Crazy Is My Superpower: How I Triumphed by Breaking Bones,

Crazy Is My Superpower: How I Triumphed by Breaking Bones, Breaking Hearts, and Breaking the Rules

The New York TimesÂ Bestseller

Recently retired WWE superstar AJ Mendez Brooks is a powerhouseâ€”strong, quirky, and totally confident. But that wasnâ€™t always the case. With humor and tremendous heart, she opens up for the first time about her harrowing struggle to understand her demons and the diagnosis that helped her gain control over her life.
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Everything I was told should be my greatest insecurities and weaknesses, everything that Iâ€™ve been labeledâ€”SHORT, NERDY, SKINNY, WEAK, IMPULSIVE, UGLY, TOMBOY, POOR, REBEL, LOUD, FREAK, CRAZYâ€”turned out to be my greatest strengths. I didnâ€™t become successful in spite of them. I became successful because of them.
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Growing up AJ was a quiet girl trying to act â€œnormalâ€ when she felt anything but. As her family struggled with drug addiction, poverty, and mental illness, she found escape through comic books and video games, and was inspired by the tough and unconventional female characters. It wasnâ€™t until she discovered pro wrestling that she learned superheroes could be real.
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Determined to become the superhero sheâ€™d always admired, AJ trained and sacrificed for years to achieve her dream of wrestling professionally. Yet she quickly faced industry pressure to play the role of the damsel in distress and to dress more provocatively to cater to male fans. But she fought back and created an ass-kicking alter ego that was a genuine representation of herself: nerdy, enthusiastic, and a little bit crazy.Â
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With humor and tremendous heart, AJ opens up for the first time about her harrowing struggle to understand her demons and the mental illness diagnosis that helped her gain control over her life. What most people view as a hardship, AJ embraced as inspiraÂtion for her superhero persona, shattering the stigma attached to mental illness.
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Charting her journey from a scrappy girl in an unstable home to an empowered wrestling champion, Crazy Is My Superpower is an unÂflinchingly honest story and brave confessional about her long road to self-acceptance.
Country USA
Brand Crown Archetype
Manufacturer Crown Archetype
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 25652624
ReleaseDate 2017-04-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780451496669

Country	USA
Brand	Crown Archetype
Manufacturer	Crown Archetype
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	25652624
ReleaseDate	2017-04-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780451496669

Crazy Is My Superpower: How I Triumphed by Breaking Bones, Breaking Hearts, and Breaking the Rules

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