I’ve always been particularly interested in why some people are afflicted in this way, why in the absence of any past trauma some people fall victim to such torment when others don’t.Īnyway, here are the 6 best books I have read on this topic, and why I think they stand out in particular. The process of recovering from such illnesses is such a difficult one, and strewn with so many obstacles trying to explain to your family and friends what’s wrong with you when you don’t even know yourself, and almost having to convince people of your condition, from doctors to everyone else. I am really passionate about raising awareness for the implications of mental illness, as such trauma often seems to become insignificant in the absence of any physical ailments. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.I have always been particularly interested in works of fiction that deal with mental illness it’s such a fascinating and difficult topic, open to so many different representations. 'You've eaten too much, you fat pig.' When Jessica was thirteen years old, she met the Monkey. Through memory, reflection, and enduring black humour, Jessica makes a tenuous peace with the world and with her emerging adult self. This is the illuminating story of a teenage girl's wanderings in darkness: the spiral down into madness, the terrible realities of an adolescent psychiatric unit, and the stark choice that she must either tame her monster - or die. Jessica listened to the Monkey, and it consumed her. The only way to be safe, to be good, to be acceptable and above all, to escape from the cold, looming threat of approaching adulthood. The Monkey lived inside her: a driving, fiery voice telling her that thinness was the only way.

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Monkey taming by judith fathallah