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Title:
Life inside my mind : 31 authors share their personal struggles
Author:
Burkhart, Jessica, editor.
ISBN:
9781481494649
Edition:
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Physical Description:
viii, 309 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
Stupid monsters and child surgeons / Twenty pills / Light and dark / Escape clause / Twins / Emphasis on the C / I am not this / The girl in the kitchen / Therapy: the gift I gave myself / This is how you unravel / Some stuff / Beyond the bottom / All I see is hope / This thing inside me / OCD: my tentacled monster / Dirk / Waiting for the bad / Numb / My depression: a rock and a hard place / Everything and anything / Better than normal / What if? / Objects in the mirror... / How to deal with me... and my PTSD / Life by the slice / I'm a survivor / Anxiety, the weed / By any means necessary / Put on a happy face / My two-headed monster friend / It all ends here
Abstract:
Thirty-one young adult authors share their own struggles with mental illness, ranging from such topics as neurodiversity and addiction to OCD and PTSD.