"It's All Relatives" is a memoir of 3 generations of the Gross family. Gathered from my memories and stories and writings of several family members.I am a daughter of Holocaust survivors. All my life my parents would precede each story with "BEFORE THE WAR" or "DURING THE WAR" or "AFTER THE WAR".Across 3 continents; from WWI, happy times before the second world war in Poland, the catastrophe of the Holocaust during WWII and Poland after the war. Then leaving Poland for Isra...

Panic Stations along The Bi-Polar Express….. continues the roller-coaster ride of mania, depression, panic and anxiety with mother and daughter.Panic Stations – Natasha's RideFrom a break-down to a break-up.From the city to the mountains.From mental illness to physical ailments.From friend to friend.From hospital to hospital.From dreaming of death to loving life and back again.From moments of sheer panic to moments of pure j...

The Bi-Polar Express – Natasha's RideAll my life I knew I was different, I didn't fit in. I always felt I could do everything – but things never worked out for me, I'd either get depressed for no reason or be hyper-active.As you read my book, you will follow the ups and downs, the twists and turns, the high highs, the low lows, back and forth, faster and faster, of my Bi-Polar roller-coaster life. But always keep one thing in mind: you can put the book down and get off my r...

People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) can be intensely caring, warm, smart, and funny--but their behavior often drives away those closest to them. If you're struggling in a tumultuous relationship with someone with BPD, this is the book for you. Dr. Shari Manning helps you understand why your spouse, family member, or friend has such out-of-control emotions—and how to change the way you can respond. Learn to use simple yet powerful strategies that can ...

A memoir by Glenn Close's sister, Jessie, about the challenges of living with severe bipolar disorder—includes chapters by Glenn Close.At a young age, Jessie Close struggled with symptoms that would transform into severe bipolar disorder in her early twenties, but she was not properly diagnosed until she reached adulthood. Jessie and her three siblings spent many years in the Moral Re-Armament cult. Jessie passed her childhood in New York, Switzerland, Connecticut,...

Panic attacks are serious health problems that 1.7% or 3 million of adult Americans suffer from at some point in their lives. Regardless of their causes, or whether they are symptomatic of another physiological issue, they are frightening and can leave patients questioning their health and possibly their sanity. If left untreated, they can cause even more devastating issues such as panic disorders, and these may become paralyzing, leaving the person dealin...

What if you could live an entire day at PEACE. How about a week? A month? Can you even imagine it?According to the famous Mayo Clinic, "some signs that you need help controlling your anger include:* Often feeling that you have to hold in your anger* Frequent arguments with your partner, children or co-workers that escalate frustrations* Trouble with the law* Physical violence, such as hitting your partner or children or starting fights*Threat...

Mental illness has been recognized in people dating back to days of Ancient Greece and Rome. A number of disturbances that were described included feelings of melancholy, hysteria and phobias. The concept that mental illness must be related to biology was first considered by Hippocrates. While at this time serious conditions such as schizophrenia were not yet recognized, the thought that these conditions were related to the brain was there.As time passed, several psychiatric theori...

When bipolar disorder afflicts the person you love, you suffer too. How have other couples learned to manage the relationship strains caused by this illness? What can you do to provide your partner with truly helpful nurturance and support? No one cares more deeply about these questions than Dr. Cynthia Last, a highly regarded therapist/researcher who also has bipolar disorder. Sharing stories and solutions from her own experience and the couples she has treated, Dr. Last offers heartfelt,...

This is a unique story focusing on long term impact of bullying on the human psyche. The book also demonstrates how to overcome the impact of bullying and obsessive compulsive disorder.This book gives readers an insider's view of the devastating impact OCD and bullying can have on a person's life. Many people will be able to relate to this book.By Renae M. Reinardy, Psy.D., Licensed Psychologist, Founder of Lakeside Center for Behavioral Change (Minnetonka, MN and Fargo, ND)...

"Glorious...one of the best memoirs I've read in years...a tragicomic gem about family, class, race, justice, and the spectacular weirdness of Wichita. [McDermott] can move from barely controlled hilarity to the brink of rage to aching tenderness in a single breath." -- Marya Hornbacher, New York Times Book ReviewZack McDermott, a 26-year-old Brooklyn public defender, woke up one morning convinced he was being filmed, Truman Show-style, as part of an audit...

A brilliant and comprehensive history of the creation of the modern Western mind.Soul Machine takes us back to the origins of modernity, a time when a crisis in religious authority and the scientific revolution led to searching questions about the nature of human inner life. This is the story of how a new concept—the mind—emerged as a potential solution, one that was part soul and part machine, but fully neither.In this groundbreaking work, award-w...