Full name: Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl

Author: Stacy Pershall Year: 2010 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Memoirs, Psychology Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon Barns&Noble LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780393066920 9780393340792 0393066924 0393340791

Stacy Pershall grew up depressed and too smart for her own good, a deeply strange girl in Prairie Grove, Arkansas (population 1,000), where the prevailing wisdom was that Jesus healed all. From her days as a thirteen-year-old Jesus freak, through a battle with anorexia and bulimia, her first manic episode at eighteen, and the eventual diagnosis of bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, this spirited and at times mordantly funny memoir chronicles Pershall's journey through hell-several breakdowns and suicide attempts - and her struggle with the mental health care system. After her 2001 suicide attempt, broadcast live on a Webcam, Pershall realized the need to heal her mind and body. She found a revolutionary cure (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) and a new mood-stabilizing medication. She also met a tattoo artist and discovered the healing power of body modification. By giving over her skin and enduring the physical pain, she learned about the true nature of trust. Similar books: Electroboy by Andy Behrman Just Checking by Emily Colas Welcome to My Country by Lauren Slater Nervous System by Jan Lars Jensen Life Inside by Mindy Lewis Rescuing Patty Hearst by Virginia Holman Madness by Marya Hornbacher Chanel Bonfire by Wendy Lawless The Eden Express by Mark Vonnegut Hurry Down Sunshine by Michael Greenberg My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward by Mark Lukach Skin Game by Caroline Kettlewell Prozac Diary by Lauren Slater The Memory Palace by Mira Bartok You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know by Heather Sellers Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy Coming Clean by Kimberly Rae Miller Manic by Terri Cheney Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet