I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was

I love that Ruby is so open and honest. Ruby is a cliché, she is funny, beautiful, very clever and obviously damaged. Being funny is her defence mechanism, being naturally clever, and trying hard to impress is also to make people not only like/love her is also because of her dysfunctional childhood and background, to which I can relate.I live Ruby's book for its openess, honesty and no holes barred get it all out there, it makes her even more endearing than if she had not shared with you all of her most private personal truths.Fabulous read from a fabulous lady

We all have I securities. We all have self doubts. We're all unsure if we're liked as much as we want to be - need to be. Im lucky - I have no white noise in my head, I'm not screaming inside or at myself. Life is what it is. But this book touched me. I didn't realise or understand the noise in other people's heads. This is a poignant but lovely read. I truly hope it's all true and not artistic licence. Thank you for the insight - into spirit rock and humpback whales, the poweof reflection and silence and the beauty you can find in others. This is a powerful book. If you're looking for comedy it's not here, but self humour is abundant. If your looking for answers, they're not here either. If you're one of the lucky ones with no noise in your head, it will helo you understand what others are going through

Ruby Wax the performer was someone who made me laugh, with her quickfire wit and snarky sarcasm, but I’m not sure I liked what she showed us as a person. That sassy humour was a barricade to keep people out, to prevent them from really knowing her.But as a writer, Ruby has become someone I admire and for whom I feel compassion—even love. Her ability to bare all on the page, sharing her anxieties, desperation and deepest depression, is quite extraordinary. She is completely open about her need for attention, her manic episodes and the behaviour that means she needs to be surrounded by tolerant saints. It’s completely disarming.For me, some of the best and most enlightening passages were her almost verbatim descriptions of sessions with her therapist, and other lessons learned around mindfulness and psychology. On the flip side, what prevents me giving five stars is the description of one of the trips she took to film a TV series, which just left me cold and seemed discordant with the rest of the book.But overall, definitely a fascinating and soul-searching insight into the mind of one of mental health’s great spokespeople who has been brave enough to reveal all for the benefit of others. Thank you, Ruby. Recommended.

This is an excellent read, and a reminder that you can fall in to that dark hole called depression on more than one occasion and still find the strength to climb out.

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Ruby is very frank about her mental illness, and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the experience through her eyes of a psychotic illness and her subsequent (if temporary) healing

I found this book informative, entertaining, sad, heartwarming and thought provoking.

There were a few gems of wisdom in this book but not that funny and long boring episodes about her adventures which sounded more like name dropping. Liked her sessions with the psychologist best.