Download or read book Diary of a Schizophrenic Poet written by Nico K Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 2024-01-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delve into the mind of a clinically diagnosed schizophrenic in this gripping autobiographical anthology written in poetic form. The author takes us on a journey of a life lived with mental illness, and all the insights, elucidations (and delusions?) this offers up. Written within a period of psychosis, the book offers an exclusive look into the mind of the "insane", showing the world through the eyes of a schizophrenic whilst exploring many other topics; existentialism; religion; war; speciesism; nationalism; childhood trauma; happiness; sexuality; family; friendship and love - to name but a few. It's good-humoured, emotive, evocative, and eloquently written poetry that grips you from the first page.
Download or read book Journal Thoughts written by Brittany Sandefur and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a short, creative adult non-fiction modern poetry book whose poems were taken from the diary of the author. It is about the author's struggle with schizophrenia and how she coped with mental illness. You can feel these experiences and conflicts in the author's shoes in a relatable way to your own life. Passionate and raw, this writing brings you to the depths of the author's emotions and lets you explore in their world. There is something for everyone in this heartfelt literature.
Download or read book Thoughts Hopes Opinions and Dreams written by Atif Zain Mirza and published by . This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young man's struggle with love and hate. Tortured by his memories, thoughts, and desires. Torn between living a life alone, in solitude, or trying to hold on to hope of true love. Using his poetry as a way of thinking and trying to make sense of the turmoil he has going on inside, trying to survive, and having an unexpected support system come to his aid.
Download or read book The Garden and Other Poems written by Dani Ezrin and published by University Editions. This book was released on 1997-12-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Creeping Cadence and Cadence Continues written by Nathan Coppedge and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-01-09 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CREEPING CADENCE ----This text covers a time during which I was losing my sanity, but expresses an important idealism and sense of aesthetic, some of which has remained with me... Largely the text accounts of how schizophrenia might be an intellectual ailment... What is expressed is as much a search for complexity as it is a search for organization---- CADENCE CONTINUES... ===The second document was formed on an intuition that my mental state had changed, around the period of my attempt at college ... and initial diagnosis... The very end of this material, before the post-script, occurred after my diagnosis... The poetry journal / diary occurs during a period of unmedicated schizophrenia; Some thoughts are concatenated, others seem to meet up with some kind of tension or pain; But the poems occasionally reach the power I intend to imbibe them with===
Download or read book Diary of a Schizophrenic written by Paul Fearne and published by Chipmunka Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description This book details a journey from illness to recover. In 1998 Paul Fearne experienced a schizophrenic episode. He decided at the time to keep a journal. He was able to record many of the fascinating delusions that were to afflict him. He experiences some common symptoms of schizophrenia, and records their impact on his life. Interspersed amongst these reflections are a number of other remarks on artists, writers and thinkers. He discussed William Blake, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Goethe, Milton Walt Whitman, Homer, Virgil and many others. There are detail analyses and criticisms of their works, as well discussion of the beauties of nature, and reflections upon the craft of writing, amongst other things. As the diary proceeds the writing gets clearer as the psychosis begins to slowly recede. There is even a relative equanimity that arises in the writing later in the diary as the author's happiness returns. About the Author Paul Fearne was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1975. He is currently undertaking a PhD in Philosophy on schizophrenia at LaTrobe University. He suffers from schizophrenia, having had two major episodes - one in 1998 and the other in 2002. He is currently taking medication and has been healthy for a number of years. Paul has previously completed a Masters degree at the University of Melbourne. He is a published poet and philosopher. He has also previously held to the position of president of the University of Melbourne Philosophy Club.
