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Despite all her best initiatives to break through the cycle of catastrophic, destructive patterns of mental disease, Anna Berry found herself by the end of her rope - unemployed, penniless, homeless, and in the throes of the psychotic instance that threatened to damage her life. By themselves and unwell, she handles to find her grasp on life, seeks the help she needs, and embarks over a life and career that illustrate that mental disease does not have to be ruinous. Unhinged: A Memoir of Enduring, Surviving, and Overcoming Family Mental Health issues is a powerful memoir that chronicles Berry's life as both a casualty and survivor of family mental disease. From her point of rock-bottom to her own restoration, as well as her initiatives to help her still-afflicted mom and sibling find hope and curing, we observe how she struggles to identify her own disease while dealing with the fallout from her family's other victims. In revealing to her history, Berry uncovers the difficulties natural in not only growing up with mental disease among family, but also the frustrations of not being able to recognize or handle the trajectory of her own disease. Yet, after successfully finding ways of dealing with her symptoms, Berry goes on to become successful journalist and publisher, who now helps teach the general public about mental health through her writing, while also offering as her mother's court-appointed legal guardian. This history shows the disastrous impact of mental disease on whole young families, but offers listeners a message of hope and curing. Berry's story is sure to resonate with the many people who package with the mental disease of family, and their own struggles to cope with their own diagnoses.
