Josh’s Reviews > What Happened Yesterday > Status Update

Okay, the last part about social media and COVID wasn’t that interesting to me, but it was still a good read. We’re still here.

“'If you like her so much, then why don’t you date her?' That’s when Nick shouted back, 'I can’t because I’m gay!' I sat back down. Time froze. I was immediately in tears, and so was he. I couldn’t help but instantly think about how difficult this must have been for him."

I know this isn’t supposed to be a memoir where you cry, but that, as a gay man, messed me up. Bless him for thinking of his brother that way.

“What's the First Thing You’d Grab?” — Coming from someone who also experienced a house fire and lost (almost) everything, this specific chapter really healed me in a way.

This guy may be 23 and I’m 33, but at the end of the day, we’re all human, and I can relate so hard to this guy. I’m actually shook by how much I’m enjoying this book. I was proven very wrong. Truly can't put it down.

“On the pills, I’d completely dissociate, almost as if I fell asleep while standing up with my eyes open in broad daylight. My thoughts were consumed by medication.”

…to be completely honest, this perfectly describes why I’ve been afraid to take medication from the jump.

The entirety of “Seven and a Half Hours?!” made me completely tear up. I’m relating to this guy so hard; it’s truly not even funny.

I'm sorry! Is this a document from a therapy/counseling office?! Mother of...

"To me, the I in IEP may as well have stood for idiot."

HARD RELATE! As someone who had an IEP from elementary school through high school. The embarrassment you feel when you have one, thinking that everyone knows you have one and getting separated into different classes, makes everything 10x more challenging.

The entire “Does Everyone Have Anxiety?” part was so beautifully written, and the way it ended with, “I never thought, ‘Well, it could be worse. I could be having a panic attack like I did that day!’ Instead, I thought, ‘It’s going to happen to me again soon. I just know it.’” was the most accurate thing I’ve ever read following someone with anxiety.

“My warm face becomes cold, drained of all color. Every negative thought I could think of went through my head: I’m going crazy, I’m sick, I’m probably dying…Everything was going great, but then all of a sudden, it became horrible.”

Oh, good Lord. That was described beautifully.