Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

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

19 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

raventheclaw19's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

This was a good book. It was nice to read a book about autism by an autistic author. I didn’t really learn a lot, but it was good to learn about other people’s experiences. 
I liked the content warnings (though I do wish there had been a warning for the discussions of bullying) and the markers of exactly where the triggering content was. I thought that was incredibly helpful. I liked the combination of memoir, self-help, and information about autism. It was well-balanced, which I feel like most nonfiction books of that type struggle to pull off. 
I’m docking half a point because I wish Hayden would’ve done more with the Disney movie analogies (you can’t lead the book by saying you’re going to connect everything to three Disney movies and then reference ten movies, and only a few times in the entire book). And, good god, the fucking grammar. I don’t care about UK/Australian spellings, but use the goddamn Oxford comma!!! And there were a lot of sentences that didn’t quite make sense, or redundant paragraphs that could’ve been removed. 
I’m also just a little bummed because I didn’t find it super helpful. I think that if I’d read this when I was first learning about being autistic, it would’ve been great, but now I’m at a place where I accept myself so I didn’t really need most of what Hayden was saying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, and Ableism

Moderate: Sexual assault

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

electraheart05's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, 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

katiewhocanread's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Bullying

Moderate: Suicide, Mental 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

marissab's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Ableism, Body shaming, and Eating disorder