Download or read book My Adventures As a Bipolar Mother written by Carole Grover and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the many humourous true adventures of a bipolar mother of ten children. See how the energy of the manic and hypo manic phases of bipolar can lead to the humorous side of life. Not all bipolar people are artists, musicians, etc., but some of us show our creativity by playing practical jokes and seeing the fun in things. An autobiography that is engaging from start to finish. Guaranteed to keep you laughing.
Download or read book My Mother The Bipolar Bear written by Nancy Earley Wright and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Author: To my friends who fight the good fight of managing bipolar disorder: I applaud you. I know it is not all lollipops and toe socks-believe me! But I find that even today, with my “cub” grown, it is the simple, basic things that will keep you afloat. In addition to “stockpiling” the fruits of your “best you,” your family needs to see you putting in the time and effort every day to live a healthy lifestyle. I have been counseled that it is the essentials such as water, water, water, sunshine, exercise, healthy food, impeccable sleep hygiene, and of course a close relationship with a doctor you trust and follow. I am here to tell you that life with Bipolar disorder can be fun and fulfilling. The embarrassing moments you invariably encounter can be lived down by loveable you, who has probably received many gifts that outweigh the challenges. (If you weren’t a bipolar bear, you wouldn’t be you, right?) This book is for young and old-mother bears, father bears, cubs and anyone in the community who could benefit from being encouraged to tolerate well, and above all, have a bear-sized heart for those that are different. All the Best, Nancy Smith Earley
Download or read book My Mother s Bipolar So What Am I written by Angela C. Grett Cbp and published by Booksurge. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the author's mother was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, the response was shock and confusion. What did it mean to be bipolar? How would it affect her mother and the members of her family? Grett became frustrated with her mother because she didn't understand the disease or her mother's behavior and believed that she could be normal if she just tried harder. The diagnosis of bipolar disorder weighs heavily on those millions of Americans who suffer the illness. But what about their families? More specifically, what about the children whose parents are diagnosed. My Mother's Bipolar, So What Am I? reveals the emotional, physical and mental toll this complicated disease takes on the children. Author Angela Grett sheds light on their common experiences, as well as coping mechanisms, to help adult children begin to heal through understanding and perhaps find a reason to be hopeful.
Download or read book Letters from a Bipolar Mother written by Alyssa Reyans and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Letters of A Bipolar Mother, Alyssa Reyans tells the story she's never been able to tell her children: how she lost them in a battle with her own mental illness. She shares with them - and the world - what the mind of a woman suffering bipolar depression looks like, how the darkness she battled on a daily basis almost won, and how, years later, she found the courage to claw her way out of the abyss. Covering a span of five years, Alyssa Reyans shares both her pain and strength in a struggle against an incurable illness which millions of other women also face.
Download or read book My Mother the Bipolar Bear written by Nancy Earley and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles bipolar illness through the eyes of a 7-year-old "cub" of a bipolar mother. He takes us through the heartache, frustration and embarrassment he experiences, but poignantly shares his compassion for his mother. When the cub finds the courage to communicate his basic needs, mama bear finds some surprising and creative ways to help her child cope. The cheerful drawings and heartwarming ending will delight all ages and give parents, children and the caregiving community helpful ideas and a bear-sized heart. Many thanks to Northern Essex Community College and Children's Literature Professor Janet Clark
Download or read book Mommy I m Still In Here written by Kate McLaughlin and published by Behler Publications. This book was released on 2008-03-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mommy I'm Still In Here clarifies myths and misunderstandings about bipolar disorder through the lives of Kate McLaughlin’s two teenaged children and provides vital information to a public frequently misled by sensationalist media and inaccurate Hollywood portrayals. This book supports, educates, and informs the reader, offering hope and encouragement.
Download or read book This Fragile Life written by Charlotte Pierce-Baker and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte Pierce-Baker did everything right when raising her son, providing not only emotional support but the best education possible. At age twenty-five, he was pursuing a postgraduate degree and seemingly in control of his life. She never imagined her high-achieving son would wind up handcuffed, dirty, and in jail. The moving story of an African American family facing the challenge of bipolar disorder, This Fragile Life provides insight into mental disorders as well as family dynamics. Pierce-Baker traces the evolution of her son's illness and, in looking back, realizes she mistook warning signs for typical child and teen behavior. Hospitalizations, calls in the night, alcohol and drug relapses, pleas for money, and continuous disputes, her son's journey was long, arduous, and almost fatal. This Fragile Life weaves a fascinating story of mental illness, race, family, the drive of African Americans to succeed, and a mother's love for her son.
Download or read book Mothering Through Bipolar written by Rebecca Moore and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mothering Through Bipolar is authored by a bipolar Mom of seven children. She wants her readers to know they are not alone in their struggles. Rebecca offers her reads hope, encouragement and comfort. She wants her readers to know that despite the fact that they've been diagnosed with bipolar they still can be awesome, effective moms!
Download or read book Blinded by Hope written by Meg McGuire and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day a teenage boy gets on his bike and rides forty miles up California’s Pacific Coast Highway to avoid causing an earthquake he fears will endanger his mother and sister. But the quake he is experiencing is not coming from beneath the earth; it’s the onset of bipolar illness. Blinded by Hope describes what it’s like to have an unusually bright, creative child—and then to have that child suddenly be hit with an illness that defies description and cure. Over the years, McGuire attributes her son’s lost jobs, broken relationships, legal troubles, and periodic hospitalizations to the manic phase of his illness, denying the severity of his growing drug use—but ultimately, she has to face her own addiction to rescuing him, and to forge a path for herself toward acceptance, resilience, and love. A wakeup call about the epidemic of mental illness, substance abuse, and mass incarceration in our society, Blinded by Hope shines a light on the shadow of family dynamics that shame, ignorance, and stigma rarely let the public see, and asks the question: How does a mother cope when love is not enough?
