Furiously Happy (Jenny Lawson) By Susan McLean

Furiously Happy By Jenny Lawson is an absurd book that will have you laughing embarrassingly loudly and prompt your roommates to ask in hushed tones 'Wait, is something wrong with her...?' Or maybe that's just me, but you should definitely read Furiously Happy. It details what life's like while struggling with anxiety and depression, among other mental illnesses. Lawson says:

"Some people might think that being 'furiously happy' is just an excuse to be stupid and irresponsible and invite a herd of kangaroos over to your house without telling your husband first because you suspect he would say no since he's never particularly liked kangaroos. And that would be ridiculous because no one would invite a herd of kangaroos into their house. Two is the limit. I speak from personal experience. My husband says that none is the new limit. I say he should have been clearer about that before I rented all those kangaroos.

"Most of my favorite people are dangerously fucked-up but you'd never guess because we've learned to bare it so honestly that it becomes the new normal. Like John Hughes wrote in The Breakfast Club, 'We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it.' Except go back and cross out the word 'hiding.'"
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Furiously Happy is about "taking those moments when things are fine and making them amazing, because those moments are what make us who we are, and they're the same moments we take into battle with us when our brains declare war on our very existence. It's the difference between "surviving life" and "living life". It's the difference between "taking a shower" and "teaching your monkey butler how to shampoo your hair." It's the difference between being "sane" and being "furiously happy."

Again, it's well written and very very funny, but I will concede that the book is best read in spurts rather than all at once, or the humor might lose it's oomf. Also, Lawson's experience with mental illness isn't your typical experience, and readers must acknowledge that a bestselling author's experience isn't everyone's experience. This isn't to say that her experience isn't valid or interesting, or should be respected, because it is and should, however acknowledging the difference is important. 

Photo from Amazon, quote from Lawson. Just look at that raccoon, he wouldn't want you to sue us for copyright infringement because we clearly don't intend any. Trust the raccoon, we're cool.