You're Not Broken: Real Talk About Mental Health and How to Step Off the Struggle Bus

Your brain is telling you lies. It's time to stop listening. Anxiety says you're in danger when you're safe. Depression whispers you're worthless when you're not. Stress convinces you everything's falling apart when it's not. And you've been white-knuckling through life believing all of it. Here's the truth: You're not crazy. You're not weak. You're not broken. You're just stuck on the struggle bus, and nobody gave you the damn map to get off. This book is that map. No motivational garbage. No "just think positive" BS. No treating you like you're fragile. Just straight talk about what's actually happening in your brain, why you feel the way you do, and proven strategies that work when you're drowning. You'll learn how to shut down panic attacks in real-time, recognize when you're spiraling before you crash, ask for help without feeling pathetic, build coping strategies that fit your actual life, and create a future that doesn't break you. Mental health struggles are real. So is recovery. You've survived every bad day so far. Now let's make sure the good days outnumber them. Time to step off the struggle bus.