Download or read book Diary of a Schizophrenic written by Larry Ervin Clevenger and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gospel of Schizophrenia by Richard Bell written by Richard Bell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-04-17 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gospel of Schizophrenia is about Richard's personal journey through his own mental illness. He writes poetry on the topic of schizophrenia with the hope it will relate to others experiencing the same issues. The Gospel of Schizophrenia is designed to be read cover to cover, this book is pieced together as Auto-Biographical Contemporary Free-Verse Poetry and is a poetical journey through mental illness. Through Auto-Biographical Contemporary Free-Verse style, he reflects on the lived experience of his mental illness. This collection of poems showcases some of the challenges of having schizophrenia, humorous situations and characters he has met along the way. Richard finally named himself as a media and arts based mental health advocate in 2012 after creating poetry, writing articles and making short films on the subject. Born in Bowral, Australia he has lived in rural New South Wales most of his life, with the exception of 2003 and 2004, when he lived in Mount Gambier, South Australia for nineteen months. Rekindling the power of the pen, he started writing poetry in late 2006 and hasn't stopped since. With ink pumping in his veins, he continues to create Auto-Biographical Contemporary Free-Verse Poetry
Download or read book Diary of a Schizophrenic 2nd Edition written by Paul Fearne and published by Chipmunka Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description This diary shows how recovery is possible. During the first half of the Diary, Fearne is experiencing a whole host of delusions and dysfunctions. His sense of beauty is gone, his sense of pleasure is gone, he feels that light can somehow enter his mind and damage it. But as the diary proceeds, all of his afflictions begin to subside. He starts an odyssey of reading the great classic texts of the western cannon. What's more he starts meeting women! This second edition of the book contains a new preface outlining some of the great things Fearne was to go on and accomplish. He has been ill subsequently, but has never stopped believing in the adventure. About the Author Dr Paul Fearne suffers from schizophrenia, and has done so since 1998. He has completed a PhD on schizophrenia, and his first book, Diary of a Schizophrenic, was launched at the 2010 Melbourne Writers Festival. He regularly appeared on radio, and even on TV a few times. He has launched books at Readings booksellers in Carlton, and Parkville. He co-hosted a radio show on 3CR, exploring mental illness and poetry. Book Extract I wonder if I'll be able to write like I once did. After all that has happened to me and my mind. Will the store of ideas suddenly dry up? I sincerely hope not. For a start I'm not too sure that I like this laptop. The keyboard doesn't seem to suit my style of writing. The sound effects are also getting a little bit on my nerves. Somehow I think that my ability to write my memoirs has left me. It doesn't feel like the flow is there. I guess having you're emotions destroyed is very crippling to the creative process. Anyway, we'll see how I go in my next assignment. I have a feeling it won't be of that B plus standard, which is a shame because it was quite a pleasant surprise to find that mark on my last paper. I hadn't scored a B plus for quite sometime. Oh what am I thinking of, of course I'll get a B plus, I should be aiming for an A after the progression my grades have taken; C, B minus then a B plus. The logical progression is an A. Well enough of this preoccupation with grades. I'm getting the desire back to study and research, but I feel my mind is simply not up to the task any more. Its so frustrating, I just simply can't feel my emotions anymore. There's no sadness, no happiness, no response from my emotions whatsoever. There also seems to be no critical responsiveness from mind. When I read a piece of my work there isn't that critical faculty there anymore, there's just this blank emotionless slate which I peer into. Oh cruel fate, to cast upon one such as myself this burden of living without emotions. How does one live when there is no pleasure in anything! I used to live with a very acute sense of emotion, feeling everything that happened to me with a strong emotional punch. This is more than one person is able to stand.
Download or read book A Road Back from Schizophrenia written by Arnhild Lauveng and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For ten years, Arnhild Lauveng suffered as a schizophrenic, going in and out of the hospital for months or even a year at a time. A Road Back from Schizophrenia gives extraordinary insight into the logic (and life) of a schizophrenic. Lauveng illuminates her loss of identity, her sense of being controlled from the outside, and her relationship to the voices she heard and her sometimes terrifying hallucinations. Painful recollections of moments of humiliation inflicted by thoughtless medical professionals are juxtaposed with Lauveng’s own understanding of how such patients are outwardly irrational and often violent. She paints a surreal world—sometimes full of terror and sometimes of beauty—in which “the Captain” rules her by the rod and the school’s corridors are filled with wolves. When she was diagnosed with the mental illness, it was emphasized that this was a congenital disease, and that she would have to live with it for the rest of her life. Today, however, she calls herself a “former schizophrenic,” has stopped taking medication for the illness, and currently works as a clinical psychologist. Lauveng, though sometimes critical of mental health care, ultimately attributes her slow journey back to health to the dedicated medical staff who took the time to talk to her and who saw her as a person simply diagnosed with an illness—not the illness incarnate. A powerful memoir for sufferers, their families, and the professionals who care for them.
