50 Books like Divided Minds

The Best Minds

by Jonathan Rosen • 2023

He was the face of schizophrenia recovery. Then he murdered his pregnant fiancée.

4.03

18k+

🌪️ Schizophrenia Narratives 🔬 Forensic Psychiatry 🏛️ Insanity Defense 🏥 Deinstitutionalization 🎓 Meritocracy Critique

The Best Minds 97%

He was the face of schizophrenia recovery. Then he murdered his pregnant fiancée.

by Jonathan Rosen 2023

4.03

18k+ ratings

🌪️ Schizophrenia Narratives 🔬 Forensic Psychiatry 🏛️ Insanity Defense 🏥 Deinstitutionalization 🎓 Meritocracy Critique

The Center Cannot Hold

by Elyn R. Saks • 2007

Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.

4.33

23k+

📖 Psychosis Memoirs 🧠 Chronic Mental Illness 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition 🏥 Institutional Psychiatry 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

The Center Cannot Hold 97%

Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.

by Elyn R. Saks 2007

4.33

23k+ ratings

📖 Psychosis Memoirs 🧠 Chronic Mental Illness 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition 🏥 Institutional Psychiatry 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

Madness

by Marya Hornbacher • 2008

At four, she never slept. At thirty, she'd survived mania, addiction, and the psychiatric ward.

4.04

15k+

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🍷 Dual Diagnosis 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 🏥 Psychiatric Hospitals

Madness 96%

At four, she never slept. At thirty, she'd survived mania, addiction, and the psychiatric ward.

by Marya Hornbacher 2008

4.04

15k+ ratings

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🍷 Dual Diagnosis 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 🏥 Psychiatric Hospitals

In My Room

by Jim Lucey • 2014

Recovery is possible even when mental illness persists. A psychiatrist proves it, case by case.

3.38

203

🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🌱 Recovery Journeys 💬 Stigma And Mental Health 🩹 Trauma And Recovery 🔄 Recovery Model

In My Room 96%

Recovery is possible even when mental illness persists. A psychiatrist proves it, case by case.

by Jim Lucey 2014

3.38

203 ratings

🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🌱 Recovery Journeys 💬 Stigma And Mental Health 🩹 Trauma And Recovery 🔄 Recovery Model

No One Cares About Crazy People

by Ron Powers • 2017

Two sons, schizophrenia, and a journalist's investigation into why America jails the mentally ill.

3.87

4k+

🏛️ Psychiatric History 📋 Mental Health Policy 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Memoir 🏚️ Deinstitutionalization 💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics

No One Cares About Crazy People 96%

Two sons, schizophrenia, and a journalist's investigation into why America jails the mentally ill.

by Ron Powers 2017

3.87

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Psychiatric History 📋 Mental Health Policy 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Memoir 🏚️ Deinstitutionalization 💊 Pharmaceutical Ethics

An Unquiet Mind

by Kay Redfield Jamison • 1995

A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.

4.06

87k+

🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🩺 Patient As Expert 🎨 Creativity And Madness 💊 Medication Ambivalence

An Unquiet Mind 95%

A clinical psychologist loses her key to the locked ward. She is no longer the doctor.

by Kay Redfield Jamison 1995

4.06

87k+ ratings

🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🩺 Patient As Expert 🎨 Creativity And Madness 💊 Medication Ambivalence

Profiles in Mental Health Courage

by Patrick J. Kennedy • 2024

When mental illness and addiction go untreated together, recovery slips away. Twelve lives show how.

4.19

247

📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🔗 Co-Occurring Disorders 🔄 Addiction And Recovery 🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📢 Mental Health Advocacy

Profiles in Mental Health Courage Summary

Profiles in Mental Health Courage 95%

When mental illness and addiction go untreated together, recovery slips away. Twelve lives show how.

by Patrick J. Kennedy 2024

4.19

247 ratings

📖 Psychiatric Memoir 🔗 Co-Occurring Disorders 🔄 Addiction And Recovery 🎭 Bipolar Disorder 📢 Mental Health Advocacy

The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting

by Evanna Lynch • 2021

Before Hogwarts, a treatment center made her eat. After Hogwarts, she had to learn why.

