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Nebklvr
Octopus Moon | Bobbie Pyron
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Mehso-so

This is an important story which will demonstrate to kids the way depression feels and that there is still hope. That said, it felt like an energy depleting not energy giving story.

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GirlNamedJesse
Speechless: A Graphic Novel | Aron Nels Steinke
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Pickpick

I learned a lot about social anxiety and selective mutism through this one. It‘s given me food for thought for myself and my kiddos. I appreciated that Mira‘s concerns with friends, speaking in front of class, and interacting with a younger sibling are pretty universal even with everything else she‘s dealing with.

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WanderingBookaneer
Garlic and the Vampire | Bree Paulsen
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onionsforever
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I have historically struggled with CBT (I experience it as abrasive and dismissive, though in fairness I have mostly had shoddy practitioners). But it‘s undeniably the most data-driven and evidence-supported therapeutic model, so I‘m giving it another go. This book was incredibly useful. It has the same maddening condescension as my most annoying therapists, but it‘s presented as a tool in context. The exercises are extremely effective. Recommend!

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GirlNamedJesse
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Mehso-so

An effective memoir of growing up with OCD. I was glad to read that Pan eventually asked for help and received it. I was disappointed that the resolution from his disordered eating wasn‘t discussed. That can be an incredibly difficult battle, but it was never mentioned again.

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Sci.Cricketts
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Everyone needs to read this book.

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Mattsbookaday
Tough Guy | Rachel Reid
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Tough Guy (Game Changers 3), by Rachel Reid (2020 🇨🇦)
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Premise: A defenceman struggling with the enforcer role he‘s forced to play finds a new lease on life when he bumps into a flamboyant singer with whose family he billeted as a teenager.

Review: So this series is everywhere now because of its viral television adaptation, but I‘ve been dipping in and out of it for a few years. ⬇️

Mattsbookaday And to be honest, it‘s not among my favourite hockey romance series. That said, this entry was really sweet. I liked the opposites attract storyline, the affirmation of gender nonconforming men, and the solid mental health representation. 3w
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Follow.my.read
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Christmas puzzle for this year

bookaholic1 Love puzzling, I've done two so far, but now I'm moving so will have to wait til January 1mo
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Ink_and_Insight
Calm the F**k Down | Sarah Knight
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This book makes a great read when you‘re trying to get your worries under control. I am a born worrier who tends to snowball drastically through catastrophizing things.

It mixes humour with practical advice beautifully. It makes managing anxiety feel a little less intimidating. I still have days where I snowball but hopefully slowly but surely I‘ll get better at calming the F**k down 🤍

How do you manage your anxiety?

BookishMarginalia Radical acceptance. I accept that my brain‘s favorite way of protecting me is through anxiety. Instead of trying to change or avoid it, I accept, acknowledge, and then go do something I enjoy, like reading, coloring, or crocheting. It helps. 1mo
Ink_and_Insight @BookishMarginalia something I have learnt recently is that although it sucks having anxiety, we are the people that often can pick up on things other people may miss, we care deeply, we build resilience without sometimes noticing and we understand others‘ pain. I agree though doing something you enjoy massively helps 😊 1mo
BookishMarginalia So true! 1mo
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