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

This book connects with me in a way that only one other book has (that book being Fahrenheit 451). It digs deep into my mind and takes things out that I have buried away and hoped to never think of again. Most of the people in my family suffer from depression, including me. The author and I are very much alike. I don’t tell anyone about it because not a lot of people understand what it means to suffer from depression. A deep part of my mind doesn’t want to tell anyone in my family because they all think I’m a happy and joyful person with a bright future and I don’t want to smash their hopes in thinking that at least one of my parents’ kids doesn’t suffer from depression. But the truth is, is that I

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

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.

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.

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

Do you like books that make you cry, smile, or make you laugh out loud? Then I have a book with all those things that everyone all ages would love. Maxis secrets ( Or what you can learn from a dog) is a realistic fiction book By: Lynn Plourde. This book is told from the main character Timminy, a boy who is entering a new school. Timminy is very small for his age. Which makes him a perfect target for bullies. His parent decided he needed something to cheer him up, so they decided to allow him to get a dog. Timothy was still mad about moving and he thought that the dog wouldn't be as great as staying in his house, he soon meets Maxi a Great Pyrenees Dog, and falls right in love with her. They soon find out something special about Maxi. Read

     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.

Out of the Blue, a novel written, and published by Canadian journalist Jan Wong, explores an in-depth perception of the truth behind the debilitating disease known as depression and how her career kick started the diagnosis. The book, which is divided into five parts, shares the timeline of Wong’s career, depression and life-style from beginning to end. Out of the Blue covers the good, the bad and the ugly sides of a journalistic career. Its key points definitely aim to crush the wrenching stigma surrounding mental illness along with sharing various coping methods.

The Secret is a book by Rhonda Byrne is  is based on the law of attraction and the idea that thoughts can change the world directly. My grandmother introduced me to this book this past week and the philosophy has completely changed the way I view the world. Another way to explain The Secret, is that what you put out into the world will come back to you. This applies to both positive and negative thoughts, actions, and words.  If you continue to believe a certain activity will be terrible, you won't have an open mind and the experience will be negative. If you have an open mind, and are positive about the future, you're more likely going to be happy with the results that come to you.

This was a very interesting piece to read. This source is a news report dialogue between the reporter, a former Green Piece activist, and an economics professor. Discussed in the dialogue between the three of them was one main topic; stuff. More importantly, stuff that isn’t used by humans anymore. This stuff is thrown away and dumped in landfills. They start by talking about “The Book of Stuff” written by Annie Leonard who also is the former Green Piece activist. She wrote this book about all the stuff that Americans throw away and don’t always deteriorate. The other person is Russ Roberts who is an economics professor from George Mason University in Washington. He counter-argues Leonards’ topics with saying that the “stuff” made by humans

My initial reaction was that such a book was the last thing I wanted to write. As someone who has suffered from depression since he was a teen, I was afraid that writing about that illness might well sink me into a dark place from which it would be difficult to climb out.  But only a few moments after Cheryl asked, I found myself not only agreeing wholeheartedly to do it, but believing that this may well be the very book I was meant to write.

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

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

“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