Psychology Memoirs

The vivid and emotional story of one soldier's heroic struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder.1944: Norm Bussel, an introspective and happy-go-lucky teen from Memphis, finds himself bailing out of a burning B-17 bomber just months after his 19th birthday. Touching-down in a field outside Berlin, Norm was immediately seized by local farmhands, who were in the process of lynching him when a passing German soldier put a stop to the execution.

If it doesn’t kill you, it will only make you stronger. This is a very real truth if you can put strong suicidal thoughts in your past. My life has been a journey of understanding who I am because of my childhood being interfered with by a pedophile. The sad thing is I am not alone and there are many more people with worst experiences then mine. May my views on how to understand how emotional pain can affect how we react without knowing why, help you or someone you know, move forward.

When Anna Broinowski learned that fracking had invaded downtown Sydney, she had a brilliant idea: she would seek guidance for a kryptonite-powerful, anti-fracking movie from the world's greatest propaganda factory - apart from Hollywood. After two years of trying, she was allowed to make her case in Pyongyang and was granted full permission to film. She worked closely with the leading lights of North Korean cinema, even playing an American in a military thriller.

This is the moving yet deeply disturbing story of a middle-aged mother and a teenaged daughter torn apart by the sudden onset of the mother’s insanity. It details the severe paranoia and absurd delusions that began to control my mother’s behavior. It follows her transformation from loving parent to violent psychotic and my transformation from obedient daughter to terrified runaway. And it depicts the overwhelming revelatory moment when I finally learned she had died - six years before.

It was the spring of 1989. I was 16 years old, a junior in high school and an honors student. I had what every teenager wants: a stable family, a nice home in the suburbs, a great group of friends, big plans for my future, and no reason to believe that any of that would ever change. Then came my mother's psychosis.

If I could make it to the bridge, the pain would stop. I just had to make it to the bridge, and the hopelessness would end. It became a refrain, running over and over in my head as I raced down the highway. Make it to the bridge, and the pain will end. It's hopeless. Just wanna die. Make it to the bridge.

Many biographies of people with schizophrenia seem to dwell primarily on the feeling of hopelessness, and they keep expectations for the sufferer's future low. With this autobiography, Mr. Jiang attempts to turn the tables on this litany of sorrow. He shows himself as a result of the miracles that modern medicine can produce. He went from being a basket case to a respected, technologically-savvy medical librarian working at a world-renowned research institution.

25 settembre 2000, stadio olimpico di Sydney. Finale dei 400 mt femminili. 112000 spettatori, centododicimila presenti, una finale che per l'Australia assume un significato particolare. Può essere la finale della riconciliazione, può essere la finale della restituzione, del superamento di una storia di razzismo, di segregazione, di isolamento nei confronti della popolazione Aborigena.

"Dieses Buch hat die gleiche Botschaft wie meine Comedy: Du bist okay. Selbst wenn du glaubst, du bist es nicht." Maxi Gstettenbauer hat Depressionen und erleidet häufig Panikattacken – was für einen Stand-up-Comedian mit regelmäßigen Auftritten im Fernsehen und auf der Bühne keine ganz ideale Kombi ist. Dennoch: Maxi stellt sich ins Rampenlicht, ist erfolgreich, füllt Clubs und Hallen und hat keine Lust mehr, seine Erkrankung zu verheimlichen.

Confessions by Leo Tolstoy, narrated by Gary Middleton, is a deeply introspective and philosophical work that chronicles Tolstoy’s spiritual journey and existential search for meaning. In this profound and honest memoir, Tolstoy confronts life's most difficult questions—regarding faith, purpose, and the human condition. This timeless work captures his struggle to reconcile the reality of life and death, eventually leading to a spiritual awakening.

How have sports evolved from a healthy expression of talent and prowess into a relentless vortex that grinds that talent into the athlete’s internal, secret defeat? Anymore, this truth is like watching a funnel cloud develop before it advances into an F-5 tornado. Most of us recognize it. Most of us talk about it. But few are willing to acknowledge and heed its warning. 1000% is the book that will take you into the aftermath of this reality. It is not intended to diminish the brilliance and opportunity that sports provide.

Life can change in a heartbeat. And recovery from trauma is possible. On Halloween night 1985, Susan Williams’ life changed forever when her father, LAPD Detective Thomas C. Williams, was ambushed and killed. This compelling story of Susan’s (and her family’s) loss and the road to recovery from trauma provides hope and practical guidance for others whose lives have been touched by violence and loss.

Debut memoir chronicling substance abuse, mental illness, and the path to redemption. All of us wonder when a close friend or someone we know dies by suicide, "What were they thinking?" This is an insider look at a woman who attempted to take her own life and failed. Have you heard of the cat with nine lives? This is the woman with ten.

In the 1970s and early '80s, southern California was shocked when dead boys began turning up with disturbing regularity alongside some of the state's most heavily traveled freeways. Victims of sadistic torture, the dead boys and young men had been raped and strangled, and their untimely deaths were eventually attributed to the Freeway Killer, an elusive psychopath whose trail of death would go down in California history as one of the worst true crime stories in the country.

"Ich habe nach Jahrzehnten endlich zu mir und meinem Körper gefunden - und zum besten Sex meines Lebens." "Ich will noch einmal wirklich guten Sex haben", sagt eine Frau in der Mitte ihres Lebens. Und beginnt sich zu erinnern: Sex gab es reichlich, nur den richtigen nicht - obwohl sie ihn bei vielen suchte, zu vielen. Und sie fragt sich: Warum habe ich mir das angetan? Warum hat es fast nie gepasst? Wonach habe ich gesucht?

"My aunt wrote down the story of her life with depression. She didn't share it, so I’m sharing it for her.” A true story spoken from a sufferer of depression. The ugly truths and the painful battles. Combined with the story from someone who loved them, how they tried to support, and the painful process of losing them. All shared with the hope to help others and encourage support.

At the age of 17, Aaron was diagnosed with Kallmann Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterized by a failure to start puberty. The disorder and its treatment worsened his depression, which continued for 15 years while he served in churches as a minister, youth pastor, and missionary. Eventually, depression got the better of him and Aaron was admitted into a psychiatric hospital for observation and treatment. While detailing Aaron's path to recovery, this gripping memoir erases the stigma of mental illness and gives hope and practical advice to those seeking to become whole.

This memoir blends the first 10 years of my experiences with bipolar disorder following the initial diagnosis in 1998 with a personal story of self-discovery and family revelation. I know that listening to this audiobook will help heal the pain, ease the frustration, and give hope to those diagnosed with this illness that none of us are alone and we all have a tale to tell.

Marcel van Roosmalen over zijn dementerende moeder in het verpleegtehuis ten tijde van de coronapandemie - ontroerend eerlijk, droogkomisch en actueel. Wanneer de moeder van Marcel van Roosmalen na een val niet terug kan keren naar het ouderlijk huis, en onderdak vindt in een verpleegtehuis in Velp, lijkt een rustige periode voor haar en haar kinderen aan te breken. Totdat in maart 2020 de coronapandemie om zich heen grijpt. Het verpleegtehuis wordt ontruimd vanwege de vele positief geteste bewoners en moeder Van Roosmalen wordt getransporteerd naar de bossen bij Groesbeek.

Este es el libro que revela los grandes secretos de la manipulación psicológica, basado en el análisis de uno de los personajes más oscuros de la historia: Ted Bundy. Además de presentarte algunas técnicas de manipulación y cómo enfrentarlas, y evitar caer en las redes de manipuladores, también conocerás detalles de la vida de Ted Bundy, y cómo funciona la menta de un psicópata para comportarse como lo hace.