A review by mrspenningalovesbooks
(Don't) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health by Kelly Jensen
4.0
I gave this four stars because it’s the first of its kind and incredibly necessary. Authors, celebrities, and ordinary people sharing their experiences, memories, essays, and opinions about the treatment of Mental Heath in our country. I didn’t love all of the chapters or excerpts, but I found them all moving and thought-provoking in some way. Opening up the discussion for even the language and connotations surrounding mental illnesses was really interesting.
My favorites are “Dear 14 year old Milck”, “Rituals,” “Fighting the War on the Home Front”, “Black Hole by VE Schwab,” “I’m over staying silent about Depression” by Kristen Bell, Happiness Goes on” by Adam Silvera, “Survival Mode” by Hannah Bae and SE Smith’s “call me crazy.”
Lots to do with those excerpts in AP LANG, but also a great read for anyone who wants to understand the beauty, struggles, and journey with so many different mental illnesses. I liked the one except that said it isn’t my identity. It isn’t an illness. It’s something that is inherently part of me like an eye color or hair texture. But it doesn’t have to be looked at negatively.
“There’s nothing wrong with being crazy. There is something wrong with the way society thinks about madness.” —SE Smith
“Disability may present inconveniences and frustrations at times, but honestly, so does being alive.” —SE Smith
“Mental health check ins should be as routine as going to the doctor or dentist.” —Kristen bell
“I only wish someone would have told me I was not crazy, but sick, and there was a way to get better.”
—Sarah Gomez
My favorites are “Dear 14 year old Milck”, “Rituals,” “Fighting the War on the Home Front”, “Black Hole by VE Schwab,” “I’m over staying silent about Depression” by Kristen Bell, Happiness Goes on” by Adam Silvera, “Survival Mode” by Hannah Bae and SE Smith’s “call me crazy.”
Lots to do with those excerpts in AP LANG, but also a great read for anyone who wants to understand the beauty, struggles, and journey with so many different mental illnesses. I liked the one except that said it isn’t my identity. It isn’t an illness. It’s something that is inherently part of me like an eye color or hair texture. But it doesn’t have to be looked at negatively.
“There’s nothing wrong with being crazy. There is something wrong with the way society thinks about madness.” —SE Smith
“Disability may present inconveniences and frustrations at times, but honestly, so does being alive.” —SE Smith
“Mental health check ins should be as routine as going to the doctor or dentist.” —Kristen bell
“I only wish someone would have told me I was not crazy, but sick, and there was a way to get better.”
—Sarah Gomez