TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wax,Ruby
TI  - I'm not as well as I thought I was
SN  - 9780241554890 (hbk.) :
AV  - PN1992.4 
U1  - 791.45092 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - London
PB  - Penguin Life
KW  - Wax, Ruby,
KW  - Women television personalities
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Psychic trauma
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Performing Arts
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Films, cinema
KW  - thema
KW  - Mind, body, spirit: meditation & visualisation
KW  - Self-help & personal development
KW  - Mindfulness
N2  - 'A true tour de force. We're all a little messed up in our own ways, but we should all strive to be as fabulously fearless as Ruby' Fearne Cotton Dear Reader,Checking into a mental clinic wasn't exactly on my radar in 2022. Writing about it wasn't either. But here we are. I spent a lifetime trying to create a 'front' to give everyone the illusion that all is well. It wasn't, and it isn't. Now I look back and I think, 'what the f*ck was that all about?'I began the book trying to find meaning by going on various, life-changing journeys, I ended up in a mental clinic; obviously things didn't work out the way I expected. This is the story of what happened after the mental car crash . . . From then on, the journey had to turn inward. It turns out I wasn't looking for meaning, I was looking for home.I'm not a fiction writer. I can't fake it. I could say I rode into the sunset, but life isn't like that unless you're a cowboy. Truth is I'm not as well as I thought I was. These days, trying to stay sane in a completely chaotic world makes life incredibly difficult. For those readers who are deep in the darkness of mental illness, I hope my book makes you feel less alone. Take care, love,Ruby x-------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- 'Nobody can make the serious funny and the funny serious quite like Ruby.' - Alistair Campbell'If you buy only one book this year, make it this one.' - Joanna Lumley
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