Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence by Meg Kissinger

15 reviews

bookscatteandme's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Antisemitism, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

nialystic's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

tonya_barr's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

mnholden's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

bornglamorous's review

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

katreena's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Very raw! 
This memoir explorers a lot of the uncomfortable feelings that people don't talk about having when in a mentally ill family. The author doesn't sugarcoat suicide and shows the real emotions for multiple sides. The author is a journalist so it's very well written and informative sections. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Alcohol

alisherly's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

malalaisee's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I wish that there was a bit more balance between traditional memoir and journalism-style coverage of others’ stories, since it throws the pacing off a bit, but otherwise, this is a great, digestible, and beautifully written story. I can’t imagine how hard it must have been to write and share.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault, Car accident, and War

louiepotterbook's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

caldweka's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Suicide, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Cancer and Abortion