Those of my readers who know me, may recall that as a nurse I enjoyed (really) my days and nights working in psychiatry. It was a weird, weird world trying to tread lightly through some amazing situations as my ill patients walked through their strange world. I did find it fascinating - but in the end left as I felt that many of the staff were also succumbing to creating a world that was not the 'norm'. When doctors and nurses not only cross the divide between doctor/nurse and patient relationships, you know you are in weird company. I digress a little - I would have liked to stay working there but it was getting too weird for me.
One of my friends who has Bipolar has written about her experiences as a patient - and I was unable to attend her launch, but did buy the book from her. And yes, she has signed it for me.
I am about a third of the way through the book and I am so impressed with her writing and the openness of telling her story - warts and all.
I hope to finish it in the next few days (between other big commitments), but already I am recommending it to anyone who will listen. It is called "Me and Her" - "One woman's story of manic dreams and her two personas. ME - wife, mother, writer and teacher. HER - manic, psychic, healer to the living, telepathic to the dead, and she's very psychotic."
The book is called "Me and Her" and the author is the delightful Karen Tyrrell.
One of my friends who has Bipolar has written about her experiences as a patient - and I was unable to attend her launch, but did buy the book from her. And yes, she has signed it for me.
I am about a third of the way through the book and I am so impressed with her writing and the openness of telling her story - warts and all.
I hope to finish it in the next few days (between other big commitments), but already I am recommending it to anyone who will listen. It is called "Me and Her" - "One woman's story of manic dreams and her two personas. ME - wife, mother, writer and teacher. HER - manic, psychic, healer to the living, telepathic to the dead, and she's very psychotic."
The book is called "Me and Her" and the author is the delightful Karen Tyrrell.
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