| RUNAWAY MIND My Own Race with Bipolar Disorder
Helping to give hope to others living with the Bipolar Disorder and their families that they can lead a normal productive life.
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There I was, Maggie Reese, high school and college cross country track star on a full ride scholarship when my battle began. Little did I know that the only thing my speed would help me with was my escape from a maximum security mental institution! My "lows" were full of anxiety and pain - then my "highs" were magic. My poor parents, fearing for me and my safety, hired bodyguards to try to protect me from myself and the predators that surrounded me. When I finally started back on that long road to recovery, I relied on and finally married my last bodyguard. Bipolar. It's a buzz word in the news right now. Over three per-cent of the population has this illness - and its onset is almost always during the fragile teenage years. When my parents tried to understand what on earth was happening to me, the only books they found were dry, clinical accounts of sad, mad, lost people - not exactly encouraging words for a mom and dad desperately clutching at straws. I think this book will be invaluable to help families understand what their child is going through - and to provide the hope that there can be a future. My memoirs prove that you can go away...and then come back again. |
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As I read the pages of Runaway Mind I find that the raw nature of its revelation truths at once compelling and disturbing yet in an unexpected way, liberating. ... Chances are everyone has in some way been touched by mental illness either personally, or through the trials of a loved one, friend or even just an acquaintance, and as result Runaway Mind is a must read! - Jon W. Hansen - Blog Talk Radio This was so well written. You cannot put this book down! It is such a remarkable journey that Maggie went through. How admirable of Maggie to disclose her private life to all that reads this book. She is truly an inspiration to others that suffer from bipolar. I know this book will help others and their families to understand the journey of being bipolar. As you will read...there is hope. Thank you Maggie for writing this book. God be with you and your family, you are truly blessed. I hope someday they will make a movie about "RUN AWAY MIND"- Jill Kaplan (San Diego) As Maggie and her family share the story it is a disorder that is very difficult to wrap our minds around... Like a "cancer" mental illness gets so much more invasive than people can imagine and there is no pill to cure you". Bipolar is cunning, baffling, and can be a "life" handicap and Maggie does it all in a short period of time. She is smart and talented and pretty. - Vicky D (Las Vegas Nevada) This is the journey of a real person, someone who has taken what they have been given in life and learns to make the best of it. The realness of this story is that Maggie is not "cured" of her disorder but has learned to manage it and create a fulfilling life for herself. A true story of inspiration to those who have the ability to see the story for what it is. - April Stemler First off I would like to say.... If you are Bipolar or have a family member or friend that is .... this book is for you. Runaway Mind chronicles the life of a young woman and her struggles coping with the disorder. Her story is quite captivating and I am sure readers will be able to relate to her experiences. There is also a unique look at the points of view from her mother, best friend, sister and mother-in-law. It provides an invaluable look at not only what a person goes through but also what a family endures. - amy hurst-kownacki (SAN DIEGO, CA) This is a well-written, well-documented book on the agonies and triumphs of living with mental illness, specifically, bipolar disorder. I love the way that not only Maggie writes about her experiences, but also has her mother and sister and even her best friend write chapters on their feelings about her illness. There are also very helpful and well-researched footnotes in each chapter that document additional facts and resources about mental illness. This book truly shows that mental illness can happen to anyone, even the fresh-faced track star who has everything going for her. It is a biological brain disorder that does not discriminate and does not happen because of a lack of willpower, character, or intelligence or integrity. It is a medical illness like any other and needs to be treated as such. Thank you Maggie for keeping those journals throughout your hospitalizations and being brave enough to share them with the world. Most of all, thank you for putting a human face on mental illness. May your book inspire compassion and understanding of this stigmatized disease in everyone who reads it. - Jules "the word nerd" |
