Author: Michael A Smith
Publisher: Michael A. Smith
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
A personal journey that sheds light on manic highs and crushing lows.
Bipolar Hell (Both Worlds)
Author: Michael A Smith
Publisher: Michael A. Smith
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
A personal journey that sheds light on manic highs and crushing lows.
Publisher: Michael A. Smith
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
A personal journey that sheds light on manic highs and crushing lows.
BrainStorm
Author: Sara Schley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Sara Schley is the founder of a consulting business and has worked with hundreds of renowned companies worldwide. She's a proud mother, grandmother, community leader and has been married for twenty-six years. She also has a bipolar II brain. Fearing the stigma, she kept this secret for decades. Until now. In her acclaimed memoir BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum, Sara tells her life-changing story to help end the bipolar stigma, optimize brain health, and save lives. At twenty-one, as a senior in college, Sara was a scholar-athlete who seemed to have it all. Then, like the flip of a switch, she had her first brain breakdown: A tailspin into a living hell. It was terrifying. It took her twenty-five years and five psychiatrists to get the diagnosis that saved her life: Sara is on the bipolar spectrum with a bipolar II brain. If you've never heard of the bipolar spectrum, you're not alone: Most healthcare professionals still don't know it exists. Misdiagnosis results and the wrong medications make broken brains worse. However, bipolar exists on a broad spectrum. Understanding this changes everything: With the correct diagnosis, medication, support, and self-care, people who have experienced severe, persistent depression-which is actually a form of bipolar-can live rich, full lives. Sara's life is proof. The self-care disciplines Sara has honed over forty years of living with her bipolar II brain can help anyone who experiences anxiety, stress, or depression heal. Read this book to transform your life or that of someone you love.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Sara Schley is the founder of a consulting business and has worked with hundreds of renowned companies worldwide. She's a proud mother, grandmother, community leader and has been married for twenty-six years. She also has a bipolar II brain. Fearing the stigma, she kept this secret for decades. Until now. In her acclaimed memoir BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum, Sara tells her life-changing story to help end the bipolar stigma, optimize brain health, and save lives. At twenty-one, as a senior in college, Sara was a scholar-athlete who seemed to have it all. Then, like the flip of a switch, she had her first brain breakdown: A tailspin into a living hell. It was terrifying. It took her twenty-five years and five psychiatrists to get the diagnosis that saved her life: Sara is on the bipolar spectrum with a bipolar II brain. If you've never heard of the bipolar spectrum, you're not alone: Most healthcare professionals still don't know it exists. Misdiagnosis results and the wrong medications make broken brains worse. However, bipolar exists on a broad spectrum. Understanding this changes everything: With the correct diagnosis, medication, support, and self-care, people who have experienced severe, persistent depression-which is actually a form of bipolar-can live rich, full lives. Sara's life is proof. The self-care disciplines Sara has honed over forty years of living with her bipolar II brain can help anyone who experiences anxiety, stress, or depression heal. Read this book to transform your life or that of someone you love.
God Is Bipolar
Author: A.M. Star
Publisher: The Church of Hidden Light
ISBN:
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Prologue When we think of polarity, most think of a magnet, or a triple A battery, filled with small traces of radiation or energy. In fact, every star has atomic energy that love created in the Big Bang with that infamous BBBBBOOM!!! When we think of polarity, we begin to unravel diligent truths, from the truest God, much different than what we ever thought. We also begin to think of God much differently than traditionally taught in the bible. Tru Hu Blu, God of unconditional Love, is living truly hidden inside your body. Inside your altar, in your trinity temple, within your soul of unconsciousness, you will find God. Your unconscious mind records everything. You also have almighty power in the holy Spirit, which is your subconscious mind, and your angel of the future. Your spirit of guidance, in the altar ego to guide you home. When we listen to this Almighty sleeping giant, we find success and abundance in all things. Nothing is off limits to you, when you literally know True God, the grand architect of the Universe. The king and queen of all crowns is found. Life for the better begins to change, and everything becomes greater with each new