I Think I Scared Her

by Brooke Katz

Book Overview

In third grade I started hearing voices, seeing people chasing me, feeling paranoid, confused, and delusional. I can't remember before third grade, but it is likely that I have had schizoaffective... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1413445683
• ISBN13: 9781413445688
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Xlibris
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great insight into a person's experience with mental Illness

Ms. Katz has written an honest account, revealing her thoughts and feelings as she worked through treatment for her mental Illness. Her story is very inspiring and would be helpful for others who are effected by mental illness - for individuals, families, friends and healh care providers. Thank you Brooke for sharing your story with us.

Intimidatingly honest and self-perceptive

This book is amazing and actually destigmatizes a lot of other human experiences in addition to "mental illness". The author's honesty and intelligence are empowering and truly inspirational. There is a long history of mental illness in my family and it has brought joy, pain and loss to my own life. This book removed the layer of icky fear that coated me every time I thought or talked about "mental illness". It helped me better undertand that a lot of the human experience of growing up and entering adulthood is shrouded in myth and fear. If we were all as brave and clear-headed as Brooke, the world would be a far, far, far better place.

Opened My Eyes

I have a friend whose daughter has psychosis and I've never really understood what that meant. Reading Brooke's candid and intelligent account opened my eyes to the effect this has had on both my friend's daughter and on her family. I wish everyone would read this book and appreciate the courageousness of this young author and how she has made a life for herself despite living with psychosis. It's very impressive.

An Amazing Help

When I told my mom I was having horrible nightmares and hearing and seeing things a little over 3 years ago, she was horrified, but moreso, she wanted to help me. Countless pill bottles and 4 diagnosises later, I stumbled across this book. The tall-lettered title caught my eye, but when I read the subtitle, it made me grin. My problems were no longer taboo. It's ok to write and publish a book about psychosis and have it out in plain sight in Borders. I bought it immediately and my mother and I read it together. It helped us both understand a little better on a more human level what it is I'm dealing with and the struggles that go with that.