Tag search:lived experience

Awakenings: Stories of Recovery and Emergence from Schizophrenia (FRC Copy)

by Bethany Yeiser BS
Paperback, 2024
Tags
schizophrenia, personal account, personal experience, stories, lived experience
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

Why I Run: My story of how I own my life back from the darkness of depression [MHWRC COPY #2]

by Patrick Darcy
Paperback, 2016
Tags
depression, recovery, lived experience, personal account, peer supporter, therapy, running, yoga, meditation, anxiety, guilt — 3 more, worry, affirmations, thought record
Collections
Depression (DEP), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Changing My Mind: A Memoir [MHWRC COPY]

by Margaret Trudeau
Paper Book, 2010
Tags
bipolar disorder, bipolar, Trudeau, politics, Canadian, celebrity, lived experience, narrative, memoir (edit)
Collections
Bipolar (BIP), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Changing My Mind: A Memoir

by Margaret Trudeau
Ebook, 2010
Tags
bipolar disorder, bipolar, Trudeau, politics, Canadian, celebrity, lived experience, narrative, memoir (edit)
Collections
Bipolar (BIP), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

What's So Funny? An Autobiography of A Professional Schizophrenian, Artist, Singer and Public Speaker

by Jude Mersereau
Paperback, 2021
Tags
mental health, schizophrenia, art, art therapy, autobiography, lived experience, music, writing
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Secret Warrior: A Coach and Fighter, On and Off the Court

by Joanne P McCallie
Paperback, 2021
Tags
bipolar disorder, bipolar, sports, coaching, stigma, lived experience, personal account, memoir, mental illness, women
Collections
Bipolar (BIP), General Interest (GI)
Status
Available

What's So Funny? An Autobiography of A Professional Schizophrenian, Artist, Singer and Public Speaker

by Jude Mersereau
Paperback, 2021
Tags
schizophrenia, autobiography, lived experience, music, art, art therapy, writing
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

What's So Funny? An Autobiography of A Professional Schizophrenian, Artist, Singer and Public Speaker

by Jude Mersereau
Paperback, 2021
Tags
schizophrenia, autobiography, lived experience, music, art, art therapy, writing
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

Life with Voices: A Guide for Harmony

by Dmitriy Gutkovich
Paperback, 2020
Tags
voices, lived experience, hostile voices, beliefs, voice relationships, managing voices
Collections
General Mental Illness (GMI), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Reasons To Stay Alive [FRC Copy]

by Matt Haig
Paperback, 2016
Tags
lived experience, depression, anxiety, suicide, suicide prevention, life story, life purpose, optimism, inspirational, inspiration, personal account — 2 more, personal experience, humour
Collections
Depression (DEP), Suicide, Loss and Grief (SGF), Family Resource Centre
Status
Checked out

Reasons To Stay Alive [MHWRC Copy]

by Matt Haig
Paperback, 2016
Tags
lived experience, depression, anxiety, suicide, suicide prevention, life story, life purpose, optimism, inspirational, inspiration, personal account — 2 more, personal experience, humour
Collections
Depression (DEP), Suicide, Loss and Grief (SGF), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Embracing Schizophrenia: My Story of Struggle, Strength, Resilience and Hope [MHWRC Copy]

by Samantha Mercanti
Paperback, 2021
Tags
schizophrenia, lived experience, personal account, personal experience, recovery, advocacy, life story, OCD, anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Embracing Schizophrenia: My Story of Struggle, Strength, Resilience and Hope [FRC Copy]

by Samantha Mercanti
Paperback, 2021
Tags
schizophrenia, lived experience, personal account, personal experience, recovery, advocacy, life story, OCD, anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Family Resource Centre
Status
Checked out

Headcase: LGBTQ Writers & Artists on Mental Health and Wellness

by Stephanie Schroeder Editor
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
reflections, artistic, mental wellness, mental illness, LGBTQ, queer, transgender, trans identity, gender, essays, poetry — 3 more, lived experience, personal account, stories
Collections
LGBTQ+ (LGBT), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Body Positive Power: Because Life Is Already Happening and You Don't Need Flat Abs to Live It [FRC Copy]

by Megan Jayne Crabbe
Paperback, 2018
Tags
body image, body positivity, influencer, diet, self-image, self-love, eating disorder, weight, self-acceptance, lived experience
Collections
Eating Disorders (ED), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Color of Hope: People of Color Mental Health Narratives

by Vanessa Hazzard
Paperback, 2015
Tags
narrative, narratives, stories, lived experience, personal account, bipoc, people of colour, mental health, black mental health, asian, hispanic — 5 more, hospitalization, trauma, mental illness, consumer survivor, consumer experience
Collections
General Mental Illness (GMI), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Why I Run: My Story of How I Own My Life Back from the Darkness of Depression (FRC Copy)

by Darcy Patrick
Paperback, 2016
Tags
depression, recovery, lived experience, personal account, peer supporter, therapy, running, yoga, meditation, anxiety, guilt — 3 more, worry, affirmations, thought record
Collections
Depression (DEP), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

