When You're Not F*cking Fine: A Beginner's Guide to Anxiety, Depression, and Understanding Your Mental Health

A mental health guide to stand by you when you're about to lose your mind

How do you stay healthy and realistic when you're also dealing with depression, mania, or anxiety? What do you do when, actually, you don't feel f*cking fine? Emily Reynolds explores the unique challenges of living with mental illness, anxiety, and depression, including:

• How to deal with pressure in times of stress
• What self-care looks like and why it's important
• What to do to seek out a diagnosis, and what it means to have one
• Tips for dating when you are mentally ill (and what to expect when you're on the other side)
• Handling self-harm and suicidal thoughts
• Advice for your family and friends
• Learning how to navigate the internet and the online community
• Advice on treatment and maintaining your mental health

A blackly funny, deeply compassionate, and extremely practical book, When You're Not F*cking Fine is all at once the author's personal account of what it's like to live with mental illness, a guide to dealing with and understanding it, and a companion to make the journey feel a little less lonely.