Mental Illness – Trigger Warning Database

New Year Knew You by Evie Mitchell

Emily: The doctors told me I have amnesia. They’ve said it’s a result of the concussion I sustained on New Year’s Eve, but I know the truth. I’ve been transported to a parallel universe, it’s the only plausible explanation as to why I’m now living five years in the future where I’ve morphed into some kind of body-conscious diet addict who has a better relationship with my mother-in-law than my husband. Or should I say, ex-husband. How is it that Calvin Jameson and I have gone from hopelessly devoted to separated and on the cusp of divorce? I can’t remember, but I’m damned sure I’m going… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Fatphobic bullying recounted
Hospitalisation for a coma & amnesia sustained in a car accident
Eating disorder & body dysmorphia (protagonist), including discussions of dieting, restrictive eating, and weight loss

Knot My Type by Evie Mitchell

Frankie: When you say you’re a sexologist, people imagine Marilyn Monroe. They don’t expect a woman who uses a wheelchair. As the host of the All Access Podcast, I’m breaking barriers, crushing stigmas, and creating sexual connections that are fulfilling for my fans. I’m like cupid, but with pink hair and fewer diapers.
Only, I’ve hit a snag. A lovely listener wants some advice about accessible rope play and I’m drawing a big fat blank. Which leaves me with no option but to get out there and give it a go. Which is how I meet Jay Wood—rigger, carpenter, and all-round hottie… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism
Abusive relationship recounted
Cheating recounted
Parent with addiction mentioned
Emesis
Cancer recounted
Bullying

If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude

Avery Byrne has secrets. She’s queer; she’s in love with her best friend, Cass; and she’s suffering from undiagnosed clinical depression. But on the morning Avery plans to jump into the river near her college campus, the world discovers there are only nine days left to an asteroid is headed for Earth, and no one can stop it. Trying to spare her family and Cass additional pain, Avery does her best to make it through just nine more days. As time runs out and secrets slowly come to light, Avery would do anything to save the ones she loves. But most importantly, she learns… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Homophobia & religious bigotry
Depression & suicidal ideation
Suicide of a secondary character (discussed, off-page)
Attempted suicide discussed (protagonist)
Alcohol consumption
Gun violence
Home invasion

Pretty Dead Things by Kelsey Cox

2000: Isabelle Whitmore vanishes at Sherman Ranch in Anhalt, Texas, without a trace. 2025: The annual Lone Star Princess Pageant looms, bringing long-standing grudges to the surface. Ingrid fled Anhalt in the wake of her sister Isabelle’s disappearance and has now returned, just in time for a construction crew to start digging up Sherman Ranch; the pageant brings up past traumas that Melanie can’t forget; Cat, newly sober, starts to feel threatened in ways that bring back old demons; and Sarah Lynn, who comes from a long line of pageant winners, knows that losing is… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Rape of a minor discussed
Child abuse & neglect
Alcoholism & prescription pill abuse
Cancer
Grief & loss depiction
Disappearance & murder of a daughter/sister (theme)
Bullying & hazing

Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox

Today is Sophie Matthews’s sixteenth birthday party, an exclusive black-tie bash in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, where secrets are as deep-rooted as the sprawling live oaks. Sophie’s dad has spared no expense, and his renovated cliffside mansion—once thought haunted—is now hosting the event of the season. Then, just before the candles on the three-tiered red velvet cake are blown out, a body falls from the balcony onto the starlit dance floor below. It’s a killer guest list. DANI: Sophie’s new stepmother who’s been plagued by self-doubt ever since… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Alcoholism & alcohol abuse
Post-partum depression
Intrusive thoughts

You’re No Better by Andrew Joseph White

Morgan Slaughter, a seventeen-year-old trans boy with autism, put his serial killer father in prison years ago. Despite that, everyone thinks Morgan will grow up to be just like his dad: including his volatile mother, the documentary crew following their family, and maybe himself. Desperately, Morgan latches onto his father’s final victim—the only one who was never identified—hoping that if he unravels the mystery, he’ll finally prove he’s better than the man who hurt him. But this puts Morgan in the crosshairs of classmate Felicity Keating, who knows the truth about Morgan’s… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Ableism
Transphobia, queerphobia & misgendering and forced closeting (on-page)
Rape recounted, sexual harassment, sexual assault & grooming
Physical & emotional child abuse (theme)
Suicidal ideation & intrusive thoughts
Self-harm
Alcohol consumption & abuse, including forced alcohol consumption
Hospitalisation (on-page)
Graphic murder & torture recounted
Kidnapping recounted & confinement (on-page)
Blackmail

Maybe This Time by Cara Bastone

Romance can be a little complicated when you get sucked into a wormhole. Just ask high school English teacher June Flint. One little solar flare happens and suddenly you find yourself 85 years in the future. Eighty-five years from your dream job. Your ailing mother whose only companion in this world is you. Your favorite stuffed-crust pizza from DeLucia… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Workplace homophobia & racism recounted
Anxiety
Parent with degenerative memory issues
Death of a parent recounted

No Matter What by Cara Bastone

Roz and Vin can’t look each other in the eyes anymore, let alone share a bed. It’s been a year since they survived a life-altering accident, and their marriage hasn’t been the same. But Roz has held out hope that they can fix things, until she discovers Vin has signed a new lease. So she does what any soon-to-be-divorced Manhattanite would do: sign up for a figure-drawing class. Between Roz’s determined attempts to improve her artistic skills and her adventures with her best friend, Raffi, she can almost ignore Vin’s impending move-out date and his footsteps in… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption & drug use
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) & panic attacks
Grief & loss depiction
Scars & injuries sustained in a car accident

Sweet Talk by Cara Bastone

It’s officially booty o’clock, I’m alone again in my kitchen choking down a slice of terrible chocolate cake…and I’m pretty sure I just got drunk texted by the man I have a ginormous crush on. I’ve been daydreaming about Eliot Hoffman’s dimples for two months, and even though I’m sure this was a mistake on his end, it doesn’t mean it’s not an opportunity on mine. It’s the middle of the night, and I just wanna talk to him. So I text him back. And then somehow we keep talking…ALL NIGHT. We’re both insomniacs, so talking all night soon turns into talking EVERY night. And talking.. Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Parental abandonment recounted
Secondary character with alcoholism
Anxiety & panic attack
Parent with terminal cancer
Home invasion & threats of gun violence (protagonist)

Business Not As Usual by Sharon C. Cooper

This is the mantra that will get Dreamy Daniels through each day until she makes it big. So what if she lives in a seedy part of Los Angeles in a house that’s one earthquake away from crumbling, or works an unfulfilling secretarial job while struggling to finish her bachelor’s degree? All Dreamy needs to do is win the lottery, which she’s been entering in as a weekly tradition with her grandfather. When she catches the attention of her boss’s potential investor, Dreamy has to remind herself to focus on her career goals so she can be her own boss. Who cares if he has the… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Depression