FREE kindle copy of How to Survive PTSD

In honor of PTSD survivors!!!!

Uplifting & empowering self help book that offers insight, inspiration, encouragement, and tips on how to cope.

Free kindle copy from June 7 to June 11.

Mark your calendar now!  I care!

Author link.

Https://www.Amazon.com/author/allenstephanie

Giving Love to Those with Mental Illness on Valentine's Day!

                On this “day of love” we often forget those who need love the very most.  We take for granted that we have love to give and share.  We don’t even give a second thought to those who are suffering from “love deficiencies”. 

                People with mental illness often feel a great deal of loneliness, especially on a holiday like Valentine’s Day.  They feel that no one truly loves them, and the very thought of this day can be devastating to them.  To them it’s not just another day of being alone.  This day of aloneness seems a million times more painful.

                Please reach out to those who need love this Valentine’s Day.  This special day is not just for lovers.  It is a day to “SPREAD THE LOVE”!   I hope you will reach out to someone just to show you care.

                On this Valentine’s Day, I am giving away FREE eBook copies of How to Survive Depression from February 14, 2019 through February 18, 2019, to all who go to my Amazon page and request a totally free copy.  No purchase, no obligation.  It is just my way of spreading the love this year on Valentine’s Day!

www.amazon.com/author/allenstephanie

OUTSTANDING NARRATOR'S REVIEW NOW RELEASED TO PUBLIC!

"Hi Listeners!

Isn’t Stephanie the coolest?  Not only do I have the awesome privilege of narrating her books, but she personally sends me a signed copy of each of them!  I’m blown away that she asks me to add in my thoughts at the end too, which is such an honor.

It makes me feel so happy to be a part of her journey in changing lives.  Kudos to you for listening to this book.  That shows me that you are ready to make a positive change in your life.  I just know you can and will do it!

I promise you that if you have the courage to follow her tips, you will overcome your mental illness.  It’s definitely no walk in the park, but Stephanie and I both know you have the power in you.

Don’t worry about the naysayers, they may never get it so don’t let it bother you.

Just focus on you and how wonderful you are going to make your life!  You can overcome any adversity.  You have the strength in you.  Believe it!  Never give up.  Take your life back, take the necessary action, get back up when you fall (it may happen a lot-just be patient and never give up) and be happy because you so deserve it!

God bless!

Holly Holt"

Narrator for Stephanie Anne Allen
Author of MY MENTAL MADNESS MEMOIR &
THE HOW TO SURVIVE SERIES

Did you like what Holly had to say?  Want to check out Stephanie's books?  Click this link...

www.amazon.com/author/allenstephanie

from there you can read Stephanie Anne Allen's bio and info about all her books.   Then you can choose whether you want to purchase them in kindle, paperback, or audiobook version.

From back cover: MY MENTAL MADNESS MEMOIR

From back cover of the quickly emerging book MY MENTAL MADNESS MEMOIR...
"This chilling, shocking, interesting, and intriguing true story takes you deep into the mind of the author who suffers from several severe mental illnesses.  The author describes in detail all the insanity, disturbing behaviors, oppressive symptoms, and various feelings associated with the mental battles within her own mind.

The author suffers from clinical depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and borderline personality disorder.  She struggles with social thoughts and attempts, self-mutilating behaviors, mania, paranoia, anxiety, and psychosis with intense halluncinations of all five of her senses, and multiple delusions, including the belief that she is the "second-coming of Christ".

Take this journey with the author as her life takes rapid turns for the worst... But after years of being extremely mentally unstable, she acquires the courage, strength, hope, and faith she needs to understand, accept, and lives with her illnesses.  Only then is she able to turn her once miserable and fearful life around."

Available in ebook, paperback, & audiobook. Get yourself and a friend a copy today!

Www.amzn.to/2CO9ECL

SEE WHAT THE AUDIENCE THINKS OF MY MENTAL MADNESS MEMOIR...

2 OUTSTANDING COMMENTS ON MY MENTAL MADNESS MEMOIR 

Latest Review on MY MENTAL MADNESS MEMOIR

5 out of 5 stars
"Fascinating, terrifying, and utterly real
December 30, 2018
Stephanie Allen’s harrowing account of her journey through mental illness is bold, unflinching, and honest. Never before have I read a memoir that takes the reader so completely into the mind of its author. In writing this remarkable book, Ms. Allen has selflessly allowed us to witness both the low points and triumphs of her life to date. You will emerge from her story with a deep appreciation for the complexity and power of the human mind."

Awesome feedback on MY MENTAL MADNESS MEMOIR!
"Stephanie ...What a wonderful book! I think you are so brave to have shared your story. I must admit I was intrigued by you and your story, from all your posts on Facebook it seems like you really wanted to help people and I was intrigued to find out what was driving you. It sounds like you have had a really tough time, I understand, I suffer from psychosis as well and it took me years before I got the medication I needed. I thought your memoir was brilliant, honest without being brutal and a real message of hope that you can come through years of suffering. I think it also highlights the need for better treatment for mental illness and does raise questions about why you had to suffer for so long before you got the help you needed. But well done for coming through it and well done for sharing your story... I can only hope I inspire people as much as you..."

Get your own copy now!

https://amzn.to/2CO9ECL

Available in eBook, paperback, & audiobook.

WANTING BETTER MENTAL HEALTH IN 2019?

RESOLVING TO BETTER YOUR MENTAL HEALTH THIS NEW YEAR!

As 2018 is about to end and 2019 is about to begin, we often begin to ponder life and ask ourselves some very important questions regarding our hopes, our dreams, and our goals for the new year.  We also may reflect on all the things we did not accomplish that we had hoped we would this past year.  We may feel a mix of joy and sadness.  Of hope and of fear.  Of anticipation and of anxiety.

