Product Description
by Poppy Atkins (Author)
How to Survive Psychosis is a guidebook for anyone who has or has had psychosis and their supporters. The book is part-memoir, part tips for living with and surviving the condition of psychosis. How to Survive Psychosis gives 10 tips on how the author, Poppy Atkins survived 20 years of psychosis, also diagnosed as schizophrenia. She provides anecdotes from her early adult life, negotiating a career, dealing with the meaning of the often innocuous, adding poetry and resources for anyone struggling with this insidious illness. Poppy discusses detail about suffering psychotic episodes, how she came to understand them over the years and how she manages them now. She cites actions and resources that have helped get well and how she manages to 'stay sane' in her life today.
