Life Inside My Mind - 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles

Ellen Hopkins, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Amber Benson, Francesca Lia Block, Sarah Fine, Cynthia Hand, Maureen Johnson, Melissa Marr, Hannah Moskowitz, Lauren Oliver, Aprilynne Pike, Amy Reed, Dan Wells, Sara Zarr, Cyn Balog, Candace Ganger, Tom Pollock

Simon Pulse

2018

320 páginas

10h 40m

ISBN-10: 1481494643

ave you ever felt like you just couldn’t get out of bed? Not the occasional morning, but every day? Do you find yourself listening to a voice in your head that says “you’re not good enough,” “not good looking enough,” “not thin enough,” or “not smart enough”? Have you ever found yourself unable to do homework or pay attention in class unless everything is “just so” on your desk? Everyone has had days like that, but what if you have them every day?

You’re not alone. Millions of people are going through similar things. However issues around mental health still tend to be treated as something shrouded in shame or discussed in whispers. It’s easier to have a broken bone—something tangible that can be “fixed”—than to have a mental illness, and easier to have a discussion about sex than it is to have one about mental health.

Life Inside My Head is an anthology of true-life events from writers of this generation, for this generation. These essays tackle everything from neurodiversity to addiction to OCD to PTSD and much more. The goals of this book range from providing home to those who are feeling alone, awareness to those who are witnessing a friend or family member struggle, and to open the floodgates to conversation.