That Was When People Started to Worry Windows into Unwell Minds

• Main Author: Tucker, Nancy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: UK Icon Books 2018
• Subjects: Mental Health; Mentally ill women > Services for > Great Britain; Mentally Ill Persons > psychology
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• Physical Description: 296 pages 22 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical (pages 291-293)
• ISBN: 9781785782930

'In the waiting room, I see a lot of people who I could tell had real, serious Problems. They deserve to be here. I don't. I'm a fraud. A lazy wreck seeking an excuse for her incompetence. I'm useless.' Abby, 24 Having conducted over 100 hours of interviews with 60 British women aged 16-25, Nancy Tucker - the author of The Time In Between, an 'astonishingly good' (Sunday Times) memoir of a life consumed by eating disorders - explores what it's like to suffer from serious mental illness as a young woman. With raw honesty, sensitivity and humour, That Was When People Started to Worry examines real experiences of anxiety, self-harm, borderline personality disorder, OCD, binge eating disorder, PTSD and dissociative identity disorder. Giving a voice to those like Abby who can't speak out themselves, Tucker presents a unique window into the day-to-day trials of living with an unwell mind