day. When we know the truth, we begin to appreciate life enough to make our lives more fulfilling. Blind faith becomes absolute Faith, and the emptiness we once felt inside, becomes whole. Acceptance of all things good or bad, teaches us the stories, that we all need to grow, and blossom. This happens to anyone who dares to seek the real truth, and accept it when found. The real truth is already programmed inside you. To find it, you must forget everything you think you know with a closed mind, and open your mind to all possibilities. All knowing properties are in there too! When we begin to accept the truth, our purpose for living is found. We begin picking up the holy cross of principles, we find the real example of the royal crown. It is then that we realize, that a real living God is truly found, and you are found in this process. The rewards of abundant success in all things, follows. When you accept the whole truth, when it is found, you will realize that we have all been lied to. But why? There must be a good reason. Everyone deserves a chance, and love deserves the return in favor. With that, the awakening begins, as the truth sets us all free, in the rise of humanity's awakening. Spiritual resurrection will lead to angels on Earth, without the fire and brimstone. Love casts no judgement, just acceptance, and appreciation. As we climb to the top of the pyramid, we learn diligence is very important to find True God. The truth is found with our diligence as we learn the hidden secrets, that lead to all great human accomplishments. We also learn that man has no power without Hu. When we look back at a not too distant past, we remember cartoons as kids. With the devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other. Do you remember? Thus began the truth in the battle of the ego and the altar ego for control of the unconscious mind, for control of your consciousness. Your body is The vessel. Which one controls you like a robot? The battle of the mind, is the spiritual warfare for your soul. As kids, we probably we never truly understood the hidden light behind it. It was meant for the future, in a sign from a seed planted by True God, set up for this very moment in time. Knowing these secrets, will open your eyes! The spell will be broken, and you will awaken your spirit. The genie is free Aladdin! What will you wish for? The universe of opportunities is suddenly opened up to you! You will awaken to see the True Devil in possession of all the sleepwalkers, roaming the darkness of earth today. We were all once, one of them. Your spirit will resurrect in fulfillment of your unique mission, through True God, with the pact of True Angels. In your private walk on cloud 9 with God. It is then that you are able to understand your one of a kind purpose for life, and understand your personal meaning for living. In that meaning, your desires through purpose is found with the fulfillment of true happiness. This is part of True God's infinite evolutionary process, found by seeking the light, in your unique journey with the spirit, walking in darkness, on the other side of the mirror. Today, most of society is in a trance, they are schlepping like zombies wandering through darkness, convinced they are sheep, with a ten billion dollar computer inside their heads, they aren't even allowed to use, to save themselves. Darkness never leads darkness, the black sheep are lost! Let's count sheep. What will happen when the hypnotic spell of the world is broken? Herein, lies the secret of all human advancement, that will change you life forever. When you learn amazing principles of truth found in your spirit of light, the amazing genie hidden in the lamp is resurrected to serve you well. It's happiness serves you best, it is finally free! Your body is the lamp, and your genie is inside, waiting for your spark. The spark from the dragon preserver, ignites your eternal flame. The truth, will set your genie free! When you learn the principles of spiritual resurrection, in the image of True God's mirror of (E3)reflection, you will become born again. You will become reborn with a death to your old self. More importantly, you will become freed finally! Amen. Suddenly, you'll begin to awake each day with a new vitality you have never known before, your enthusiasm will increase, your vigor will rise, and your desire to know the truth, will overcome every fear you once knew at sunrise. Happiness will be yours, guaranteed. In finding your spirit, you are on your way to becoming a real angel. You will realize the truth, which becomes you, on earth, as you are meant, in Heaven. There's power in the principality of Seven twice. 