This year what I would like to see everyone focus on is their own mental health.  There are so many out there who are suffering in silence because of ignorance, fear of rejection and judgement, stigma, and feeling that no one would understand them. 

And all of that is completely valid.  I will not downgrade or deny you of feeling those emotions.  But take hold of all of that and choose to help yourself.  Be your own best friend and seek help for your depression, mania, loneliness, emptiness, psychosis, despair, grief, anxiety, anger, whatever it may be.  Others will judge.  Others will stare.  Others will talk.  And it does hurt.   But let them, because those people are not worth your time.  You are worth far more than the pointed hatred of someone slandering you for having a mental illness.

Find the self-respect and the self-love deep within you.  Use that to propel yourself forward in a positive direction towards recovery.  A perfect place to start would be by reading or listening to one of my inspirational mental health recovery books:

·         My Mental Madness Memoir

·         How to Survive Depression

·         How to Survive Bipolar Disorder

·         How to Survive Schizophrenia

·         How to Survive Anxiety

·         How to Survive Borderline Personality Disorder

·         How to Survive PTSD

I wish you all the best of luck in your journey of recovery from mental illness!
Much love,

-Stephanie Anne Allen

Author's Page: www.amazon.com/author/allenstephanie

Turning the Horror of Mental Illness into Positivity and Inspiration

OBJECTIVE

My pen name is Stephanie Anne Allen, and I am writing this post to bring hope and inspiration to all those with mental illness.  I want to be a

prime example of how you can not only survive the greatest of adversities, but you can also thrive.  You can turn the pain into something very positive and productive.

MY STORY

I’ve been diagnosed with many different mental illnesses over the years. They include depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, borderline personality disorder, and an anxiety disorder.  The psychiatrists tried nearly every medication available out there on me.  Most medications didn’t work and the ones that did, had bad side effects.  I struggled for years and tried endlessly to make sense of my own existence.  I was in and out of psych hospitals all my life.  I tried to commit suicide several times and was addicted to self-mutilation.  All I wanted and longed for was death.  There just seemed to be no hope out there, and I felt like no one even cared about me.  I felt totally lonely and ashamed for having “mental problems”. 

When I was manic, I had racing thoughts, impulsive and risky behaviors, and I had delusions of grandeur.  I had major trouble sleeping and had an excess amount of energy.  My moods shifting rapidly from one extreme to the other—up and down, just like a roller coaster.

When I was psychotic, I suffered from delusions of all sorts and from hallucinations of all 5 senses.  I thought I was the “savior of medical science”.  I even believed at one point that I was the “second-coming of Christ”.  I saw, felt, tasted, heard, and smelled things that weren’t really there.  I believed I was going to be killed and raped by perpetrators, and this lasted from 2005 to 2016.  Can you even imagine living for the fear of your safety and your very life for 11 years?  Not easy.

Anyways, having mental illness caused me to lose everything accept my own life!  I lost friendships, relationships, jobs, cars, homes, and even my freedom at several points.  I committed a crime due to my insanity, and while being locked up I got my life back together.

HOW I TURNED MY LIFE AROUND

It was not easy, but I managed to go from rock bottom all the way to the top.  I found the courage, strength, faith, and hope I needed to overcome the greatest of odds.

I realized finally, while incarcerated, that I indeed was mentally ill and that it was nothing to be ashamed of.  The doctors stabilized me on meds and I was able to get the therapeutic treatment I needed.  I learned about what causes me to get to that point of psychosis.  Stress was a key!  So, I now know I cannot stress myself out.  I have to do things at my own pace.  I have learned coping skills for when I feel stressed.  I gained much insight into my mental illness and how I can “deal” effectively with the symptoms as they present themselves.

I realized that I am not alone.  I am a worthwhile person with purpose who deserves dignity and respect.  I am on this Earth for a reason.   The greatest love of all is self-love.  Never give up!  Everything happens for a reason.  Never lose faith and hope!

MY LIFE TODAY

Today, I am 39-years-old, but I have the wisdom of an 80 year old woman.  After being released from the state hospital, I have written seven books in under two years.  One memoir and six self-help books. 

My Mental Madness Memoir is a deep look into my mind.  You can learn my whole life story in depth and clarity.  It is a very emotion-provoking book.  The reader is taken on a journey through the insanity.  Readers can take full participation into the author’s thoughts and feelings.  It is quite unique, because I hide absolutely nothing.  This is an extremely real, one-of-a-kind, page-turning book.  You will see me at my very best and feel my joy, but you will also feel my pain and see how I persevered through it all.

I have also written the How to Survive Series.  Out currently are ones on depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, and PTSD.  These powerful self-help books offer the reader insight and inspiration.  They provide hope and tips on how to effectively cope.

I have inspired hundreds of people through these books!  I love that I am now very happy and have found my calling and purpose in this life.   Without all the pain and adversity, I would have never accomplished that.  I would not be the person I am today.  I have gained a great deal more compassion, love, empathy, understanding, and wisdom. 

I did suffer, and I suffered terribly, but I turned it all around and now I am using the pain for the benefit of those who are going through all that I have.  I have made a great life from a very rocky foundation.  But I did it.  And you can too! You can become and do anything you want in your life.  The opportunities are endless.  Make your life one that will never be forgotten!

About the author

Stephanie Anne Allen is the quickly emerging author of My Mental Madness Memoir, How to Survive Depression, How to Survive Bipolar Disorder, How to Survive Schizophrenia, How to Survive Anxiety, How to Survive Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), and How to Survive PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder).  She holds a BA in clinical psychology and is a former case manager for the mentally ill.  She also has a lifetime of personal experience with mental illness. Ms. Allen is also a NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) peer support group facilitator.

Amazon Author Page

Join Mailing List