A review by francisopal
(Don't) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation About Mental Health by Kelly Jensen
5.0
Full review: https://bookpeopleteens.wordpress.com/2018/11/29/review-dont-call-me-crazy/
The diverse perspectives (Don’t) Call Me Crazy supplies are something I’ve never seen before, portraying mental illness from every possible angle. Also, it doesn’t focus on one kind of illness: it covers everything from anxiety to trichotillomania to bipolar disorder to everything outside and in-between. Mental illness is a spectrum, and it’s often hard to categorize feelings, but the higher diversity of labels we put out there, the more people can begin to understand what it’s like to be crazy. Rating: five crazy fives/five
For fans of: [b:More Happy Than Not|19542841|More Happy Than Not|Adam Silvera|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1437759419s/19542841.jpg|27669922] by Adam Silvera, [b:Turtles All the Way Down|35504431|Turtles All the Way Down|John Green|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1503002776s/35504431.jpg|21576687] by John Green, [b:Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens|35120779|Unbroken 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens|Marieke Nijkamp|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1529583627s/35120779.jpg|56436438]
Favorite quotes:
- “How much pain and devastation could we avoid by fixing the root of the problem instead of cowering away in fear?”
- “Paper has always listened. When I was young and full of shame and loneliness, I could write down my pain and the paper took it… But no matter what happened, I always had control over what I put on paper.”
- “Don’t let the Muggle-like thoughts dim your magic, dear!”
- “We all have things - and sometimes people - we are unable to look in the eye.”
The diverse perspectives (Don’t) Call Me Crazy supplies are something I’ve never seen before, portraying mental illness from every possible angle. Also, it doesn’t focus on one kind of illness: it covers everything from anxiety to trichotillomania to bipolar disorder to everything outside and in-between. Mental illness is a spectrum, and it’s often hard to categorize feelings, but the higher diversity of labels we put out there, the more people can begin to understand what it’s like to be crazy. Rating: five crazy fives/five
For fans of: [b:More Happy Than Not|19542841|More Happy Than Not|Adam Silvera|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1437759419s/19542841.jpg|27669922] by Adam Silvera, [b:Turtles All the Way Down|35504431|Turtles All the Way Down|John Green|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1503002776s/35504431.jpg|21576687] by John Green, [b:Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens|35120779|Unbroken 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens|Marieke Nijkamp|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1529583627s/35120779.jpg|56436438]
Favorite quotes:
- “How much pain and devastation could we avoid by fixing the root of the problem instead of cowering away in fear?”
- “Paper has always listened. When I was young and full of shame and loneliness, I could write down my pain and the paper took it… But no matter what happened, I always had control over what I put on paper.”
- “Don’t let the Muggle-like thoughts dim your magic, dear!”
- “We all have things - and sometimes people - we are unable to look in the eye.”