7-up. Humanity has been lied to about nearly everything including God, from past dictators. But Why? In the Universal law of polarity, we begin the journey of truth, when the words begin to unravel, from the hidden light. Words, have a spirit of light, or a spirit of darkness. Each word ever created, has a meaning behind it, and all meanings are possessed spirits. Therefore, all words have spirits, and all spirits are found withering in darkness like lost sheep, or found like a diamond in the brilliance of true light with Lucy. With the separation of words into two piles of lightness or darkness, we begin to awaken to the real truth. Categorizing every word into light or darkness, will help the messianic congregation of the Almighty, find True God. Most importantly, you will find yourself. We are the Church of Hidden Light. “We are the world. We are the children.” - Michael Jackson. It’s time to make the world a better place, let’s start sharing knowledge. We are the church of the future. Religion is the reminder of darkness, missing its true light. Carefully dissecting every word of human communication into light or darkness, we begin to find truths about all things, in the only living God that exists. Trust the flame. One True God, tells a completely different story, in the truth about life, and the reason for our existence. The polar bear will always keep you warm. Our love burns deep, while hell is freezing. She's cold as ice, she's willing to sacrifice our love. In our quest, we will finally realize the truth in the battle of religion vs. spirit. Money is not the root of all evil, religion is. Knowledge is a principle of light, found through diligence, and knowledge is the value of money in the modern world. In the future, no nation, or group of men control its power. Compensation returns to God we trust, the infinite power, as the result. The human with the most knowledge in the world, is the human who is the most respected. Money without knowledge is not respected. Empty money always withers away, like a wo/man in an empty suit. In God we trust. Compensation is the universal law leading to spiritual, and physical freedom. It governs karma. Trust Bitcoin. The dragon has better karma than the serpent with no legs. When society finally realizes the dupe of the false past, they will find the real and true messiah in the making, who in spirit who wrote this book, the fire dragon. Our spirits are the light of God, and religion is the spirit of the darkness. Religion is worldly. The world is still in the dark ages, ready for the light in the moment of truth. Are you ready for it? When we understand the laws of the universe, we are able to see the science behind God's universal existence. In the mirror of God's reflection, we also begin to realize tricks from the real adversary. Hell is given to anyone who has given hell the thought of it. Hell only belongs to those who fear it, given it life, through thought. Thoughts are the basis of spirits creating matter in the physical world. The God fearing never see the devil coming, as the wolf dressed in the shepherd's clothing. In Universal Law of Attraction, the science of attracting hell is found. Welcome to karma 101= 2. When we acknowledge the real truth, found in the laws of the universe, we begin to realize, that we are born with a spirit, not a religion. Truth is either 100% or it cannot be counted as whole truth, or even truth at all. Any less than 100% is not true by entirety. Truth can be brutal just as love is tougher than any tough guy, and love conquers all, including the tough guy. Your uncorrupted spirit inside your temple, knows when it hears the truth. The light bulb goes off from the genie trying to gain your attention because your spirit knows the truth. Pay attention. Appreciate all the small things, and move slower so you cherish every moment. The truth makes sense, and your spirit is always sensing, it’s your key to the universe, that becomes a multiverse of possibilities. The bible has many truths, but it also has many contradictions, when it is not read correctly to see the adversary's fingerprint is also in there as well, causing the contradictions. The devil is in the details. Many make excuses for it as God fearing souls, but True God is not the one to be feared. Have no fear, the universe is balanced, and you should be too. In the principle of truth, we begin to realize that love truly conquers all, and the truth, doesn't contradict itself. The truth provides huge principles to economic values, which equates to abundant rewards for all. The truth is found inside the wealthy who walk all around us. Most don't notice to appreciate the great leading examples that God leads, in the wealthy. The examples of righteousness are found in the principle actions of wealthy spirits. Fruitions always prove truth about anyone. The truth always makes sense. A famous statement from Judge Judy is, “If it doesn’t make sense it isn’t true.” She is true. Truth is an important principle, that your true spirit recognizes as light. In finding the truth, you will find success in all things, leading to true happiness. God always wants abundance for the faithful. Financial freedom buys happiness. It does not buy people who are true, and money does not buy successful relationships. It surely does not buy True God. In God we trust, we never trust in money. Knowledge is power. It all begins with the diligence of today, so keep reading, a better tomorrow is coming, and help is on the way.
