It's a collection of the funny, sad, shocking and weird stuff that has happened to me along the way. Joes story is far from pretty and very heartbreaking at times and the reason behind him writing this book is one of pure honestly. In the end I decided to go ahead and read it, with the understanding I could stop if it was too much for me and pick it up again whenever I felt I was ready. Trying to fix my broken brain by writing a gratitude list is like trying to remove a tumour with a fucking spoon. Excellently and honestly written this is a man on a mission and believe me hes enlightening people with this book.

His videos on his mental health are not silly joy and they are not captivatingly cringy, but they do manage to be serious, informative and funny. Toda noite ficava animada pra ler mais do livro e descobrir o que mais eu e o Joe tínhamos em comum. Tracini was also very open and honest about his mental health during this time too and regularly posted videos about his struggles. It had to be dragged into the world, with my condition telling me that every single word, sentence and chapter was terrible and would make strangers walk up to me in the street and punch me in the face. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.This is not a comfortable book to read, but it is a brave, important and necessary book that shines a light on a lot of the issues around mental health and how we as a society deal with it. It doesn't just make an argument for honesty, it makes one for kindness and understanding (without ever taking them for granted). Sure thing, we don’t experience BPD’s symptoms the same way, it’s different for everyone but i still could relate on so many things written by Joe.

Having suffered from my own mental health and PTSD for many years, I always like to hear from others who can share their own personal stories. It's so common for people with BPD to take their own lives that it's one of the only mental illnesses that lists suicide as a symptom. An extraordinary, heartbreaking and hilarious memoir from comedian, actor and mental health activist Joe Tracini, on how to live your life with a voice in your head that tells you to kill yourself every day. I have an eerily similar brain to the author, so I loved this book and highlighted sections to an ungodly degree. Heartbreaking and very honest, this ‘ not a self help book ‘ details Joe’s descent into and emergence from addiction while battling with his mental health and suicidal state.Having somebody put their arm around you and proselytize is something you find all too much in books, but having someone pat your arm and say 'yeah, I get that' with real empathy in their voice is very rare, and this felt like walking in the park with somebody who wasn't judging me.