So Sad Today: Personal Essays
2016 • 203 pages
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Average rating4
"A darkly funny and brutally honest collection of essays from Melissa Broder who has always struggled with anxiety. In the fall of 2012, she went through a harrowing cycle of panic attacks and dread that wouldn't abate for months. So she began @sosadtoday, an anonymous Twitter feed that allowed her to express her darkest feelings, and which quickly gained a dedicated following. In this collection, Broder delves deeper into the existential themes she explores on Twitter, grappling with sex, death, love low self-esteem, addiction, and the drama of waiting for the universe to text you back." --
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some of the essays were weird and funny and absurd. and then some were just weird and absurd. let's just say, i'm glad the author is in therapy <3
This is perhaps the most relatable book about mental illness I've ever read. I wanna highlight it all and put it on t shirts and get it tattooed. It's wonderful.
Not sure if I liked SST for the writing or if I was just so titillated by Broder's exhibitionism, but I devoured it in one sitting while thinking wow her poor husband and wow her poor parents what if they read this and WOW OK, cycling between feeling ashamed for her and really envious of her obvious balls. In the end though SST achieves its ostensible objective of making you feel less weird and alone.