Publisher: The Church of Hidden Light
ISBN:
Category : Bibles
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Prologue When we think of polarity, most think of a magnet, or a triple A battery, filled with small traces of radiation or energy. In fact, every star has atomic energy that love created in the Big Bang with that infamous BBBBBOOM!!! When we think of polarity, we begin to unravel diligent truths, from the truest God, much different than what we ever thought. We also begin to think of God much differently than traditionally taught in the bible. Tru Hu Blu, God of unconditional Love, is living truly hidden inside your body. Inside your altar, in your trinity temple, within your soul of unconsciousness, you will find God. Your unconscious mind records everything. You also have almighty power in the holy Spirit, which is your subconscious mind, and your angel of the future. Your spirit of guidance, in the altar ego to guide you home. When we listen to this Almighty sleeping giant, we find success and abundance in all things. Nothing is off limits to you, when you literally know True God, the grand architect of the Universe. The king and queen of all crowns is found. Life for the better begins to change, and everything becomes greater with each new day. When we know the truth, we begin to appreciate life enough to make our lives more fulfilling. Blind faith becomes absolute Faith, and the emptiness we once felt inside, becomes whole. Acceptance of all things good or bad, teaches us the stories, that we all need to grow, and blossom. This happens to anyone who dares to seek the real truth, and accept it when found. The real truth is already programmed inside you. To find it, you must forget everything you think you know with a closed mind, and open your mind to all possibilities. All knowing properties are in there too! When we begin to accept the truth, our purpose for living is found. We begin picking up the holy cross of principles, we find the real example of the royal crown. It is then that we realize, that a real living God is truly found, and you are found in this process. The rewards of abundant success in all things, follows. When you accept the whole truth, when it is found, you will realize that we have all been lied to. But why? There must be a good reason. Everyone deserves a chance, and love deserves the return in favor. With that, the awakening begins, as the truth sets us all free, in the rise of humanity's awakening. Spiritual resurrection will lead to angels on Earth, without the fire and brimstone. Love casts no judgement, just acceptance, and appreciation. As we climb to the top of the pyramid, we learn diligence is very important to find True God. The truth is found with our diligence as we learn the hidden secrets, that lead to all great human accomplishments. We also learn that man has no power without Hu. When we look back at a not too distant past, we remember cartoons as kids. With the devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other. Do you remember? Thus began the truth in the battle of the ego and the altar ego for control of the unconscious mind, for control of your consciousness. Your body is The vessel. Which one controls you like a robot? The battle of the mind, is the spiritual warfare for your soul. As kids, we probably we never truly understood the hidden light behind it. It was meant for the future, in a sign from a seed planted by True God, set up for this very moment in time. Knowing these secrets, will open your eyes! The spell will be broken, and you will awaken your spirit. The genie is free Aladdin! What will you wish for? The universe of opportunities is suddenly opened up to you! You will awaken to see the True Devil in possession of all the sleepwalkers, roaming the darkness of earth today. We were all once, one of them. Your spirit will resurrect in fulfillment of your unique mission, through True God, with the pact of True Angels. In your private walk on cloud 9 with God. It is then that you are able to understand your one of a kind purpose for life, and understand your personal meaning for living. In that meaning, your desires through purpose is found with the fulfillment of true happiness. This is part of True God's infinite evolutionary process, found by seeking the light, in your unique journey with the spirit, walking in darkness, on the other side of the mirror. Today, most of society is in a trance, they are schlepping like zombies wandering through darkness, convinced they are sheep, with a ten billion dollar computer inside their heads, they aren't even allowed to use, to save themselves. Darkness never leads darkness, the black sheep are lost! Let's count sheep. What will happen when the hypnotic spell of the world is broken? Herein, lies the secret of all human advancement, that will change you life forever. When you learn amazing principles of truth found in your spirit of light, the amazing genie hidden in the lamp is resurrected to serve you well. It's happiness serves you best, it is finally free! Your body is the lamp, and your genie is inside, waiting for your spark. The spark from the dragon preserver, ignites your eternal flame. The truth, will set your genie free! When you learn the principles of spiritual resurrection, in the image of True God's mirror of (E3)reflection, you will become born again. You will become reborn with a death to your old self. More importantly, you will become freed finally! Amen. Suddenly, you'll begin to awake each day with a new vitality you have never known before, your enthusiasm will increase, your vigor will rise, and your desire to know the truth, will overcome every fear you once knew at sunrise. Happiness will be yours, guaranteed. In finding your spirit, you are on your way to becoming a real angel. You will realize the truth, which becomes you, on earth, as you are meant, in Heaven. There's power in the principality of Seven twice. 