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A Touch of Bipolar: The madness of a suicide

Author : Joss Smith Wesson

Binding Paperback

EAN 9781499243802

ISBN 1499243804

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Pages 458

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Publisher CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Studio CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Category Suicide

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A Touch of Bipolar: The madness of a suicide

A hard-hitting bipolar disorder memoir nevertheless full of dark humour, ‘A Touch of Bipolar’ tells a story of love and loss, and one man’s struggle to regain mental clarity, overcoming depression in an attempt to win back his life. Growing up in apartheid South Africa and then in the world of an English boarding school, Joss Smith Wesson was at one time a normal, adventurous teenager, a paragon of health and fitness as he explored the world. When a lurking darkness on the edge of his mind comes to the fore, however, a disastrous collapse in mental health leads him to be sectioned and placed in a psychiatric hospital. With his personal life and financial security on the line, his mental clarity falters beneath the overwhelming desire to self-destruct. Only musings on the world around him, and the recounting of his life in a bipolar disorder memoir, keep him anchored to his sanity. ‘A Touch of Bipolar’ follows Joss Smith Wesson in his battle with the darkness on the edge of mental health and fitness, and speaks to both those suffering from Bipolar Disorder and a wider audience about the pressures of overcoming depression in an unsympathetic world.

Suicide awareness: 0

Category: Suicide Awareness

Tomorrow marks one year that not only a coach of mine, but a mentor and friend took his own life. It was the first time that I've lost someone to suicide that was that close with me. I never thought that it would bother me like it did. I found myself asking, "could I have done

Date : 03 Jun 2019

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Mental Health and Celebrities: 0

Category: Mental Health Suicide Awareness

Hello again! Recently, celebrities have been taking part of posting things along the lines of Suicide and Mental Health Awareness. I think many appreciate them posting this because they can see their favorite celebrities posting this and not feel alone. They can relate to them and altho

Date : 24 May 2019

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Suicide Prevention: 0

Category: Suicide Awareness Mental Health

Interesting article on suicide prevention and erasing the stigma associated with mental health problems.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/09/health/suicide-prevention-college-campus/

Date : 23 Nov 2016

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