num_pages: 212
description: Award-winning Asian British comedy writer Amanda Rosenberg presents an intimate memoir of confessional essays about the hilarious inappropriate and often difficult side to being mentally ill.Thats Mental breaks down myths and misconceptions about what it means to be a millennial with mental illness in a darkly funny but relatable way. In her new book Rosenberg addresses the overlooked and offbeat issues of mental illness shedding light on topics that are off-limits uncomfortable or just downright embarrassing. This book details every challenging and awkward stage of Amandas journey with mental illness and how she manages what she calls her garden variety crazy. These pages are a look at the everyday realities of mental illness - the particular kind of torture that is finding a good therapist the challenges of figuring out the elusive correct mix of medications and the appropriate responses with how to deal with the friend who insists but you dont look depressed.
language: English
title: That's Mental: Painfully Funny Things That Drive Me Crazy About Being Mentally Ill
publisher: Turner