This is a life-changing book for people whose pain rips them apart from the inside out. It is a book that will bring a new glow and joy to the faces of people with whom it resonates. This is also a book which I wish that someone had written many years ago. I would have benefitted greatly from it in my search for help for problems for which I did not have a name. I hope that sufferers from mental illness, their family and friends and others affected by it, will follow my experience and recommendations and do certain things (see a mental health professional for instance and stay in treatment) and avoid others. This is a book that will make you weep and will also make you laugh out loud. In the end, the laughter and joy will win.