7-up. Humanity has been lied to about nearly everything including God, from past dictators. But Why? In the Universal law of polarity, we begin the journey of truth, when the words begin to unravel, from the hidden light. Words, have a spirit of light, or a spirit of darkness. Each word ever created, has a meaning behind it, and all meanings are possessed spirits. Therefore, all words have spirits, and all spirits are found withering in darkness like lost sheep, or found like a diamond in the brilliance of true light with Lucy. With the separation of words into two piles of lightness or darkness, we begin to awaken to the real truth. Categorizing every word into light or darkness, will help the messianic congregation of the Almighty, find True God. Most importantly, you will find yourself. We are the Church of Hidden Light. “We are the world. We are the children.” - Michael Jackson. It’s time to make the world a better place, let’s start sharing knowledge. We are the church of the future. Religion is the reminder of darkness, missing its true light. Carefully dissecting every word of human communication into light or darkness, we begin to find truths about all things, in the only living God that exists. Trust the flame. One True God, tells a completely different story, in the truth about life, and the reason for our existence. The polar bear will always keep you warm. Our love burns deep, while hell is freezing. She's cold as ice, she's willing to sacrifice our love. In our quest, we will finally realize the truth in the battle of religion vs. spirit. Money is not the root of all evil, religion is. Knowledge is a principle of light, found through diligence, and knowledge is the value of money in the modern world. In the future, no nation, or group of men control its power. Compensation returns to God we trust, the infinite power, as the result. The human with the most knowledge in the world, is the human who is the most respected. Money without knowledge is not respected. Empty money always withers away, like a wo/man in an empty suit. In God we trust. Compensation is the universal law leading to spiritual, and physical freedom. It governs karma. Trust Bitcoin. The dragon has better karma than the serpent with no legs. When society finally realizes the dupe of the false past, they will find the real and true messiah in the making, who in spirit who wrote this book, the fire dragon. Our spirits are the light of God, and religion is the spirit of the darkness. Religion is worldly. The world is still in the dark ages, ready for the light in the moment of truth. Are you ready for it? When we understand the laws of the universe, we are able to see the science behind God's universal existence. In the mirror of God's reflection, we also begin to realize tricks from the real adversary. Hell is given to anyone who has given hell the thought of it. Hell only belongs to those who fear it, given it life, through thought. Thoughts are the basis of spirits creating matter in the physical world. The God fearing never see the devil coming, as the wolf dressed in the shepherd's clothing. In Universal Law of Attraction, the science of attracting hell is found. Welcome to karma 101= 2. When we acknowledge the real truth, found in the laws of the universe, we begin to realize, that we are born with a spirit, not a religion. Truth is either 100% or it cannot be counted as whole truth, or even truth at all. Any less than 100% is not true by entirety. Truth can be brutal just as love is tougher than any tough guy, and love conquers all, including the tough guy. Your uncorrupted spirit inside your temple, knows when it hears the truth. The light bulb goes off from the genie trying to gain your attention because your spirit knows the truth. Pay attention. Appreciate all the small things, and move slower so you cherish every moment. The truth makes sense, and your spirit is always sensing, it’s your key to the universe, that becomes a multiverse of possibilities. The bible has many truths, but it also has many contradictions, when it is not read correctly to see the adversary's fingerprint is also in there as well, causing the contradictions. The devil is in the details. Many make excuses for it as God fearing souls, but True God is not the one to be feared. Have no fear, the universe is balanced, and you should be too. In the principle of truth, we begin to realize that love truly conquers all, and the truth, doesn't contradict itself. The truth provides huge principles to economic values, which equates to abundant rewards for all. The truth is found inside the wealthy who walk all around us. Most don't notice to appreciate the great leading examples that God leads, in the wealthy. The examples of righteousness are found in the principle actions of wealthy spirits. Fruitions always prove truth about anyone. The truth always makes sense. A famous statement from Judge Judy is, “If it doesn’t make sense it isn’t true.” She is true. Truth is an important principle, that your true spirit recognizes as light. In finding the truth, you will find success in all things, leading to true happiness. God always wants abundance for the faithful. Financial freedom buys happiness. It does not buy people who are true, and money does not buy successful relationships. It surely does not buy True God. In God we trust, we never trust in money. Knowledge is power. It all begins with the diligence of today, so keep reading, a better tomorrow is coming, and help is on the way.
