This is incredible. Anna Mehler Paperny makes herself completely vulnerable in this heavy book about her multiple suicide attempts, psychiatric hospital stays, and experiences with a rainbow of medications and treatments. But the meat of Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me is her journalistic work on how the medical field does a disservice to psychiatric patients. She interviews practitioners, scientists, and fellow mentally ill humans to get the full scope of the impact depression and suicide has on the world—and why we feel like we aren’t supposed to openly talk about it.

A note: Please do not pick up this book until you’re in a strong, healthy mental state.

✨ From Ugh, Mental Health and the Internet at Crooked Reads.