I'm Not as Well as I Thought I Was
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'Nobody can make the serious funny and the funny serious quite like Ruby.' - Alastair Campbell
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
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'If you buy only one book this year, make it this one.' - Joanna Lumley
'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
As seen on Channel 5 Castaway
Sunday Times bestseller, May 2023
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Ok - it happened AGAIN. I got a book because of an interesting title and immediately kinda thought it was fictional. Guess who bought ANOTHER memoir of someone she didn’t know at all lmao. Also it really was not what I expected idk. I enjoyed the parts about the clinic and the mental stuff (aka reasons why I bought this) but I’m sorry the other stuff straight up sounded made up. I mean it was written in a nice way but overall pretty boring.
Description
'Nobody can make the serious funny and the funny serious quite like Ruby.' - Alastair Campbell
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
---------------------------------------------------------------------
'If you buy only one book this year, make it this one.' - Joanna Lumley
'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
As seen on Channel 5 Castaway
Sunday Times bestseller, May 2023
Book Information
Posts
Ok - it happened AGAIN. I got a book because of an interesting title and immediately kinda thought it was fictional. Guess who bought ANOTHER memoir of someone she didn’t know at all lmao. Also it really was not what I expected idk. I enjoyed the parts about the clinic and the mental stuff (aka reasons why I bought this) but I’m sorry the other stuff straight up sounded made up. I mean it was written in a nice way but overall pretty boring.