Dodie Clark's Secrets For The Mad, By Dodie Clark

The book was divided into 3 parts, the first section was Facing Mental Illness. In this section there were 6 chapters that covered every part of her coming to terms with her illness which is bipolar disorder or manic depression. In Chapter 1: Darkness, she gave her history with mental illness and she wasn’t the only person to deal with it within her family. Her father and brother also dealt with depression.There were also many close friends and family members that killed themselves. She makes mention of how she hated what the illness dd to her father and brother but it helped her when she had to deal with

Everyone has a different way to deal with overwhelming situations. It can be more difficult for people with mental illness to cope with the hardships of life. For instance, in “Horses of the Night,” the character of Chris has dissociative symptoms that can be linked to his depression. Margaret Laurence’s short story tells the story of Chris, a young teenager who moves to from a small farm to the town of Manawaka in order to go to high school. The story is told by his younger cousin, Vanessa. As she grows up, she learns that Chris is depressed. The author uses the theme of fantasy to show that he does not cope well with reality. The horses, Shallow Creek, and the children are symbols that show us the fantasy that Chris lives in.

In a social setting where the presence of God is absent, love simply cannot exist. It is a common-truth that human beings require love; in a society where love cannot and does not exist, the void where that “love” would have existed becomes filled with deluded misconceptions of what love truly is. In Marie-Claire Blais’ Mad Shadows, Blais clearly illustrates what happens genuine love cannot exist and is replaced by misinterpretations, with the use of well developed character relationships. In many of the relationships (romantic and otherwise) displayed

Mental illness are disorders of the brain function. Having a mental illness isn’t a choice, they can happen to anyone of any culture all around the world. Many teens are seeming to develop some type of anxiety disorder such as social anxiety and panic disorder. 18% of the world's population can be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. According to Doctor Rachel Abrams this is happening because of the lack of religious and social community. The increasing isolation of our nuclear families create

In Marbles, Ellen Forney shares the story of an artist’s struggle with the effects of bipolar disorder on her abilities. Initially afraid of confronting the possibility that choosing to control her condition may extinguish her creativity, Forney chooses to isolate her experience from those of others. This fear and the resulting loneliness being unsustainable, Forney eventually makes the decision to explore the work of others and finds comfort in their experiences. Ultimately, she constructs her own work as a form of therapy that can help her come to terms with her own bipolar disorder, definitively resolving the question of whether it is possible to be a stable yet creative artist. In this context, Forney theorizes her memoir as a form of company in order to embrace her unrelenting condition as being an essential part of her identity.

¨There was a law against luke. Not him personally everyone like him, kids who were born after their parents already had two babies (pg 6)¨. Would you like a law against you? Among the hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix clearly shows that dictatorship is horrible. In this novel Luke is not allowed to leave the house or be seen. Luke leaves the house in cover and meets a girl the same as him she can't go anywhere so she tries to convince luke to rebel to be like regular people with her but he is to nervous. Luke shows the character traits of brave, jealousy and adventurous as he hides in the shadows.

According to the Unite for Sight organization, “In 2002, of the estimated 450 million people worldwide living with mental or behavioral disorders, 90 million were drug or alcohol dependent, 25 million suffered from schizophrenia, and 150 million had depression” (Unite for Sight). Mental illness is something that today’s media and government does not want to address, which is seen repeatedly in “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner. More and more people are being diagnosed with a mental illness and this trend needs to come to an end. People need to understand the various aspects of mental illness. While treatment of mental illnesses has improved over time, the effect they have on the individual and the people around them has not.

rate people in society during this time period. The narrator of the story is symbolic of all women

Melinda Sordino was just a young teenage girl trying to have some fun. Now, she is loathed by afar for something nobody understands. During a summer party, Melinda drunkenly fumbled for the phone and dialed the cops. As she enters her freshman year of high school, her friends refuse to talk to her, and she escapes into the dark forests of her mind. “I am Outcast” (Anderson 4). But something about that party was not right. Something she tried not to relive but to forget. “I have worked so hard to forget every second of that stupid party, and here I am in the middle of a hostile crowd that hates me for what I had to do. I can’t tell them what really happened. I can’t even look at that part of myself” (Anderson 28). Depression is a

Mental illness is a popular ill among all ages of people, it can happen in kids, adult or in senior. In fact, 20% of Canadians will personally experience in their lifetime (Canada Mental Health Association, n.d.). But all among of those mental illness we’re going to talk about depression. Depression is an extremely complex disease and it can be really bad especially for people who are expected to focus during class, be confident and social outside of school, and successfully plan their futures, depression it can be devastating for these people. Even mental experts have a belief that’s teens suffering from untreated depression are up to 12 times more likely to commit suicide (Marsico, 2012, p16). The main purpose of making this report is to

     The author’s has 2 main points; one point is about her two-year stay McLean hospital. The second main point talks about how she handles and gets treated for being depressive and suicidal.

should be able to understand that everyone could go through a mental breakdown during their life and instead of keeping it to themselves, it’s better to be honest about it, accept their situation and ask for help. Having a mental issue is not something to be ashamed of or not taking it seriously. Some mental illness could start with very few signs and seems not a big deal, but if the person doesn’t do anything about it, it could turn to a real issue.

Art and literature become a source of guidance when one learns from the integrated insights of human experiences. Many writers incorporate unique characters, allowing the audience to view situations through unfamiliar perspectives and discover significant information. For example, Min, Logan and Thebes mother, attempts suicide several times, experiences heartbreak, and eventually, refuses to meet with her family. For Min, novels are “[her] girl guide to the universe...[Her] library of loss” (Toews 167) since she can identify with the central characters. Specifically, because she suffers from a mental illness, she focuses on the protagonists who endure a comparable disorder. Thereon, she

Vic did more to suppress her depression than just self harm. Throughout the memoir she encounters eating disorders, impulsive thoughts and actions, excessive drinking, drug use, and

“What illness? My child? My friend? Not possible!”. Despite parents wanting the best for their children, and friends looking forward to their peer’s success, some experience difficulty accepting why their loved one has a mental illness. Brenda Novak’s novel “Hello Again” focuses on the mind of Evelyn, a clinical psychologist, discovering new information on her patients, specifically Dr. Lyman Bishop. Jaimie Byrne’s article “Normal teenage behaviour vs. early warning signs of mental illness” compares and contrasts normal teenage behavior with mentally ill behavior. Finally, Mental Health America’s article “Depression in Teens” mentions possible causes of depression, lists treatment options, and recommends methods