Download or read book Escape from Reality written by Daniel Hoeweler and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of poems about Schizophrenia written by poet and author Dan Hoeweler. Through his works you will better understand the inner working of the psychotic mind and the thought processes behind delusions. The poems include stories about thought insertion, paranoid persecution and auditory hallucinations. Each poem is accompanied by photography taken by Carin Rhodes signifying and amplifying the horror of Schizophrenia. The poems are created based primarily off of the past psychotic experiences of the author.
Download or read book Schizophrenia Poetry written by M. Stefan Strozier and published by World Audience Inc. This book was released on 1992 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first-hand account of a soldier's experiences in the Persian Gulf War and upon returning home.
Download or read book Houses Without Doors written by Arthur Diggins and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-12 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HOUSES WITHOUT DOORS IS A POETRY BOOK THAT HAS PACED THE HALLWAYS OF THE INSANE AND RETURNED TO TALK ABOUT IT OVER SOME COFFEE. Arthur F. Diggins captures the struggle of living with schizophrenia in his heartfelt and honest poems. Arthur's poetry is paired with Robb Swanlund's imaginative drawings. Each page is rich with meaning, both above and below the surface. This book was written and illustrated over 10 years ago. Arthur's poetry shines a light on some of his darkest times. The re-release of this book is aimed at helping others see hope: that a decade can pass and life goes on for two separate artists.
Download or read book A Beautiful Gorgeous Schizophrenic Poet written by Cassandra Keacher and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After being diagnosed Schizophrenic, I decided it would be reputable to share my experience. This book is a written collection of poetry and creative writing that consists of time, and thought. Look into the way I convey what my symptoms are like. This book is designed to enhance insight. A Beautiful Gorgeous Schizophrenic Poet is sharing, interpretive and is an enjoyable outlet for expression. In this book, I have gathered experiences to mind based from my emotions and feelings of Schizophrenia. Some instances are of thought, while others of experience. I hope you can put yourself into my shoes to come to understanding some of the concepts in which I find are everyday expressions of Schizophrenia and mental illness. Thank you for reading. I hope you find this literary intriguing, and enjoyable.
Download or read book Verse Diary of a Psychiatrist written by Merrill Moore and published by . This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book White Darkness Poetic Tales of the Schizophrenic Experience written by Susan Wojnar and published by . This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White Darkness: Poetic Tales of the Schizophrenic Experience, stands on its own as poetry that comes alive via Ms. Wojnar's fresh, vivid voice. It is also a resource that portrays the often feared and misunderstood diagnosis of schizophrenia. Anyone who has struggled with psychosis or loves someone who does or works with and cares for people who live with it, will value the insights, information and ray of hope in these Tales. "Dark and magnetic imagery." -Jim Villani, Poet, Publisher, Pig Iron Press "An open-hearted, gut wrenching journey of a life coping with mental illness. " -Dot Haflinger Martin, Community Programmer at WRUW, and premier patron of the arts "From the disorienting opening, the reader is plunged into a world that can't be trusted-voices, apparitions, and snapping social bonds." -Karen Schubert, author of The Compost Reader. "In the pines of this book are visions, shadows, angels, devils, demons, witches, insects, and humans turning into floor lamps. I recommend entering the strangely contorted pages of this book."-Juliet Cook, poet, artist, and author of Malformed Confett
Download or read book Diary of a Schizophrenic written by Bethany Boik and published by . This book was released on 2023-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bethany Boik shares harrowing tales and the mindset enabling her to survive and thrive despite many horrific experiences with schizoaffective disorder.
