Description

I am Not Broken chronicles my life living with mental illnesses, specifically PTSD, anxiety disorder and cyclothymic disorder. The book covers not only clinical descriptions of mental illnesses, medications, and treatment programs, but also gives a real life account of how these illnesses look, what the medications do, and how the treatment plans work or do not work. The book also talks about the effects of mental illness on family, quality of life, and careers. The book walks through the very dark and destructive nature of these diseases. I am a disabled American Veteran who served as a Captain for 17 years and deployed multiple times throughout my career. I suffered in silence with mental illnesses due to the stigma and the potential harm to my career-I also thought I was too strong to have a mental illness and that I could just beat it. I ultimately ended up committing, what was called, a very detailed, thought-out, and lethal suicide attempt.

Author: Hilke II, Timothy H

Topic: Psychology
Media: Book
ISBN: 692048847
Language: English
Pages: 218