How Not to Fall Apart, Maggy van Eijk
How Not to Fall Apart, Maggy van Eijk
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How Not to Fall Apart
Lessons Learned on the Road from Self-Harm to Self-Care

Author: Maggy van Eijk

Narrator: Nicola Barber

Unabridged: 5 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 09/04/2018


Synopsis

What no one tells you about living with anxiety and depression—learned the hard way
 
Maggy van Eijk knows the best place to cry in public. She also knows that eating super salty licorice or swimming in icy cold water are things that make you feel alive but, unlike self-harm, aren't bad for you.

These are the things to remember when you're sad.

Turning 27, Maggy had the worst mental health experience of her life so far. She ended a three-year relationship. She lost friends and made bad decisions. She drank too much and went to ER over twelve times. She saw three different therapists and had three different diagnoses. She went to two burn units for self-inflicted wounds and was escorted in an ambulance to a mental health crisis center. But that's not the end of her story.

How Not to Fall Apart shares the author's hard-won lessons about what helps and what hurts on the road to self-awareness and better mental health. This is an audiobook about what it's like to live with anxiety and depression, panic attacks, self-harm and self-loathing--and it's also a hopeful roadmap written by someone who's been there and is still finding her way.

About The Author

MAGGY VAN EIJK has written numerous popular articles about mental health for BuzzFeed and elsewhere. Currently the social media manager for the BBC, she lives in London.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nicole

Such a practical and helpful not to mention relatable book about mental health. From depression to anxiety and sex to body image, Maggy covers pretty much all the corners of mental health in this brutally honest but practical guide to mental health. All list lovers will also love this book!......more

Goodreads review by Caitlin

For me, this book was just kind of okay. Despite having MDD & BPD & years of self-harming & suicidality (which i still struggle with), & even some disordered eating, i felt i most related to van Eijk the few times she talked about dogs. (Can her next book be just about dogs & how wonderful they are?......more

Goodreads review by Kelly

4.5/5 I read this whole book in one afternoon at the beach (not the typical beach read, but hey, whatever works). I found it really relatable and I really liked the way the chapters were divided up into sections like "Remember this when you're scared of your own brain" and "Remember this when you're......more