4.52

7k+

🏥 Eating Disorder Recovery 📖 Mental Health Memoirs 🪞 Body Image 🏨 Inpatient Treatment 🎭 Creative Healing

The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting Summary

The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting 95%

Before Hogwarts, a treatment center made her eat. After Hogwarts, she had to learn why.

by Evanna Lynch 2021

4.52

7k+ ratings

🏥 Eating Disorder Recovery 📖 Mental Health Memoirs 🪞 Body Image 🏨 Inpatient Treatment 🎭 Creative Healing

The Memory Palace

by Mira Bartok • 2011

She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.

3.55

8k+

💔 Childhood Trauma 🎨 Art As Refuge 🧠 Memory And Identity 🧩 Mentally Ill Parents 🩹 Brain Injury Memoir

The Memory Palace 95%

She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.

by Mira Bartok 2011

3.55

8k+ ratings

💔 Childhood Trauma 🎨 Art As Refuge 🧠 Memory And Identity 🧩 Mentally Ill Parents 🩹 Brain Injury Memoir

The Dark Side of Innocence

by Terri Cheney • 2011

She earned straight As while a dark compulsion swung her between euphoria and despair.

3.98

2k+

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 👶 Childhood Bipolar 📖 Mental Illness Memoir 🍷 Self-Medication 🎓 Perfectionism

The Dark Side of Innocence 94%

She earned straight As while a dark compulsion swung her between euphoria and despair.

by Terri Cheney 2011

3.98

2k+ ratings

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 👶 Childhood Bipolar 📖 Mental Illness Memoir 🍷 Self-Medication 🎓 Perfectionism

Not Fade Away

by Rebecca Alexander • 2014

At 19, told she was going blind and deaf, she fell 27 feet from a window.

3.96

1k+

🦽 Disability Memoirs 👂 Sensory Loss ⏳ Progressive Illness 🧱 Posttraumatic Growth 🤟 Deaf Culture

Not Fade Away 94%

At 19, told she was going blind and deaf, she fell 27 feet from a window.

by Rebecca Alexander 2014

3.96

1k+ ratings

🦽 Disability Memoirs 👂 Sensory Loss ⏳ Progressive Illness 🧱 Posttraumatic Growth 🤟 Deaf Culture

The Man Who Couldn't Stop

by David Adam • 2014

Disturbing thoughts visit almost every mind. OCD hijacks the brain's ability to dismiss them.

3.90

6k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💭 Intrusive Thoughts 🔬 Brain Science 🧪 Exposure Therapy 📰 Science Journalism

The Man Who Couldn't Stop 94%

Disturbing thoughts visit almost every mind. OCD hijacks the brain's ability to dismiss them.

by David Adam 2014

3.90

6k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 💭 Intrusive Thoughts 🔬 Brain Science 🧪 Exposure Therapy 📰 Science Journalism

Strangers to Ourselves

by Rachel Aviv • 2022

A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.

4.10

15k+

🏷️ Psychiatric Diagnosis 🌍 Cultural Psychiatry 📖 Medical Narratives ⚖️ Critical Psychiatry 🧒 Trauma And Development

Strangers to Ourselves 94%

A diagnosis does not just name your illness. It shapes it. Five lives inside psychiatry.

by Rachel Aviv 2022

4.10

15k+ ratings

🏷️ Psychiatric Diagnosis 🌍 Cultural Psychiatry 📖 Medical Narratives ⚖️ Critical Psychiatry 🧒 Trauma And Development

Darkness Visible

by William Styron • 1990

Depression is not sadness. A Pulitzer-winning novelist on the illness that feels like drowning.