Gorilla and the Bird
Author: Zack McDermott
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316315117
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
"Glorious...one of the best memoirs I've read in years...a tragicomic gem about family, class, race, justice, and the spectacular weirdness of Wichita. [McDermott] can move from barely controlled hilarity to the brink of rage to aching tenderness in a single breath." -- Marya Hornbacher, New York Times Book Review Zack McDermott, a 26-year-old Brooklyn public defender, woke up one morning convinced he was being filmed, Truman Show-style, as part of an audition for a TV pilot. Every passerby was an actor; every car would magically stop for him; everything he saw was a cue from "The Producer" to help inspire the performance of a lifetime. After a manic spree around Manhattan, Zack, who is bipolar, was arrested on a subway platform and admitted to Bellevue Hospital. So begins the story of Zack's freefall into psychosis and his desperate, poignant, often hilarious struggle to claw his way back to sanity. It's a journey that will take him from New York City back to his Kansas roots and to the one person who might be able to save him, his tough, big-hearted Midwestern mother, nicknamed the Bird, whose fierce and steadfast love is the light in Zack's dark world. Before his odyssey is over, Zack will be tackled by guards in mental wards, run naked through cornfields, receive secret messages from the TV, befriend a former Navy Seal and his talking stuffed monkey, and see the Virgin Mary in the whorls of his own back hair. But with the Bird's help, he just might have a shot at pulling through, starting over, and maybe even meeting a partner who can love him back, bipolar and all. Introducing an electrifying new voice, Gorilla and the Bird is a raw and unforgettable account of a young man's unraveling and the relationship that saves him.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316315117
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
"Glorious...one of the best memoirs I've read in years...a tragicomic gem about family, class, race, justice, and the spectacular weirdness of Wichita. [McDermott] can move from barely controlled hilarity to the brink of rage to aching tenderness in a single breath." -- Marya Hornbacher, New York Times Book Review Zack McDermott, a 26-year-old Brooklyn public defender, woke up one morning convinced he was being filmed, Truman Show-style, as part of an audition for a TV pilot. Every passerby was an actor; every car would magically stop for him; everything he saw was a cue from "The Producer" to help inspire the performance of a lifetime. After a manic spree around Manhattan, Zack, who is bipolar, was arrested on a subway platform and admitted to Bellevue Hospital. So begins the story of Zack's freefall into psychosis and his desperate, poignant, often hilarious struggle to claw his way back to sanity. It's a journey that will take him from New York City back to his Kansas roots and to the one person who might be able to save him, his tough, big-hearted Midwestern mother, nicknamed the Bird, whose fierce and steadfast love is the light in Zack's dark world. Before his odyssey is over, Zack will be tackled by guards in mental wards, run naked through cornfields, receive secret messages from the TV, befriend a former Navy Seal and his talking stuffed monkey, and see the Virgin Mary in the whorls of his own back hair. But with the Bird's help, he just might have a shot at pulling through, starting over, and maybe even meeting a partner who can love him back, bipolar and all. Introducing an electrifying new voice, Gorilla and the Bird is a raw and unforgettable account of a young man's unraveling and the relationship that saves him.
Welcome to California
Author: Sandra L.A. Boszko
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525546457
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
A stunning, funny, and heartbreaking memoir, Welcome to California recalls one woman’s diagnosis with bipolar disorder, which ultimately leads to her wrongful and traumatic incarceration in the Los Angeles County jail system. At age thirty-one, Sandra Boszko leaves her Winnipeg home for Hollywood with two secrets: her desire to perform and her mental illness. Although her health has already twice sent her packing from L.A.’s world of acting schools, auditions, and stunt work, she’s determined to succeed this time. But shortly after her arrival, Sandra’s mind clicks into a manic state, and within twenty-four hours she finds herself in the worst hell imaginable: detained and manic in a system that refuses to follow protocol for inmates with mental illness. While her family scrambles to find her in the system and convince the courts she requires medical care, Sandra is subjected to a nightmare within a nightmare. As her mind spirals with delusion, she experiences abusive guards, isolation, and neglect. By the time she’s finally released for hospitalization, the damage is done. This memoir chronicles not only Sandra’s health, struggles, and achievements after release, but also her life before as an ambitious, positive, and bright young woman growing up in Canada amongst loving family and friends. Welcome to California details how bipolar has affected Sandra’s life with remarkable clarity and depth. It examines the devastating effects of stigma and miseducation surrounding mental illness, as well as the frightening statistics of mentally ill inmates in the California prison system and beyond. Perhaps most importantly, this book explores the miracle of compassion, and the beauty in perseverance and healing. Named one of the best Indie books of 2021 by Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group. Next Generation Indie Book Awards in: 1) Social Justice 2) Memoirs (Personal Struggle/ Health Issues)
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525546457
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
