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 Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:41 pm
I like to read crazy books.
They're one of the few things I can actually read when I have the attention span of a fish. I like to read stories about mental illness, although they can be a mite upsetting sometimes. I've also been reading some self help books recently in an attempt to get myself sorted out.
Autobiographies
Phone at nine just to say you're alive: an account of schizophrenia.
I found this one very moving, it gave a brutally honest account of schizophrenia and childhood trauma from the point of view of someone who was both a service user and a mental health worker.
Prozac Diary: an account from one of the first people to be put on prozac. Less egocentric than prozac nation and a book that gives a view of both recovery and the anxieties surrounding it.
Running with scissors: an account of what it is like to be sent to live with your mother's psychiatrist. Delivered with dry wit, it is a very sensitive account of what it is like to grow up in rather dysfunctional settings.
A head full of blue: about alcohol, self harm and depression. Self destruction in action
Self help
Overcoming depression: I haven't finished this yet. Heavy going in places but this book has a lot of good suggestions centred around CBT
How to lift depression fast: less heavy going but there's less information here. A very uplifting book though
The scarred soul, understanding and overcoming self-inflicted violence: I haven't read enough of this yet to report back.
So what have you read?
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:12 am
"What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy" by Sonya Sones - a set of poems, told by a young girl whose sister was diagnosed with schizophrenia. It starts at the beginning, when they first take her sister away to the mental institution, and carries on throughout the treatment and a kind of recovery.
It's very touching - you go on this whole ride of emtopns. The girl remembering what things used to be like, angry at her sister for not being stronger, hating her and loving her, and wanting to make it right.. wondering if it was her fault. Gods, it makes me want to cry just remembering it.
It's inspiring though. I remember after reading it, I decided wouldn't let myself go crazy, because I couldn't stand to put my younger siblings through that.
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:05 pm
dizzyjess Phone at nine just to say you're alive: an account of schizophrenia. I found this one very moving, it gave a brutally honest account of schizophrenia and childhood trauma from the point of view of someone who was both a service user and a mental health worker. Black Ayesha "What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy" by Sonya Sones - a set of poems, told by a young girl whose sister was diagnosed with schizophrenia. It starts at the beginning, when they first take her sister away to the mental institution, and carries on throughout the treatment and a kind of recovery. I'm going to put those on my reading list! I've read a couple of books about Schizophrenia since my diagnosis, and I will read those for sure! The ones I've read so far: Welcome, Silence: My Triumph Over Schizophrenia by Carol North is the story of one person whose symptoms started early, but were misunderstood until she finally had a real blowout and was hospitalized. Her recovery was very unusual, and not something most of us can hope for. A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash by Sylvia Nasar is, of course, the book upon which the movie was based. However, the John Nash of this biography is very different from the man depicted in the movie, and his own rehabilitation was completely different than the one in the movie. A much more realistic account than the above book. Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Consumers, and Providers (4th Edition) by E. Fuller Torrey is not a story book, but it is one that I recommend to anyone interested in learning about the illness! Natural Healing for Schizophrenia: And Other Common Mental Disorders by Eva Edelman is a book on how to monitor your nutrition to help manage your illness.
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:59 pm
Got any for anxiety? I'd like to learn more about people with my illness and maybe some self-help.
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:22 am
I've been meaning to read what happenned when my big sister went crazy fr while. Prince Darialan Love Got any for anxiety? I'd like to learn more about people with my illness and maybe some self-help. I have a little handout on anxiety and I'd be happy to outline some of things it suggests. I haven't read any books on the subject myself though. When I want to find a book on a subject I tend to have a look at support websites and see if anything is suggested or look on amazon and see which has had the best response from the reviewers.
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 5:54 am
My shrink highly recommended a book called "Feeling Good," this self-help book about depression. Has anyone else read it? I've been meaning to look for it myself.
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:13 am
La Veuve Zin My shrink highly recommended a book called "Feeling Good," this self-help book about depression. Has anyone else read it? I've been meaning to look for it myself. No sorry. When I did CBT they basically lifted the handouts from overcoming depression, the book I mentioned above so that comes NHS approved.
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:22 pm
Black Ayesha "What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy" by Sonya Sones - a set of poems, told by a young girl whose sister was diagnosed with schizophrenia. It starts at the beginning, when they first take her sister away to the mental institution, and carries on throughout the treatment and a kind of recovery. It's very touching - you go on this whole ride of emtopns. The girl remembering what things used to be like, angry at her sister for not being stronger, hating her and loving her, and wanting to make it right.. wondering if it was her fault. Gods, it makes me want to cry just remembering it. It's inspiring though. I remember after reading it, I decided wouldn't let myself go crazy, because I couldn't stand to put my younger siblings through that.
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:16 am
Sybil and The Many Minds of Billy Milligan: Both about people with multiple personalities. Sybil is true, but Billy Milligan I am unsure about.
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:59 pm
I just got a book, The Story O f Psychology from the book store. I havn't started reading it yet, but it looks pretty interesting. Pretty much about mental illness in the past a present. I don't think it talks in super detail about certain illnesses and everything, but looks good. it's by Morton Hunt.
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:43 am
i have read many books about specific problems mostly i read about day to day problems manily addictions tho and also about psychology ... CRank was one that stuck with me... its a story made out of poems and she tells her story about getting addicted to crystal meth... and all the problems she put her self through...
*black-nine*
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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:29 pm
There is a book called "Lisa, Bright and Dark" that portrays a young teen girl who develops schizophrenia.
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Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 3:11 am
Right now I'm reading "I Hate You, Don't Leave Me", which is a book about Borderline Personality Disorder (which I vaguely suspect I posess)....it's extremely interesting, though, because Borderline covers a very wide range of personalities which seem outwardly to share nothing, but in reality share everything.
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:19 pm
I highly suggest reading anything and everything by Kay Jamison.
She is a pyschiatrist diagnosed with Bipolar disorder. Her two books that I have read, one about her illness the other about suicide are quite good and really insightful.
Check them out for sure.
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:21 am
Keakealani Right now I'm reading "I Hate You, Don't Leave Me", which is a book about Borderline Personality Disorder (which I vaguely suspect I posess)....it's extremely interesting, though, because Borderline covers a very wide range of personalities which seem outwardly to share nothing, but in reality share everything. OH MY GOD!!!! I just ordered that book from Chapters!!! Darialan, although not specifically written for anxiety, I found "Feeling Good, The New Mood Therapy" by David D. Burns to be helpful for anxiety. It was recommended to my Mum by one of my cognative therapists, and can help with your thinking. He explains the types of distorted thinking, like "All or Nothing", "Overgeneralization", "Mental Filter", "Disqualifiying the Positive", "Jumping to Conclusions", "Magnification and Minimilization" (which I think would be most helpful to you), and a bunch of other ones.
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