3.99

32k+

🩺 Clinical Depression ✍️ Literary Memoir 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🌅 Depression Recovery 🛑 Suicide Prevention

Darkness Visible 94%

Depression is not sadness. A Pulitzer-winning novelist on the illness that feels like drowning.

by William Styron 1990

3.99

32k+ ratings

🩺 Clinical Depression ✍️ Literary Memoir 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🌅 Depression Recovery 🛑 Suicide Prevention

Sybil

by Flora Rheta Schreiber • 1973

Sixteen selves, one body, and a childhood so brutal the mind split to survive it.

3.99

91k+

🎭 Dissociative Identity 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🏥 Clinical Case Studies 🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🧩 Recovered Memory

Sybil 94%

Sixteen selves, one body, and a childhood so brutal the mind split to survive it.

by Flora Rheta Schreiber 1973

3.99

91k+ ratings

🎭 Dissociative Identity 🧒 Childhood Trauma 🏥 Clinical Case Studies 🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🧩 Recovered Memory

Building a Life Worth Living

by Marsha M. Linehan • 2020

The psychologist who created DBT was once the suicidal teenager no treatment could reach.

4.10

6k+

🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🛟 Suicide Prevention 🏥 Clinical Psychology 🎭 Borderline Personality 🔬 Therapy Development

Building a Life Worth Living 94%

The psychologist who created DBT was once the suicidal teenager no treatment could reach.

by Marsha M. Linehan 2020

4.10

6k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🛟 Suicide Prevention 🏥 Clinical Psychology 🎭 Borderline Personality 🔬 Therapy Development

Brain on Fire

by Susannah Cahalan • 2012

A phantom bug bite, then catatonia. A brain biopsy found an autoimmune disease, not mental illness.

4.09

239k+

🔍 Medical Mystery 📖 Illness Memoir 🦠 Autoimmune Disease 🧠 Neurological Disorders 👁️ Firsthand Psychosis

Brain on Fire 94%

A phantom bug bite, then catatonia. A brain biopsy found an autoimmune disease, not mental illness.

by Susannah Cahalan 2012

4.09

239k+ ratings

🔍 Medical Mystery 📖 Illness Memoir 🦠 Autoimmune Disease 🧠 Neurological Disorders 👁️ Firsthand Psychosis

Haldol and Hyacinths

by Melody Moezzi • 2013

A bipolar diagnosis, a string of psych wards, and an Iranian-American family holding her together.

3.94

1k+

🎭 Bipolar Disorder 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🤫 Mental Illness Stigma 🔄 Misdiagnosis 🌍 Cultural Identity

Haldol and Hyacinths 94%

A bipolar diagnosis, a string of psych wards, and an Iranian-American family holding her together.

by Melody Moezzi 2013

3.94

1k+ ratings

🎭 Bipolar Disorder 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🤫 Mental Illness Stigma 🔄 Misdiagnosis 🌍 Cultural Identity

Blessed Are the Crazy

by Sarah Griffith Lund • 2014

Her father had bipolar, her brother wanted to die, her cousin was executed. She still believes.

4.24

202

🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Mental Illness 🙏 Faith And Mental Health 🧘 Spiritual Practices 💪 Caregiver Support

Blessed Are the Crazy 94%

Her father had bipolar, her brother wanted to die, her cousin was executed. She still believes.

by Sarah Griffith Lund 2014

4.24

202 ratings

🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Mental Illness 🙏 Faith And Mental Health 🧘 Spiritual Practices 💪 Caregiver Support

Boy Meets Depression

by Kevin Breel • 2015

Hobbs Street looked normal from the outside. Inside, a kid was falling apart.

3.82

873

🧠 Teenage Depression 💔 Suicidal Ideation 🏠 Childhood Loneliness 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖤 Grief And Loss

Boy Meets Depression 94%

Hobbs Street looked normal from the outside. Inside, a kid was falling apart.

by Kevin Breel 2015

3.82

873 ratings

🧠 Teenage Depression 💔 Suicidal Ideation 🏠 Childhood Loneliness 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🖤 Grief And Loss

Buddha & the Borderline

by Kiera Van Gelder • 2010

BPD nearly killed her. Buddhist practice and a radical therapy brought her back.

