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Don't Mind Me
by Judith Haire
(Chipmunkapublishing)
 
 
 
 
 
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'Not a misery  memoir but a story of courage and hope'
Dorothy Rowe, Clinical Psychologist and Writer.
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'This is clearly a most useful first person account of psychosis'
Professor Chris Frith, Institute of Neurology, University College,London
 
 
 
 
The story of my dysfunctional childhood and teenage depression, my abusive first marriage and experience of rape and domestic violence, my terrifying descent into psychosis, experience of electro-convulsive therapy, and my recovery.  I wrote this book to help others as well as myself.  There is no specific genetic predisposition for psychosis.
 
 
"The phone rang and I screamed.  I was filled with terror.  My heart began to pound and I started to shake.  In my confused mind I had become the deaf dumb and blind boy in "Tommy" a film that had captivated me many years before.  I moved my limbs in a stilted and robotic way.  I was no longer myself.  I was in a different world, the world of psychosis.  I was trapped and could not find my way out."
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Judith Haire was born in the UK in 1955.  She graduated in Political Theory and Institutions at Sheffield University (1981).  She then returned to work in advertising before spending eleven years in the civil service.  At 37 she suffered an acute psychotic episode which was to change her life radically.  She lives by the sea with her husband Ken and their cat Smudge.  Her first article was published in Mental Health Practice magazine in 2007.
She has also been published in Community Care magazine and YourVoice (Sheffield)magazine.  Her first book,  Don't Mind Me  was published in 2008 (Chipmunkapublishing)  She contributed toMental  Health Publishing And Empowerment by Jason Pegler (Chipmunkapublishing, 2009) as one of over 20 Chipmunka authors and in 2011 contributed to Our Encounters With Madness a mental health text book, Edited by Grant, Biley & Walker, PCCS Books.
 
 
 Our Encounters With Suicide
 
 
I am co-editing a new mental health text book dealing with the very sensitive subject of suicide. The proceeds of the book will go to charity.  I am looking for contributors who are willing to share their experiences. If you would like to discuss this further please contact me.
Thank you, Judith
 
 
 
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