Depression. Anxiety. Bipolar. Schizophrenia. Trichotillomania. These are just a few of the many mental disorders that affect millions worldwide. What really happens when you or a loved one is diagnosed with mental illness? What therapies work best? Can a cure be found? Will life ever return to normal?
In Living with Mental Illness, ordinary people who live with different mental illnesses invite readers inside their world and open up to give honest—and sometimes profound—answers to common questions. Confessing struggles, fears, and hopes, the collection of heartfelt stories offers firsthand insight into the diversity of mental illness from nonclinical perspectives, and highlights the unexpected ways ordinary people find strength, courage, and hope even when bound by societal stigma.
Tabella dei contenuti
1 Starting Out
2 Suspecting the Truth
3 The Shadow of Stigma
4 Managing with Medication
5 Facing Social Barriers
6 Understanding Avoidance
7 Being in Public
8 Coping with Triggers
9 Managing Daily Life
10 Our Functional Status
11 Exploring Therapy Options
12 Confessing Resentments
13 Dodging the Rabbit Hole
14 Working with Health Insurance
15 Facing Our Fears
16 Identifying Our Obstacles
17 Describing How it Feels
18 Importance of Hope
19 Making Peace with our Journey
20 Meet the Writers
Circa l’autore
CARRIE WORTHINGTON became a mental illness advocate after her husband and her son were both diagnosed with a mental illness. Carrie herself was diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and trichotillomania. A tireless advocate dedicated to raising awareness about mental illness, Carrie became passionately involved with the National Alliance on Mental Illness and helped to grow the NAMI-Will Grundy chapter. Learn more at www.carrieworthington.com
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