Mental Illness Memoirs

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    • A Story of the Lies About Addiction and the Truth About Recovery
    • By: David Poses
    • Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
    • Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 09-28-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 119 ratings
    • While his wife and two-year-old daughter watched TV in the living room, David Poses was in the kitchen, measuring the distance from his index finger to his armpit. He needed to be sure he could pull the trigger with a shotgun barrel in his mouth....

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    • Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct
    • By: Thomas S. Szasz MD
    • Narrated by: Tom Parks
    • Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 10-13-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 76 ratings
    • The 50th anniversary edition of the most influential critique of psychiatry every written, with a new preface on the age of Prozac and Ritalin and the rise of designer drugs, plus two bonus essays....

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    • Inside the Disturbed and Disturbing Criminal Mind
    • By: Cheryl Paradis, Katherine Ramsland - foreword
    • Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
    • Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 05-31-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 119 ratings
    • At the heart of countless crimes lie the mysteries of the human mind. In this eye-opening book, Dr. Cheryl Paradis draws back the curtain on the fascinating world of forensic psychology, and revisits the most notorious and puzzling cases she has handled in her multifaceted career....

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    • The Space Between Cheslie's Smile and Mental Illness—Her Story in Her Own Words
    • By: April Simpkins
    • Narrated by: April Simpkins, Emana Rachelle
    • Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 05-07-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 200 ratings
    • By the Time You Read This is the story former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst was about to publish before her tragic suicide. Her mother, April, wraps up the narrative by exploring the mental illness and depression that took her daughter’s life.

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    • My Tale of Madness and Recovery
    • By: Barbara K. Lipska, Elaine McArdle - contributor
    • Narrated by: Emma Powell
    • Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 04-03-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,030 ratings
    • In 2015, Barbara Lipska - a leading expert on the neuroscience of mental illness - was diagnosed with melanoma that had spread to her brain. Within months, her frontal lobe, the seat of cognition, began shutting down....

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    • An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence
    • By: Meg Kissinger
    • Narrated by: Meg Kissinger
    • Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 09-05-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 278 ratings
    • From award-winning journalist Meg Kissinger, a searing memoir of a family besieged by mental illness, as well as an incisive exploration of the systems that failed them and a testament to the love that sustained them....

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    • A Family Memoir of Mental Illness, Heartbreak, and Hope
    • By: Patrick Dylan
    • Narrated by: Raúl E. Esparza
    • Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 07-28-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 26 ratings
    • When a sudden mental illness struck his wife, Patrick Dylan found himself living with an eerie stranger. Scared and unprepared, he began a desperate battle to protect her from a mysterious disease, shelter their children from her bizarre behavior, and recover the woman he loved....

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    • An Owner's Manual
    • By: Terri Cheney
    • Narrated by: Christine Lakin
    • Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 09-25-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 43 ratings
    • Cheney flips mental illness inside out, exposing the visceral story of the struggles, stigma, relationship dilemmas, treatments, and recovery techniques she and others have encountered....

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    • A CBT-Based Guide to Overcoming Compulsive Checking and Reassurance Seeking
    • By: Martin N. Seif PhD, Sally M. Winston PsyD
    • Narrated by: Holly Adams
    • Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 04-13-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 108 ratings
    • In this unique guide, you'll find proven-effective tips and tools using CBT to help you tolerate uncertainty, face specific worrying scenarios, and gradually reduce the compulsion to incessantly seek reassurance....

    $17.19 or free with 30-day trial

    • A Memoir
    • By: Vince Granata
    • Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
    • Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 04-27-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 299 ratings
    • In this extraordinarily moving memoir about grief, mental illness, and the bonds of family, a writer delves into the tragedy of his mother’s violent death at the hands of his brother who struggled with schizophrenia....

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    • Chasing the Chaos of Mental Illness
    • By: Sheila Hamilton
    • Narrated by: Sheila Hamilton
    • Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 10-20-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 679 ratings
    • Even as a reporter, Sheila Hamilton missed the signs as her husband David's mental illness unfolded before her. By the time she had pieced together the puzzle, it was too late....

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    • Surviving and Thriving After a Suicide Attempt
    • By: Kevin Hines, Dr. Daniel J. Reidenberg - foreword
    • Narrated by: Kevin Hines
    • Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 12-18-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 139 ratings
    • Kevin Hines's story chronicles the extraordinary will of the author to live mentally well in the face of his mental illness: bipolar disorder with psychotic features. With each mental breakdown, however, the author's desire to live mentally well pulls him from the depths of his condition....

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    • Overcoming the Legacy of Mental Illness, Addiction, and Suicide in My Family
    • By: Mariel Hemingway
    • Narrated by: Mariel Hemingway
    • Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 04-07-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,118 ratings
    • A moving, compelling memoir about growing up and escaping the tragic legacy of mental illness, suicide, addiction, and depression in one of America's most famous families....

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    • A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness
    • By: Jack El-Hai
    • Narrated by: Peter Lerman
    • Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 03-16-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 28 ratings
    • The Lobotomist explores one of the darkest chapters of American medicine: the desperate attempt to treat the hundreds of thousands of psychiatric patients in need of help during the middle decades of the 20th century....

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    • A Memoir with Nice Memories!
    • By: Tom Scharpling
    • Narrated by: Tom Scharpling
    • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 07-06-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 538 ratings
    • From the comedian, television writer, and host of The Best Show with Tom Scharpling comes a revealing and powerful memoir exploring a life of struggle and reinvention....

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    • A True Story of Poverty, Mental Illness, and Murder
    • By: Neal Wooten
    • Narrated by: Traber Burns
    • Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 09-06-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 255 ratings
    • In the tradition of The Glass Castle, Educated, and Heartland, Neal Wooten traces five decades of his dirt-poor, Alabama mountain family as the years and secrets coalesce....

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    • By: Elyn R. Saks
    • Narrated by: Alma Cuervo
    • Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 10-01-07
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,547 ratings
    • Professor of psychiatry Elyn R. Saks writes about her struggle with schizophrenia in this unflinching account of her mental illness....

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    • A Personal Story of a Mother's Mental Illness
    • By: Lorie Bond Saadipour
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 04-22-25
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • This is a personal story of generational trauma, a mother's debilitating paranoid schizophrenia and a daughter who was thrust into foster care, ...

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    • A Daughter's Memoir of Mental Illness and Healing
    • By: Karena Dawn
    • Narrated by: Karena Dawn
    • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 05-06-25
    • Language: English
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    • Quiet your mind, and the silence will help you hear your inner voice—the one that says, “Stay strong enough to forgive, to heal, and to have hope.”

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