Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After by Chloé Hayden

9 reviews

praisethee's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I have never read a book that has felt like me ever and I think this is a must read for anyone whether autistic or not. Chloe's raw emotions and stories really help me to empathise with them and with myself 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Pedophilia, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Grief, Medical content, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Rape, and Self harm

swanny_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

This is one of the first books I've read about neurodiversity from a neurodiverse person. 

I'm on my own journey, and I appreciated reading a story that echoed feelings I had growing up and experiences that I still have today. 

I found occasionally it repeated something that had been said, but that's not a bad thing just an observation. 

This is another tool that can help me on my own self discovery, and I hope will help me feel better that I'm 33 trying to figure this out. 

I've listed some triggers in the list, but those triggers are labelled in the book as well. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Suicide, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Self harm, and Child abuse

aseel_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Hands down one of the best books ever, as well as one of the best ND resources I've consumed. I felt very seen and reminded that I'm worthy of good things. I definitely will be forcing all of my ND friends to read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Ableism

Moderate: Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Vomit

madelinequinne's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

A beautifully written account of like as an autistic woman and all the wonderful and not so wonderful things that come with it. I adore Chloé’s writing voice, it’s so personal and you can really feel her passion and love for what she’s doing in this book. I highly recommend for all autistic people who need proof that it’s possible for us to have wonderful lives, and for all neurotypicals to learn what life as an autistic person is really like, and how to support us best

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

cosmicsapphic's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicide, Chronic illness, and Sexual assault

teatales's review against another edition

3.75

Overall quite good and I learned some things. Written in quite a conversational way, with contractions etc that was interesting. Still a bit confused why so many things had triggers but the section on Nazis and eugenics didn't.  A little tokenistic at times I think, could have included more perspectives and experiences. The author is a little prone to hyperbole too if you're unfamiliar with her work 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Mental illness, Antisemitism, Physical abuse, Bullying, and Child abuse

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Ableism

Minor: Sexism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Chronic illness, Sexual assault, and Panic attacks/disorders

rain08's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

this was the best thing i’ve ever read, i was covered in goosebumps 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Bullying, and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Chronic illness, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Self harm

bailey_sachs's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault and Chronic illness