Marrying Bipolar: The Highs And Lows Of Loving Someone With A Mental Illness
Natasha David
Mar 2016 · John Hunt Publishing
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On the last day of winter in 2005, John committed suicide in his car on a lonely side road of the Blue Mountains to the west of Sydney, Australia. He was six months shy of his thirtieth birthday. It was the culmination of nine years of struggle for John and his wife, as he battled undiagnosed mental illness, a gambling addiction, and an earlier suicide attempt. Despite his wife's love and attempts to understand his condition, in the end nothing could save John from his demons. Tragically, John’s story could be anybody's story. In Australia, around 2,100 people commit suicide every year; up to 12% of people affected by mental illness take their own lives (compared with an average of 1.7% for the whole population), and suicide is the main cause of premature death among people with mental illness. But the effects of suicide are even more far-reaching. Its impact on those left behind is frequently devastating and lifelong. The author knows this first-hand. Marrying Bipolar is the account of a wife’s struggle to understand the events in her husband’s life that would eventually lead to their marriage breakdown and his untimely death. Natasha’s experience watching her husband struggle with the complexity of mental illness, has led her understand the deadly role denial has to play, for both sufferer and partners. In the process, the author addresses her own search of ways to address denial of the darkness that resides in all of us, and the compassion needed to heal and rebuild lives after enduring.
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Doresa B,k
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May 8, 2020
hello my name is doresa I'm sorry for your loss there is altot of things that run through my family history so many and at the time I didn't know a bout them diabetes ,bipolar, cancer heart disease no one talk about one of my daughter suger was very high it landed her in the hospital by then she had fell out with me left home got with the wrong people drop out school didn't want o return her sister was my favorite a bunch of stuff I have a large family but no one talk my grandmother had sugar well when god brought my daughter back to me her sugar was out of control she was diagnosed as bipolar sickle.cell it was to late she pass from kidney failure so I try teach my family about the disease that run with in our family it hard but I won't stop thank you for your story
Shanea Wilson
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April 18, 2022
hi my name is nae and as a person with bipolar disease when really don't mean to hurt our partner and family with our illness and it hard for us to ask for help to because we think people will call us crazy and etc I love ur book because it's understanding and helpful it give me another view
About the author
Natasha David was just 31 when her husband died after struggling for many years with mental health problems. The ensuing trauma plunged her into debilitating depression and anxiety. She investigated many routes in her search for recovery, ultimately becoming a certified kinesiologist. Having practiced this and meditation, she's been able to write the difficult story of her road to recovery. Natasha believes love and compassion can overcome any trauma.
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