Changing My Mind

by Margaret Trudeau
Paperback, 2011
Tags
bipolar disorder, bipolar, Trudeau, politics, Canadian, celebrity, lived experience, narrative, memoir
Collections
Bipolar (BIP), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

Hi, Anxiety: Life With a Bad Case of Nerves

by Kat Kinsman
Paperback, 2017
Tags
anxiety, worry, GAD, generalized anxiety disorder, depression, lived experience, personal account, memoir
Collections
Anxiety (ANX), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Checked out

The Memory Palace: A Memoir

by Mira Bartok
Paperback, 2011
Tags
New York Times bestseller, schizophrenia, family, family relationships, siblings, parents, memoir, narrative, lived experience, mental illness, mother — 1 more, reconciliation
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant

by Daniel Tammet
Paperback, 2007
Tags
lived experience, memoir, narrative, savant syndrome, Asperger's, Asperger Syndrome, autobiography, autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, intellectual disability, disability — 5 more, developmental disability, autistic, autistic savant, gifted, New York Times bestseller
Collections
Developmental Disabilities (DEV), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

Why I Run: My Story of How I Own My Life Back from the Darkness of Depression (MHWRC Copy)

by Darcy Patrick
Paperback, 2016
Tags
depression, recovery, lived experience, personal account, peer supporter, therapy, running, yoga, meditation, anxiety, guilt — 3 more, worry, affirmations, thought record
Collections
Depression (DEP), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Checked out

The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression

by Andrew Solomon
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
depression, lived experience, philosophy, medication, treatment, Major Depressive Disorder, major depression, genetics, science, culture, suicidality
Collections
Depression (DEP), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Checked out

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

by David Sheff
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
addiction, recovery, parenting, father, son, personal account, lived experience, family, family support, family perspective, crystal meth — 6 more, meth, homelessness, hospitalization, family relationships, father-son, memoir
Collections
Addiction / Substance Use (ASA), Parenting (PAR), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cancer Book: 101 Stories of Courage, Support & Love

by Jack Canfield
Paperback, 2009
Tags
cancer, stories, lived experience, courage, loss, relationships, death, grief, recovery, sadness, fear — 15 more, hope, stigma, freak, thankful to be alive, relationship with partner, survivor, loving yourself, healing, ice cream, survivor's perspective, thankful for every day, powerful transformation, god and spirituality, transcendence, peace and acceptance
Collections
Physical Health (PHY), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Just Get Me Through This!: A Practical Guide to Coping with Breast Cancer

by Deborah A. Cohen
Paperback, 2000
Tags
breast cancer, chemotherapy, radiation, symptoms, coping mechanisms, recovery, surgery, lived experience, cancer, personal experience
Collections
Women's Health (WOM), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness [Copy #1 of 2]

by Elyn R. Saks
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
schizophrenia, psychosis, narrative, memoir, hospitalization, suicide, medication, recovery, career, treatment, talk therapy — 6 more, education, lived experience, personal account, personal experience, consumer survivor, consumer experience
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness [Copy #2 of 2]

by Elyn R. Saks
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
schizophrenia, psychosis, narrative, memoir, hospitalization, suicide, medication, recovery, career, treatment, talk therapy — 6 more, education, lived experience, personal account, personal experience, consumer survivor, consumer experience
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Feeling the Rainbow: A Body Innocent

by Donna Dobrenchuk Noble
Paperback, 1988
Tags
narrative, personal account, lived experience, manic-depressive, manic-depressive illness, manic depression, troubled family, affair, marriage, divorce, heartbreak — 1 more, Canadian
Collections
Depression (DEP), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness [MHWRC COPY]

by Elyn R. Saks
Paperback, 2008
Tags
schizophrenia, psychosis, narrative, memoir, hospitalization, suicide, medication, recovery, career, treatment, talk therapy — 6 more, education, lived experience, personal account, personal experience, consumer survivor, consumer experience
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays [MHWRC COPY]

by Esmé Weijun Wang
Paperback, 2019
Tags
Schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, diagnosis of schizophrenia, personal account, personal experience, high-functioning, mental illness, nonfiction, psychotic episodes, hope, inspiration — 2 more, lived experience, essays
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Checked out

A Special Scar, 2nd Edition: The Experiences of People Bereaved by Suicide

by Alison Wertheimer
Paperback, 2001
Tags
suicide, loss, bereavement, grief, personal account, lived experience, family, suicide survivor, acceptance, death, coping mechanisms — 1 more, after-effects
Collections
Suicide, Loss and Grief (SGF), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Cool Water: Alcoholism, Mindfulness, and Ordinary Recovery

by William Alexander
Paperback, 1997
Tags
alcoholism, mindfulness, recovery, zen, zen buddhism, spirituality, alcohol, addiction, memoir, lived experience, personal account
Collection
Addiction / Substance Use (ASA)
Status
Available

Madness Made Me: A Memoir

by Mary O'Hagan
Paperback, 2014
Tags
memoir, personal experience, mental health problems, madness, lived experience, mental illness, treatment experience, criticism, health care system, hospitalization, living with depression — 2 more, stigma, interview
Collection
General Mental Illness (GMI)
Status
Available

