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Shiny Happy Person

Shiny Happy Person

Terri Cox

(2017)

Abstract

Young, talented, intelligent and with a thriving social life, on the surface Terri Cox had it all. But deep down in her mind a storm was brewing, and a series of life-changing events were about to unfold in quick succession that would send her spiralling into a full mental breakdown.

Over the next few weeks and months, Terri was tormented by panic attacks, suicidal thoughts, bouts of insomnia, crippling headaches, severe weight loss and horrific side effects from antidepressants. Fearful of large crowds and ashamed of admitting what was happening to her, she did her best to hide away and shut herself off from society.

Wracked with despair and suffering from hallucinations, Terri was taken by her family to the local A&E. When she was discharged, they desperately sought the help of a local psychotherapist. Using a highly effective and innovative form of psychotherapy, Terri was able to revisit the traumas of her past in order to understand the workings of her mind in the present. Slowly but surely, she was able to fight back and find that shiny, happy person that she'd always been before.

Shiny Happy Person is the story of one girl's inspirational rise after a devastating fall.

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Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
FRONT COVER 1
COPYRIGHT 3
THE AUTHOR 4
DEDICATION 6
PROLOGUE 8
CHAPTER 1 BEGIN THE BEGIN 10
CHAPTER 2 WHEN I WAS YOUNG 13
CHAPTER 3 BAD DAY 20
CHAPTER 4 FINAL STRAW 26
CHAPTER 5 IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT - AND I FEEL FINE 36
CHAPTER 6 EVERYBODY HURTS 46
CHAPTER 7 CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE 49
CHAPTER 8 BEACH BALL 63
CHAPTER 9 AGES OF YOU 70
CHAPTER 10 FINAL STRAW 76
CHAPTER 11 BURNING HELL 79
CHAPTER 12 SO FAST, SO NUMB 82
CHAPTER 13 SECOND GUESSING 88
CHAPTER 14 MAKE IT ALL OKAY 92
CHAPTER 15 I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE 96
CHAPTER 16 RAPID EYE MOVEMENT 98
CHAPTER 17 I DON'T SLEEP, I DREAM 103
CHAPTER 18 WHY NOT SMILE 112
CHAPTER 19 TOYS IN THE ATTIC 116
CHAPTER 20 GOOD ADVICES 124
CHAPTER 21 FINEST WORKSONG 131
CHAPTER 22 THE ONE I LOVE 136
CHAPTER 23 THESE DAYS 140