Life inside my mind : 31 authors share their personal struggles / edited by Jessica Burkhart.
Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental illness in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores everything from ADD to PTSD. Have you ever felt like you just couldn'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 "you're not good enough," "not good looking enough," "not thin enough," or "not smart enough"? Have you ever found yourself unable to do homework or pay attention in class unless everything is "just so" on your desk? Everyone has had days like that, but what if you have them -- Life Inside My Head Participating writers include E.K. Anderson, J.L. Armentrout, Cyn Balog, Amber Benson, Francesca Lia Block, Jessica Burkhart, Crissa Chappell, Sarah Fine, Kelly Fiore, Candace Ganger, Meghan Kelley Hall, Cynthia Hand, Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, Tara Kelly, Karen Mahoney, Melissa Marr, Kim McCreight, Hannah Moskowitz, Scott Neumyer, Lauren Oliver, Aprilynne Pike, Tom Pollack, Amy Reed, Cindy Rodriquez, Francisco Stork, Wendy Tolliver, Rob Wells, Dan Wells, Rachel Wilson, and Sara Zarr
Record details
- ISBN: 9781481494663
- ISBN: 148149466X
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 pages)
- Edition: First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon Pulse, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Stupid monsters and child surgeons / Maureen Johnson -- Twenty pills / Robison Wells -- Light and dark / Lauren Oliver -- Escape clause / Jennifer L. Armentrout -- Twins / Amy Reed -- Emphasis on the C / Aprilynne Pike -- I am not this / Rachel M. Wilson -- The girl in the kitchen / Dan Wells -- Therapy: the gift I gave myself / Amber Benson -- This is how you unravel / E. Kristin Anderson -- Some stuff / Sarah Fine -- Beyond the bottom / Kelly Fiore-Stultz -- All I see is hope / Ellen Hopkins -- This thing inside me / Scott Neumyer -- OCD: my tentacled monster / Crissa-Jean Chappell -- Dirk / Francesca Lia Block -- Waiting for the bad / Tara Kelly -- Numb / Kimberly McCreight -- My depression: a rock and a hard place / Megan Kelley Hall -- Everything and anything / Hanna Moskowitz -- Better than normal / Karen Mahoney -- What if? / Tom Pollock -- Objects in the mirror ... / Cyn Balog -- How to deal with me ... and my PTSD / Melissa Marr -- Life by the slice / Wendy Toliver -- I'm a survivor / Cindy L. Rodriguez -- Anxiety, the weed / Candace Ganger -- By any means necessary / Sara Zarr -- Put on a happy face / Cynthia Hand -- My two-headed monster friend / Francisco X. Stork -- It all ends here / Jessica Burkhart. |
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