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She Seems Fine to Me

Behind the Scenes of Birth, Babies and My Broken Brain

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She Seems Fine to Me

By: Kimberley Nixon
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Summary

 ‘‘She Seems Fine to Me reads like Nixon speaks – sparky, crackling with rage, but also, somehow, laugh-out-loud funny’ The Guardian


Actress, check. Wife, check. Mother, check. In control of her own mind? Well...

After a lifetime of getting everything ‘right’ – marrying her childhood sweetheart, starring in hits from Fresh Meat and Cranford to Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, having a much-longed-for baby – Kimberley Nixon’s brain broke. Or, more specifically, OCD won.

‘‘From the outside, I was coping. Inside, my brain was on fire.’

She Seems Fine to Me is not a tidy recovery story. In this jaw-droppingly honest and darkly funny memoir, Kimberley shares what it’s like to become a mother while losing your sense of self, loving your child ferociously while being terrified of your own mind and the brutal gap between the rose-tinted version of motherhood we are sold and the more complicated reality.

At once devastating and tender, Kim’s story will resonate with anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed by motherhood, failed by the system or frightened by thoughts they were too ashamed to say out loud. It’s for anyone who has ever been told they looked fine when they were anything but. Mental Health Motherhood Neurodiversity Parenting & Families Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Funny Human Brain
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A rollercoaster account of one mother's personal experience delivered with self depricating humour and a fantastic insight into the subject for the uninitiated. I would recommend this to anyone regarding OCD, mother or not. The narrative performance is also excellent. The raw emotion can be heard in Kimberley's words which I feel could only be achieved authentically by the author.

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I was aware of the author through her posts on social media and as a talented actor, and comedienne.
However what I wasn't aware of was her struggles with OCD and of being a new mother and wife.And so a man listening to an intensely personal experience of the author's experiences of childbirth and with OCD, the initial embarrassment gave way to empathy and admiration for Kimberly's immense determination immensely focused on some 'normality'
A great read and listen. Well worth buying.
I highly recommend this book,

Shining a ight !

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