“Hoping to escape her traumatic past in Belgium, a young Belgian-American woman leaves for the San Francisco Bay Area where she had spent a few happy years during childhood. Her newfound joy is upended when she finds herself coerced and forced into psychiatric treatment, enduring involuntary medication, restraints and assaults….
My Quora Answers related to mental health challenges and psychiatric treatment (+Feedback from readers).
For further reading, check out my Quora profile, using this link: https://www.quora.com/profile/Isabel-E-35 Questions: 1.What exactly constitutes psychosis? 2.What does life look like through a person experiencing schizophrenia? 3.How has anyone else lost their children due to you having a mental illness? 4.How do I cope with schizophrenia? How do I…
About Me
Mother, writer, doodler, explorer of dimensions, mental health advocate, model. I’m certified as a mental health peer specialist, and as a group facilitator for both “Hearing Voices” and “Alternatives to Suicide.” Recently I’ve completed my memoir, focused on my experiences in the psychiatric system, primarily in the San Francisco Bay…