What are some good books on mental health issues?
What are some good books on mental health issues?
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I know this much is true. Wally lamb
@Beth … great book !!
Turtles All The Way Down focuses on anxiety issues
Waking the Tiger
The Body Keeps the Score is a good one on trauma.
@Kat yeesssss!!!!
Challenger Deep …schizophrenia
Are you looking for fiction or fact?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BS03HEC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_ULzICb0XC3ZG5
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BS03HEC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_ULzICb0XC3ZG5
Get Me Out Of Here by Rachel Reiland. It is about borderline personality disorder. Very good and honest. Non fiction.
Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things. By Jenny Lawson
Surviving Schizophrenia by E Fuller Torrey, MD is another good one. Lots of information I never knew, like a third of schizophrenics May have celiac’s disease or a gluten intolerance; this condition has a much higher prevalence in Nordic regions.
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel & Prozac Diary by Lauren Slater
Surviving Schizophrenia by E Fuller Torrey, MD is another good one. Lots of information I never knew, like a third of schizophrenics May have celiac’s disease or a gluten intolerance; this condition has a much higher prevalence in Nordic regions.
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel & Prozac Diary by Lauren Slater
Brain on Fire
@Cassandra This one is about an autoimmune disease.
But it was originally diagnosed as a mental illness so I thought it might be good
The Psychopath Next Door
http://www.bit.ly/Eternal2802 about a woman who had a mental breakdown and sees ghosts. Right now this FREE on Kindle so check it out!
Eternal Youth.
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Looking for X by Deborah Ellis
Stuck in Neutral (can’t remember author)
Both are YA bookd, but still good quick reads
Prozac Nation. Girl, Interrupted. An Unquiet Mind.
The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog
Can you narrow the range?
I’m going to suggest maybe looking for books written by authors who actually deal with mental illnesses themselves like The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Be aware that any representation is not always good representation. Research books before jumping headfirst. There have been too many books lately that have come out with bad representation of mental health and it can do more harm than good.
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
@Renée I just finished this book and LOVED it!
@Jaxx SAME!
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Lost connection. It’s about real life tho. Completely amazing
Touched With Fire by Kay Redfield Jamison is an excellent book about the links between manic depression and great artists and writers. She also wrote a book called An Unquiet Mind about her own struggles with manic depression. https://www.amazon.com/Touched-Fire-Manic-Depressive-Artistic-Temperament/dp/068483183X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=touched+by+fire&qid=1552528389&s=books&sr=1-1
Look me in the Eye about autism and the Temple Grandin one
Anything by Jenny Lawson.
A noise downstairs
Following
Eclipses by Melissa Ford Thornton (can be hard to find) Girl, Interrupted as mentioned before Marbles by Ellen Forney
50 Shades of Grey??
I loved Turtles All The Way Down by John Green. ?
There’s a dystopian novel series called the Program by Suzanne Young. So good ☺️
@Cecelia OMG Yes!
I mean, it’s not really what I think she’s looking for but that’s the first series I thought of ?
Kay Redfield Jamison has several good books written on bi-polar disorder.
The Power of Now
The Four Agreements
Codependent No More.
Following
https://www.free-ebooks.net/mystery/James-Locker-The-Duality-of-Fate
If u looking for a good self help book for anxiety/ depression… just everyday life stress. David D. Burns has a great book about cognitive thinkg. I love it and pick it up lots of times to just read a page or two to get my brain back on that positive path. …..and ..it’s not your usual boring pysch book. It’s retraining your brain. I’ve been off Prozac and all the other so called wonder pills for 2 yrs now. ?
@Shenenne are you being serious right now?
@Rachel
@Rachel … I got the name completely wrong. Sorry been a crazy busy day.
So yes very serious about this book…why I said…Dan Burns. ?♀️..I have no idea
@Shenenne This might be a positive book for every day people, but for people who are clinically depressed or have general anxiety disorder it doesn’t sound the most helpful. I know from experience how just being told to “be more positive” or other such phrases can come off as hurtful and unkind. It doesn’t get to the root of the problem and can make you feel more isolated because the person truly doesn’t understand. There are some good books out there on the practice of mindfulness in everyday life, but that is more for maintenance and not a therapy in and of itself without the combination of either a therapist and/or a psychiatrist depending on the severity of the situation. I just don’t want anyone to get the impression that these disorders are easily cured by just reading a book. I’m happy that you are able to cope again without medication, but please also be aware how someone who really does need medical help might not find this to be the best place to start.
Rachel Dukes …I understand and sorry if I offended you in anyway. I guess I should have made myself more clear….I do see a psychiatrist monthly and a therapist weekly. I suffer from anxiety, self worth, depression etc. Everyone had always just give me a prescription. ..then one day my therapist gave me this book. Because really not a darn thing was wrong with me… just raised in a very negative household. I was my own worst enemy. It totally opened my eyes ! I wasn’t a crappy person but If I was a weather forecaster… it was gonna be raining all day. This book taught me…so what. .get your gear on, get your kids and go play in the rain..jump in the puddles!
I never meant that this book could solve serious mental illnesses. I just meant to me…it saved my life. It helped me to realize how I had been trained to look at the world. I learned to flip anything negative and find something positive. I love this book ! It stays in my purse.
I did not mean one book would solve the worlds problems ! No … ..but if anyone suffers from MILD anxiety & depression. It is worth a read.
..that’s all. ❤