A stunning, funny, and heartbreaking memoir, Welcome to California recalls one woman’s diagnosis with bipolar disorder, which ultimately leads to her wrongful and traumatic incarceration in the Los Angeles County jail system. At age thirty-one, Sandra Boszko leaves her Winnipeg home for Hollywood with two secrets: her desire to perform and her mental illness. Although her health has already twice sent her packing from L.A.’s world of acting schools, auditions, and stunt work, she’s determined to succeed this time. But shortly after her arrival, Sandra’s mind clicks into a manic state, and within twenty-four hours she finds herself in the worst hell imaginable: detained and manic in a system that refuses to follow protocol for inmates with mental illness. While her family scrambles to find her in the system and convince the courts she requires medical care, Sandra is subjected to a nightmare within a nightmare. As her mind spirals with delusion, she experiences abusive guards, isolation, and neglect. By the time she’s finally released for hospitalization, the damage is done. This memoir chronicles not only Sandra’s health, struggles, and achievements after release, but also her life before as an ambitious, positive, and bright young woman growing up in Canada amongst loving family and friends. Welcome to California details how bipolar has affected Sandra’s life with remarkable clarity and depth. It examines the devastating effects of stigma and miseducation surrounding mental illness, as well as the frightening statistics of mentally ill inmates in the California prison system and beyond. Perhaps most importantly, this book explores the miracle of compassion, and the beauty in perseverance and healing. Named one of the best Indie books of 2021 by Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group. Next Generation Indie Book Awards in: 1) Social Justice 2) Memoirs (Personal Struggle/ Health Issues)
Surviving Bipolar's Fatal Grip
Author: David Mariant
Publisher: Mariant Enterprises
ISBN: 9780977685905
Category : Bipolar disorder
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Despite medical advances, bipolar disorder continues to plague the world with one of the most challenging and disabling conditions, often with significant misconceptions. Detection, treatment and recovery are possible but the journey is tough and many feel they face it alone. Affecting millions of people worldwide, bipolar disorder causes a person to experience the wildest of euphoria's and the deepest of depressions, sometimes even simultaneously. This tragically leads to a 20% suicide rate, a statistic that David and Diane Mariant are desperately working at lowering. This book offers its readers a powerful account and leaves them with a vivid appreciation of the world of a person suffering with bipolar disorder. This compelling and intriguing combination of personal narrative and cutting-edge research is a unique approach that offers the reader new understandings while de-stigmatizing the disorder and breaking down psychological barriers. It will be of significant value to bipolar sufferers and their loved ones.
Publisher: Mariant Enterprises
ISBN: 9780977685905
Category : Bipolar disorder
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Despite medical advances, bipolar disorder continues to plague the world with one of the most challenging and disabling conditions, often with significant misconceptions. Detection, treatment and recovery are possible but the journey is tough and many feel they face it alone. Affecting millions of people worldwide, bipolar disorder causes a person to experience the wildest of euphoria's and the deepest of depressions, sometimes even simultaneously. This tragically leads to a 20% suicide rate, a statistic that David and Diane Mariant are desperately working at lowering. This book offers its readers a powerful account and leaves them with a vivid appreciation of the world of a person suffering with bipolar disorder. This compelling and intriguing combination of personal narrative and cutting-edge research is a unique approach that offers the reader new understandings while de-stigmatizing the disorder and breaking down psychological barriers. It will be of significant value to bipolar sufferers and their loved ones.
The Book of Drugs
Author: Mike Doughty
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306818779
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Recounts the addiction and recovery of the world-renowned solo artist and former lead singer and songwriter of Soul Coughing.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306818779
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Recounts the addiction and recovery of the world-renowned solo artist and former lead singer and songwriter of Soul Coughing.
Renegade Monk
Author: Soho Machida
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520920228
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
The Pure Land sect of Japanese Buddhism is one of the strongest Buddhist sects in Japan, with three and a half million followers. In this book, Soho Machida provides the first detailed, objective account in English of the life and thought of its founder, Honenbo Genku (1133-1212), known as Honen. Opening with the destruction and chaos that beleaguered Kyoto during Honen's lifetime, Soho Machida explores Honen's social context to discover the roots of his thought and the source of his popularity. The Old Buddhist regime had a stranglehold on peasants, he shows, by concocting images of vindictive spirits, hell, and an apocalyptic collapse of the law in these chaotic times. Machida asserts that when Honen countered such negative, menacing images by focusing his imagination on the Pure Land and actually affirming death, he became not only a radical thinker but also the leader of a revolutionary social movement—a medieval Japanese "liberation theology." Clearly argued and informed by contemporary Western theory, this book will become the definitive source on Honen's life and thought for decades to come.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520920228
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
The Pure Land sect of Japanese Buddhism is one of the strongest Buddhist sects in Japan, with three and a half million followers. In this book, Soho Machida provides the first detailed, objective account in English of the life and thought of its founder, Honenbo Genku (1133-1212), known as Honen. Opening with the destruction and chaos that beleaguered Kyoto during Honen's lifetime, Soho Machida explores Honen's social context to discover the roots of his thought and the source of his popularity. The Old Buddhist regime had a stranglehold on peasants, he shows, by concocting images of vindictive spirits, hell, and an apocalyptic collapse of the law in these chaotic times. Machida asserts that when Honen countered such negative, menacing images by focusing his imagination on the Pure Land and actually affirming death, he became not only a radical thinker but also the leader of a revolutionary social movement—a medieval Japanese "liberation theology." Clearly argued and informed by contemporary Western theory, this book will become the definitive source on Honen's life and thought for decades to come.
