Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After by Chloé Hayden

55 reviews

nilsnoether73's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

He llegit tants llibres sobre l'autisme que costa que tinguin alguna cosa nova a dir, però aquest llibre aporta una barreja d'optimisme i realisme bastant encoratjador. Tot i que opino que "la societat" no és únicament responsable pels nostres problemes, sí que és veritat que posa molts pals a les rodes i més conscienciació realista sobre l'autisme i neurodivergència ens faria un favor a tots. Especialment tenint en compte que la majoria de persones mai saben que són autistes, TDAH, etc. Entendre's millor a un mateix és molt important, i la Chloé explica com viu ella l'autisme i no ho ensucra. No s'amaga dels meltdowns, shutdowns, burnout, ansietat, trauma i depressió que sovint van associats al trastorn, però reivindica un món en què tots som més entenedors i els reduïm.

M'ha sorprès que digués que els nois ho tenim més fàcil per a fer amistats, només cal tenir un interès en comú i rai. En canvi les noies han de tenir més habilitat social, ja que les seves amistats es basen més en la comunicació. He trobat molt interessant que jo justament pensava el contrari. Suposo que tot sembla millor vist de lluny (grass is always greener type shit).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Eating disorder and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

notcasino's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I bought this book because I wanted to learn more about autism and knew Chloe as a autistic character and also a person with autism in real life from Heartbreak high. That's why I decided to buy and read that book which was a really good decision.

As someone who has some similar experiences is this book just inspiring. I can only recommend this book to everyone, it doesn't matter if you are neurodivergent or neurotypical or if you know or don't know someone neurodivergent. Just a wonderful book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

funshine3's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

outlast0002's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide and Injury/Injury detail

bmceleney's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

kauliflower's review against another edition

“Autism is not a linear spectrum; it is not a singular line where one end is a little bit autistic and the other is very autistic. Instead, the autism spectrum is more like a colour wheel, in which every colour represents a different strength, a different struggle, a different identity, but all of the colours are autism. Every autistic person is their own, individual, different colour code. No colour is more or less colourful than another colour— they are all equally important parts of the palette.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicide

Minor: Misogyny and Racism

saskia_ej's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

emilyb023's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Dysphoria

bogirita's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Sexual assault

rat_girly's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

I am a fan of Chloé so I wanted to love this, but unfortunately I didn’t! The structure was a bit all over the place and tricky to follow, and the fairytale analogy wasn’t really working for me. The self-help sections were a bit simplistic for me, but I loved hearing about Chloé’s story. I think this book would be really well suited to young teens looking to learn more about (their own or others’) neurodivergence. I will say that this book focuses mainly on autism and ADHD - there is not a lot about other forms of neurodivergence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, and Eating disorder