4.11

5k+

🧠 Bpd Recovery 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🧰 Dbt Skills 💔 Attachment Trauma 🔪 Self-Destructive Behavior

Buddha & the Borderline 94%

BPD nearly killed her. Buddhist practice and a radical therapy brought her back.

by Kiera Van Gelder 2010

4.11

5k+ ratings

🧠 Bpd Recovery 🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 🧰 Dbt Skills 💔 Attachment Trauma 🔪 Self-Destructive Behavior

Nothing Holds Back the Night

by Delphine de Vigan • 2011

After her mother died, a daughter unpacks the delusions and the family secrets that fueled them.

4.35

25k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 📖 Family Biography 🕸️ Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Writing As Healing 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds

Nothing Holds Back the Night 94%

After her mother died, a daughter unpacks the delusions and the family secrets that fueled them.

by Delphine de Vigan 2011

4.35

25k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 📖 Family Biography 🕸️ Intergenerational Trauma ✍️ Writing As Healing 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds

Prozac Nation

by Elizabeth Wurtzel • 1994

At eleven she cut herself, at Harvard she overdosed, then a pill renamed a generation.

3.64

64k+

🧠 Psychiatric Memoir 📖 Confessional Memoir 🩸 Self-Harm And Cutting 💊 Antidepressant Era 🎸 Gen X Literature

Prozac Nation 94%

At eleven she cut herself, at Harvard she overdosed, then a pill renamed a generation.

by Elizabeth Wurtzel 1994

3.64

64k+ ratings

🧠 Psychiatric Memoir 📖 Confessional Memoir 🩸 Self-Harm And Cutting 💊 Antidepressant Era 🎸 Gen X Literature

Men Have Called Her Crazy

by Anna Marie Tendler • 2024

Two personality disorders, one psychiatric hospital, and the real diagnosis no doctor wrote down.

3.43

23k+

🏥 Trauma Memoir 🏨 Inpatient Psychiatry 💔 Self-Harm Recovery 🖤 Suicidal Ideation 🔥 Female Anger

Men Have Called Her Crazy 94%

Two personality disorders, one psychiatric hospital, and the real diagnosis no doctor wrote down.

by Anna Marie Tendler 2024

3.43

23k+ ratings

🏥 Trauma Memoir 🏨 Inpatient Psychiatry 💔 Self-Harm Recovery 🖤 Suicidal Ideation 🔥 Female Anger

Living Better

by Alastair Campbell • 2020

A political insider's battle with depression, and the visual framework that helps him manage it.

4.24

2k+

🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🌧️ Depression Management 🗣️ Mental Health Stigma 👥 Partner Support 🔄 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Living Better 94%

A political insider's battle with depression, and the visual framework that helps him manage it.

by Alastair Campbell 2020

4.24

2k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🌧️ Depression Management 🗣️ Mental Health Stigma 👥 Partner Support 🔄 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health

by Nathan Filer • 2019

A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.

4.28

3k+

🔍 Psychiatric Critique 💔 Trauma And Psychosis 🏘️ Social Determinants ⚖️ Medical Racism 💊 Pharma Skepticism

This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health Summary

This Book Will Change Your Mind About Mental Health 94%

A nurse turned journalist traces psychosis to its real roots: poverty, trauma, and racism.

by Nathan Filer 2019

4.28

3k+ ratings

🔍 Psychiatric Critique 💔 Trauma And Psychosis 🏘️ Social Determinants ⚖️ Medical Racism 💊 Pharma Skepticism

The Noonday Demon

by Andrew Solomon • 2000

From personal breakdown to global atlas: the biology, history, and politics of depression.

