8 Top biography books like Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person by Anna Mehler Paperny

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Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

By: Anna Mehler Paperny

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A vibrant, compelling memoir that bravely reveals the real-life havoc the depression wreaks and an …

"Depression affects everyone on the planet, directly or indirectly, in every possible sphere. its very ubiquity robs it of sexiness but not urgency."

-Anna Mehler Paperny, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

"Suicidality and curiosity are anathema to each other: You can’t want to know things if you want to die. As long as I had questions I had reason to live, and when I was overwhelmed by a desire for death I could not begin to do the curious work that made life worth living."

-Anna Mehler Paperny, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

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1. My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward

By: Mark Lukach

4.29

Format: 256 pages, ebook

A heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and … read more

Similar categories in Mark Lukach's My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward book and Anna Mehler Paperny's Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

  • biography
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

2. Born Both: An Intersex Life

By: None

3.71

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

"Fierce, brave, and a clarion call to celebrate our differences."---People From one of the world's… read more

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3. The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing

By: Beverly Engel

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Engel doesn't just describe-she shows us the way out." -Susan Forward, author of Emotional Blackma… read more

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4. The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

By: Andrew Solomon

3.00

Format: None pages,

Sometimes, the legacy of depression includes a wisdom beyond one's years, a depth of passion unexpe… read more

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5. How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind

By: Clancy Martin

3.71

Format: 431 pages, Hardcover

An intimate, insightful, at times even humorous exploration of why the thought of death is so compu… read more

Similar categories in Clancy Martin's How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind book and Anna Mehler Paperny's Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

  • self help
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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6. Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

By: Kelly Vincent

3.51

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

Imposter syndrome—the irrational self-doubt we feel despite obvious success—can strike at any time,… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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7. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

By: Stephanie Foo

4.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the… read more

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  • self help
  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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8. The Hilarious World of Depression

By: John Moe

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For years John Moe, critically-acclaimed public radio personality and host of The Hilarious World o… read more

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  • self help
  • biography
  • memoir
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"it makes sense when you think about the confluence of puberty hormones, stress from academics and the emergence of primitive appalling forms of dating, depression starts in your junior high."

-John Moe, The Hilarious World of Depression

"Novelist John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars among many other megaselling books, has struggled with [depression] for many years. "There is this weird perpetual hope," he told me, "not just a…"

-John Moe, The Hilarious World of Depression

"My dad loved telling ghost stories from the times he went camping with his father in Sweden. In one story they were driving on a country road at night and kept having to stop because they'd see feet …"

-John Moe, The Hilarious World of Depression

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9. This Is Your Brain on Depression: Creating Your Path to Getting Better (5-Minute Therapy)

By: Faith G. Harper

3.77

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Expanded version of Dr. Faith's popular zine People who have never been depressed have no idea wha… read more

Similar categories in Faith G. Harper's This Is Your Brain on Depression: Creating Your Path to Getting Better (5-Minute Therapy) book and Anna Mehler Paperny's Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

  • self help
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Depression is the thief of all the wonderful things that make human-ing worth it."

-Faith G. Harper, This Is Your Brain on Depression: Creating Your Path to Getting Better (5-Minute Therapy)

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10. But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

By: Paige Layle

4.28

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Autism acceptance activist and TikTok influencer Paige Layle shares her deeply personal journey to … read more

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  • self help
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We remain hidden, tucked away behind corporations aiming to change us, pushing supplements and instant cures into the hands of desperate parents looking to make our lives better. We're hidden behind …"

-Paige Layle, But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

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11. Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

By: Anna Mehler Paperny

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A vibrant, compelling memoir that bravely reveals the real-life havoc the depression wreaks and an … read more

Similar categories in Anna Mehler Paperny's Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person book and Anna Mehler Paperny's Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

  • self help
  • biography
  • memoir
  • canada
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Depression affects everyone on the planet, directly or indirectly, in every possible sphere. its very ubiquity robs it of sexiness but not urgency."

-Anna Mehler Paperny, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

"Suicidality and curiosity are anathema to each other: You can’t want to know things if you want to die. As long as I had questions I had reason to live, and when I was overwhelmed by a desire for dea…"

-Anna Mehler Paperny, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

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12. How Not to Kill Yourself: A Survival Guide for Imaginative Pessimists

By: Set Sytes

3.94

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A highly imaginative and relatable guide for anyone who needs the reassurance that suicide is NEVER… read more

Similar categories in Set Sytes's How Not to Kill Yourself: A Survival Guide for Imaginative Pessimists book and Anna Mehler Paperny's Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

  • self help
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Staying alive with a brain bent on self-annihilation, in a world that doesn't necessarily value your worth, is the ultimate radical act."

-Set Sytes, How Not to Kill Yourself: A Survival Guide for Imaginative Pessimists

"The only things that could be considered wrong with you could also be considered the fault of the world around you. There is little-to-nothing intrinsically wrong with you."

-Set Sytes, How Not to Kill Yourself: A Survival Guide for Imaginative Pessimists

"Laughter really is the best medicine and there are no strict lines to be drawn for its use. You shouldn't assume you understand why someone is joking about something and you should never ever rob som…"

-Set Sytes, How Not to Kill Yourself: A Survival Guide for Imaginative Pessimists

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13. A Dangerously High Threshold for Pain

By: Imani Perry

4.08

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Audible Original A groundbreaking new work from National Book Award Winner, Imani Perry. Imani Pe… read more

Similar categories in Imani Perry's A Dangerously High Threshold for Pain book and Anna Mehler Paperny's Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

  • audiobook
  • memoir
  • health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
Cover of Suicidal: Why We Kill Ourselves by Jesse Bering

14. Suicidal: Why We Kill Ourselves

By: Jesse Bering

3.92

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

For much of his thirties, Jesse Bering thought he was probably going to kill himself. He was a succ… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Bering's Suicidal: Why We Kill Ourselves book and Anna Mehler Paperny's Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

  • self help
  • memoir
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Attachment-Focused EMDR: Healing Relational Trauma

By: Laurel Parnell

4.49

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Integrating the latest in attachment theory and research into the use of EMDR. Much has been writte… read more

Similar categories in Laurel Parnell's Attachment-Focused EMDR: Healing Relational Trauma book and Anna Mehler Paperny's Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
Cover of Love Is a Burning Thing: A Memoir by Nina St. Pierre

16. Love Is a Burning Thing: A Memoir

By: Nina St. Pierre

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A riveting memoir about a daughter’s investigation into the wirings of her loving, unpredictable mo… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery

By: Annie Liontas

4.15

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Meghan O’Rourke’s The Invisible Kingdom , Esme Weijun Wang’s The Collected Schizophr… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • mental health
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  • audiobook
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18. Nerve: Adventures in the Science of Fear

By: Eva Holland

3.56

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning long-form journalist Eva Holland had always felt that her deepest fear was the death … read more

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  • self help
  • memoir
  • canada
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. One Sunny Afternoon: A Memoir of Trauma and Healing

By: Rowan Jette Knox

3.93

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Love Lives Here, a deeply personal memoir about facing life-long tra… read more

Similar categories in Rowan Jette Knox's One Sunny Afternoon: A Memoir of Trauma and Healing book and Anna Mehler Paperny's Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

  • biography
  • memoir
  • canada
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival

By: Donald Antrim

3.79

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

A searing and brave memoir that offers a new understanding of suicide as a distinct mental illness.… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. To Be Loved: A Story of Truth, Trauma, and Transformation

By: Frank G. Anderson

4.45

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Trauma blocks love. Love heals trauma. Frank was just six years old when he learned there was so… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • psychology
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