My Alien Self: My Journey Back to Me

By: Amanda Green

Published May 29th 2012 by Amanda Green

Category: Biography

Pages: 486 pages

ISBN: B0087HBUWU

Description:
'Now available as paperback and kindle on Amazon!'
If I told you IÕd been to twenty-four Countries (twenty-one by the time I was twenty-two), that IÕd worked in Japan for nine months, toured Australia for six months, enjoyed seven months in Thailand and met and campaigned for the Orangutan in Borneo, you might think that I was pretty lucky.
If I told you IÕd worked in the hotel industry, for a sexual health department in a hospital and with prisoners in a drug cell block of a male prison, that IÕd worked as a recruitment consultant, in so many office jobs IÕve lost count, as well as having my own company and multiple websites, at age thirty-six, then you might think IÕve had an interesting life.
But if I added to that a mix of child rape, mental health problems, promiscuity, drug taking, alcohol abuse, eating disorders, self-harm, violence, mood swings, obsession, jealousy, loss of self worth, being raised by a mentally ill mother, bankruptcy, thyroid and gastro problems and public masturbation in school at age nine, then I am not sure what youÕd think.
But this is me; Amanda Green. This is my life, my story; my journey back to me from depression, anxiety, panic attacks, OCD and Borderline Personality Disorder Ð mental illness which manifested during my life and came out Ôto itÕs peakÕ in my thirties.
I was able to use my collection of mementos, photos, diaries, journals, letters, emails and text messages of my past to finally see who I had become, and more importantly with a combination of therapy, medication and my writing, how I became that alien self and how I found the real me.

The editor (Debz Hobbs-Wyatt) addsÉ
This is the journey of a normal working class girl, trapped in a roller coaster world of disorder and excitement, love and joy, depression and anger Ð and her fight against stigma
While My Alien Self would be inspiring for any sufferer, their families or medical teams in its honest insights into living with a mental illness, it also has universal appeal. For who, at times, has not felt their life spin into chaos and wondered what is normal? This story effectively and openly highlights just how fine the line is between what is normal, and what is Ômental illnessÕ And everyone who reads it will be able to relate to it.

Contains explicit language and sexual scenes