Lost Marbles: Insights into My Life with Depression & Bipolar
by Natasha Tracy
Understanding what it’s truly like to live with bipolar disorder or depression is almost impossible if you haven’t experienced it; and yet, that’s what Lost Marbles: Insights into My Life with Depression and Bipolar does – it shows the unvarnished reality of living with a serious mental illness to help the mentally ill and those who love them understand the inner workings and how to fight these complex disorders. Lost Marbles straddles the line between self-help and memoir detailing real-life experiences that drive tips that work when life includes a mental illness. Improve your life or the life of a person you love with informative and experienced new takes on:
- Thinking like a person with bipolar or depression
- What the elevated mood of bipolar disorder feels like
- Medication issues, including detailed information on choosing (or not choosing) a specific medication
- The realities of suicide and suicide attempts
- How to live better with a serious mental illness
- How dealing with mental illness encourages a form of wisdom
Called a book that will “certainly save lives,” whether you have a mental illness or you love someone who does, Lost Marbles will help you fathom the seemingly-impossible world of bipolar or depressive disorder and arm you with the tools to improve quality of life.
