Yellowface feeling like an “Anxiety Attack”

So I was reading Yellowface when I was going back home from college, and I was feeling extremely low. I was not able to figure out why I was feeling so anxious, I had to lie down at one point. I chalked it off to just other events in my life.

Then I later read that the author wanted the book to feel like an “anxiety attack” for the readers and I was in awe with how well she executed that. I genuinely felt uneasy reading the book, even though I am not into social media as much and never suffered with need for external validation – it also strengthened my resolve to not make writing my primary career, because it makes the activity so stressful and mechanical, and almost everyone who ends up pursuing writing as a primary career suffer from immense pressure in the industry. It hit very hard for me.

by dardukhpeeda