Publisher's Synopsis
Lithium Diaries is a poetic journey through the author's experience through a mental health crisis and out the other side. It is an honest accounting of the journey, making the story accessible to ease the loneliness and isolation of those who live with mental illness and the understanding of those who love people living with mental illness.
The volume traces the path from the author's mental stability, to the downward spiral, through two inpatient stays and in the days in between, to her recovery, return stability, and eventual thriving. It offers readers a unique look into a mind in real time, with light editorial hand that preserves the integrity of the full process. It is an invitation to the reader to see mental illness with new eyes and deepening perspective, a deep dive into the darkness and out the other side. It is difficult and complex at times and full of hope and meaning at others. It is honest and personal in ways most mental health volumes can be--not a clinical explanation but a personal experience dissected and laid bare.
