SOLVED. Young Adult Realistic Fiction w/ 5-6 teens discussing issues teens face and their experiences with it including (tw) Self-Harm, eating disorders, etc. [s]

[Igolo]

TW: This is a big paperback book like the size of a yearbook, the cover MAY be yellow and black, and I read it around 2011-2015. From what I can remember, this is not your normal fiction book with these issues woven into the plot, but a written dialogue of a group of 5-6 teenagers discussing issues all young people face. Each chapter would have the teenagers discuss a topic such as eating disorders or self-harm. One of the teens would always have a personal relationship with the issue. In the eating disorder chapter, a girl mentions that when she heard her mom and sister complain about their bodies, she thought "Wow, I must be a whale." In the SH section, another girl talks about people staring at her scars. Those are the only topics I can remember specifically. Thank you for any help!

[Rainbowheart]

Ophelia Speaks

[Temple]

Get Well Soon might be what you're looking for. It's about a sarcastic teen entering a mental health clinic with many other mentally ill teens. It was yellow and black on the cover; an emoji and the black title on yellow bg. I read this book around the same time you described.

[Igolo]

sorry, I don't think it's either of those :(
Ophelia Speaks looks like it has a female audience for one and I borrowed the book from my brother, and Get Well Soon is mental health fiction, not the kind of book I was describing.

[Rainbowheart]

Igolo, are you sure?

Ophelia Speaks has the "If she’s a cow, then I must be a whale" line, and many poems about self-harm scars.

You can read the book online....

https://archive.org/details/opheliasp...

There are various covers.

[Igolo]

I’ve read the first half now and I’m positive it’s not Ophelia Speaks but thank you

[Stephanie]

Maybe "I've Got This Friend Who: What You Can Do If You Think You or Your Friend Has A Serious Problem Advice for Teens on Alcohol, Drugs, Depression, Eating Disorders and More"?

I searched through an edition on OpenLibrary and found a line from one girl saying "my older sister is always looking in the mirror and complaining how 'fat' she is. If SHE is fat, then I'm a cow!"

[Igolo]

Stephanie wrote: "Maybe "I've Got This Friend Who: What You Can Do If You Think You or Your Friend Has A Serious Problem Advice for Teens on Alcohol, Drugs, Depression, Eating Disorders and More"?

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OMG i think it's exactly this thank you so much!!