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Old May 20, 2015, 08:12 AM
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Has anyone else read Elyn saks's book The Centre Cannot Hold? It's very good. I've read it before but I'm guna try and read it again.
Yes, it's my second favorite book about schizophrenia, I've read it like five times! Haha!

My favorite book about this subject though is The Quiet Room by Lori Schiller % Amanda Bennet. Lori actually has schizoaffective disorder bipolar type instead of "just" schizophrenia but this book blows all the misconceptions about schizoaffective disorder being more "mild" than straight up schizophrenia out of the water. I don't want to spoil anything for people who haven't read it but it is a very intense book and it's... so much like me and what I've gone through that it's downright eerie.

I related a lot to Elyn Saks also, her thought disorganization is much like mine is when I'm not stable.

Welcome Silence by Carol North is another excellent book about schizophrenia, she had a lot of catatonic symptoms so I related to that quite a lot.
Thanks for this!
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