Hidden Lives
In this groundbreaking collection, well-known and cutting-edge authors bring to light life with mental illness. These evocative essays, by writers who either suffer from or have close family members diagnosed with mental illness or a developmental disorder, aim to break down the stigma that surrounds one of the most devastating of human tribulations. The writers recount their experiences with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, clinical depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and dissociative identity disorder. What does it feel like to be psychotic? What sorts of thoughts go through your mind while you are killing yourself? How does a mother go on after her schizophrenic son throws himself into an unfinished construction site? The anthology drills to the core of compassion and disappointmentatranscending hope and sometimes finding beauty in insanity. With a foreword by physician and bestselling author Gabor MatAc, MD, Hidden Lives gives readers a place to turn and communicates not despair but courage.His essay aElma received an honourable mention in Prairie Fire magazinea#39;s 2007 creative non-fiction contest. ... She also has a volume of essays and memoirs called Catalysts: confrontations with the muse (Wolsak aamp; Wynn, 2012). Her essaysanbsp;...
| Title | : | Hidden Lives |
| Author | : | Lenore Rowntree, Andrew Boden |
| Publisher | : | Brindle and Glass - 2012-09-04 |
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