Chronically Chaotic: The Chronicles of a Complicated Human Being
Coming 2025
This is not a self-help book.
It’s a survival document.
Chronically Chaotic is a memoir told through the lens of mental illness, obsession, and a decade of digital journaling. It tracks my slow descent from cocky teenager to unhinged adult—and the messy, darkly funny climb back to something resembling stability.
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I write about PMDD, OCD, and depression with humor that’s occasionally inappropriate, often dry, and always honest. This book covers a ten-year stretch of survival that includes: vomiting in cigar lounges, trauma-bonding with Russian men on cruise ships, confronting my own avoidance in love and intimacy, and trying to make peace with a body that feels like it’s breaking down from the inside out.
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It’s not advice.
It’s not a guide.
It’s just what it looks like when you document the chaos and try to make meaning out of it.
If you've ever tried to laugh through a breakdown or looked at your life and gone, “What the hell is this even?”—this one’s for you.
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Cristi Reed is a writer, strategist, and researcher specializing in voice-driven content, behavioral insight, and creative clarity. With experience spanning small business, nonprofit communication, and user-focused strategy, she builds stories that resonate and systems that make sense. Her work lives at the intersection of storytelling and structure—whether she’s crafting personal essays, refining a digital experience, or mapping what people need (but haven’t said yet).