Download or read book Leaving the Hall Light on written by Madeline Sharples and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leaving the Hall Light On is about living after loss. It's about finding peace and balance and various ways the author, Madeline Sharples, finds to bring herself together after feeling so helpless and out of control during her son Paul's 7-year struggle with bipolar disease and after his suicide in September 1999.The author's book shares several aspects of her son's illness and how she and her husband, and their other son, Ben, survived Paul's suicide, as it: 1) describes the frustration, anger, and guilt of trying to care for an adult child with mental illness2) gives mothers and fathers who have experienced a child's death ways to get out of the deep dark hole they are in, 3) tells people the realities of mental illness, 4) describes the steps Sharples took in living with this loss; the first and foremost that she chose to liveand go on with life and take care of herself as a woman, wife, mother, writer, and 5) shows readers that grief is love in action. To let ourselves grieve is to feel the depth of our love for as long as it takes. For those of us whose children have died, that may take the rest of our lives, but we will discover the gifts of our loss in the process.
Download or read book My Life written by Rudolf Peat and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are born without the right to choose who will be our parents. Will they all healthy or one of them be bipolar? We cannot decide that. The only thing we can do is to accept and overcome those difficulties. This book is a brutally candid memoir that chronicles the impact that growing up with a mentally ill mother had on me and how that experience continues to compromise me as an adult. "I heard he was just diagnosed with a mental illness. Can you believe that?" The speaker is laughing so hard she can hardly get the words out. "That sure explains a lot." The two women sitting in the pedicure chairs next to me are now both laughing. My heart sinks as the anger boils up inside me. I can feel my heart start to race as my jaw clenches. The rest of my muscles tense up. I find myself staring intensely at the television on the wall to prevent myself from looking over at them. I think to myself, Oh my God, they are sitting here belittling something that impacts so many people's lives and is incredibly painful to so many, including me. They could be laughing about my mother. In some ways things have not changed over the past thirty years. These women have absolutely no clue how hard it is on those suffering from mental illness or on those wrapped up in the lives of the mentally ill. No wonder I kept my story a secret. To be honest, I feel a little vulnerable sharing it now, but it's time. I wonder how many of us are confronted with this insensitivity day after day. I wonder how many of us--whether we are one of the fourteen million Americans or 450 million across the globe afflicted with mental illness, or one of the millions of loved ones forced to care for them--suffer even more challenges in our already difficult lives due to this level of ignorance. And much more...
Download or read book If Your Child is Bipolar written by Cindy Singer and published by Perspective Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extremely practical and supportive guide empowers parents as they sturggles with a child who may be bipolar. The authors' own family experiences, stories from hundreds of other parents of bipolar children, and input from a wide range of mental health professionals provide parents with specific information to deal with the everyday but incredibly challenging issues confronting the entire family. Among the helpful topics included are how to explore the possibility that a child's problem behaviors are a sign of mental illness; finding a mental healthcare professional who can make a diagnosis; understanding what a diagnosis is and isn't; learning parenting strategies to control a child's behavior at home, at school, and in social situations; and balancing the needs of a bipolar child with the needs of everyone else in the family.
Download or read book The Bipolar Bear Family written by Angela Ann Holloway and published by . This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bipolar Bear Family is a story about a young cub who struggles to understand his mother's behavior and her subsequent diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder. The story of The Bipolar Bear Family helps children of bipolar parents address such questions as: Is this my fault? Is it contagious? Can I fix it? According to the National Institute for Mental Health, Bipolar Disorder affects more than 2 million American adults. Further, we know that the dynamics of Mental Illness closely mirror the dynamics of alcoholism and addiction in its impact on the family system. By compassionately educating parents and children, the author hopes to make a life-long difference for these courageous families.
Download or read book Bipolar and Me written by Joan Hamilton-Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-03 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: x
Download or read book Mind Gone Awry written by Donald Kern and published by Donald Kern. This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perfect Chaos written by Linea Johnson and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Johnsons were a close and loving family living in the Seattle area - two parents, two incomes, two bright and accomplished daughters. They led busy lives filled with music lessons, college preparation, career demands, and laughter around the dinner table. Then the younger daughter, Linea, started experiencing crippling bouts of suicidal depression. Multiple trips to the psych ward resulted in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, and it took many trial runs of drugs and ultimately electroshock therapy to bring Linea back. But her family never gave up on her. And Linea never stopped trying to find her way back to them. Perfect Chaos is the story of a mother and daughter's journey through mental illness towards hope. From initial worrying symptoms to long sleepless nights to cross-country flights and the slow understanding and rebuilding of trust, Perfect Chaos tells Linea and Cinda's harrowing and inspiring story, of an illness that they conquer together every day. It is the story of a daughter's courage, a mother's faith, and the love that carried them through the darkest times.
Download or read book The Illustrated Mum written by Jacqueline Wilson and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2009-03-25 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covered from head to toe with one-of-a-kind tattoos, Marigold is the brightest, most beautiful mother in the world. At least, that’s what Dolphin thinks—she just wishes Marigold wouldn’t stay out quite so late or have mood spells every now and again. Dolphin’s older sister, Star, loves Marigold too, but she’s tired of looking after her. So when Star’s dad shows up out of the blue and offers to let the girls stay with him, Star jumps at the opportunity. But Dolphin can’t bear to leave Marigold alone. Now it’s just the two of them, and Dolphin is about to be in over her head. . . .
