references: personal testimonies

source: www.sarasota.usf.edu/Academics/AcadAffairs/Syllabi/spr10/Fenzau_RCS6408_Spr10.pdf

Aaron, E. (1996). The highly sensitive person. Seacaucus, NJ: Carol Publishing Group.

North, C. (1989). Welcome, silence: My triumph with schizophrenia. NY: Avon Books.

Oxman, R. (2005). A fractured mind: My life with multiple personality disorder. NY: Halperion Books.

Herman, J. (1997). Trauma and recovery. NY: Basic Books.

Rappaport, J. (1989). The boy who couldn't stop washing: The experience and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. NY: Penguin Group.

Reiland, R. (2004). Get me out of here: My recovery from borderline personality disorder. Center City, MN: Hazelden Foundation.

Salcs, E. (2007). The center cannot hold my recovery through madness.NY: Hyperion Books.

Others:

Linehan, M. (1993). Cognitive behavior therapy for borderline personality disorder. NY: Guilford Press.

Romans, S. & Seeman, M. (Eds.) (2006). Women's mental health. Philadelpia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

mental meltdown symptoms

source: Women's Day, p. 47.

A. Emotional

overwhelming anxiety

severe depression

can't get up in the morning

no direction in life

feeling despondent

hopeless or helpless

guilt

loss of self-esteem

feeling unworthy

sense of unreality

feelings of passivity

sense of persecution

B. Physical

rapid heartbeat

dry mouth

muscular tension

headache

sweating

diarrhea

nausea

abdominal discomfort

chest pains

weight gain or loss

loss of energy

altered sleep patterns