
A harrowing, remarkable poetry memoir about one girl's struggle with anxiety disorder.
This is a true story of growing up, breaking down, and coming to grips with a psychological disorder. When Samantha Schutz first left home for college, she was excited by the possibilities -- freedom from parents, freedom from a boyfriend who was reckless with her affections, freedom from the person she was supposed to be. At first, she revelled in the independence ... but as pressures increased , she began to suffer anxiety attacks that would leave her mentally shaken and physically incapacitated. Thus began a hard road of discovery and coping, powerfully rendered in this poetry memoir.
This is a true story of growing up, breaking down, and coming to grips with a psychological disorder. When Samantha Schutz first left home for college, she was excited by the possibilities -- freedom from parents, freedom from a boyfriend who was reckless with her affections, freedom from the person she was supposed to be. At first, she revelled in the independence ... but as pressures increased , she began to suffer anxiety attacks that would leave her mentally shaken and physically incapacitated. Thus began a hard road of discovery and coping, powerfully rendered in this poetry memoir.
Publisher:
New York : Scholastic, c2006
ISBN:
9780439805186
043980518X
043980518X
Branch Call Number:
811.6 Sch 3565
Characteristics:
280 p. ;,19 cm



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blue_cheetah_5310
Jun 18, 2017
blue_cheetah_5310 thinks this title is suitable for 15 years and over
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UnwrittenMadness
Jul 05, 2016
I am trying to find myself
in all of the chaos,
find something that I can call me
inside the screams and inside
the 'you shoulds' and 'you have to bes'

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Add a CommentBeautifully told; honestly expressed
Not worth reading, i stopped after the first chapter. Hard to follow, no plot, vulgar language and not interesting at all to read