4.19

16k+

🩺 Clinical Depression 📖 Memoir And Science 💊 Integrated Treatment ⚖️ Health Inequity 🆘 Suicide Prevention

The Noonday Demon 94%

From personal breakdown to global atlas: the biology, history, and politics of depression.

by Andrew Solomon 2000

4.19

16k+ ratings

🩺 Clinical Depression 📖 Memoir And Science 💊 Integrated Treatment ⚖️ Health Inequity 🆘 Suicide Prevention

The Tell

by Amy Griffin • 2025

One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.

3.92

56k+

📖 Trauma Memoir 👶 Childhood Trauma 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧘 Somatic Healing 🔒 Repressed Memory

The Tell 93%

One MDMA session surfaced the memory her perfect life was built to outrun.

by Amy Griffin 2025

3.92

56k+ ratings

📖 Trauma Memoir 👶 Childhood Trauma 🍄 Psychedelic Therapy 🧘 Somatic Healing 🔒 Repressed Memory

Beyond Borderline

by John G. Gunderson • 2016

BPD is widely considered untreatable. The firsthand recovery stories here dismantle that myth.

3.80

405

🧠 Borderline Personality Disorder 📖 Mental Illness Memoir 🩹 Trauma And Recovery 📋 Dialectical Behavior Therapy 🌪️ Emotional Dysregulation

Beyond Borderline 93%

BPD is widely considered untreatable. The firsthand recovery stories here dismantle that myth.

by John G. Gunderson 2016

3.80

405 ratings

🧠 Borderline Personality Disorder 📖 Mental Illness Memoir 🩹 Trauma And Recovery 📋 Dialectical Behavior Therapy 🌪️ Emotional Dysregulation

Girl Walks Out of a Bar

by Lisa F. Smith • 2016

A successful Manhattan lawyer, a hidden addiction, and the Monday morning that cracked everything.

4.14

7k+

🍷 Addiction Memoir 🌅 Recovery Stories 👩 Women In Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧠 Dual Diagnosis

Girl Walks Out of a Bar 93%

A successful Manhattan lawyer, a hidden addiction, and the Monday morning that cracked everything.

by Lisa F. Smith 2016

4.14

7k+ ratings

🍷 Addiction Memoir 🌅 Recovery Stories 👩 Women In Recovery 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 🧠 Dual Diagnosis

OPEN

by Frankie Bridge • 2020

Frankie Bridge had fame, success, and a secret collapse. Recovery began when she opened her mouth.

4.30

1k+

📘 Mental Health Memoir 😣 Anxiety Management 🗣️ Speaking Out 💊 Therapy And Medication 🤗 Self-Compassion

OPEN 93%

Frankie Bridge had fame, success, and a secret collapse. Recovery began when she opened her mouth.

by Frankie Bridge 2020

4.30

1k+ ratings

📘 Mental Health Memoir 😣 Anxiety Management 🗣️ Speaking Out 💊 Therapy And Medication 🤗 Self-Compassion

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult

by Maria Bamford • 2023

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

3.71

25k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🔄 Recovery Narratives

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult 93%

Every group she joined to feel better was a cult: recovery, Hollywood, even her family.

by Maria Bamford 2023

3.71

25k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 😈 Dark Humor 🗣️ Confessional Memoir 🏚️ Family Dysfunction 🔄 Recovery Narratives

Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder

by Julie A. Fast • 2004

Bipolar disorder runs your relationship. Treat the illness first, then the partnership.

3.95

925

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 🛡️ Mental Health Caregiving 🌿 Holistic Mental Health 💑 Illness In Relationships 🪫 Caregiver Burnout

Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder Summary

Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder 93%

Bipolar disorder runs your relationship. Treat the illness first, then the partnership.

by Julie A. Fast 2004

3.95

925 ratings

🧠 Bipolar Disorder 🛡️ Mental Health Caregiving 🌿 Holistic Mental Health 💑 Illness In Relationships 🪫 Caregiver Burnout

PURE OCD

by Chrissie Hodges • 2017

Third-grade vomit, a suicide pact, invisible mental torment: a memoir of hidden OCD.

