A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind: How to Be Normal in Your Twenties with Anxiety and Depression

By Emily Reynolds

Book Overview

Your twenties can be isolating, infuriating and painful--but how do you stay healthy and realistic when you're also dealing with depression, mania, or anxiety? Emily Reynolds's A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind explores the unique challenges, including:

How to deal with pressure at school and collegeTips for dating when you are mentally ill (and what to expect when you're on the other side)Handling self-harm and suicidal thoughtsAdvice for your family and friendsLearning how to navigate the internet and the online communityAdvice on diagnosis, treatment, and maintaining your mental health

A blackly funny, deeply compassionate, and extremely practical book, A Beginner's Guide to Losing Your Mind is all at once the author's personal account of what it's like to live with mental illness, a guide to dealing with and understanding it, and a companion to make the journey feel a little less lonely.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1492642096
• ISBN13: 9781492642091
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"