Tag search:personal 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

Ben Behind His Voices: One Family's Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope

by Randye Kaye
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
schizophrenia, memoir, family support, personal experience, hope, treatment, recovery, stigma, family, symptoms of schizophrenia
Collections
Schizophrenia (SCH), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things (MHWRC Copy)

by Jenny Lawson
Paperback, 2017
Tags
mental illness, depression, anxiety, comedy, personal account, personal experience
Collections
General Interest (GI), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Broken (in the best possible way) (MHWRC Copy)

by Jenny Lawson
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
hope, wellbeing, comedy, personal account, personal experience, depression
Collections
General Interest (GI), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma (MHWRC Copy)

by Stephanie Foo
Paperback, 2023
Tags
PTSD, personal account, personal experience, family relationships, relationships
Collections
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Man's Search for Meaning (MHWRC Copy)

by Viktor E. Frankl
Paperback, 2006
Tags
generational trauma, trauma, personal account, personal experience, bigotry, survival
Collections
Personal Growth (PER), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience (MHWRC Copy)

by Tarana Burke Editor
Paperback, 2022
Tags
black mental health, black experience, personal experience, trauma
Collections
General Mental Illness (GMI), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things (FRC Copy)

by Jenny Lawson
Paperback, 2017
Tags
mental illness, depression, anxiety, comedy, personal account, personal experience
Collections
General Interest (GI), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

Broken (in the best possible way) (FRC Copy)

by Jenny Lawson
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
hope, wellbeing, comedy, personal account, personal experience, depression
Collections
General Interest (GI), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

Man's Search for Meaning (FRC Copy)

by Viktor E. Frankl
Paperback, 2006
Tags
generational trauma, trauma, personal account, personal experience, bigotry, survival
Collections
General Interest (GI), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love (FRC Copy)

by Sonya Renee Taylor
Paperback, 2021
Tags
self-love, BIPOC, POC, systemic racism, systematic oppression, healing, personal experience, racism, racial trauma, transphobia, LGBTQ
Collections
Intrapersonal Healing (HEA), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love (MHWRC Copy)

by Sonya Renee Taylor
Paperback, 2021
Tags
self-love, BIPOC, POC, systemic racism, systematic oppression, healing, personal experience, racism, racial trauma, transphobia, LGBTQ
Collections
Intrapersonal Healing (HEA), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Girl, Interrupted: A Memoir

by Susanna Kaysen
Ebook, 2013
Tags
bpd, borderline personality disorder, personal experience, personal account, hospitalization, women, women's health, memoir
Collection
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Status
Available

How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir

by Saeed Jones
Paperback, 2020
Tags
LGBTQ, queer, black, southern, racism, racist, gay, gay men, race, personal account, personal experience
Collection
LGBTQ+ (LGBT)
Status
Available

Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

by Anna Mehler Paperny
Paperback, 2019
Tags
depression, mental illness, mental health, suicide, personal account, personal experience
Collections
Depression (DEP), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

Manic Man: How to Live Successfully with a Severe Mental Illness

by Jason Wegner
Paperback, 2021
Tags
mania, manic depression, severe mental illness, mental illness, personal account, personal experience, drugs, LSD, manic episode, institutionalization
Collections
General Interest (GI), General Mental Illness (GMI), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

by Alicia Elliott
Paperback, 2020
Tags
mental illness, indigenous, first-nations, personal account, personal experience, trauma, racism
Collections
General Interest (GI), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

Quit like a woman : the radical choice to not drink in a culture obsessed with alcohol

by Holly Whitaker
Paper Book, 2019
Tags
women, women's health, addiction, alcoholism, alcohol, personal experience, help seeking
Collections
Addiction / Substance Use (ASA), Women's Health (WOM)
Status
Available

Breathe: and make time for yourself (Issue 54)

by Breathe Magazine
Magazine, April 2023
Tags
wellness, wellbeing, mindfulness, creativity, art, personal experience, stories, magazine
Collection
Magazines (MAG)
Status
Available

Living with Schizophrenia

by Neel Burton
Paperback, 2007
Tags
schizophrenia, personal experience, caregiver
Collection
Schizophrenia (SCH)
Status
Available

Sunbathing in the Rain: A Cheerful Book About Depression

by Gwyneth Lewis
Paperback, 2006
Tags
depression, personal experience, personal account, self-help
Collection
Depression (DEP)
Status
Available

Before I Leave You: A Memoir on Suicide, Addiction and Healing

by Robert Imbeault
Paperback, 2020
Tags
suicide, personal account, personal experience, addiction, healing, family, relationships, autobiography
Collections
Addiction / Substance Use (ASA), Suicide, Loss and Grief (SGF)
Status
Available

Eating Disorders: Anorexia, Bulimia and Binge Eating: How to Recover Effectively

by Comprehensive Healthcare Research
Paperback, 2021
Tags
eating disorder, eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, stories, personal account, personal experience, treatment, eating
Collection
Eating Disorders (ED)
Status
Missing

