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

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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. 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'.

It is never complacent, though, it doesn't pontificate, and it certainly doesn't make light of any of the major issues and topics it touches. Originally in the public eye as an actor, comedian and presenter, Joe has gained an enormous following on Twitter in recent years as he uses the platform to open up about his mental health. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. However, although he explains his mental health and BPD well, I found it hard to relate to many of the points, and because of this, some parts felt not relevant or repetitive. Joe Tracini manages to tell the story of someone (himself) who is fighting to survive on a daily basis without it ever becoming self-pitying or depressing (although, obviously, the book deals with topics such as mental illness, addiction, self-harm, and drug abuse, among others).Then I discovered, along with so many others, that Joe has struggled with BPD and that lead to struggles with substance abuse and suicidal thoughts. Such as recognising the important fact that our thoughts aren't our identity and that not everything our brain tell us is true. But if his book makes you think: "thank fuck it’s not just me" and that makes you feel a little better, then it’s a job well done. At all the parts where you could hear the in emotion in his voice, and hear him sobbing as he narrates some of most difficult stuff in the book makes me just want to give him a big hug.

Joe's likability and humour that you can see on TV come across in the book, and I enjoyed the autobiographical element of hearing about Joe's life. You’re not in for a self help book journey, this is about having someone telling you they understand how you feel and how fucked up your brain can be. I have an eerily similar brain to the author, so I loved this book and highlighted sections to an ungodly degree. There are some very fine passages (which I note he's reading aloud as part of the publicity for the book) He has trenchant things to say about the limits of the opening up of public discourse around mental illness (it's OK to talk about it, not considered OK to manifest it). We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.In his new book, Joe continues the conversation in a bid to both raise awareness and stay accountable for his wellbeing. my mum recommended me this and although its a little goofy and lowbrow, i'm seriously glad i read it. 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.

I’ll start by saying that this book is a very heavy read, and as Joe points out, if you’re not ready to read this book or easily triggered then please don’t read it. Bravo Mr Tracini what a masterpiece you have created, thank you for letting us into your mind and life! If i’ve learnt anything from the first 5 pages of this book its ‘listen to the Benny Hill theme’ to bring you back from the abyss.

Having suffered from my own mental health and PTSD for many years, I always like to hear from others who can share their own personal stories. The thing that I think I liked most (if that’s that right word to use) is making people see that just because you’ve been fixed once, it’s okay to break against, it’s not a once fixed always fixed kind of illness. He will struggle with BPD all his life but he is much better than he was when all this started for him. I feel like he partly wrote this book to give others dealing with mental illness some hope that it can get better. If you don’t have a brain that wants to kill you, you make have an entirely different reading experience, but I am glad this book is out in the world.

If you follow him on any social media platforms- then you know you’re in for honesty about mental health mixed with refreshing thoughts about being yourself thru tough times.So I was looking forward to this print 'extended version', if you will, whilst hoping there might be some nuggets of use to someone I love. This book made me understand i wasn’t crazy by hearing a « voice » in my head who literally hates me. i've met a few people recently that make me feel like this illness isn't such a capital sentence, and the sort of parasocial relationship i've had with this book, dipping in and out, reading a chapter whenever i'm having a rough time, treating it like a cool, funny, and friendly embrace of "it's shit, but it might get better" has undoubtedly been a powerful one. I must have been on Mars when it first came out because I mop up books on BPD (being in the healing process myself, a long and arduous journey but well worth the ride,) but I'd never heard of this until it was mentioned on the BPD Bunch podcast.