4.27

146

🧠 Ocd Memoirs 🧩 Pure O 💭 Intrusive Thoughts ⛪ Religious Scrupulosity 🤝 Self Acceptance

PURE OCD 93%

Third-grade vomit, a suicide pact, invisible mental torment: a memoir of hidden OCD.

by Chrissie Hodges 2017

4.27

146 ratings

🧠 Ocd Memoirs 🧩 Pure O 💭 Intrusive Thoughts ⛪ Religious Scrupulosity 🤝 Self Acceptance

The Minds of Billy Milligan

by Daniel Keyes • 1981

Twenty-four selves, one body, and a crime that broke the legal definition of guilt.

4.27

36k+

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🪞 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Landmark Court Cases 🧩 Memory And Identity

The Minds of Billy Milligan 93%

Twenty-four selves, one body, and a crime that broke the legal definition of guilt.

by Daniel Keyes 1981

4.27

36k+ ratings

🧠 Forensic Psychiatry 🪞 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Trauma ⚖️ Landmark Court Cases 🧩 Memory And Identity

Flying on the Inside

by Rachel Gotto • 2021

Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.

3.88

3k+

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧘 Buddhist Psychology 👧 Childhood Adversity

Flying on the Inside 93%

Cancer, drowning, brain surgery: none of it prepared her for the benzodiazepine withdrawal.

by Rachel Gotto 2021

3.88

3k+ ratings

🩹 Trauma Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧘 Buddhist Psychology 👧 Childhood Adversity

Burn Rate

by Andy Dunn • 2022

He hid bipolar disorder while building Bonobos. A jail cell forced the secret out.

4.33

3k+

🏢 Startup Memoirs 🧠 Bipolar Memoir 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 🚀 Startup Culture 💬 Vulnerable Leadership

Burn Rate 93%

He hid bipolar disorder while building Bonobos. A jail cell forced the secret out.

by Andy Dunn 2022

4.33

3k+ ratings

🏢 Startup Memoirs 🧠 Bipolar Memoir 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 🚀 Startup Culture 💬 Vulnerable Leadership

My Age of Anxiety

by Scott Stossel • 2014

Anxiety is not a disease; it's a survival mechanism that modern civilization has set on overdrive.

3.86

8k+

📖 Mental Health Memoirs 😰 Anxiety Disorders 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 👶 Attachment Theory 🛠️ Anxiety Management

My Age of Anxiety 93%

Anxiety is not a disease; it's a survival mechanism that modern civilization has set on overdrive.

by Scott Stossel 2014

3.86

8k+ ratings

📖 Mental Health Memoirs 😰 Anxiety Disorders 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 👶 Attachment Theory 🛠️ Anxiety Management

On Being Human

by Jennifer Pastiloff • 2019

Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.

3.91

4k+

🧠 Trauma Memoir 🧘‍♀️ Embodiment 💔 Vulnerability 📖 Narrative Identity 🤝 Chosen Family

On Being Human 93%

Silence the inner critic, drop the labels, and build a life you don't need to escape from.

by Jennifer Pastiloff 2019

3.91

4k+ ratings

🧠 Trauma Memoir 🧘‍♀️ Embodiment 💔 Vulnerability 📖 Narrative Identity 🤝 Chosen Family

Furiously Happy

by Jenny Lawson • 2015

When despair says forever, fight back with taxidermy, defiant joy, and inappropriate laughter.

3.89

176k+

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir ✨ Defiant Joy 💜 Radical Self-Acceptance 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🎙️ Confessional Humor

Furiously Happy 93%

When despair says forever, fight back with taxidermy, defiant joy, and inappropriate laughter.

by Jenny Lawson 2015

3.89

176k+ ratings

🧠 Mental Illness Memoir ✨ Defiant Joy 💜 Radical Self-Acceptance 🎭 Imposter Syndrome 🎙️ Confessional Humor

Nobody Ever Told Me Anything

by Rachael "Steak" Finley • 2022

She raised herself, beat cancer twice, survived fame's cruelty, and then motherhood blindsided her.

