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Madness: A Bipolar Life | Marya Hornbacher
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An astonishing dispatch from inside the belly of bipolar disorder, reflecting major new insights When Marya Hornbacher published her first book, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, she did not yet have the piece of shattering knowledge that would finally make sense of the chaos of her life. At age twenty-four, Hornbacher was diagnosed with Type I rapid-cycle bipolar, the most severe form of bipolar disorder. In Madness, in her trademark wry and utterly self-revealing voice, Hornbacher tells her new story. Through scenes of astonishing visceral and emotional power, she takes us inside her own desperate attempts to counteract violently careening mood swings by self-starvation, substance abuse, numbing sex, and self-mutilation. How Hornbacher fights her way up from a madness that all but destroys her, and what it is like to live in a difficult and sometimes beautiful life and marriage -- where bipolar always beckons -- is at the center of this brave and heart-stopping memoir. Madness delivers the revelation that Hornbacher is not alone: millions of people in America today are struggling with a variety of disorders that may disguise their bipolar disease. And Hornbacher's fiercely self-aware portrait of her own bipolar as early as age four will powerfully change, too, the current debate on whether bipolar in children actually exists. Ten years after Kay Redfield Jamison's An Unquiet Mind, this storm of a memoir will revolutionize our understanding of bipolar disorder.
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WorldsOkayestStepMom
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As a person with bipolar II, I found this memoir to be highly relatable. I want my husband to read it so he understands me a bit better. There needs to be a trigger warning though for suicide attempt.

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Chelsea.Poole
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Inside the mind of Marya, during her swings from high to low, the experiences of seeking treatment, and at home. She begins by remembering incidents and feelings she had as a very young child, through young adulthood and even after she had written her book “Wasted”.

Megabooks You and I read so many of the same books. I read this years ago. It was hard for me. 4y
Chelsea.Poole @Megabooks I probably saw this on your feed and added it to my list. Love your picks! Memoirs have been my go-to lately 😊 4y
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Chelsea.Poole
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Listening to the tagged book at my cousin‘s house while taking care of her cat while she‘s on vacation in Hawaii! I found this mug in her cabinet for a quick cup of coffee. I love it!

Aims42 Perfect!!! 😍 4y
AkashaVampie Love the mug 4y
Gissy So pretty!!! 😱❤️❤️❤️ 4y
Cathythoughts Lovely and such a pretty room 💕 4y
CaroPi I think this mug speak for all of us 4y
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"And then the horror sets in. All that time I wasn‘t crazy; I was, in fact, crazy. It‘s hopeless. I‘m hopeless. Bipolar disorder. Manic depression. I‘m sick. It‘s true. It isn‘t going to go away. All my life, I‘ve thought that if I just worked hard enough, it would. I‘ve always thought that if I just pulled myself together, I‘d be a good person, a calm person, a person like everyone."
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