Interview with Mary Brooks, author of Mary Lives: A story of Anorexia Nervosa & Bipolar Disorder

Publication Date: March 5, 2014
Publisher: XlibrisAU
Formats: Ebook
Pages: 396
Genre: Mental Health
Tour Dates: July 24th-August 4th

     

In this chaotic, desperate storm the brain tries hard to gather its fragmented parts, and anchor down the guy lines. To weather out this hopelessness, this turmoil and this pain, -prevent disintegration until the calm returns and clear skies come again.In this chaotic, desperate storm the brain tries hard to gather its fragmented parts, and anchor down the guy lines. To weather out this hopelessness, this turmoil and this pain, -prevent disintegration until the calm returns and clear skies come again.

Can you tell us why you wrote your book? 

Writing this book I was inspired by realizing how far I had come, and deciding to share that with others. And hopefully helping others as well. 

Which part of the book was hardest to write? 

The hardest part to write was about things I am ashamed of, such as self-harm, and binge-vomiting in between the anorexic self-denial and starvation. 

Does your book have an underlying message that readers should know? 

The underlying message is, for readers to see what suffering can emerge if initial treatment is not provided, for both Anorexia and for Bipolar. On the one hand, the 1960s were a time when little knowledge and help was available, and on the other hand, now there is so much hope . 

Do you remember when the writing bug hit? 

About after the publishing of my second book, I felt that ‘writing bug’. 

Mary is a General Practitioner, a Family Doctor, and became anorexic and depressed at age 12. She writes of the chaos and pain of her life, through her abnormal adolescence and adult years, to the equilibrium of the current day. It is an enlightening and inspiring story of Anorexia Nervosa and Bipolar Affective Disorder or Manic Depression.