No Such Thing as Normal: From the author of Glorious Rock Bottom

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No Such Thing as Normal: From the author of Glorious Rock Bottom

No Such Thing as Normal: From the author of Glorious Rock Bottom

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Obviously it has been an immensely stressful, even traumatic, period calculated to cause recurrence of mental illnesses. Instead, it felt like a sub-standad 'how to deal with poor mental health' tool kit book but with nothing we haven't heard before. I have saved it in its entirety onto my phone’s library so when things are feeling too much, I can listen to any chapter I need to, to remind myself that I can get through whatever emotion I am feeling and I’m not alone. It's very much a "here's what I've learned that might be helpful to others" kind of vibe, and she is very clear that she is not a MH professional, merely speaking from experience. In No Such Thing As Normal, Bryony offers sensible, practical advice, covering subjects such as sleep, addiction, worry, medication, self-image, boundary setting, therapy, learned behaviour, mindfulness and, of course - as the founder of Mental Health Mates - the power of walking and talking.

Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. However, unfortunately, this book lacked the originality, pizazz and personality that Gordon had in Mad Girl. Instead, I breathe, and remember that my insecurities do not make me a bad person - they just make me a person, one who, through various very normal life events, doesn't always have a strong sense of self-worth. We can only perpetuate emotional and mental stigma if we have a comparison population without such problems.

I remember thinking "oh, bright cover, I like it" and that's about it when I saw this book 🤣 But with the bright cover, comes a very nice guide to mental health.

It certainly got me thinking about mental health and how generalisable advice about it can reasonably be.Thoughts have such a powerful force over our day to day lifestyle and making sure that these are positive amongst everything that is going on in our lives is so important. Exploring day to day anxiety, stress and intrusive thoughts, Bryony tackles worry head-on and provides tools and tips for how to manage it. I've listened to almost all of Bryony Gordon's books and have enjoyed following her mental health journey - a joy to listen to even when she is talking about the most difficult topics.

I’ve also stopped judging silly little things that seemed odd to me—like how the Chinese eat tomatoes with sugar because, to them, the cherry tomato is not a vegetable, but a fruit.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. I loved it, will listen to it again and again and will recommend it to others - actually, i already have!

When reading 'self-help' books I usually go through with sticky notes and leave them on pages that made me feel inspired, to come back to when needed - I only used 3 sticky notes throughout this whole book. It’s essential that we embrace our differences with compassion and accept diversity as a reality of the world we all live in. This is a bang up to date book packed with easy to digest information and really helpful and realistic practical tips to help you create a strategy for improving your mental health and well-being.I share quite a few traits with Gordon but this book made me realise the thing that I already knew with acknowledgement - that my rational side is usually louder. It also presupposes that everyone's experience of mental illness has a coherent narrative structure, which I highly doubt. As a non-UK reader, the principle could be similar, but it adds an extra step to find their equivalent. Once again Bryony's honesty and passion for supporting others is so inspiring and it has changed my life.



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