A review by ammmiiiii
When You Lose It: Two voices. One true story. by Roxy Longworth, Gay Longworth

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4.75

“I believe there is a common denominator to every person who helps us! they have experienced life at the sharp end and survived. They all give us something to take on our journey. They had been through the portal and were there to catch us when life chewed us up and spat us out. We landed in a heap on the floor and they pulled us up, one by one, and without judgement, were strong enough to hold on to us until we were able to hold on ourselves. That is what resilience means to me: it is being strong enough to help others until they are strong enough to help themselves so that they are strong enough to help others until they are strong enough to help themselves … and so it continues. You are helped up so you can help others up after you.”

Incredible. Beautifully written, heartbreaking (and heart-making), and so important for anyone raising, teaching, supervising, or even knowing, a young person. Both Roxy and Gay give a raw, unflinching account of the realities of mental illness and the social systems in place to cope (or, as the case may be, not cope) with them today.
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