Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

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

19 reviews

aimeedanielle's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

honestconman's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

audrey_aton's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

thesonja's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

A must read for anyone, 1. Dealing with mental illness, 2. Knows someone dealing with a mental illness, 3. From the Midwest. So everyone!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sar_willow's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

bullockae's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

This was a difficult one to read.  I think if there is an audiobook version it might work better that way since it is written very much in the style that the author does comedy, so it can be very jarring with regular changes in font and abrupt asides.

Overall, it was interesting to read someone’s experience with mental health treatment, but it was made very obvious that it was from a privileged perspective.  Some of the advice given was offensive at best and dangerous at worst (joining a cult, while on brand for the book is not a good idea for the majority).

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

paigicus's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, and Pandemic/Epidemic

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Death of parent, and Classism