Seconds to Snap - One Explosive Day. A Family Destroyed. My Descent into Anorexia.
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Seconds to Snap - One Explosive Day. A Family Destroyed. My Descent into Anorexia.

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  2. English
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Seconds to Snap - One Explosive Day. A Family Destroyed. My Descent into Anorexia.

About this book

'I can tell you exactly the day it all went wrong - the day my mum attacked my dad with a kitchen knife. In those few, short seconds, a black hole opened up in my life and I fell right in.' Tina McGuff's life was perfect - or so she thought. Living in Dundee with her devoted parents and three younger sisters, she was a happy, healthy and confident thirteen-year-old. But all that changed in one horrifying act of revenge and Tina's world collapsed overnight. Terrified, lost and confused, she turned to the one thing she thought she could control - food. And so began the biggest fight of her life. Tina's life-or-death struggle with anorexia is told with devastating honesty in this extraordinary account of a girl at war with herself. Through her years in and out of psychiatric wards, Tina takes us to some of the darkest places of the mind. But in the end her courage, conviction and sheer determination win out. It took Tina seconds to snap and a lifetime to recover - but today, as a passionate campaigner for mental health, she is living proof that there is always a reason to hope that one day, things will get better.

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Information

Publisher
John Blake
Year
2015
Topic
Psychology
eBook ISBN
9781784186678
Subtopic
Abnormal Psychology
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Epigraph
  4. Contents
  5. Prologue
  6. Chapter 1: The Unkindest Cut
  7. Chapter 2: Out of Africa
  8. Chapter 3: A New Reality
  9. Chapter 4: The Truth
  10. Chapter 5: Sliding
  11. Chapter 6: The Best Anorexic in the World
  12. Chapter 7: At War With My Body
  13. Chapter 8: Are There Calories in Air?
  14. Chapter 9: Humiliation
  15. Chapter 10: The Psychiatric Ward
  16. Chapter 11: Relapse
  17. Chapter 12: Praying for Death
  18. Chapter 13: A Setback
  19. Chapter 14: Breakthrough
  20. Chapter 15: Healing
  21. Chapter 16: Reach for the Sky
  22. Chapter 17: Jock
  23. Chapter 18: Breakdown
  24. Chapter 19: Hospital Again
  25. Chapter 20: A New Chapter
  26. Chapter 21: A Dark Family Secret
  27. Chapter 22: Losing Dad
  28. Epilogue
  29. Support and Advice
  30. Acknowledgements
  31. Copyright

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