Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

3 reviews

iamastraythought's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

Admittedly I did read this because she is suffering from the same disease that Will Graham has in Hannibal, and I wanted to read more about it. Her story is both horrific and inspiring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Dysphoria, Body shaming, Dementia, Self harm, Cancer, and Confinement

bartlebies's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

3.5

Boy howdy the narrator for the audiobook was awful. Can we ban white people doing bad accents when there is literally no reason to do them?? christ. 

The book itself was okay, but I felt like it lacked any deeper meaning beyond “i had this rare disorder and it sucked for everyone and now i’m better” which is unfortunate since she’s a reporter/writer who you would think would be a better writer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Self harm

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Dementia, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Self harm, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Child death

mandi4886's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness