Summary of My Mental Madness Memoir

Summary of MY MENTAL MADNESS MEMOIR by author Stephanie Anne Allen

            My Mental Madness Memoir is the very profound, provoking, and personal true story of my life.  My life has seen much heartache and pain due to suffering from several severe mental illnesses, including depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and borderline personality disorder.  I was plagued with darkness, mental agony, internal turmoil, mania, delusions, hallucinations, sadness, and loneliness to just name a few.  My insanity let me to committing a crime, at which time I was completely “out of it”.  And for the crime, I suffered even more heartache and pain.  I also have a history of self-mutilation and suicidal attempts.  I have been hospitalized psychiatrically more times than you can count on your fingers and toes.  I lost jobs, friends, relationships, cars, homes, etc.  I had completely hit so many points in my life, where most people would have simply given up.  But I was the exception!  I beat all the many odds and emerged from my mental madness.

            Despite wanting to give up so many times and wanting to just “end it”, I was able to find what I needed to turn my chaotic life around.  I found the courage, strength, faith, and hope to convert my “rock bottom” into a progressive upward direction of energy.  I was able to get the treatment that I very much needed to get well, but that came after I achieved self-awareness of my illnesses.  I achieved recovery and resilience, and now I am sharing my story with the world, in an effort to end stigma and ignorance, and to bring awareness to others on the topic of mental illness. 

            This book will surely stir your every emotion!  Get ready for this intense internal insanity, that will provoke you and want you to continue reading from the very first to the very last word.  It is surely a page-turner that you will not put down.  For readers of this book, I hope you will have an open mind and an open heart as you are reading this.  My Mental Madness Memoir is about total honesty and I hide absolutely nothing.  I want you to see and feel what it is really like to be mentally ill.  Also, your reading experience will open up doors for you to feel like you are the one in the story.  You will become a more empathetic and compassionate person just by reading/listening to this book!

(My Mental Madness Memoir is available in eBook, paperback, and audiobook!  www.amazon.com/author/allenstephanie)