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Help Me: My Perfectly Disastrous Journey through the World of Self-Help by Marianne Power
4 reviews
iaproton's review against another edition
1.5 stars ⭐
Help Me! Starts off rather depressing and long winded before you get to chapter 1,the whole point of the book. Then she proceeds to spend a month doing things that scare her. These were sort of on a scale of increasing intensity ( a CBT technique) but very detailed descriptions of the physiological and mental symptoms of anxiety could be triggering and felt unnecessary.
Although it is nice to see her conquer her fears and succeed and her awkward Miranda Hart type embarrassments and awkwardness,anyone with an anxiety disorder who follows this process could seriously backfire and lead to shame and at worst flashbacks and more intense aversion and anxiety,self hatred & criticism for "failing". The things she chose to face that scared her some seemed randomly picked and of no practical use to her daily life,some she did while drinking alcohol,some like parallel parking seemed appropriate for her specific fears. Cramming all these into a month unsupported is also a pretty stupid idea,depending on general baseline stress levels (& trauma) you could damage yourself mentally and physically with the extra stressors without any time to recover by doing multiple fear confrontations per day,cold water exposure isn't safe for everyone either.Her choice of self help books were really a mixed bag ,lacking any self-compassion books and pushing her to self loathing. Do more for others when you're a people pleaser ,how do those go together?
Her mental ruminations, mentally beating herself up can become unpleasant to listen to,whiny and paranoid at times,depressing with multiple hints of morbidity.I skipped quite a few chapters,it was padded with unnecessary descriptions.
It's more informative about thinking and emotions when depressed rather than anything informative about self-help books and more of a story about her life than her applying principles in self help books.
Her mother isn't exactly the nicest, most supportive parent and doesn't seem to contribute much to the book.The Brenée Brown chapter is more about her falling out with her friend and reconnecting than her learning and applying anything from the book.The last chapters lead to her having a mental breakdown.
🙅♀️
It wasn't as informative as I hoped and I don't recommend it to anyone already struggling. It was described as hilarious and heartwarming. I found it was quite the opposite, disturbing,dar and quite sad unless you find her having terro nightmares of her murdering her family and crying in public.
Help Me! Starts off rather depressing and long winded before you get to chapter 1,the whole point of the book. Then she proceeds to spend a month doing things that scare her. These were sort of on a scale of increasing intensity ( a CBT technique) but very detailed descriptions of the physiological and mental symptoms of anxiety could be triggering and felt unnecessary.
Although it is nice to see her conquer her fears and succeed and her awkward Miranda Hart type embarrassments and awkwardness,anyone with an anxiety disorder who follows this process could seriously backfire and lead to shame and at worst flashbacks and more intense aversion and anxiety,self hatred & criticism for "failing". The things she chose to face that scared her some seemed randomly picked and of no practical use to her daily life,some she did while drinking alcohol,some like parallel parking seemed appropriate for her specific fears. Cramming all these into a month unsupported is also a pretty stupid idea,depending on general baseline stress levels (& trauma) you could damage yourself mentally and physically with the extra stressors without any time to recover by doing multiple fear confrontations per day,cold water exposure isn't safe for everyone either.Her choice of self help books were really a mixed bag ,lacking any self-compassion books and pushing her to self loathing. Do more for others when you're a people pleaser ,how do those go together?
Her mental ruminations, mentally beating herself up can become unpleasant to listen to,whiny and paranoid at times,depressing with multiple hints of morbidity.I skipped quite a few chapters,it was padded with unnecessary descriptions.
It's more informative about thinking and emotions when depressed rather than anything informative about self-help books and more of a story about her life than her applying principles in self help books.
Her mother isn't exactly the nicest, most supportive parent and doesn't seem to contribute much to the book.The Brenée Brown chapter is more about her falling out with her friend and reconnecting than her learning and applying anything from the book.The last chapters lead to her having a mental breakdown.
🙅♀️
It wasn't as informative as I hoped and I don't recommend it to anyone already struggling. It was described as hilarious and heartwarming. I found it was quite the opposite, disturbing,dar and quite sad unless you find her having terro nightmares of her murdering her family and crying in public.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Alcohol
Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder
Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and War
dentist,money worries,melanomarushxsoubi's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. I lived through the journey with her. It was so well written that I could almost feel what she was feeling. All the highs and lows.
I also enjoyed reading about someone who actually followed the advice of self-help and let us see the 'efficiency' of the books.
To be honest it was at times EXHAUSTING being in her head. Just as exhausting as it was for her I imagine. I kind of get it because it is what really happened but it made it hard to keep listening at times.
Finally, I listened to the audiobook and the production was great. Marianne reading her own story made it come to life.
I also enjoyed reading about someone who actually followed the advice of self-help and let us see the 'efficiency' of the books.
To be honest it was at times EXHAUSTING being in her head. Just as exhausting as it was for her I imagine. I kind of get it because it is what really happened but it made it hard to keep listening at times.
Finally, I listened to the audiobook and the production was great. Marianne reading her own story made it come to life.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
madscientistcat's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
lutheranjulia's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
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