DR. MEL'S MESSAGE - From my novels to my other projects, no telling what you will read. This is the only place you will get to read about how I developed a screenplay into a novel and what is the driving force. I will talk about many things from films to books to acting to producing. It really will depend on where my mind takes me. I hope you will join me on this journey.
This book is a lifeline, a message of hope to those who are struggling. If you're in a dark place or feel close to breaking, know that you're not alone. I was once at the same stage in my journey and found a path from darkness to light. I want to tell you how glad I am you're holding this book because there is A Better Way. I offer my story to you, to illustrate that no matter what crosses we carry, it is possible to not only survive but to thrive. The road may not be easy, but it will be worth it, that I promise you...
Captivating and from the heart GG Dimeo takes you on a journey that will touch your own truth. Struggling to understand how to approach our own feelings and what to do with them, starting from childhood is a limbo I certainly can relate to. A touching and emotional read that made me say, “yes, I’ve been there.” It’s so easy to forget how to love ourselves and put ourselves first. I recommend this book as it is a glimpse into an emotional journey that presents tools and possibilities, to help one move forward and out of a dark place, whether struggling with anxiety, depression or dysfunction. This book is a keeper and one to be shared.
I’m a writer and blogger that has made the decision to share my life lessons with others to offer understanding and hope to those that need it.
I am an eternal optimist, which seems like an odd statement from someone who has attempted suicide. Yet, it’s through that attempt that has helped me understand myself better. I am sharing my story to help others that are suffering, avoid choosing suicide as a solution. For additional life lessons and inspiration, check out my blog at https://duofounded.com.
Some lessons in life we can learn by studying articles, doing our research, reading books, and even attending workshops. Others are learned through experience, by getting hurt or bruised by what life throws at us. Everybody is different and finds their teachings in different formats, different mediums, and in different phases of life. It doesn’t matter at all where you find the help and support, the advice and guidance you need. The only thing that matters is that you do go out and find it when you are ready to change your present and future. What this book shares is the life lessons of someone who has spent many years in the dark cloud of depression, anxiety, and elevated stress levels. It was a life of disempowerment, of thriving on the victim mentality, and of endless suffering without purpose. It was also a time of bondage, of bad memories stored away right in the top drawer of the memory bank, ready to be flipped open and shared whenever possible, ready to disempower whenever it could.
It is, however, also a story of hope, one that started when fears were faced head-on. When you opt to run from your fears, you will always be chased. Hence, the advice, tips, guidance, and practical examples shared in this book are from a life of overcoming victimization and the freedom you, too, can enjoy when you take responsibility for your life. The hope is to help you find the wisdom, courage, motivation, and inspiration you need to move from darkness and into the light. My question to you is, Why Suffer Alone??
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Bill MacPhee's journey of hope and recovery is short of amazing. He details his journey in his new book "To Cry a Dry Tear" Bill MacPhee's Journey of Hope and Recovery with Schizophrenia." This book is an amazing read and if you are or if know of someone battling schizophrenia, this is a must-read, especially if you are a parent of a child diagnosed with schizophrenia.
To Cry A
Dry Tear:Bill MacPhee's Journey
of Hope and Recovery with Schizophrenia Paperback – February 13, 2014
Bill's childhood passion for swimming lead him
at the age of 19 to the South China Sea where he began a promising career as a
commercial deep sea diver in Singapore. The future looked bright for Bill,
already living his dream. Five years later, Bill was living a nightmare. Pacing
a psychiatric ward, trapped in a world of illusions, delusions, paranoia and depression,
he was 24 years old and diagnosed with schizophrenia. Bill was hospitalized 6
different times, lived in 3 group homes and had a suicide attempt. If you ever
wondered what goes on in the mind of someone who is out of reality, this is the
book that will give you a clear, vivid understanding of schizophrenia. Bill has
shared many of his original nursing notes as well as his psychiatrist notes and
treatment regimen. Today Bill is known as a recovery expert, and he defines
recovery as when you would not want to be anyone other than who you are today.
Bill has helped thousands of people through his work and publications and will
help you understand what you need to know about recovery and life with
schizophrenia.
