Everything Is OK
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4.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
From the bestselling author of Quiet Girl in a Noisy World comes a gently humorous and poignant collection of comics about anxiety and depression—because sometimes even the simple things like getting out of bed every day feel like an uphill battle.
Everything Is OK is the story of Debbie Tung’s struggle with anxiety and her experience with depression. She shares what it’s like navigating life, overthinking every possible worst-case scenario, and constantly feeling like all hope is lost.
The book explores her journey to understanding the importance of mental health in her day-to-day life and how she learns to embrace the highs and lows when things feel out of control. Debbie opens up about deeply personal issues and the winding road to recovery, discovers the value of self-love, and rebuilds a more mindful relationship with her mental health.
In this graphic memoir, Debbie aims to provide positive and comforting messages to anyone who is facing similar difficulties or is just trying to get through a tough time in life. She hopes to encourage readers to be kinder to themselves, to know that they are not alone, and that it’s okay to be vulnerable because they are not defined by their mental health struggles. The dark clouds won’t be there forever. Everything will turn out all right.
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Tung (Quiet Girl in a Noisy World) chronicles her struggle with depression and anxiety in short comics interludes drawn in clean, simple lines and written with equal directness. After a too-long period of feeling like she was "observing life from behind a thick, blurry glass wall" and experiencing a panic attack, Tung admits that drowning herself in work isn't helping. With the support of her husband, she sees a therapist, learns to deal with intrusive thoughts, and wrangles the "monster inside my head." Tung's cute, friendly-looking self-portrait serves as a reassuring guide for readers who may feel lost in the darkness of depression, which she illustrates with images of herself drowning or falling into a pit. As she moves toward healing, the black-and-white, ink-washed art periodically lights up with flashes of color. Much of the second half of the book consists of self-care mottos ("Trust that good things can still happen," etc.) that are illustrated with color splashes or images of Tung gazing at starry skies, walking forest paths, and swimming instead of drowning. For a book about dark thoughts, it's lighter fare. Readers dealing with their own inner monsters will appreciate the gentle reassurance that "you are not alone, even if it feels like you are."
