Its Not OK to Feel Blue and other l..., Scarlett Curtis
Its Not OK to Feel Blue and other l..., Scarlett Curtis
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It's Not OK to Feel Blue (and other lies)
Inspirational people open up about their mental health

Author: Scarlett Curtis

Narrator: Scarlett Curtis, Adam Kay, Honey Ross, Miranda Hart, Saba Asif, Paapa Essiedu, Shvorne Marks, Full Cast

Unabridged: 9 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 10/03/2019

Synopsis

Brought to you by Penguin.

Everyone has a mental health. So we asked: What does yours mean to you?

THE RESULT IS EXTRAORDINARY.

Over 60 people have shared their stories. Powerful, funny, moving, this book is here to tell you:

It's OK.

With writing and audio from a collection of collaborators including:

Adam Kay - Alastair Campbell - Alexis Caught - Ben Platt - Bryony Gordon - Candice Carty-Williams - Charlie Mackesy - Charly Cox - Chidera Eggerue - Claire Stancliffe - Davina McCall - Dawn O'Porter - Elizabeth Day - Elizabeth Uviebinené - Ella Purnell - Emilia Clarke - Emma Thompson - Eve Delaney - Fearne Cotton - Gabby Edlin - Gemma Styles - GIRLI (Milly Toomey) - Grace Beverley - Hannah Witton - Honey Ross - Hussain Manawer - Jack Rooke - James Blake - Jamie Flook - Jamie Windust - Jessie Cave - Jo Irwin - Jonah Freud - Jonny Benjamin - Jordan Stephens - Kai-Isaiah Jamal - Kate Weinberg - Kelechi Okafor - Khalil Aldabbas - KUCHENGA - Lauren Mahon - Lena Dunham - Maggie Matic - Martha Lane Fox - Mathew Kollamkulam - Matt Haig - Megan Crabbe - Michael Kitching - Michelle Elman - Miranda Hart - Mitch Price - Mona Chalabi - Montana Brown - Nadia Craddock - Naomi Campbell - Poorna Bell - Poppy Jamie - Reggie Yates - Ripley Parker - Robert Kazandjian - Rosa Mercuriadis - Saba Asif - Sam Smith - Scarlett Curtis - Scarlett Moffatt - Scottee - Sharon Chalkin Feldstein - Shonagh Marie - Simon Amstell - Sinéad Burke - Steve Ali - Tanya Byron - Travon Free - Yomi Adegoke - Yusuf Al Majarhi

'This is the freshest, most honest collection of writings about mental health that I've read...searing wit, blinding passion, bleeding emotion and a fantastic, heroic, glorious refusal to lie down and take it' - Stephen Fry

'Reading this book made me feel more normal about the things I feel sometimes...It's a great book; however you're feeling, it'll help' - Ed Sheeran

'This is the book I needed when I was little. May this be a leap forward in the much needed conversation around mental health' - Jameela Jamil

About Scarlett Curtis

Writer, journalist, and blogger Scarlett Curtis is the New York contributing editor at Elle magazine and has had work published in the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Times, and Vogue.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maja on April 15, 2020

HOW I WISH I HAD BEEN GIVEN THIS BOOK 10 YEARS AGO 💙💙 I'll come right out and say it - I suffer from bouts of depression and generalized anxiety. I got the diagnosis almost 10 years ago. Back then I felt so alone, so misunderstood and so afraid of myself and my thoughts. Luckily, today, I have a good......more

Goodreads review by Fernwehwelten on August 27, 2021

4,5 Sterne | Pluspunkte: Authentisch, bewegend und unterstützend | Minuspunkt: Stark gekürzt | TW: Psychische Krankheiten, Suizid, u.ä. „It’s okay not to be okay” ist ein besonderes, außergewöhnliches Buch. Die Essays von mehr als 30 inspirierenden Menschen wurden hier gesammelt und zusammengefasst z......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on October 17, 2019

I’m going to try and keep how I feel about this book as brief as possible. Firstly, to Scarlett and every single person that has contributed to this collection, thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing each of your mental health stories, I know just how brave it is to be so simultaneously v......more

Goodreads review by kate on July 08, 2020

I took my time reading this, dipping in and out of it over a few months and I loved that the way this book is formatted allowed me to do this. This is a balanced, inclusive and nuanced collection of autobiographical essays, art and poetry exploring not only themes of mental health but also race, gen......more

Goodreads review by Anna on December 31, 2021

Wunderschöne und doch traurige Wahrheiten über das "nicht okay sein" und wie es sich anfühlt. Gerade weil hier Geschichten aus unterschiedlichen Gesichtspunkten beleuchtet werden, möchte ich gar nicht darüber urteilen. Für mich waren es wunderschöne und auch irgendwie berührende Lesestunden. Manches......more

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This is the freshest, clearest, most direct, honest and urgent collection of writings about mental health that I've read. Scarlett Curtis has curated a stunning variety of voices in the service of blowing away the foggy vapours of misery, incomprehension, secrecy and lonely shame that can shroud us. Within the pages there is searing wit, blinding passion, bleeding emotion and a fantastic, heroic, glorious refusal to lie down and take it that more than anything characterises the new energy behind the mental health movement. Anyone within a few degrees of someone with a mental health problem - and that means the whole world - should read this Stephen Fry

This is the book I needed when I was younger. May this be a leap forward in the much needed conversation around mental health Jameela Jamil

I think everyone has moments where they're embarrassed by what they're feeling and don't want to talk about it. I get it a lot, and feel unable to tell people I feel down because I know the reply will be, 'but why? Everything seems to be going right.' Reading this book made me feel more normal about how I feel sometimes, whether it's for a reason or just because that's how I woke up that day. It's a great book; however you're feeling, it will help Ed Sheeran

Brilliant, hysterical, truthful and real. These essays illuminate the path for our future female leaders Reese Witherspoon (on FEMINISTS DON'T WEAR PINK)

As a feminist who loves pink, I give this brilliant book of essays an enthusiastic "YES"! Mindy Kaling (on FEMINISTS DON'T WEAR PINK)

Wonderfully candid, often funny and absolutely necessary, a triumphant rallying call to young women Observer

Pick it up and read one story from your favourite columnist or actress, but I guarantee you'll end up reading the full, illuminating collection, and you'll possibly finish it knowing more about your own personal stance than you imagined Glamour

This collection of essays curated by writer Scarlett Curtis is a call-to-arm that allows us to unpick what it means to be a feminist in a safe space Stylist

We advise placing a copy in the hands of every girl (and guy) you know Red Magazine

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