Pathological The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses

Sarah Fay

eBook - 2022

AN APPLE BOOKS PICK OF THE MONTH"Masterfully written, distinctively researched, deeply humane . . . Genius."—ANTHONY SWOFFORD, author of Jarhead"A major contribution . . . A necessary book."—JOHANN HARI, author of Lost Connections"This book is a triumph of the spirit and the flesh."—ELIZA GRISWOLD, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Amity and ProsperityIn this stunning debut—both a memoir and a work of investigative journalism—writer Sarah Fay explores the ways we pathologize human experiences.Over thirty years, doctors diagnosed Sarah Fay with six different mental illnesses—anorexia, major depressive disorder (MDD), anxiety disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), obsessive-compul...sive disorder (OCD), and bipolar disorder.Pathological is the gripping story of what it was like to live with those diagnoses, and the... more