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Five Feet Apart actress Haley Lu Richardson gives intimate peak-behind the curtain in her new coming-of-age poetry collection I'm Sad and Horny

The book delves into Richardson's romantic and mental health highs and lows from her 20s

"Sometimes, it's really unhinged," she says of the journaling that led to her first book

Haley Lu Richardson is ready to bare almost all.

The Five Feet Apart star, 30, tells PEOPLE that her new poetry book is a "pretty raw" look at her 20s but that's a feature, not a bug. The collection titled I'm Sad and Horny came out earlier this month, capturing resonant coming-of-age scenes while offering a peak behind the curtain at the actress's personal life.

From romantic woes to mental health challenges and even masturbation, Richardson

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