Advice I Ignored is the only book about teenage depression that was actually written by a teenager! When Ruby Walker was fifteen, she went from a numb, silent, miserable high school dropout to a joyous loudmouth in one year flat. Advice I Ignored answers the question everyone's been asking her since: What happened? In ten illustrated chapters, you'll learn how to: get out from under self-hatred gain a sense of free will deal with failure without falling apart create your way through an existential crisis use exercise to beg your brain for endorphins have an identity beyond "sad" and more! Full of embarrassing stories, honest advice, and fierce hope, Advice I Ignored is a self-help book for people who hate help. And themselves.