Blurb
Every 13 minutes someone in the United States dies by their
own hand. More than 41,000 died last year and 1,400,000, suicide attempts.
One out of every four people suffer from some form of mental
illness and go undiagnosed until tragedy strikes. If you know someone that has
been emotionally abused, have had abusive parents, like a stepmom or stepdad,
or know someone with severe mood swings, or a person who’s been bullied, they
could be affected and have a mental disorder. This book is not a manual,
inspiration, or a self-help guide. It is based on a true story of how one woman
found the courage and strength to survive the cruelty and emotional trauma of
her family. It’s an intense real-life drama, intriguing and poignant; it deals
with serious challenges related to mental illness and could be upsetting for
some people who have endured similar incidents of trauma.
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Review
It took me a long time to read this book. When I was reading
How to Cope with Intense Drama and
Survive, I found myself gripped and propelled forward with a pace and
nuance I have rarely experienced. I love to read. I am a writer, so I read a
lot. This review is difficult, not in the sense that I have anything negative
to say, but I am somewhat speechless. As a woman who has a family history
filled with current and past mental illness, this was a very difficult read.
The narrative is enthralling and concise. The descriptions
are horrific and mind-blowing. The emotional upheaval I experience throughout
this book is unmatched thus far in my lifetime. The only thing I can equate
this book to is the ocean. Beautiful, clarifying, refreshing, and inspiring. In
the same breath, this story, like the ocean, is overwhelming, thought-provoking,
real, emotional, horrific, and powerful.
How to Cope with
Intense Drama and Survive is the closest dual sided narrative about mental
illness in the world. Leaving out the medical jargon and social stigmas it
tells the hard, ugly truth. Pulling you in and not letting go, even when you
walk away from reading it for a while. It changes your perspective, your
empathy, and your understanding of the devastation mental illness has on not
only the person but the people surrounding them.
A few years ago, I watched a scene in one of my favorite
shows, The Blacklist. In it, the Main Character describes the aftermath of suicide.
Have you ever seen the
aftermath of a suicide bombing? I have. … The shock wave knocked me flat, blew
out my eardrums. I couldn’t hear. The smoke… It was like being underwater. I
went inside. A nightmare. Blood. Parts of people. You could tell where (he) was
standing when the vest blew. It was like a perfect circle of death. There was
almost nothing left of the people closest to him. 17 dead, 46 injured. Blown to
pieces. The closer they were to the bomber, the more horrific the effect.
That’s every suicide. Every single one. An act of terror perpetrated against
everyone who’s ever known you… Everyone who’s ever loved you. The people
closest to you… the ones who cherish you… are the ones who suffer the most
pain, the most damage.
This emotional speech shook my core. This book flattened me.
Kudos to M LeMont and Taylor Green on such a masterpiece.
Well done.
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