Glitterland
Author: Alexis Hall
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1728265304
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
From the acclaimed author of BOYFRIEND MATERIAL comes a deeply emotional romance about heartbreak, hope, and learning to love against all the odds. Once the golden boy of the English literary scene, now a clinically depressed writer of pulp crime fiction, Ash Winters has given up on hope, happiness, and—most of all—himself. He lives his life between the cycles of his illness, haunted by the ghosts of other people's expectations. Then a chance encounter throws him into the path of Essex-born Darian Taylor. Flashy and loud, radiant and full of life, Darian couldn't be more different...and yet he makes Ash laugh, reminding him of what it's like to step beyond the boundaries of his anxiety. But Ash has been living in his own shadow for so long that he can no longer see a way out. Can a man who doesn't trust himself ever trust in happiness? And how can someone who doesn't believe in happiness ever fight for his own? Alexis Hall's iconic Glitterland has been revised and expanded, with extensive bonus content and a stunning new cover by Elizabeth Turner Stokes. Bonus content includes: Author Annotations: Alexis Hall's insights and commentary threaded through the novel Shadowland: a brand new scene exploring Niall and Max's complex relationship The Glass Menagerie: an entertaining look at an in-universe Rik Glass novel A Letter from the Author discussing the experience of writing Glitterland Darian's Nanny Dot's Cottage Pie and Aftermath, brought together from the original release
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1728265304
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
From the acclaimed author of BOYFRIEND MATERIAL comes a deeply emotional romance about heartbreak, hope, and learning to love against all the odds. Once the golden boy of the English literary scene, now a clinically depressed writer of pulp crime fiction, Ash Winters has given up on hope, happiness, and—most of all—himself. He lives his life between the cycles of his illness, haunted by the ghosts of other people's expectations. Then a chance encounter throws him into the path of Essex-born Darian Taylor. Flashy and loud, radiant and full of life, Darian couldn't be more different...and yet he makes Ash laugh, reminding him of what it's like to step beyond the boundaries of his anxiety. But Ash has been living in his own shadow for so long that he can no longer see a way out. Can a man who doesn't trust himself ever trust in happiness? And how can someone who doesn't believe in happiness ever fight for his own? Alexis Hall's iconic Glitterland has been revised and expanded, with extensive bonus content and a stunning new cover by Elizabeth Turner Stokes. Bonus content includes: Author Annotations: Alexis Hall's insights and commentary threaded through the novel Shadowland: a brand new scene exploring Niall and Max's complex relationship The Glass Menagerie: an entertaining look at an in-universe Rik Glass novel A Letter from the Author discussing the experience of writing Glitterland Darian's Nanny Dot's Cottage Pie and Aftermath, brought together from the original release
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Author: David Thomson
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0375711848
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1169
Book Description
With more than 100 new entries, from Amy Adams, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Cary Joji Fukunaga to Joaquin Phoenix, Mia Wasikowska, and Robin Wright, and completely updated, here from David Thomson—“The greatest living writer on the movies” (John Banville, New Statesman); “Our most argumentative and trustworthy historian of the screen” (Michael Ondaatje)—is the latest edition of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, which topped Sight & Sound’s poll of international critics and writers as THE BEST FILM BOOK EVER WRITTEN. 3/7
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0375711848
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1169
Book Description
With more than 100 new entries, from Amy Adams, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Cary Joji Fukunaga to Joaquin Phoenix, Mia Wasikowska, and Robin Wright, and completely updated, here from David Thomson—“The greatest living writer on the movies” (John Banville, New Statesman); “Our most argumentative and trustworthy historian of the screen” (Michael Ondaatje)—is the latest edition of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, which topped Sight & Sound’s poll of international critics and writers as THE BEST FILM BOOK EVER WRITTEN. 3/7