Reviews tagging 'Schizophrenia/Psychosis '

The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang

50 reviews

kerishma's review

emotional informative reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

moonyreadsbystarlight's review

informative reflective

4.5

This was an excellent essay collection about the author's experience of schizoaffective and bipolar disorders. She talks about her experience of it, parts of the process getting diagnoses, dealing with ableism in various contexts, spirituality, media, and more. Not only does it show the mind of the author in some ways, it says a lot about how people with these less socially acceptable symptoms and disorders are treated.

The only real drawback of this was some of the discussion around autism in one of the essays. It felt very dated and I'm not sure how to feel about some of the discussion around functioning labels. So that is why I didn't give it a full 5 stars. The rest of the collection was really solid and very interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, Ableism, Death, Suicide attempt, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Rape and Suicide

annvalentine's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Chronic illness

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Self harm and Rape

glitterypiggies's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

anna_brabazon's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Ableism and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Sexual violence

creativerunnings's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, Medical content, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Chronic illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

hmetwade's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

cwissybwd's review

informative medium-paced

4.5

This book served its purpose in making me feel less alone. I was diagnosed with schizoaffective as well, and her essays are so well-written. There’s a lot of good information, and the anecdotes are so well-described, you could almost feel it, too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Rape

sjbshannon's review

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Medical trauma

newgene's review

informative medium-paced

3.5

I enjoyed reading this book for another lived perspective about the psychotic experience, but fall short of a good rating and hesitate to recommend it for some troubling opinions in the book. The author focuses a lot on differentiating herself as “high functioning,” beyond admission of privilege, and there was a lot of othering in the book. There were also some victim blaming remarks that implied police officers and hospitals have an excuse for cruelty towards some people living with psychosis. Overall there were some interesting observations made about living with psychosis in an ableist society, but I really think the author has some growing to do. If it is not triggering for you I recommend reading it with a grain of salt. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Ableism, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide