Details
Pretty Sane
Living with Schizophrenia
CHF 6.50 |
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Verlag: | Mercier Press |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 28.08.2020 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781781177037 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 256 |
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Beschreibungen
'I always knew I was somewhat different without knowing exactly how. My earliest memory is being given a doll on my third birthday. One day around that time I am looking at a picture of a deer when it turns and runs towards me. There is a cushion with a peacock on it, it comes straight out at me. A woman in a painting turns her head to look at me, her eyes staring into mine until I squeak and run out of the room. It does not matter where I am – at home, my grandparent's house or my aunt's – pictures and paintings move around and then right themselves as soon as I attempt to show anyone. Whenever a picture turns itself into a television, I drag an adult by the hand to show them the magic painting, only to look like a liar when it fails to perform. I finally catch one in the act; my grandad John and I stand in front of the deer painting while it shakes its head and slowly stalks forward. "The deer isn't moving, Nicola; it's just your imagination," he tells me. Next, come the voices.'
Nicola Wall participated in RTE documentary Schizophrenia: The Voices in My Head. She is an Ambassador for See Change, a Mental Health Advocate & Speaker, Writer & Journalist.