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey through His Son's Meth Addiction [MHWRC COPY]

by David Sheff
Digital audiobook, 2008
Tags
addiction, recovery, parenting, father, son, personal account, lived experience, family, family support, family perspective, crystal meth — 6 more, meth, homelessness, hospitalization, family relationships, father-son, memoir
Collections
Addiction / Substance Use (ASA), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Checked out

Open Minds Quarterly: I should be over this by now (Vol 17, Issue 4) [Copy #2]

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2016 Winter
Tags
stories, poetry, inspiration, inspirational, poets, Canadian, personal account, narrative, fiction, creative writing, Robin Williams — 7 more, self-harm, celebrity, suicide, magazine, arts, consumer survivor, lived experience
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (17.4)
Status
Available at the MHWRC, Level 2

Alcoholics Anonymous [MHWRC Copy]

by Anonymous
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
alcoholism, alcoholics, addiction, personal experience, lived experience, help seeking, treatment program, inspiration, spiritual, drinking, male alcoholism — 1 more, female alcoholism
Collections
Addiction / Substance Use (ASA), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Checked out

Open Minds Quarterly: Women & Mental Illness (Vol 12 Issue 4)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2011 Winter
Tags
women, women's health, mental illness, suicide, post partum, postpartum depression, post-partum depression, feminism, depression, womanhood, Canadian — 7 more, inspirational, art, poetry, personal account, lived experience, consumer survivor, bipolar
Collections
Magazines (MAG), Women's Health (WOM)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (12.4)
Status
Available

Open Minds Quarterly: Disturbing the comfortable & comforting the disturbed (Vol 18 Issue 4)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2017 Winter
Tags
separation anxiety, mental illness, addiction, Canadian, poetry, inspirational, short stories, essays, lived experience, personal account, consumer survivor
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (18.4)
Status
Available

Open Minds Quarterly (Vol 19 Issue 1)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2017 Spring
Tags
poetry, non-fiction, essays, mental illness, Canadian, short stories, creative writing, consumer survivor, lived experience, inspirational
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (19.1)
Status
Checked out

Open Minds Quarterly: Family Ties (Vol 19 Issue 2)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2017 Summer
Tags
family, forgiveness, depression, hospitalization, sex work, mental illness, creative writing, art, non-fiction, essays, poetry — 3 more, Canadian, lived experience, personal account
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (19.2)
Status
Available

Open Minds Quarterly: Metaphors & Movement (Vol 19 Issue 3)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2017 Fall
Tags
fiction, creative writing, poetry, art, consumer survivor, mental illness, lived experience, Canadian, personal account
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (19.3)
Status
Available

Open Minds Quarterly: OCD and the art of avoidance (Vol 13 Issue 1)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2011 Spring
Tags
OCD, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, avoidance, stigma, lived experience, consumer survivor, creative writing, personal account, Canadian, mental illness, art — 1 more, poetry
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (13.1)
Status
Available

Open Minds Quarterly: YOUR FIRST TIME (in the psych ward) (Vol 15 Issue 1)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2013 Spring
Tags
lived experience, consumer survivor, mental illness, suicidal thoughts, manic-depressive illness, manic-depressive syndrome, manic-depression, manic depression, memoir, hospitalization, art — 5 more, inspirational, Canadian, poetry, creative writing, personal account
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (15.1)
Status
Available at the MHWRC, Level 2

Open Minds Quarterly: Anorexia nervosa... ADHD (Vol 15 Issue 2)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2013 Summer
Tags
anorexia nervosa, anorexia, ADHD, developmental disorder, mental illness, art, poetry, inspirational, personal account, lived experience, Canadian — 1 more, creative writing
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (15.2)
Status
Available

Open Minds Quarterly (Volume 14 Issue 3)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2012 Fall
Tags
medication, Lexapro, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, lived experience, personal account, Canadian, poetry, inspirational, art, essays — 2 more, fiction, mental illness
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (14.3)
Status
Checked out

Open Minds Quarterly: Rites of Passage (Vol 14 Issue 1)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2012 Spring
Tags
depression, mental illness, psychosis, schizophrenia, family, Canadian, art, poetry, creative writing, personal account, lived experience — 1 more, consumer survivor
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (14.1)
Status
Available

Open Minds Quarterly (Vol 12 Issue 3)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2010 Fall
Tags
suicide, voices, agoraphobia, poetry, Canadian, creative writing, lived experience, personal account, art, book review, consumer survivor
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (12.3)
Status
Checked out

Open Minds Quarterly: Why are you still paddling your canoe? (Volume 13 Issue 2)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2011 Summer
Tags
recovery, mental health, mental illness, Canadian, art, creative writing, poetry, personal account, essays, lived experience, consumer survivor
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (13.2)
Status
Available

Open Minds Quarterly: Karen's Gift (Vol 14 Issue 2)

by Open Minds Quarterly
Magazine, 2012 Summer
Tags
family, poetry, family support, art, creative writing, personal account, lived experience, consumer survivor, Canadian
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Series
Open Minds Quarterly (14.2)
Status
Available
Page: 0.3925 seconds