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funny
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reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Over the past few years, I've been making an effort to seek out perspectives from people with heavily stigmatized diagnoses: anti-social personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, etc. I'm very committed to disability justice action, and I think this is an important part of that that often gets overlooked. If we accept that mental illness is a disability, than we have to accept that it's, well, unacceptable to malign specific illnesses and disorders as if people with them are inherently evil.
As an autistic person, I felt very seen in this book. Like the author, I too have many experiences of people getting angry at me for not having the facial expression/emotional reaction that they expect in a given situation. I felt the frustration of the author as she tried her best to be honest and fit in, yet people still made assumptions about her and tried to use her. Overall, I thought the book was well written and often hilarious. I highly recommend it.
As an autistic person, I felt very seen in this book. Like the author, I too have many experiences of people getting angry at me for not having the facial expression/emotional reaction that they expect in a given situation. I felt the frustration of the author as she tried her best to be honest and fit in, yet people still made assumptions about her and tried to use her. Overall, I thought the book was well written and often hilarious. I highly recommend it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Stalking
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism
Minor: Animal death, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Pregnancy
Eugenics, incarceration