Secrets for the Mad: Obsessions, Confessions, and Life LessonsA collection of personal stories, lessons, song lyrics, and photos from the beloved British vlogger Dodie Clark, also known online as doddleoddle. When I feel like I'm going mad, I write. A lot of my worst fears have come true; fears that felt so big I could barely hold them in my head. I was convinced that when they'd happen, the world would end. But the world didn't end. In fact, it pushed on and demanded to keep spinning through all sorts of mayhem, and I got through it. And because I persisted, I learned lessons about how to be a stronger, kinder, better human—lessons you can only learn by going through these sorts of things. This is for the people with minds that just don't stop; for those who feel everything seemingly a thousand times more than the people around them. Here are some words I wrote. |
Contents
MY BAD BRAIN 17 Fireworks 21 Sevenyearold Dodies hopes for the future | 24 |
Scroll Drink Shrink | 71 |
Whats it like | 121 |
Bisexuality coming out to myself | 183 |
Cooking | 197 |
Lunches 201 Dinners 202 Dear Hedy | 206 |
A broken family 214 Homemade family | 218 |
Best friend love 219 Bullying 223 Pain | 228 |
Feeling so much | 237 |
Hopes for the future | 246 |
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