Rewire Your Anxious Brain by Nick Trenton
My Body Is Distant is a trans, coming-out story like no other. Beautifully crafted, propulsive and by turns heartbreaking and funny, Paige Maylott offers us a guided tour of gaming communities and virtual romance, and how they can create collisions and liberation in real life. -- Farzana Doctor, author of>Seven and>You Still Look the Same An electrifying and vulnerable memoir that invites readers into an intimate conversation about our digital and physical selves, gender, and belonging. In>My Body Is Distant, Paige Maylott writes about her life -- both virtual and IRL -- as she explores her authentic self and sexuality through dream-like virtual worlds. While Paige dances in online BDSM clubs and hurls spells on virtual battlefields, she is swept into a fairy tale romance that pushes her into discovery mode: How can she transcend her carefully curated computer universe and manifest that happiness in the real world? As she discovers the person she is meant to be, Paige contends with a cancer diagnosis and an imploding marriage while struggling to convert an online love story into reality. When a humiliation at work provides the necessary push to transition, Paige finds the freedom to explore her new self. Part trans woman's coming-out story and part heartfelt romance, My Body Is Distant follows Paige from a childhood obsession with the 1980s game>Zork, through a health crisis and divorce, to, ultimately, an affirmation of authenticity and self-love.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781647434373 |
| ISBN 10 | 1647434378 |
| Title | Rewire Your Anxious Brain |
| Author | Nick Trenton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pkcs Media, Inc. |
| Year published | 2023-04-11 |
| Number of pages | 222 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |