Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere by Maria Bamford

33 reviews

finnsnowbevi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Police brutality, Dementia, Medical trauma, Abortion, Alcohol, and Classism

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

This was a hilarious, incredibly dark, and blisteringly honest account of living with mental illness by legendary comedian Maria Bamford.

If you're not familiar with her work, I would highly recommend watching some of her standup before committing to the full book - the utter blackness of her humour can be very confronting and may not be for everyone.

As a Maria Bamford fan, it's everything you could hope for. I listened to this with every spare moment I had over a few days and struggled to tear myself away from it.

I listened to the audiobook despite having bought a signed copy of this book at one of her shows. I will probably read the physical copy at some point to compare, but I adored the audio version (she does all the voices!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

jackie_reads_314's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Bamford does an amazing job being both hilarious and serious as she recounts her many tries, and failures, throughout her career. She has given me hope to seek more resources for myself as well as inspiration to advocate for those who might not have the will or strength to do so at the moment. Her poignant and relatable takes on recovery, combined with her countless experiences, illuminate the varying levels of "okay" we can all tend to fall on. I wish to talk her ear off and would be delighted to read anything else she writes! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Death of parent

oddpilot97's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

4.75

Unflinchingly honest. Painfully real. No-BS. Loved it!

The narration by the author added a lot. It’s more about 12-step programs than traditional cults. Honestly it kinda made me want to find a 12 step group near me and jump into the community!

Storygraph said this was a great fit for me and it was right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Animal death, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Infidelity

poshcharmander3's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

sam0ny's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

It is written like one of her stand up specials. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Mental illness and Death of parent

mollymdull's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pandemic/Epidemic

amyteurhour's review against another edition

Content warning: mental illness, suicidal thoughts, eating disorder, death of parent, panic attack, institutionalization, childhood trauma

This was a very funny memoir by a very funny person. Bamford goes into some pretty heavy topics in a way that I found was incredibly raw and honest while incorporating her humor like layers of a flaky croissant. I highly recommend listening to the audiobook, read by Bamford. I usually don't like audiobooks with sound effects but the ones in this weren't distracting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent

nialystic's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

1.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

abicaro17's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.0

This is one of the better memoirs i've listened too. I think Maria is hilarious and I'd totally go to her show. Again the book ends a little abruptly but I think the formatting is fun. The chapters are divided up into separate "cults" and chunks of her life. I appreciate that she keeps the timeline pretty easy to follow and describes what's happening year wise as well. I think I would have appreciated more of a conclusion other than her own twelve step program creation. The PDF of pictures and all the recipes were such a cute addition! I'd definitely recommend this as a good starter memoir. Very easy to listen to and funny while being serious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic