Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere

by Maria Bamford

My husband and I always joke that if I was in a survival situation on a raft floating in the Pacific, I’d be the first person to jump off, swim to a shark, and pry open its mouth. I am not a fan of long-haul discomfort.

If you’ve ever been in treatment for an eating disorder, you’ll understand it is a competitive sport, even though there are no real winners beyond getting to have a therapist watch you go to the bathroom.