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

I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond

by Michael Oher
Paperback, 2012
Tags
movie, true story, personal account, personal experience, memoir, ghetto, adversity, resilience, NFL, sports, football — 7 more, poverty, addiction, hopelessness, homelessness, inspirational, inspiration, determination
Collections
General Interest (GI), Men's Health (MEN), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running With My Dog Brought Me Back From the Brink (Running Depression and Anxiety Therapy, Bipolar)

by Nita Sweeney
Paperback, 2019
Tags
depression, running, bipolar disorder, grief, pets, dog, inspiration, inspirational, personal experience, fitness, active lifestyle — 6 more, activity, behavioural activation, memoir, jogging, jog, run
Collections
Depression (DEP), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Reboot Your Life: 101 Stories about Finding a New Path to Happiness

by Amy Newmark
Paperback, 2014
Tags
happiness, chicken soup, inspiration, inspirational stories, short stories, personal experience, purpose, meaning, change, motivation, encouragement — 4 more, dreams, self-care, resilience, positive thinking
Collections
General Interest (GI), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Inner Strength: 101 Empowering Stories of Resilience, Positive Thinking, and Overcoming Challenges

by Amy Newmark
Paperback, 2014
Tags
inspiration, inspirational, strength, resilience, positive thinking, loss, disability, acceptance, behaviour, short stories, personal account — 4 more, personal experience, chicken soup, inner strength, challenges
Collections
General Interest (GI), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Checked out

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

Everything in its place: my trials and triumphs with obsessive compulsive disorder

by Marc Summers
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, celebrity, personal account, personal experience, narrative
Collections
Anxiety (ANX), 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

Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide

by Kay Redfield Jamison
Paperback, 2000
Tags
suicide, personal experience, history, grief, loss, neuroscience
Collections
Suicide, Loss and Grief (SGF), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Less than Crazy: Living Fully with Bipolar II (No. 2)

by Karla Dougherty
Paperback, 2008
Tags
bipolar disorder, bipolar, bipolar II, bipolar disorder II, mania, depression, depressive cycle, manic anxiety, personal experience, hypomania, bipolar specrum — 1 more, manic cycle
Collections
Bipolar (BIP), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Sunbathing in the Rain: A Cheerful Book About Depression

by Gwyneth Lewis
Paperback, 2006
Tags
memoir, depression, personal account, personal experience
Collections
Depression (DEP), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Checked out

Dispatches From The Poverty Line

by Pat Capponi
Paperback, 1997
Tags
Canadian, unemployment, homelessness, child abuse, poverty, poor, Ontario, social policy, personal experience, personal account, memoir — 7 more, social safety net, consumer experience, consumer survivor, mental health advocacy, mental illness, Ontario politics, 90s
Collections
General Interest (GI), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Gift Of The Dark Angel

by Ann Keiffer
Paperback, 1991
Tags
memoir, depression, personal account, personal experience, women's health, narrative, spirituality
Collections
Depression (DEP), Women's Health (WOM), Mental Health & Wellness Resource Centre
Status
Available

Chicken Soup for the Recovering Soul: Your Personal, Portable Support Group with Stories of Healing, Hope, Love and Resilience (Chicken Soup for the Soul)

by Jack Canfield
Paperback, 2012
Tags
inspiration, personal experience, narrative, short stories, poetry, alcoholism, addiction, recovery, family support, personal account
Collection
Addiction / Substance Use (ASA)
Status
Available

Love You, Ava Baby: The Truth about Life after Losing a Child and How I Found Peace and Joy in the Sorrow

by Erin E. Chandler
Paperback, 2019
Tags
grief, Loss, child loss, tradgedy, personal experience, personal account, grieving, parenting, death
Collection
Suicide, Loss and Grief (SGF)
Status
Available

Shattered: From Grief to Joy After My Son's Suicide

by Rebecca Tervo
Paperback, 2017
Tags
suicide, personal experience, grief, child loss, therapy, family support, inspiration, coping mechanisms, life story
Collection
Suicide, Loss and Grief (SGF)
Status
Available

A Mourner's Kaddish: Suicide and the Rediscovery of Hope

by James C Clarke
Paperback, 2006
Tags
suicide, hope, personal account, personal experience, mourning, healing, religion, Jewish, prayer, peace
Collection
Suicide, Loss and Grief (SGF)
Status
Available

Cracked, Not Broken: Surviving and Thriving After a Suicide Attempt

by Kevin Hines
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
suicide, personal account, personal experience, suicide prevention, suicide survivor, survivor, memoir, bipolar disorder, psychosis, voices, suicide attempt
Collection
Suicide, Loss and Grief (SGF)
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

After Her Brain Broke: Helping My Daughter Recover Her Sanity [Copy #1 of 2]

by Susan Inman
Paperback, 2010
Tags
family education, children with mental illness, hope, personal experience, adjustment, healthcare system, new options for care, recovery
Collections
Parenting (PAR), Family Resource Centre
Status
Available

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
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