(Don't) call me crazy : 33 voices start the conversation about mental health
Title:
(Don't) call me crazy : 33 voices start the conversation about mental health
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Summary:
What does it mean to be crazy? Is using the word crazy offensive? What happens when such a label gets attached to your everyday experiences? In order to understand mental health, we need to talk openly about it. Because there's no single definition of crazy, there's no single experience that embodies it, and the word itself means different things -- wild? extreme? disturbed? passionate? -- to different people. (Don't) Call Me Crazy is a conversation starter and guide to better understanding how our mental health affects us every day. Thirty-three writers, athletes, and artists offer essays, lists, comics, and illustrations that explore their personal experiences with mental illness, how we do and do not talk about mental health, help for better understanding how every person's brain is wired differently, and what, exactly, might make someone crazy. If you've ever struggled with your mental health, or know someone who has, come on in, turn the pages, and let's get talking.
Audience:
Ages 14-18.
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Defying definition / Defining the thing is the trick / What I know and what I don't know / What's, well, "crazy"? / Being heard and hating sound / I hate to interrupt this conversation about mental illness, but guess what -- I'm autistic / Autistic authors who Mike Jung thinks are great / The devil inside / 10 horror films about fear / Manic pixie dream girl ["pixie dream" crossed out] / Constellation of scars / Constellation of scars (art) / Top 10 crazies in fiction / What we're born with ans what we pick up along the way / Some of the things mania assures me I could totally be -- and wouldn't it be glorious? / The alchemy of healing / Bless this mess / Loosened associations / Meeting disorder / I underwent cosmetic surgery for my body dysmorphia ... and I wish I hadn't / Flattened / Dear 14-year-old MILCK / Rituals / The five people you overhear when depressed at a Van Gogh exhibit / Mystic / Fighting the war on the home front / Ways to say "anxiety" / The train of overthinking / Black hole / I'm over staying silent about depression / Telephone anxiety / Driver's ed / The pretender / Compassion training: metta meditation / Coda / Tearing feelings apart / The light bulb, the broom, and the work they don't tell you about / Happiness goes on / Survival mode / A witch's guide / Believe in yourself / Call me crazy / Keep going
Physical Description:
xi, 225 pages ; 23 cm
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Publisher:
Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
Publication Date:
2018
ISBN:
9781616207816
9781549074615
9780780443891
Publication Information:
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2018]
©2018
Award Note:
Schneider Family Book Award, Teen Book Honor, 2019
Call Number:
YA 616.89 DONT