When the red Fiat pulled out in front of Adelaide, she squeezed her bike's brakes so hard that she left 50-foot skid marks along the highway. The last thing she remembers is being lifted into the ambulance and someone saying, "Her face is peeled off." Following an horrific crash between her bicycle and a car, Adelaide Perr spent five days in a medically-induced coma, during which time surgeons picked glass from her face, reconstructed bones and inserted a stomach tube. She spent another six days unable to talk, at times gasping for air, enduring leech treatments to keep her necrotizing lip alive, and fearing a crippling bipolar episode. Without knowing what neurological damage or permanent disfigurement she'd be left with, her boyfriend Kennett proposed to Adelaide daily in the hospital, until she became conscious. Her recovery would extend far beyond the hospital and the visible physical injuries. DEGLOVED is about perseverance as well as failure, written to give hope to those living with mental illness, and anyone who has had a traumatic event thrust upon them, which threatened to destroy their lives.

Degloved: Every Scar has a Story

Biographies & Memoirs

Perr, Adelaide

Memoirs

Cherish Editions

Charlie and the Dog Who Came to Stay: A Book About Depression

Charlie was a happy girl; she was just like anybody else. That is, until she made friends with a dog... Written by a psychologist, Charlie and the Dog Who Came to Stay helps children to understand and deal with their symptoms of depression. It's a sensitive story written with warmth, describing the symptoms of childhood depression and some techniques that can help with getting better. The story is great for starting discussions about depression and includes some activities to try. This makes it the ideal book for anyone supporting a child who has, or is affected by, depression - including psychologists, school staff, parents and carers.

Children's Books

Dr Ruth Spence

Animals

Are you prone to over-checking? Do you always imagine the worst? Does anxiety impact on everything you do, leaving you unable to get through the day or with an inability to make decisions, no matter how small? Has it affected or even destroyed friendships and relationships? Or maybe you know or live with someone with these issues, and feel unable to help them? Helena Tarrant gets it. She also understands why you may have struggled with text-heavy anxiety guides in the past. This book can help you to start a new fulfilling life, or help you provide invaluable support to someone you care about. The author has recovered from lifelong debilitating obsessive compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. This book shares the tried and tested techniques that she used to do it, based largely but not entirely on the methods and concepts behind cognitive behavioural therapy. Written in accessible language, conveniently segmented and illustrated with over 100 original cartoons, the techniques are described clearly and concisely. Beating OCD and Anxiety knows you don't want to read pages of complex theory on your quest for help. In this book, Helena will show you how to get your life back.

Beating OCD and Anxiety: 75 Tried and Tested Strategies for Sufferers and their Supporters

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Tarrant, Helena

Addiction & Recovery

Each one of us wants to protect and nurture our loved ones. But if a friend or family member is grappling with a mental illness, it's likely there will have been times when you have felt powerless to help. Having spent years in psychiatric hospitals, Gisel Josy has learned that ultimately, recovery is a decision - a choice that a patient must make. But the first steps are rarely made alone; loved ones can provide the incentive needed to help someone start on the road to full recovery. Through detailing her own struggles with borderline personality disorder and Anorexia Nervosa, Gisel is determined to answer the questions that people might have about such an experience, from her perspective as a survivor. What exactly makes recovery feel so tough? Why might someone appear to be choosing not to recover? There are still many misinterpretations surrounding issues with mental health, which Gisel is passionate about dispelling. This book is more than an informative memoir; it is a heartfelt personal story, which the author hopes will impact on many people's lives, for the better.

Why Can't You Hear Me?: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder & Anorexia Nervosa

Josy, Gisel

Professionals & Academics

Diagnosed with chronic paranoid schizophrenia in 1988, this book charts the struggles experienced by Cameron and his music teacher wife, Tara. It is co-written, allowing each to express what life is like with mental illness at the centre of their relationship. It is a candid, thoughtful, and at times unsettling account of their lives, revealing the upset and anxiety caused by the chasm between the rational and irrational as they go about daily activities. It's also a true tale of love weathering the storm.

Is this Real?: Our Story of Living with Schizophrenia

Leiper, Tara And Cameron

Parenting & Relationships

My Journey Home: Overcoming Homelessness and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

For years, Hannah Green ran from the truth, but after being sexually assaulted and then finding herself with nowhere to live, she was forced to confront the sexual abuse she had endured as a child. She experienced homelessness for over a year and was moved from place to place, having been let down by multiple different services. She turned to drugs and alcohol, until she was introduced to a few people who truly understood... and introduced her to surfing. This book demonstrates the healing power of the sea, and of a good cup of tea.

Green, Hannah

Community & Culture

Where Do We Go From Here? is a first-hand account of life in a psychiatric hospital. From the good to the bad and the ugly, every bit of life in the hospital is exposed. Whilst narrating her experience, Bethany explores the challenging reality of battling depression and mental illness, while trying to find the strength to fight. Where Do We Go From Here? is a poignant story of hope, which shares a slightly humorous look into the brain of a seemingly "normal" girl.

Where Do We Go From Here?: An Inside View of Life in a Mental Health Hospital

Hacker, Bethany

Mental Health

Show Yourself by Adeeba Jafri is made up of two groundbreaking pieces of YA fiction that draw inspiration from real life to promote mental health awareness in teenage readers In Show Yourself, the story of a missing phone runs parallel to a story about friendship, hurt and the importance of talking about how you feel. In A Wound Like No Other, Jafri further explores themes of love, isolation and the complexities that exist within a conservative Muslim community. These beautifully written stories centred around mental health have an ensemble of relatable characters who find themselves in difficult positions. Their dilemmas and actions will strike a chord in every reader and will stay with you long after you turn the last page.

Show Yourself

Teen & Young Adult

Jafri, Adeeba

Literature & Fiction

After her 17-year-old son's totally unexpected suicide attempt, Angie dedicated years to learning about mental health to raise awareness around suicide prevention. This book conveys a deeply personal journey of recovery, as Angie comes to terms with both her son's struggle, and her own. Her story candidly expresses her emotional distress, internal conflicts and anxiety through each step of the recovery and the necessity for open mental health conversations for suicide prevention. This book shows how outward appearances are not a good indicator of what is happening in the minds of our loved ones.

Mayday: A Comeback Story

Self-Help

Welty, Angie

Death & Grief

While undergoing chemotherapy after his colon cancer operation in early 2020, Henry Slator knew he was missing his usual light hearted outlook on life. But what to do if you're missing a little bit of humour? He found it by imagining conversations with creatures in and around his large garden pond and adding buckets of fun. He created the entertaining Conversations at the Pond with its mass of colourful illustrations. By taking you along his journey and through these enjoyable stories he hopes to inspire delight and cheer you up too. The book is perfect for anyone who might need a little laugh to get through tough times or simply to boost their spirit and take a different, more humorous approach to life.

Conversations at the Pond

Humor & Entertainment

Slator, Henry

Humor

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