The thing about having a mental breakdown is that no matter… - Tara Westover

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The thing about having a mental breakdown is that no matter how obvious it is that you’re having one, it is somehow not obvious to you.

Tara Westover

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About Tara Westover

Tara Westover (born September 1986) is an American memoirist, essayist and historian. Her memoir Educated (2018) debuted at #1 on The New York Times bestseller list and was a finalist for a number of national awards, including the LA Times Book Prize, PEN America's Jean Stein Book Award, and two awards from the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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The decisions I made after that moment were not the ones she would have made. They were the choices of a changed person, a new self.
You could call this selfhood many things. Transformation. Metamorphosis. Falsity. Betrayal.
I call it an education.

I began to experience the most powerful advantage of money: the ability to think of things besides money.

Curiosity is a luxury reserved for the financially secure.

The thing about having a mental breakdown is that no matter how obvious it is that you’re having one, it is somehow not obvious to you. - Tara Westover

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