Reviews for Pussy Game, 2nd Edition: The Journey to Pleasure and Power

The average rating for Pussy Game, 2nd Edition: The Journey to Pleasure and Power based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-04-13 00:00:00 Steven Maloy You know, when you buy and read a book on Kindle, you never really see the cover. I don't think I'd have bought it if I had! Jenny Lawson is laugh-out-loud funny, but this book wasn't as hilarious as her first one. I think I only peed my pants twice. So disappointing. Anyway, in this collection of life stories, she discusses her bouts with anxiety and depression. Those are, of course, in between random tales about herds of swans trying to eat her and talks with her therapist. This is my absolute favorite quotation ever about depression. I could read it over and over again shouting "That's right!" each time. "I can tell you that 'Just cheer up' is almost universally looked at as the most unhelpful depression cure ever. It's pretty much the equivalent of telling someone who just had their legs amputated to 'just walk it off.' Some people don't understand that for a lot of us, mental illness is a severe chemical imbalance rather just having 'a case of the Mondays.' Those same well-meaning people will tell me that I'm keeping myself from recovering because I really 'just need to cheer up and smile.' That's when I consider chopping off their arms and then blaming them for not picking up their severed arms so they can take them to the hospital to get reattached. 'Just pick them up and take them to get fixed. IT'S NOT THAT HARD, SARAH. I pick up stuff all the time. We all do. No, I'm not going to help you because you have to learn to do this for yourself. I won't always be around to help you, you know. I'm sure you could do it if you just tried. Honestly, it's like you don't even want to have arms.'"

Review # 2 was written on 2016-06-26 00:00:00 Robin Walker This book really didn't have new tips for me, but I did get some from information from the last chapter about integrating a healthy attitude into your entire family.