Crib Notes: The Reading Cure

(Some books that have helped me through bad mental health moments).

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In my mid-twenties, I was almost perpetually anxious and depressed. Looking back, I now know that this was due to undiagnosed (and, therefore, untreated) AD/HD. Again and again, I hurled myself – all cylinders blazing – towards burnout as I tried to make it in the publishing industry. I coped and compensated with a problematic drinking habit. I felt like I fucked everything up and fit in nowhere. Since becoming a parent (and, crucially, getting a diagnosis), I am happier. Which is not to say that I am smugly, blissfully happy all the time. But starting my own little family has given me a safe space in which I ca…