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Abstract
In this book, we follow Mark's journey with anxiety, panic attacks and depression, and we learn about the enduring impact his childhood had on his mental health.
His diary entries bring to life the thoughts and feelings of Mark, as a teenager, struggling to understand how he came to be placed in care, and how to deal with his adolescent feelings of loss and love.
On the verge of breakdown, Mark tried to take his own life and he was sectioned under the mental health act. We follow his journey from local authority care to the wards of a crumbling Victorian psychiatric asylum, and beyond into life on the streets ...
This is a heartfelt, true story, of how a troubled young man managed to turn his life around. From being imprisoned in the care system and mislabelled as a violent boy with no hope, we hear how Mark became a successful, happily married family man, and a prominent figure in his local community.
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Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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FRONTCOVER | 1 | ||
COPYRIGHT | 3 | ||
INTRODUCTION A MOMENTOUS ACHIEVEMENT | 8 | ||
CHAPTER 1 DRAGGED AWAY FROM HOME | 10 | ||
CHAPTER 2 LIFE IN A FOSTER HOME | 15 | ||
CHAPTER 3 ENTERING THE CHILDREN’S HOME | 22 | ||
CHAPTER 4 LIFE IN CARE | 29 | ||
CHAPTER 5 AUNTY LINDSAY | 34 | ||
CHAPTER 6 A DRASTIC DECLINE | 51 | ||
CHAPTER 7 GETTING SECTIONED | 58 | ||
CHAPTER 8 DIARIES OF A TEENAGER IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL | 62 | ||
CHAPTER 9 LIFE IN A MENTAL INSTITUTION – A REFLECTION | 156 | ||
CHAPTER 10 FACING LIFE OUTSIDE OF AN INSTITUTION | 165 | ||
CHAPTER 11 BREAKING DOWN THE WALL | 174 | ||
CHAPTER 12 REVISITING THE PAST | 183 | ||
CHAPTER 13 THE LONG, HARD ROAD TO ORDINATION | 190 | ||
CHAPTER 14 THE JOY OF ORDINATION | 198 | ||
CHAPTER 15 STILL FIGHTING THE STIGMA | 202 | ||
CHAPTER 16 FINDING MY WAY BACK | 209 | ||
CHAPTER 17 RECEIVING RECOGNITION FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS | 226 | ||
CHAPTER 18 A BATTLE BETWEEN PEACE AND ANXIETY | 230 | ||
CHAPTER 19 STARTING A NEW LIFE IN NEWCASTLE | 237 | ||
CHAPTER 20 RECOVERY DOES NOT MAKE ME PERFECT | 250 | ||
CHAPTER 21 THE LESSONS I’VE LEARNT | 258 | ||
CONCLUSION | 265 | ||
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 272 |