This frank and revealing true story leave its readers inspired with a speechless sense of wonder.
Who.
It\'s a brilliant example of the naked emotions connected with Bipolar Illness and its many challenges.
Transitions Mental Health Association is proud to announce their endorsement for Patty Hansen\'s new book, Bipolar Firsthand.
Well done! Aurora William, MPA NAMI Board President and Support Group Facilitator Mental Health Advocate San Luis Obispo, Ca.
Thank you, Patty.
We find it to be a brave and inspiring work that few people who have gone through a life like Patty has, are able to pull up the courage and persistence it takes to write about it.
Patty\'s frank and revealing book, Bipolar Firsthand, has been reviewed by the board of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
We are quite literally one.
We are all here to advance the evolution of our souls.
I anticipate that the people who love us will better understand us and come to know that we chose this life before we were born and that they chose this dance with us.
My greatest hope is that you become willing to see your innocence and that you come to love your life as much as I love mine.
Bipolar Firsthand tells the story of how I did it.
Getting back up is divine.
Falling down is inevitable.
An unimaginable amount of deep work has saved my life.
Everyone can be.
Today, I am a healthy, happy, and powerful person.
I am at Peace after being beaten bloody as a child, experiencing the raw emotion of gang rape, having been married and divorced eight times, and attempting suicide more times than I can count.
This book is about my Journey back to life.
I wanted to die.
They said there was no hope for me, so I gave up.
After all, there were so many of them, all looking out for my best interests.
I was diagnosed with manic depression, convinced my teachers were right.
I kicked and screamed and finally went crazy.
I fought back.
I was given beatings, medication, guilt, and psychiatrists in an effort to calm me.
In Patty\'s own words, she says this: The day I was born, I hit the ground running; so fast, so awake, so alive, I literally vibrated with excitement.
She states that Bipolar illness can be a learned condition, not necessarily a genetic, inherited disease.
Living and breathing within these pages, the author shines light on her soul\'s darkest hours and highest highs.
People with manic Depression are like the epicenter of an earthquake; no one nearby is left untouched.
Bipolar Firsthand is a gift to humanity.
This frank and revealing true story leave its readers inspired with a speechless sense of wonder