Product details
·Paperback: 102 pages
·Publisher: iUniverse (February 13,
2014)
·Language: English
·ISBN-10: 1491722711
·ISBN-13: 978-1491722718
·Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.3 x
9 inches
Bill MacPhee
Facebook Group "Helping Parents of Mentally Ill Children"
Tell your readers a little about
yourself, where you grew up, where you live now, where you went to school etc.
Let them get to know the personal you.
I grew up in a small town near Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Fort Erie was at the mouth of Lake Erie and across the Niagara River from
Buffalo, NY, in the USA. I grew up swimming in the Niagara River and was a lifeguard
at Crystal Beach and became a Scuba Diver as a hobby but later went to school
for Commercial Diving and worked for a year in the South China Sea based out of
Singapore. I was working on a drillship for Sea Tech International who was
subcontracted by Marathon Oil.
What inspired you to author this book?
I was diagnosed with Schizophrenia in 1987 and was hospitalized six
times, lived in THEE group homes, and had a suicide attempt. I spent five years
on my parents' couch dealing with a deep dark depression. At the time, I was
living in hell but knew I had a story to tell, and almost from day one, I knew
I was going to write a book and knew the name was going to be "To Cry A
Dry Tear" from the beginning.
Where did you get the inspiration for your book's cover?
The book cover has what looks like a tear falling into the water.
The fact is that with Schizophrenia, you can develop a blunted affect and a
lack of joy or an emotional blandness. Because of this, I could not physically
cry, however, I was crying on the inside. The tears were dry; therefore, the
title "To Cry A Dry Tear" and the cover has a tear falling into the
water, which played a big part of my life.
Who has been the most significant influence on you personally
and as a writer?
My biggest influence was David Kendrick; he was a mentor of mine
who shared his faith with me and walked side by side with me on my road to
recovery. Dave and his family befriended me and became my family and support.
My own dad was also amazing, he funded my idea to start a magazine and told me
that he believed in me, which was truly sincere and the most uplifting thing
that was ever said to me other than the love of my life who thanked me for
being me.
What were your struggles or obstacles you had to overcome to get
this book written?
This book was self-published, and it was difficult to write
because I wanted it to be perfect, which I am sure is common with all writers.
However, I really wanted to give people an accurate description of my story and
illness. I have a gift of making complicated things simple and explaining
things so people can understand them. My friend John would try to capture
things like depression, and I would say no that is not good enough; for example,
I was in a deep dark depression for five long years. And day after day dragged
on with nothing to do except pace and exist. I would say to John we need to
make the reader really feel how long five years of doing nothing really is. It
feels like a lifetime. Such things like that were a challenge.
Tell your readers about your book.
I was hospitalized six different times, lived in three group
homes, and had a suicide attempt. I spent five years on the couch dealing with
a deep, deep dark depression. In 1987 I was diagnosed with Schizophrenia, and
in 1994 I started a publication called SZ Magazine. I did that for 23 years,
and my book is an inspiring unbelievable success story that holds nothing back.
It is raw honesty, and nothing is sugar-coated.
The target audience are parents who have a son or daughter with
a mental illness. It is something that they can relate to, and learn a great
deal. It offers hope, education, and understanding. As well my current work
with my Facebook group, "Helping Parents of Mentally Ill Children,"
can be a great resource as well.
What do you consider your greatest success in life?
My definition of success used to be when I was in the corporate
world that success is when you can do what you want to do. However, today I
would say that success is to have joy and peace and to know that all is right
in the universe. I purposely try to keep my life simple and stress-free. Some
of my favorite moments are looking across the river at the Buffalo Skyline and
watching the finches at the finch feeder and the sparrows at the sparrow feeder
and the hummingbirds at the hummingbird feeder.
What one unique thing sets you apart from other writers in your
genre?
I am not so different than others; however, my book is unique in
two ways that most books about mental illness do not have. My book has my
Doctor's notes, and my nurse's notes word for word. So it is unique in that
way. Everything is documented. I am working on a second book called, "Over
the Edge and Back," about people who have attempted suicide but who love
their life today. It will also have a cultural flavor to it.
