Totally Fine (And Other Lies I've Told Myself): What my decade in grief taught me about life
Biographies, Journaux personnels et mémoires, Femmes (biographies), Mort et deuil, Épanouissement personnel
Audio avec voix de synthèse, Braille automatisé
Résumé
&‘If Dolly Alderton, Glennon Doyle and Elizabeth Day had a love child, this is the writer they&’d produce.&’ Laura Jane Williams, author and journalist Stylist&’s Must Read Book for 2022 Evening Standard&’s Faces to Watch in 2022 Do you have a… story that you are scared to tell? A story that you&’ve spent your life trying to escape. I&’m going to tell you mine. One day, in the summer of 2008, I was travelling back to London when I received a phone call that suddenly changed everything. I was told my boyfriend Richard was in hospital. He died seven days later. I spent most of my twenties pretending this never happened. I was trapped within my own silence, left alone to absorb the discomfort, blame and judgement of others that I felt after Richard&’s suicide. I was suffering, but telling everyone that I was totally fine. The shame consumed me and I desperately wanted to find love again, but the rejection and heartbreak that followed proved to me, yet again, that I wasn&’t worthy of love and belonging. In our twenties, we are thrown into the adult world without a guidebook. I experienced a turbulent decade with what felt like catastrophic failures. Then one day, I started to speak about my shame, and once I started, I couldn&’t stop. And I&’ve come to realise that shame is like a monster – one that can grow so large that it can hold us back from a life worth living. And that it is only by sharing our stories that we can give a voice to what is unspoken. A voice to the stories that we don&’t want to tell. So whatever pain you&’re holding on to, whatever story you&’re scared to tell, I&’m writing this for you. &‘I wish I'd had this book to guide me into adulthood.&’ Sathnam Sanghera, bestselling author of Empireland and The Boy with the Topknot &‘Will go a long way to helping those struggling with the stigma and shame that, sadly, persistently surrounds mental health.&’ Vicky Spratt, Refinery29