Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

How to Be Autistic by Charlotte Amelia Poe

5 reviews

stirlitza's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Eating disorder, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

questingnotcoasting's review

emotional sad fast-paced

3.5

This was such an interesting memoir. It's quite short and Poe has a very casual writing style which meant I flew through it but it is a very hard read at times. I felt so immersed in their past life experiences, lots of which are traumatic so it's a real emotional rollercoaster. I wouldn't necessarily recommend this for a reader who knows nothing about autism, since it's such a personal account, but if you're looking to expand on what you already know this would be a valuable book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

felicityebhaslin's review against another edition

inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Self harm

demo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Vomit, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

High school form teacher is abusive towards the author - doesn't really fit into any of the above content warning categories

morgan_from_mars's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

I'm autistic and I love love this book. So much of our experience is written by non-autistic people and even if it includes us it is the stereotypical socially awkward white boy who loves science/maths. This is a nonbinary asexual person who has friends and enjoys art. I love them and I saw so much of my experience reflected in their memoir. I cannot recommend this enough if you want to know how autistic people actually are.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Bullying, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide