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Resilient: Surviving My Mental Illness

Resilient: Surviving My Mental Illness

Grace, Liz

Paperback

Medical ReferenceMental Health

ISBN10: 1990533116
ISBN13: 9781990533112
Publisher: Sisters Ignited Media and Publishing Inc.
Published: Jun 30 2023
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Shortlisted as a Finalist for the 2024 Speaker's Book Award by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

An inspiring and unforgettable memoir that provides hope to others who are experiencing depression, mania, or psychosis, RESILIENT is a deeply personal account about life with mental illness, hearing loss and resiliency. Liz's journey provides encouragement for patients, families, friends, and healthcare workers by showing that recovery is possible.

At seventeen, Liz's world collapses into a place of depression, psychosis, and a revolving hospital door. She is overcome with grief and a loss of reality. Despite this, she gets to university, only for bipolar disorder (later diagnosed as schizoaffective disorder) to return to threaten all that she has worked towards.

Written to encourage empathy in those without lived experience, Liz effectively shares her emotional rollercoaster of going deaf and losing her mind, giving the reader the gift of insight she needed then, and others need now. Experience the triumphs and tribulations of surviving the world of mental illness from the view of a healthcare professional.

Resilient: Surviving My Mental Illness is suggested for use in university courses, health education programs, and clinical workshops to promote deeper understanding of lived experience, trauma-informed care, and recovery. Through its honest portrayal of psychiatric hospitalization, disability, and resilience, the memoir offers a valuable perspective for students and professionals across mental health, healthcare, and disability studies fields.

Read and share this book with others to help fight the stigma of mental illness.

Content warning: This book contains content related to suicide, suicidal ideation, self-harm, and restraints

Liz Grace is an occupational therapist and first-time author who is in recovery from schizoaffective disorder. At age sixteen, she gradually lost her hearing and learned American Sign Language (ASL). At twenty-six she received surgery for cochlear implants.

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