hello there i am bipoler i gess you can say i was borne with it but did not know it till i was in my late 20s oh i knew there was something wrong in side but did not know what it was called I am now 45 years old and have come along way befor i would burst out into tears for no reason at all and i would wiale like a baby but now those days are behinded me . and now i am looking to write a book on mentle illness for there are alot on it but scarese few writton by someone who has mentle illlnes I have always beleaved that the book does not always work for say a doctore to say they know what you are going threw is hard for me to beleave cause in order to understand truly you must live it so i say that im trying to write this book not so much for the people who know they have it but for those who knlow that they have something but dont know what so perhapes by reading the book they can put the peaces together . would be glad to hear any input

thank you

[faerie_moon_x]

I do believe that giving first hand experiences to people is helpful vs. just having the medical text book for illness. Also reading a book about someone else finding recovery and how they got there can give hope.

I know a few people here write blogs about their illness and I've seen other blogs as well. Either way, sharing what we go through is a good thing.

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[Victoria'smom]

Hi!!

[Moose72]

Welcome!

[~Christina]

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[Clinte89]

Welcome to pc and I've read books by people with bp and the insight is always good.

Firsthand accounts are always nice.

Now for constructive criticism time: I mean this in the gentlest and kindest of ways, you would have to have some serious editing and proofreading of your work in order to publish a serious and useful book of sorts. You use of language is very nice, but your grammar and spelling are not that of a 45 year old. Please don't take offense to this, I'm only basing this off of reading this post.

[Clinte89]

Not many people feel using proper grammer on a forum is needed. Just saying. I know I dont use it.

Originally Posted by Clinte89

Not many people feel using proper grammer on a forum is needed. Just saying. I know I dont use it.

That I totally understand, but there is a difference in short-hand for forums, texts, e-mails, what-have you and just plain bad English skills. Knowing this is a community of many educational backgrounds, truly I'm not judging. It just looks really poor on the OP when they are speaking about writing a book to be published but are butchering their spelling.

If you want to sell a book, first you must be able to write.

[faerie_moon_x]

I know I write things differently on the forum than I would if I'm working on my story.

Plus, you know, mania can effect grammar and spelling, too.

But, I know you were just being constructive. Would be great if LostSoul666 gets a book going!

Thanks for understanding where I was coming from. I too, really think it would be awesome to find out anyone I knew here published a book describing the first-hand reality of mental illness.