Life Inside My Mind: 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles

Life Inside My Mind: 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles

â€œWho better to raise teensâ€™ awareness of mental illness and health than the YA authors they admire?â€ â€”Booklist (starred review)

â€œ[A] much-needed, enlightening book.â€ â€”School Library Journal (starred review)

Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental health in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores everything from ADD to PTSD.

Have you ever felt like you just couldnâ€™t get out of bed? Not the occasional morning, but every day? Do you find yourself listening to a voice in your head that says â€œyouâ€™re not good enough,â€ â€œnot good looking enough,â€ â€œnot thin enough,â€ or â€œnot smart enoughâ€? Have you ever found yourself unable to do homework or pay attention in class unless everything is â€œjust soâ€ on your desk? Everyone has had days like that, but what if you have them every day?

Youâ€™re not alone. Millions of people are going through similar things. However issues around mental health still tend to be treated as something shrouded in shame or discussed in whispers. Itâ€™s easier to have a broken boneâ€”something tangible that can be â€œfixedâ€â€”than to have a mental illness, and easier to have a discussion about sex than it is to have one about mental health.

Life Inside My Mind is an anthology of true-life events from writers of this generation, for this generation. These essays tackle everything from neurodiversity to addiction to OCD to PTSD and much more. The goals of this book range from providing a home to those who are feeling alone, awareness to those who are witnessing a friend or family member struggle, and to open the floodgates to conversation.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 28274530
ReleaseDate 2019-04-09
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781481494656

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	28274530
ReleaseDate	2019-04-09
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781481494656

Life Inside My Mind: 31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles

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