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  • My Life with Crazy

  • Learning to Thrive While Coping with Mentally Ill Family Members
  • By: Nan Walker
  • Narrated by: Mandy Kaplan
  • Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

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My Life with Crazy

By: Nan Walker
Narrated by: Mandy Kaplan
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According to The National Alliance on Mental Health, one in five adults in the US will experience mental illness each year (that’s 46.7 million people in 2018), one in 25 will experience serious mental illness (11.4 million people), and one in six children in the US aged 6-17 will experience a mental health disorder (7.7 million). Fifty percent of all lifetime mental illness begins by age 14, and 75 percent by age 24. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among people aged 10-34.

That’s a lot of sick people, and a lot of families and friends dealing with mental illness every single day. It stands to reason that most of us will find ourselves involved with someone else’s mental illness at some point, perhaps most often within our own families. Unless our life circumstances put us right in the middle of this harrowing predicament, few will realize the difficulties this challenge presents, how different it will be from dealing with other health issues, and how commonly accepted legal and social norms will complicate our lives dramatically.

Ms. Walker writes warmly and compassionately about the long journey of mental illness she and her family have endured for decades. She also discusses various related issues and offers tangible suggestions for self-care—all easily accomplished by anyone. Families like hers often find themselves in a constant vortex of unforeseen circumstances, and her practical suggestions encourage others so they might begin to thrive despite the chaos.

©2020 Nan Walker (P)2020 Nan Walker
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Captures the pain and helplessness we all feel with this current system and the inability to help our loved ones.

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