4.55

819

🏚️ Childhood Neglect 💊 Parental Addiction 📸 Toxic Fame 🔗 Codependency 🎨 Creative Resilience

Nobody Ever Told Me Anything 93%

She raised herself, beat cancer twice, survived fame's cruelty, and then motherhood blindsided her.

by Rachael "Steak" Finley 2022

4.55

819 ratings

🏚️ Childhood Neglect 💊 Parental Addiction 📸 Toxic Fame 🔗 Codependency 🎨 Creative Resilience

Just Another Kid

by Torey L. Hayden • 1988

271 pills, a bottle of scotch, and six children no one else could reach.

4.24

6k+

🏫 Special Education 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤐 Selective Mutism 🍷 Family Alcoholism ✏️ Classroom Memoirs

Just Another Kid 93%

271 pills, a bottle of scotch, and six children no one else could reach.

by Torey L. Hayden 1988

4.24

6k+ ratings

🏫 Special Education 💔 Childhood Trauma 🤐 Selective Mutism 🍷 Family Alcoholism ✏️ Classroom Memoirs

The Housekeeper's Secret

by Sandra Schnakenburg • 2024

Beloved housekeeper's secret past: lost family, abusive asylum, promise kept for 50 years.

4.21

713

🕵️‍♀️ Investigative Memoir 🔑 Family Secrets 🏚️ Institutional Abuse 🏥 Mental Institutions 🧠 Trauma And Memory

The Housekeeper's Secret 93%

Beloved housekeeper's secret past: lost family, abusive asylum, promise kept for 50 years.

by Sandra Schnakenburg 2024

4.21

713 ratings

🕵️‍♀️ Investigative Memoir 🔑 Family Secrets 🏚️ Institutional Abuse 🏥 Mental Institutions 🧠 Trauma And Memory

What I Wish People Knew About Dementia

by Wendy Mitchell • 2022

The mind fades, the senses scramble, but the emotions stay. A guide from inside dementia.

4.22

1k+

🧠 Living With Dementia 🗣️ Patient Perspectives 💬 Caregiver Communication 🤝 Person-Centered Care 📖 Medical Memoir

What I Wish People Knew About Dementia Summary

What I Wish People Knew About Dementia 93%

The mind fades, the senses scramble, but the emotions stay. A guide from inside dementia.

by Wendy Mitchell 2022

4.22

1k+ ratings

🧠 Living With Dementia 🗣️ Patient Perspectives 💬 Caregiver Communication 🤝 Person-Centered Care 📖 Medical Memoir

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants

by BLACKFORD NEWMAN KATINKA • 2016

One pill for stress, then psychosis: she slashed her arm, believing her children were dead.

3.55

144

💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption ⚠️ Psychiatric Drug Harms 🏥 Medicalization Critique 🚫 Anti-Psychiatry 🔍 Investigative Memoir

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants Summary

The Pill That Steals Lives - One Woman's Terrifying Journey to Discover the Truth About Antidepressants 93%

One pill for stress, then psychosis: she slashed her arm, believing her children were dead.

by BLACKFORD NEWMAN KATINKA 2016

3.55

144 ratings

💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption ⚠️ Psychiatric Drug Harms 🏥 Medicalization Critique 🚫 Anti-Psychiatry 🔍 Investigative Memoir

Bone

by Marion Woodman • 2000

When cancer strikes a Jungian analyst, she brings her dreams and goddesses into the treatment room.

4.15

182

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌿 Integrative Medicine 💭 Dream Work ✨ Divine Feminine

Bone 92%

When cancer strikes a Jungian analyst, she brings her dreams and goddesses into the treatment room.

by Marion Woodman 2000

4.15

182 ratings

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌿 Integrative Medicine 💭 Dream Work ✨ Divine Feminine

Life After Suicide

by Jennifer Ashton • 2019

A husband's suicide, a doctor's grief: finding the way through a loss nobody talks about.

3.83

934

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