Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

53 reviews

leonormsousa's review against another edition

challenging funny informative fast-paced

5.0

QUOTE

"So I told them the truth: the hours are terrible, the pay is terrible, the conditions are terrible; you’re underappreciated, unsupported, disrespected and frequently physically endangered. But there’s no better job in the world."

WHAT I ENJOYED

• the bigger message: no health care provider does what they do for money, they do it to help other people and for passion
• incredibly funny and witty
• very honest and raw, maybe a consequence of the descriptive and factual tone: the author does not try to paint himself or anyone else in a good or bad light
• great insights into the life of a medical care taker (doctor): 
  • the lack of working conditions
  • their struggles with balancing work with personal life
  • the pressure and the emotional weight they’re under
  • the feeling of unreadiness and how they grow as doctors with time
  • working in public vs private healthcare
• the side notes explaining the more medical/technical terms really help guide us common people
• the author narration in the audiobook is exceptional

WHAT I DIDN'T ENJOY

• if you’re not from the UK or are not familiarized with its health and education systems, there might be a couple of things that you don’t grasp as well. it's not something that affects your reading experience much and tbh a google search can probably solve it... 

RECOMMENDED TO

• everyone!
• i feel like it’s an essential read to better understand and appreciate the work of health care providers
• i imagine it might be especially interesting for other healthcare providers since they will probably relate to some of the experiences
• the only exception to my recommendation is if you have triggers connected to medical content & pregnancies (recommend checking the full list of TWs)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

beccaruthe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Infertility, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Excrement, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism

xosirenox's review against another edition

funny informative fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

amylia_k's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

a realistic insight into the lives of our front-line staff of the NHS. A wonderful way to tell Adam Kay’s story and so informative whilst being lighthearted and funny too. I couldn’t put the book down and felt so connected to his tale. It made me realise the things I take for granted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infertility, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

wolf013's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide attempt

Minor: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Excrement, Antisemitism, Dementia, Abortion, and Alcohol

natthahlyh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

bookchatwithbeth's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

ninah17's review against another edition

challenging informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bennyholm's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, and Chronic illness

ezzab126's review against another edition

emotional funny informative sad fast-paced

4.75

Incredibly funny but also poignant look into the life of a doctor. Making me respect even more the work of doctors, nurses etc and the NHS in general. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail