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Failure to Thrive: My Journey to Mental Health
Relationships are hard; life is hard. When someone battles mental illnesses, it can be harder still. Do you know someone who is struggling with mental illness and want to help support them?
To understand a mental illness, you have to get into the mind of someone who’s fighting it. This book does just that. It's raw, honest, yet hopeful, and 100% true. It will show you what is going on in their head sometimes, and why—even when you try to be supportive—they don't always accept it.
Are you yourself warring with a mental illness?
Julie Ann's powerful autobiography can help you live a more successful life, even while battling things like Bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, and PTSD. She’ll help you overcome the derogatory lies that your brain tells you and accept the loving truths from those who care. Learn to love yourself again. Know you’re not alone.
What are people saying about it?What are people saying about it?"This book is a quick read that gives insight into the mindset of an individual struggling with bipolar disorder and related mental illnesses.""It made me understand more about how people with it have to struggle with medication to feel balance.""It gave me hope.""It's a compelling and sometimes poignant tale, especially as it details the loving (but not helpful) efforts of loved ones and friends."
To understand a mental illness, you have to get into the mind of someone who’s fighting it. This book does just that. It's raw, honest, yet hopeful, and 100% true. It will show you what is going on in their head sometimes, and why—even when you try to be supportive—they don't always accept it.
Are you yourself warring with a mental illness?
Julie Ann's powerful autobiography can help you live a more successful life, even while battling things like Bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, and PTSD. She’ll help you overcome the derogatory lies that your brain tells you and accept the loving truths from those who care. Learn to love yourself again. Know you’re not alone.
What are people saying about it?What are people saying about it?"This book is a quick read that gives insight into the mindset of an individual struggling with bipolar disorder and related mental illnesses.""It made me understand more about how people with it have to struggle with medication to feel balance.""It gave me hope.""It's a compelling and sometimes poignant tale, especially as it details the loving (but not helpful) efforts of loved ones and friends."
168 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 15, 2018
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February 6, 2019
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Do you ever feel like you are the only one who feels so miserable? You’re not as alone as you think. I felt lost and alone. Mental illness was destroying my life.
To understand a mental illness, you have to get into the mind of someone who has one, which isn’t normally something I would recommend. Trust me: my mind can be a scary place.
This is my story. It’s not pretty and it’s not fun, but it’s my truth. Before, I thought I was a failure. I will always struggle, but now I am finally thriving.
MY TAKE
This memoir covers the journey of a woman dealing with mental illness. It's a compelling and sometimes poignant tale, especially as it details the loving (but not helpful) efforts of loved ones and friends. I don't suffer from mental illness myself, but I have many family members who do. I cannot empathize but I can sympathize because I've seen the pain they suffer, sometimes so greatly that it has led them to attempt (sometimes successfully) to take their lives. It's encouraging to read about an experience of someone who's proactive in getting and staying healthy.
Do you ever feel like you are the only one who feels so miserable? You’re not as alone as you think. I felt lost and alone. Mental illness was destroying my life.
To understand a mental illness, you have to get into the mind of someone who has one, which isn’t normally something I would recommend. Trust me: my mind can be a scary place.
This is my story. It’s not pretty and it’s not fun, but it’s my truth. Before, I thought I was a failure. I will always struggle, but now I am finally thriving.
MY TAKE
This memoir covers the journey of a woman dealing with mental illness. It's a compelling and sometimes poignant tale, especially as it details the loving (but not helpful) efforts of loved ones and friends. I don't suffer from mental illness myself, but I have many family members who do. I cannot empathize but I can sympathize because I've seen the pain they suffer, sometimes so greatly that it has led them to attempt (sometimes successfully) to take their lives. It's encouraging to read about an experience of someone who's proactive in getting and staying healthy.
December 29, 2018
Positive, honest and uplifting.
So very honest and enlightening. I read it in one sitting. I identify with many of the scenarios and feelings - it gave me hope
So very honest and enlightening. I read it in one sitting. I identify with many of the scenarios and feelings - it gave me hope
February 3, 2019
A good book that makes you understand
This book is about being bipolar and how Julie struggles to get better. It's honest and give a unique inside look of a life with bipolar illness. It made me understand more about how people with it have to struggle with medication to feel balance.
This book is about being bipolar and how Julie struggles to get better. It's honest and give a unique inside look of a life with bipolar illness. It made me understand more about how people with it have to struggle with medication to feel balance.
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