Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Unmasking Autism: The Power of Embracing Our Hidden Neurodiversity by Devon Price

14 reviews

aseel_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I think everyone should read this. So well written, supported by a lot of research (the author has a PhD in social psychology) and so intersectional and beautiful 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Transphobia

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Classism

ssolov's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

korourke's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

No book has put its hand in my brain and scrambled it around in such a good way like this book has. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Medical content

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

feminerdity's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

talis_turner's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

espressoreader's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I felt that this would have been very well representative to me, but for the pressure about genders and sexuality.  I felt that the author looks down on people of faith and categorizes us all as “hateful” and “manipulative.”  That is an unfortunate and unfair bias.  

I agree there are problems in the legal system, but I disagree with the politics behind defunding the police.  A crime committed by an autistic person or a person of color is not LESS harmful because of their disability or their background.  I say that as an autistic person of faith with a multiracial family. 

Regardless of religious and political differences, where the topic of autism and masking came up it was informative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

michaelion's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative tense medium-paced

4.5

I didn't read this book. Page after page after page, this book read me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Gaslighting, and Classism

waybeyondblue's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Transphobia, Outing, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism

linblythe_pub22's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

This book has helped me immeasurably. It taught me new and deeper ways of unmasking with the help of what felt like a parasocial relationship with autistic community via the extensive interviews and sources used in the book. It doesn't give you any copout answers; Dr Price lays out the small thing autistic folk like me can do for ourselves but more significantly, the systemic changes we must fight for if the world is to be safe, free and joyful for everyone.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Medical content

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

kjoli's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria