"Incredible!"-Samantha Irby, New York Times bestselling author of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life and Meaty

Raw, witty, and unapologetic, That's Mental is a collection of laugh-out-loud funny, confessional essays about the inappropriate, devastating, and strangely amusing side to being mentally ill.

In her book, British comedy writer Amanda Rosenberg breaks down myths and misconceptions about what it means to live, laugh, love with bipolar II in a darkly funny, but familiar way. That's Mental dives head-first into the overlooked and offbeat issues of mental illness, it shines a harsh, fitting room light on thoughts and ideas that are often avoided, because they're uncomfortable or just downright embarrassing.

These pages move through the everyday realities of mental illness, covering everything from, how reaching out for help is a fucking nightmare, to dealing with people who suggest "cures" for your depression, to making up excuses to miss work just so you can take a mental health day. That's Mental is an uproarious and brutally honest collection of confessions from someone who's been there, done that, and still has no idea what she's doing.

About the Author
Amanda Rosenberg is a British comedy writer whose work has been featured in McSweeney's, Vox, Anxy Magazine, The Establishment, Funny Or Die, The Hairpin, The Lily, GOOD, and The Mighty. Rosenberg is also a screenwriter and no, nothing you may have seen. When she's not writing she can be found indoors watching tv and movies while scrolling through her phone.

Reviews

"unputdownable... a gloriously hilarious book"-Medium

"For those of us with a diagnosis or two we'd rather not have, That's Mental is like a hug from a friend you were too shy to confide in, but understands anyway. Also that friend is funnier than you." -Maggie Tokuda-Hall, bestselling children's author

"Incredible!"-Samantha Irby, New York Times bestselling author of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life and Meaty

"Told with both humor and vulnerability" - Parade Magazine

"That's Mental is a darkly funny, highly intimate book that feels at home alongside titles like Jenny Lawson's Furiously Happy or Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking. Which is to say, it's extremely essential reading." - PureWow

"That's Mental, gathers the dusty doom and darkest gloom of mental disorders she knows firsthand and blows them into the land of chuckles. Along the way, Rosenberg breaks down mental health myths and misconceptions with blistering honesty and brilliant empathy" - The East Bay Monthly

"Offering an insight into the everyday realities of living with bipolar - finding a therapist, dealing with insensitive friends - Rosenberg obliterates stigma and offers realistic, actionable advice." - Dazed

"Rosenberg is doing something extremely important: disrupting the stigma that keeps so many people silent about their pain." - Bitch Media

Told with both humor and vulnerability- Parade Magazine

Book Information
ISBN 9781684422906
Author Amanda Rosenberg
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint Turner Publishing Company
Publisher Turner Publishing Company