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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.1968950092
EAN num: 9781933016498
ISBN number: 1933016493
Label: Behler Publications
Manufacturer: Behler Publications
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 200
Printing Date: February 01, 2008
Publishing house: Behler Publications
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With insight and intimacy, Kate L. McLaughlin candidly shares the realities of parenting children with Bipolar Disorder. No other book so eloquently and honestly conveys the physical realities and battered emotions of a family caught in the swirling storm of a child s hallucinations and psychosis. Nothing else accurately depicts the frenzy of mania, or suicide attempts and their bittersweet aftermaths. No other writer so aptly illustrates the personal changes in parents of disabled children, nor connects them to the emotional and spiritual growth borne of their occurrence. This book supports, educates, and informs the reader, offering hope and encouragement to anyone living with chronic illness or raising teens.
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Mental Illness is something that every single person has to deal it, be it directly or indirectly. It scares me to see just how many people suffer from mental illness and I often wonder - do we have more mental illness in this generation? Or is it because it went undiagnosed in previous generations? No matter, we are now, as a society, dealing with this disease and all its various forms.
What amazes me is the stigma that STILL seems to be attached today. Why is that? Is certainly a question that author Kate McLaughlin has asked and, no doubt, keeps asking herself.
Kate McLaughlin certainly knows very first hand the joys and pains of living with this disease. Two of her children suffer from mental illness and this has had to redefine the life that this family lives and it has also had to redefine what being a woman and a mother means to Kate.
What follows is a heartbreaking and heartwarming memoir of what it is like to live in the midst of mental illness - to live with people that you love who are suffering, sometimes on a daily basis with this disease. The feelings of helplessness that it evokes and at the same time, the feelings of hope and love that it also touches.
You have to be brave to live with this disease and this story shows us just how courageous this family really is.
I loved this story of stark reality against a sea of love. It made me cry on quite a few occasions (I hate it when that happens) and I am in awe of these people.
Thank you Kate for sharing such an intimate story of courage and love
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I highly, highly recommend "Mommy I'm Still in Here." Until I read this book, I had a very poor understanding of what it means to have bipolar disorder. My daughter was diagnosed in her late 20s with bipolar disorder, and after reading this book, we have been able to mend the wounds to our relationship. We were once very close but our relationship was nearly destroyed by her mental illness. It was all because I did not understand what was happening to her, and she was unable to tell me. She has a B.A. in Psychology. If she couldn't explain it to me, I am certain there are many families who are experiencing even worse problems than we did. Part of it is denial, part of it is ignorance. If your child has been diagnosed with bipolar, buy this book and read it. If you have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, buy this book and read it, then give it to your family and friends to read.
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I came upon this book after a friend told me she loved it. I didn't think it would be relevant to my life as I have no bipolar children. Was I wrong. I started reading it on Saturday morning and finished it Saturday afternoon. I was captured by this family's struggles and could even see bits of my own family challenges as we raise our teens. The writing was so down to earth and brutally honest. She really didn't try to paint any of them as saints, just people trying to cope with the curves that sometimes get thrown at us even after we've done everything right. I could see how any parent who is facing challenges of any kind with their kids would be able to relate to this family. Kate's strength and perseverance through such adversity was admirable.
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I am a parent of a son who is almost 12, diagnosed a few years back with bipolar and ADHD. I am continually looking for books to help me along this journey. This is a must read book for any parent of a bipolar child. It is written by a mother - and it is very candid. It makes you realize as a parent that you are not alone in this struggle. It has given me renewed hope as we have to face the future. I highly recommend this book. After I finished reading it, my husband is now reading it and I have been telling everyone about it.
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I had the pleasure of discovering Kate McLaughlin's, Mommy I'm Still In Here, a memoir of a mother's efforts to hold her family together during the crisis of having two of her three children diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Then I had the good fortune to interview her.
The book was moving and frightening, but ultimately hopeful and eminently practical. There is no adult demographic that I can think of that wouldn't benefit from this easy and fascinating read. If you never need the information on bipolar disorder for the management of your own circumstances, you can only come away enlightened, more compassionate, weighed with important questions and, most importantly, buoyed with hope.
Ms. McLaughlin's eldest daughter, Chloe, suffers from the most difficult to treat cascade of symptoms, and her brother, Michael, wrestles with substance abuse issues in his low times, and yet, with their strength of family and perseverance, they've achieved satisfaction and competence in their lives. Ms. McLaughlin is a shining example of someone able to map the big picture and offers a way to develop perspective. She soars high.
All I can do is recommend Mommy I'm Still In Here.
To hear the audio of the interview, go to PsychJourney dot com.
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