It also made me fearful of the world, like, the mistreatment in facilities and the mental health world. I want to help people, help people that are like me. The purpose I decided for myself, I want to be a teacher or counselor. There is so much information to take in and it made me remember my purpose. I didn’t read the description but I found this book to be amazing. At first, I chose this book because I wanted to know how to manage my own suicidal thoughts. I’ve never cut myself but I still deal with issues. Though I have never attempted suicide, I have had suicidal thoughts. Hello, my name is Keira, and I am 16 years old. I have been dealing with depression and anxiety for a whole section of my life, you might not take me seriously because of my age. At once heartrending and humorous, outraging and serious, this is a must-listen for anyone touched by depression - and that's everyone. She interviews psychiatrists and other experts to reveal how primitive our methods of healing the brain still are - and provides an invaluable guide to a system struggling, and often failing, to help those in need. In Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me, Mehler Paperny turns her journalist's eye on her own experience and others' - in the ward as an outpatient facing family, friends, and coworkers finding the right meds trying to stay insured and employed. Nevertheless, she spiraled out, attempted suicide (the first of more attempts to follow), and landed in the ICU and then in a psych ward before setting out to tackle her recovery. In her early 20s, investigative journalist Anna Mehler Paperny had already landed her dream job. An engrossing memoir-meets-investigative-report that takes a fresh, frank look at how we treat depression.
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