Depression is real. Those who suffer from it know that it is difficult to combat, and often leads to suicidal thoughts. I have lost three friends to suicide over the years and I always wondered what I could have done to prevent each. Suicide affects millions. I think that today's book, "Stay: Your Life Is Precious" by Imaobong Smart, is extremely important and beneficial as it addresses suicide. Mind you, not from a clinical viewpoint, but from through a direct conversation from the author. If you or someone you know suffers from depression and has suicidal thoughts, please reach out to someone -- a friend, a pastor, a doctor, or the suicide prevention hotline.
Life in its self is depressing, think of it, every time you turn on the news there is a report of shooting, natural disaster, babies dying in cars, shootings that makes you consider buying a bullet proof vest for your entire family to wear the next time you want to go the movies or Walmart, you lose your job, your business collapses, the people you love the most get so sick to the point of inactivity or even worse they die!
Anyhow you think of it, life is all so depressing, it only becomes dangerous when you allow the negativities around you to have a strong hold on you.
The purpose of this book is to expose the delusion of suicide and debunk the myths that we try to hold on to in other to justify the act.
Discover the NINE lies you are believing about your self.
Discover the truth to overcome them.
Deal with the voices in your head.
Discover where your purpose lies in your pain.
Start enjoying life in spite of your circumstances.
Imaobong
Smart
STAY: YOUR LIFE IS PRECIOUS
Tell your readers a little about yourself,
where you grew up, where you live now, where you went to school etc. Let them
get to know the personal you.
My name is Imaobong Smart, but all my friends
call me Ima. I was born in Bloomington, Indiana but raised in Nigeria, West Africa. All my
schooling up to higher institution was in Nigeria; when I returned to the
United States in 2009, I went to school for nursing and have been a nurse for
about seven years now. I am also a transformational speaker with over twenty
years of speaking experience. I am married with two kiddos.
What inspired you to author this book?
At first, the inspiration to write this book
came from a very personal place as a very close relative overdosed on sleeping
pills but thankfully was found and rushed to the hospital, and her life was
saved. And for some reason, I started to get calls and messages from people who
follow me on social media telling me they were going through depression, and
some had contemplated taking their lives.
I spent so much time encouraging and
giving them reasons to stay alive, and I saw based on subsequent responses that
what I said had a positive impact on them.
I started wondering how many more people in
the world are in a dark place and are just looking for some encouraging words
to be said to them, and that's how this book came about. I just launched the
book on March 7th, and the next day I got a message from one of my buyers who
said if I had released this book last year that his friend wouldn't have
committed suicide.
Where did you get the inspiration for your
book’s cover?
I brainstormed so much and prayed about the
book cover that will make the most impact even before my readers read the book.
Every part of the book cover has a meaning. The black signifies the bad place
we all may be in right now. The ray of light emitting from the top of the book
is that ray of hope that this book gives. The word STAY with the broken rope as
"A" is the impact of the book. The rope is broken; no one is hanging
from it!
Who has been the most significant influence on
you personally and as a writer?
I am more of a motivational writer, and I have
been influenced by one of my mentors Late Dr. Myles Munro.
What were your struggles or obstacles you had
to overcome to get this book written?
I really enjoyed writing this book! But I
wanted to be sensitive to people's different experiences that may have
contributed to their depression while addressing it and giving them reasons to
STAY alive despite what they may have been through in life.
Tell your
readers about your book.
This book
STAY is a nonconventional and thought-provoking book that offers practical
steps to destroy suicidal thoughts. Discover the nine lies you believe about
suicide and the truths to overcome them.
Who is
your target audience, and why?
Although
any age range can read and be impacted by this book, I had the younger
generation in mind as my audience while writing this book, as a matter of fact
my eight year old read a and understood this book. that's how simple it is!
What do
you consider your greatest success in life?
Success
for me in terms of this book is the feedback I have gotten from my book, and
also from my talks, people call me and send me messages about how they have
changed their minds about taking their lives. This for me is how would define
success – impact
What one unique thing sets
you apart from other writers in your genre?
Every writer is unique in
their expression and writing style; I think for me, I try to ensure that my
readers can feel like they can hear my voice as they read. I want them to
connect with me as a relatable human being!
