Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America by Elizabeth Wurtzel

16 reviews

mmadill227's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Pregnancy

redflower10's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

4.0

I saw a TikTok that said this book made them drop out of school and get sectioned in a psych ward - I think this tells you everything you may need to know. Avoid if you experience depressive moods as this may trigger you like nothing else before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

unavenusleyendo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Vomit

sare1125's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Mental illness

alyssagee11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

taunusleserin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

Im Alter von 27 Jahren schrieb Elizabeth Wurtzel einen autobiographischen Roman über ihr Leben mit Depressionen, die bei ihr im Alter von  11 Jahren (im Summer Camp) starteten. Das Buch wurde 1994 veröffentlicht und 2001 mit Christina Ricci in der Hauptrolle verfilmt. 

Ich habe das Buch im Original gelesen (die deutsche Übersetzung muss wohl sehr schlecht sein), und obwohl es fast 30 Jahre alt ist, ist es immer noch hochaktuell. Es ist sehr gut geschrieben, man kann sich gut in die Autorin hineinversetzen, deren Leben aus einer Spirale von Therapie und Rückschlägen besteht; und dennoch schreibt sie so klar und reflektiert. Zudem spiegelt es sehr gut den Zeitgeist Amerikas Ende der 1970er und der 80er wieder. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

pun1sher's review against another edition

4.0

I'm about to cry my eyes out because it's so weird to read something that seems so much like something I could write

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Alcohol

rabidmilfs's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Rape

froggybooks's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

2.75

ugh. it was insufferable. relatable but insufferable.

the end and the afterword were good. it was just so long and waffly. also surprise ipswich appearance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy