The Other Side of Madness: Adventures on the Path to Living Well with a Mental Illness

by Emalee Gillis

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Author: Emalee Gillis

Publisher: Independently published

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ISBN 10: 173129493X
ISBN 13: 978-1731294937

Shortly after finishing her Peace Corps service, Emalee woke up in a cage-like enclosure in a primitive insane asylum in the Ivory Coast. This began a journey for her--to obtain her freedom, to find a diagnosis, and to build a life that would accommodate her mental illness without being a victim of it.Over the next 30 years, her external world would include graduate school, job, marriage and two children, but her internal world would occasionally dissolve into brilliant colors, obsessive thoughts, and questions about what around her was truly real. Ultimately, Emalee found healing by learning strategies from both the West and Africa that helped her live well with bipolar disorder.

Excerpt from North Columbia Monthly Book Review:
"...questions about...the gifts and lacks within Western and African approaches..., turn this memoir of mental illness into an exploration of culture and religion as well... She tells a story of raw vulnerability, with vulnerability--and with courage."

From Sally Sederstrom, MS, MHCA, Mental Health Therapist
"Emalee's willingness to share her private journey gives hope for life beyond the diagnosis, as well as strategies that can make the difference between surviving and thriving."

From K. Bartholomew, Author of We didn't know any better: Poems. About Life.
"Riveting...Otherworldly..."

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The Other Side of Madness: Adventures on the Path to Living Well with a Mental Illness