Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual by Rebecca Burgess

61 reviews

tymeart's review

hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

metaphorsandmisc's review

informative reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Acephobia/Arophobia

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Drug use, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

melsage1823's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

kat_pants's review

informative reflective fast-paced

3.5

This graphic memoir is informative about asexuality, and an insightful window into the author's youth and struggles. I personally didn't love the art style, and found that the focus on asexuality was a bit muddled with the book's other themes of autism and OCD. I feel that the title mis-represents the story as a handbook to asexual people or their loved ones, while the story mostly focuses on Bex's personal story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia

casperoliver's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

I've never felt so represented as an asexual person with severe OCD. I absolutely adore this book !!

cursed10fold's review

emotional funny informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault and Vomit

readandfindout's review

informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

Style/writing: 4 stars
Themes: 4 stars
Perspective: 4.5 stars
Art: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual harassment

the_vegan_bookworm's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.75

A great read about a autistic and asexual person living with OCD, and the ways that they came to understand their identity. The artwork is great, the narrative is strong and I think that folks who share those lived experiences will see themselves represented.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

cedar_wood's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

Wow, it's kind of scary how much the author and I have in common. It was really comforting to learn how they were able to survive and forge out a happy life despite experiencing ocd and emetophobia. And their experience being asexual was very relatable. It made me grateful that I grew up in a time where it was easier to stumble upon resources about asexuality through the internet. I kind of wish that there was more to the book, because sometimes it felt like I was missing information. But overall I really liked it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

londonfog_13's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

One artist’s journey exploring and coming to understand their asexuality. Almost equal time and space seems to be given to their experience as a person with OCD and how they managed the symptoms of anxiety and panic. 

There were some pages or scenes within a chapter where there was a quick transition and I went looking for the missing page or whatever I missed, but I had in fact not missed anything. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Acephobia/Arophobia