First Person accounts of mental illness

Explore powerful first-person accounts of mental illness through a curated list of impactful books. Gain insight, empathy, and understanding from real-life stories of struggle and resilience.

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An Unquiet Mind

by Kay Redfield Jamison

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author. Dr. Jamison …
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Darkness Visible

by William Styron

Zusammenfassung: The author describes his experiences with depression and his resulting suicidal tendencies beginning in 1985
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Wasted

by Marya Hornbacher

The author shares her lifelong battle with bulimia and anorexia, chronicling her secret life of bingeing and purging and her obsession with food and body …
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The Day the Voices Stopped

 

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