalities over analyse everything.
ikbenirisniet's review against another edition
5.0
Dit boek vond ik zó goed. Ondank dat ik niet met dezelfde problemen als Bryony te maken heb (in het boek schrijft ze o.a. over haar OCD, depressie en de eetstoornis die ze heeft gehad) identificeerde ik me zo met haar. Ik heb tientallen ezelsoren in de bladzijdes gemaakt en had het boek voor mijn doen heel snel uit. Soms moest ik een traan wegpinken en soms moest ik hardop lachen. Ze kan onwijs goed schrijven; heel eerlijk en open, maar ook met veel zelfspot. Het boek motiveerde me zelfs om de huisarts te bellen voor een afspraak, iets waar ik normaal heel eigenwijs in ben.
Aanrader voor iedereen die struggelt met zijn mentale gezondheid en iets van herkenning en geruststelling zoekt.
"Everyone has degrees of madness in them, everyone has a story to tell."
Aanrader voor iedereen die struggelt met zijn mentale gezondheid en iets van herkenning en geruststelling zoekt.
"Everyone has degrees of madness in them, everyone has a story to tell."