Ten Things I Hate About Me: The instant Sunday Times bestseller

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In his new book - Ten Things I Hate About Me: How to Stay Alive With a Brain That's Trying to Kill You - Joe Tracini shares his experiences of BPD and suicidal thoughts.

He's starred in many TV shows including Hollyoaks, Coming of Age and The Great Outdoors, and he's the host of the BAFTA winning 'The Dengineers'.Anos de terapia e consultas psiquiátricas me fizeram perceber que quanto mais eu entendo a minha condição, mais eu posso conviver em paz com ela.

Even though it's a tough listen at times, I will definitely be revisiting this book and listening again. Listening to real life as it has happened and is happening is living history and keeps us listening and wanting more, looking to the future with a hopefull smile. The book is a difficult read and Joe talks through his life from one sh*tty moment to the next but he's made me feel less alone in my struggles and by far he's given the most practical and actionable advice on preventing su! Ultimately, this is a story of hope and encouragement, telling us that no matter how hopeless life might seem, if we just wait for maybe as little as a few minutes, things will get better. I feel like he partly wrote this book to give others dealing with mental illness some hope that it can get better.In the end I decided to go ahead and read it, with the understanding I could stop if it was too much for me and pick it up again whenever I felt I was ready. Back in the day of his old hollyoaks videos who knew the pain and trauma going on behind his eyes and these days even on the worst of days Joe has kept me going in ways he can never imagine and I hope he knows how his honesty over his condition helps so many people every day and his amazing dance videos gave us all something to hold onto during lockdown. In this book I want to try and explain what life is like when you have a brain that is essentially trying to murder you every day.

He's been acting like an idiot and talking about his broken brain on Twitter for a while now, and since March 2020 when there were suddenly a lot more people with a lot less on, his videos have been viewed over 90 million times. Perhaps a lot is wearily familiar, but he does have interesting things to say, for example about the differences between private rehab and state funded rehab (and no, not that paying gets you something better) He also does two sorts of questioning about underpinning philosophies and approaches - there's the delusional questioning (trying to wriggle out of it, you might say), and some which are worthy of serious and wider consideration. I started this book as a regular read then ended up having to carry a highlighter to remember quotes to read to my therapist friends. I love Joe's honest videos and his hilarious dance routines and commentaries and found the first half of the book engaging and insightful.

For those that do not suffer from a mental illness, can you imagine that scenario playing out hundreds to thousands of times a day with each task, interaction, or memory? It had to be dragged into the world, with my condition telling me that every single word, sentence and chapter was terrible and would make strangers walk up to me in the street and punch me in the face. Joe Tracini came back on my radar (and pretty much the whole nations) during the Covid Lockdown period with his hilarious social media videos. In his new book, Joe continues the conversation in a bid to both raise awareness and stay accountable for his wellbeing.