Life Raft
eBook - ePub

Life Raft

Surviving the Tidal Waves of Bipolar

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Life Raft

Surviving the Tidal Waves of Bipolar

About this book

Everyone is fighting their own silent battle, but each person has the power to overcome and prevail in this life.

Life Raft explores the challenges and hardships faced by a woman who was a successful attorney to the outside world, but inside she was struggling with her mental health. From walking the stages of top universities to finding herself voluntarily committed to a mental health crisis center, author J. A. Asbill shares how she fought through the onset of mental illness to find a diagnosis, and more importantly, a way to manage and live a balanced life.

This inspirational story charts the rise and fall of coming to terms with receving a mental health diagnosis and helps people understand that they are not powerless in this situation but can choose how to live and cope moving forward. From feeling isolated to fearing judgment to discovering peace in one’s identity, Asbill describes how she fought coming to terms with her diagnosis and refused to be defined by it. 

Life Raft is personal. It’s vulnerable. It’s honesty at its core—revealing the thoughts and actions everyone keeps behind closed doors and dreads coming to light.  

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter One: Dear Mom and Dad, Thank you for the sacrifices and lessons though I know youā€™ll never read these words.
  8. Chapter Two: Thank you Ladies of 1999 and Where I Felt Peace
  9. Chapter Three: Mr. Grisham, I am Certain You Inspired Most of the Legal Fieldā€™s Practicing Attorneys, including me. Thank you.
  10. Chapter Four: Bleeding Blue Gave Me New Life
  11. Chapter Five: Thoreau gave me inspiration, but a loyal friend gave me dedication
  12. Chapter Six: Scalia taught me foundation. R.B.G. inspired innovation
  13. Chapter Seven: What if? Seriously, what if?
  14. Chapter Eight: Sheldon, you are my kindred soul
  15. Chapter Nine: David Goggins, Thank You for Sharing Your Strength and Motivating Myself and Others to Find Theirs
  16. Chapter Ten: Invincibilityā€¦Vulnerabilityā€¦Self-Destruction
  17. Chapter Eleven: Iā€™m not crazy
  18. Chapter Twelve: Toby Mac, thank you. Your music helped guide me to that life raft.
  19. Chapter Thirteen: Facing the Realities of a World of Stigmas, Mischaracterizations and False Judgments
  20. Chapter Fourteen: When You are Lost at Sea and Waves are Crashing, Why Not Believe A Life Raft Could Save You
  21. Afterword: Kindness Never Killed. Smiling Always Spreads
  22. What I Would Like You to Know
  23. About the Author