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Author: Leda Rogers Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 134
Book Description
A deeply emotional, powerful memoir of bipolar disorder and creative spirit In stories full of humor, heart-break, and finally equilibrium and perspective, Leda Rogers chronicles her journey through the mental health ward of St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica. She writes of her life before; her childhood as an only child with a very encouraging mother, and between; the pursuit of love, drugs, sex, friendship, knowledge and her acting career. The constant in and out of hospitals and control took its toll. A promising acting career lost its momentum. Relationships were strained and sometimes crumbled. Despite everything, her spirit shines. A creative savant, Leda is a magician, a leather worker, a jewelry designer, a puppet maker, a greeting card designer, and a cartoonist. Stories from the Bipolar Region is honest and compelling, a testament to the power of creativity in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Leda's stories are augmented with the cartoon character she uses as her alter-ego, the cowboy she always wanted to be, and photographs of her acting career. Gritty, funny, and a must-read. Ride 'em cowboy!
Author: Leda Rogers Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 134
Book Description
A deeply emotional, powerful memoir of bipolar disorder and creative spirit In stories full of humor, heart-break, and finally equilibrium and perspective, Leda Rogers chronicles her journey through the mental health ward of St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica. She writes of her life before; her childhood as an only child with a very encouraging mother, and between; the pursuit of love, drugs, sex, friendship, knowledge and her acting career. The constant in and out of hospitals and control took its toll. A promising acting career lost its momentum. Relationships were strained and sometimes crumbled. Despite everything, her spirit shines. A creative savant, Leda is a magician, a leather worker, a jewelry designer, a puppet maker, a greeting card designer, and a cartoonist. Stories from the Bipolar Region is honest and compelling, a testament to the power of creativity in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Leda's stories are augmented with the cartoon character she uses as her alter-ego, the cowboy she always wanted to be, and photographs of her acting career. Gritty, funny, and a must-read. Ride 'em cowboy!
Author: Charlotte Pierce-Baker Publisher: Chicago Review Press ISBN: 1613741111 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
Charlotte Pierce-Baker did everything right when raising her son, providing not only emotional support but the best education possible. At age twenty-five, he was pursuing a postgraduate degree and seemingly in control of his life. She never imagined her high-achieving son would wind up handcuffed, dirty, and in jail. The moving story of an African American family facing the challenge of bipolar disorder, This Fragile Life provides insight into mental disorders as well as family dynamics. Pierce-Baker traces the evolution of her son's illness and, in looking back, realizes she mistook warning signs for typical child and teen behavior. Hospitalizations, calls in the night, alcohol and drug relapses, pleas for money, and continuous disputes, her son's journey was long, arduous, and almost fatal. This Fragile Life weaves a fascinating story of mental illness, race, family, the drive of African Americans to succeed, and a mother's love for her son.
Author: Monica A. Coleman Publisher: Broadleaf Books ISBN: 1506487106 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 375
Book Description
Overcome with mental anguish, Monica A. Coleman's great-grandfather had his two young sons pull the chair out from beneath him when he hanged himself. That noose remained tied to a rafter in the shed, where it hung above the heads of his eight children who played there for years to come. As it had for generations before her, a heaviness hung over Monica throughout her young life. As an adult, this rising star in the academy saw career successes often fueled by the modulated highs of undiagnosed Bipolar II Disorder, as she hid deep depression that even her doctors skimmed past in disbelief. Serendipitous encounters with Black intellectuals like Henry Louis Gates Jr., Angela Davis, and Renita Weems were countered by long nights of stark loneliness. Only as Coleman began to face her illness was she able to live honestly and faithfully in the world. And in the process, she discovered a new and liberating vision of God. Written in crackling prose, Monica's spiritual autobiography examines her long dance with trauma, depression, and the threat of death in light of the legacies of slavery, war, sharecropping, poverty, and alcoholism that masked her family history of mental illness for generations.
Author: Aysegül Yildiz Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0199300534 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 710
Book Description
The Bipolar Book covers not only clinical and pathophysiological matters, but also technical aspects of the evidence accumulation for treatment of bipolar disorder. This approach brings in stimulating discussions on available data originating from current randomized controlled trials with specified considerations of bipolar mania, depression, and prophylaxis by providing accompanying recommendations for an improved evidence formation and synthesis. The Bipolar Book provides a clinician-friendly view of debatable issues on the existing randomized trials based evidence and the ways of improving them by respecting distinctive fluctuating pattern of bipolar disorder.
Author: Kirk Patrick Miller Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1475971338 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 134
Book Description
The moonlight sliced into the alleyway as twenty-one-year-old Kirk Miller opened his eyes and stared at the night sky. His head throbbed as the world spun gently. The cold, hard cement felt oddly soothing, but even with all the alcohol and drugs flowing through his veins, Kirks mind was still racing. It would be a year until he was told that those feelings were related to what professionals called a manic episode. Welcome to the world of bipolar disorder. It is no secret that bipolar disorder is one of the most misunderstood and devastating mental disorders for the diagnosed and those who care for them. But what if there were a cure? In his compelling memoir, Miller details how he was diagnosed with the most severe form of bipolar disorder, was told he would never lead a normal life, and eventually refused to accept his fate. As he began a determined search for answers through research, educated guesses, and risks that nearly cost him his life, Miller shares how he stumbled onto a new method of treating his disorder that, remarkably, helped him achieve a full recovery. Chaos to Cured shares the true story of one mans courageous journey to finding a cure for bipolar disorder with the hope that everyone will one day have a second chance in life.
Author: Natasha Tracy Publisher: ISBN: 9781539409144 Category : Affective disorders Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
"Natasha Tracy has written a book that straddles the chasm between self-help and memoir. Natasha's own experiences with bipolar disorder and depression illustrate what it is truly like to live with serious mental illness and offer real-world ways to live better with it. Natasha pulls no punches, doesn't sugarcoat and yet still offers real hope to the reader. This book will give those with mental illness and their loved ones "ah-hah" moments on every page."--
Author: Ellen Forney Publisher: Fantagraphics Books ISBN: 1683961013 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 182
Book Description
Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life is the eagerly awaited sequel/ companion book to Forney’s 2012 best-selling graphic memoir, Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me. Whereas Marbles was a memoir about her bipolar disorder, Rock Steady turns the focus outward, offering a self-help survival guide of tips, tricks and tools by someone who has been through it all and come through stronger for it.
Author: Linea Johnson Publisher: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 1429948884 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 336
Book Description
The Johnsons were a close and loving family living in the Seattle area - two parents, two incomes, two bright and accomplished daughters. They led busy lives filled with music lessons, college preparation, career demands, and laughter around the dinner table. Then the younger daughter, Linea, started experiencing crippling bouts of suicidal depression. Multiple trips to the psych ward resulted in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, and it took many trial runs of drugs and ultimately electroshock therapy to bring Linea back. But her family never gave up on her. And Linea never stopped trying to find her way back to them. Perfect Chaos is the story of a mother and daughter's journey through mental illness towards hope. From initial worrying symptoms to long sleepless nights to cross-country flights and the slow understanding and rebuilding of trust, Perfect Chaos tells Linea and Cinda's harrowing and inspiring story, of an illness that they conquer together every day. It is the story of a daughter's courage, a mother's faith, and the love that carried them through the darkest times.
Author: Leda Rogers
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