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.

Joes story is far from pretty and very heartbreaking at times and the reason behind him writing this book is one of pure honestly.As Joe Tracini himself urges readers, please, pleeeeeeeeeease ensure you're in a safe enough place to cope with these.

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. Evidently the lockdown experience embedded with his girlfriend's family has been somewhat revelatory. One caution though - some of the descriptions of sex and sex abuse, substance abuse, and self-harm are very, very graphic. 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.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. I saw his 48 second gymnastics commentary on Twitter and immediately started following him, not knowing anything more about him. Good book for those dealing with BPD who aren’t yet aware they have it or have recently been diagnosed. I have been aware of Joe Tracini for some time, as I was a huge fan of Joe Pasquale growing up, and so saw Tracini involved with some of Pasquales entertainment shoes.

Thinking of the time he played a ukulele while standing in the bathtub singing a song he wrote about his life. 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. This book made me understand i wasn’t crazy by hearing a « voice » in my head who literally hates me. When people with BPD get a diagnosis, or don’t get a diagnosis, and read a book like this, it’s like going through a check list of everything about you no-one could ever see or imagine. He will struggle with BPD all his life but he is much better than he was when all this started for him.We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. 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 is not a comfortable book to read, but it is a brave, important and necessary book that shines a light on a lot of the issues around mental health and how we as a society deal with it. This book narrates little if any victory or miracles of insight or overcoming - which is, of course, the central challenge of life with BPD. Just holding this book will make you a better person - Paddy McGuinness You may also be interested in.