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Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'
First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Story About Anxiety by Sarah Wilson
10 reviews
marianajosefa's review against another edition
also the random advice of leaving anti depressants? you are not a professional and it’s dangerous to suggest such thing. anti medication messages. fuck no.
also using a holocaust survivor memoir and use it to make your point about anxiety? doesn’t feel good.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
rhymeswithcarmen's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
gondorgirl's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Chronic illness and Mental illness
Moderate: Ableism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy
gilh0_0ley's review against another edition
1.5
I have to credit her for writing so candidly about her own experiences, but that's about it. Even with my above concerns aside, the book's structure is so haphazard that it' a chaotic read.
This is not a book for a person in crisis.
Graphic: Mental illness
klariti's review against another edition
Which leads me to my next issue. Sarah Wilson is privileged in that she is successful. And her anxiety helped her get there.
Not all people experience anxiety that way. For some folks it's debilitating. Anxiety makes some people's lives worse not better. It's not something some people want to celebrate.
This isn't to say that some people have grown from their anxiety, but her whole vibe is that we should embrace our anxiety and let it make us successful. She makes it seem like we can all learn to be successful from our anxiety, which just isn't true.
The other thing that upset me, was that within 30 pages of the book she talks about going off her medication without talking about how incredibly dangerous it is. It isn't until later in the book that she talks about only tapering off your medication with doctor supervision. I think it's really dangerous not to mention that right away.
Overall, I really just couldn't get on board with her message. I agree that there can be some beautiful or useful things about anxiety and mental illness, but to just want to focus so much on using it for the positive erases so many folks experiences.
Also, not all of us are privileged enough to be able to talk to the Dali Lama and do yoga with famous people. A lot of people can't even afford therapy. So
braggadocious. 😒
Graphic: Fatphobia and Mental illness
bravelass85's review against another edition
4.0
Minor: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts
erinwolf1997's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Chronic illness and Mental illness
Moderate: Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Pregnancy
tuckysinclaire's review against another edition
Moderate: Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Suicide attempt
shewantsthediction's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Fatphobia and Infertility
Minor: Toxic relationship
mckeelyshannon's review against another edition
The more anxious we are, the more we’d really love someone to come and take the load off us and help us cope for a bit. This presents us with another cruel anxious irony, doesn’t it:
The more anxious we are, the more high functioning we will make ourselves appear, which just encourages the world to lean on us more.
Anxiety... it’s a befuddling clusterfuckery for everyone involved.”
Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts