Really?? It’s been years, but what I remember was some pretty serious child abuse being the root of it all… Still an interesting look into the psyche. If the abuse caused the fake out? Or if the abuse didn’t happen, what did cause that need for attention? You have me curious now.
Last Night i sang to the monster by Benjamin Alire Saenz is about depression and alcoholism Speak, Wintergirls, Twisted and the impossible knife of memory by Laurie Halse Anderson are all great books written about different mental heath issues including depression, alcoholism and eating disorders. Speak is about rape so trigger warning for all of them The perks of being a wallflower is great as well
It’s very clear some times that the writer is playing to stereo types and the fear mongering fact is most people with mental issues are victemized often there entire lives either phisicly mentally or sexually some times all 3
Crazy and Dancing in the Edge by Han Nolan. Dancing on Broken Glass by Ka Hancock. Running for my Life by Ann Gonzalez. Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omlolu. Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt. The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Dibbs in Search of self (true life experience from a kids point of view) and I Know This Much is True ( identical twins one with schizophrenia) by Wally Lamb and his book She’s Come Undone (eating disorder and life struggles of a big girl) is amazing too
Elizabeth is Missing, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, Mad Girl (Bryony Gordon), Ruby Wax’s book about depression that I’ve forgotten the title of.
‘All My Puny Sorrows’ by Miriam Toews and ‘The Age of Hope’ by David Bergen.Both authors cover ‘Depression’,each of their characters have a different approach to the condition. I recommend them.
Sybil (can’t remember the author) is a good one for that. Torey Hayden has several which deal in disturbed children.
Thanks ❤
Flora Reta Schreiber was the author, BUT, read the follow up…, Sybil Exposed, in which the patient admits she was faking it…
Really?? It’s been years, but what I remember was some pretty serious child abuse being the root of it all… Still an interesting look into the psyche. If the abuse caused the fake out? Or if the abuse didn’t happen, what did cause that need for attention? You have me curious now.
Last Night i sang to the monster by Benjamin Alire Saenz is about depression and alcoholism
Speak, Wintergirls, Twisted and the impossible knife of memory by Laurie Halse Anderson are all great books written about different mental heath issues including depression, alcoholism and eating disorders. Speak is about rape so trigger warning for all of them
The perks of being a wallflower is great as well
Read the quran .
Reading it on a daily basis 😉
https://www.amazon.com/Mental-Health-Mind-Body-Books/b?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C4531709153
https://www.buzzfeed.com/annaborges/best-mental-health-ya?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C2476370152
Thanks
My pleasure , bent bladi .
Resist , be patient, struggle, don’t be a chicken, and never wuss out ,
Stick to your principles toooooo .
Gud luck
Merci.
Mental illness? Read the bible…
Good recommendation .Lisa
Thanks , as for me , am used to read the quran and the bible in the same time …I greet u.
Brain on fire
Merci
So good.
There are honestly so many books on them and a good portion are NOT recommend
I’m just curious to learn about how characters are portrayed ,dealing with mental issues.
It’s very clear some times that the writer is playing to stereo types and the fear mongering fact is most people with mental issues are victemized often there entire lives either phisicly mentally or sexually some times all 3
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
Girl, interrupted
Sybil
When Rabbit Howls
Hardwiring Happiness
Dr. Rick Hanson
Peace be with you.
It’s Kind of a Funny Story
The Center Cannot Hold by Elyn Saks is a great nonfiction autobiography about a brilliant woman living with schizophrenia.
Every 15 minutes,reconstructing Amelia
I have a book called Is There Nowhere on Earth for Me. I have not read it yet.
Thanks Connie King Curtis. I hope I can get to it soon!
never promised you a rose garden, “girl, interrupted”, Franny and Zooey
It’s kind of a funny story!!!
A little life.
Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
I suppose choke would qualify
There is also a different book ….something about a poodle dying at midnight ….or what ever it’s about a special needs kid
The Curios Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime.
Ty had a few breakdowns my memory is a tad fuzzy
Incident is about an autistic child….
I never said it was ….i said special needs …..they come in different flavors but thanks for assuming
In this Way I Was Saved is an excellent read.
You will note that many people suffering mental illness will have religion shoved down there throats
There are shall we say ops group’s that will attempt to force religion on the mentally ill
Things like alcoholics anon
They honestly believe God to be a legitimate awnser
Made you up, underwater
Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life by Melody Moezzi is pretty good
Crazy and Dancing in the Edge by Han Nolan. Dancing on Broken Glass by Ka Hancock. Running for my Life by Ann Gonzalez. Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omlolu. Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt. The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Im thinking of ending things by Iain Reid its a short read 🙂
The Butterfly Ward by Margaret Gibson
Stone Boy by Sophie Louciere (I forget exact last name )
Girl, interrupted
We Need To Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin is a must read
I am not sure if Go Ask Alice qualifies but I would say so. It was a great book.
It qualified to me!
Fiction or nonfiction? Does it matter to you?
Madness: A Bipolar Life, Girl Interuppted, An Unquiet mind, The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar definitely…
the glass castle
One Jumped Over the Cuckkoo’s Nest
All the Bright Places
Holding up the Universe (that’s more of brain injury though)
We Were Liars (Maybe, I’m not too sure, there’s trauma involved )
I never promised you a rose garden by Joanne Greenburg. Teenage girl sent to a mental institution.
YES, that one was amazing…
Visible Darkness by William Stryon, Unquiet Mind by Kay Jameson, Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon
Darkness Visible by William Styron – really good book about depression.
Reasons To Stay Alive – Matt Haig
Mind Your Head – Juno Dawson
Cheer Up Love: Adventures in Depression With the Crab of Hate – Susan Calman.
All non-fiction. Second one is mostly for teens, third is an autobiography. All are about mental health, though.
The Bell Jar, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
The innocent man by John Grisham
If true experience/non fiction from parents point of view you cant beat “No One Cares About Crazy People”. Tremendous book. – Amazon
Still Alice….early onset dementia Girl Interrupted
Still.Alice is such an eye opening book. Loved it.
The House in Beartown Road, a memoir about living with a relative developing Alzheimer’s. Author is patient’s daughter, Elizabeth Cohen.
Thinking in Pictures, an autobiographical account of being Autistic by Temple Grandin.
DO ONE THING DIFFERENT. and other books of Bill O’hanlon. He makes great books about psychology and stuffs
Novels by Jodi Picoult:
The Pact – suicide.
House Rules – Autism.
Novel by Mark Haddon:
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Autism.
someone just ripped me a new one about the dog in the night time…..derp i knew it was about autism…..
Really good. Wtitten from the Autistic person’s perspective.
Yea I read it it was pretty good
Altho it paints all with a simmilar brush the book dangerous personalitys is an interesting read …
I’ll look it up. Sounds interesting.
It’s a short read and provides check lists….i started marking my boss she scored 20 of 22 before I decided I didn’t want to know
I just added it to my tbr list!
Non-fiction one I am currently reading is The Buddha and the Borderline
The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat
Added this to my to read list.
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
My Sister’s bones by Nuala Ellwood, Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Life is what you make it by Preeti Shenoy,
And yeah All the Bright Places
Plus Thirteen Reasons Why if it qualifies?
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness dealt with anxiety, OCD, and briefly eating disorders
Sybil.
I just finished Because We Are Bad by Lily Bailey. Unique take on the life of an OCD sufferer
Finding Alice by Melody Carla son
Dibbs in Search of self (true life experience from a kids point of view) and I Know This Much is True ( identical twins one with schizophrenia) by Wally Lamb and his book She’s Come Undone (eating disorder and life struggles of a big girl) is amazing too
I know this much is true
Elizabeth is Missing, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, Mad Girl (Bryony Gordon), Ruby Wax’s book about depression that I’ve forgotten the title of.
Following
Running with scissors – Augusten Burroughs
Running with scissors – Augusten Burroughs
I can’t remember, but I think Flowers for Algernon
A Girl:Interupted. I Never Promised You A Rose Garden. Skywriting.ThePrince of Tides.A Brilliant Madness
A World Without You by Beth Revis is AMAZING
conquest for happines by barttened russel
When Rabbit Howls.
A Beautiful Mind.
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
‘All My Puny Sorrows’ by Miriam Toews and ‘The Age of Hope’ by David Bergen.Both authors cover ‘Depression’,each of their characters have a different approach to the condition. I recommend them.
My Age of Anxiety. Part memoir, part research, 100% awesome.
Flowers for Algernon, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Darkness Visible
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen (the movie is great as well but this puts things more in perspective)
Skinniness is Next to Goddessness? Lacey’s Story (Skinniness is Next to Goddessness? #1)