Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America by Elizabeth Wurtzel

17 reviews

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

rae_diant's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Despite its flaws, this has got to be one of the best books I've read. Slow paced but a devouring read. You empathize with Wurtzel even when you know, and she knows, she screwed up. A fight through depression with an inspiring end. As someone who suffers from depression but is in a good place right now, I only recommend this book to someone who is in a healthy mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kaylyn18's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction and Mental illness

poisontree's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

omfg
this got me out of a month long slump and it’s probably because of the tone of her writing
there was a lot to relate to and wasnt super gruelling to read
i definitely understand the grouping of prozac nation, girl interrupted and the bell jar
will i ever get tired of the depressed white girl genre who knows
i think at times i didnt really know what was happening but just went with it, reminding myself it was all nonfiction 
i think the biggest thing for me is seeing similarities in my world
i feel like more than half the people in our generation would doubly relate to this
i found the fact that the last pages suddenly were about nirvana kinda funny but it made sense
i live for pop culture references and music references so i really liked reading this
thats all
from ur trusty neighbourhood camibug

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

slugmilk's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

annalatalo's review

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Self harm

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

alice_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse