(Don't) Call Me Crazy · 33 Voices Start the Conversation About Mental Health by Jensen, Kelly -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Introduction What’s “Crazy”?

Defying Definition Defining the Thing is the Trick Reading About Trich & Mental Health 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

Where “Crazy” Meets Culture

The Devil Inside 10 Horror Films About Fear Manic Pixie Dream Girl Constellations of Scars Top 10 Crazies in Fiction What We’re Born With and 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

The Mind-Body Connection

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

Beyond Stress and Sadness

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

To Be Okay

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

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