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Felicia Johnson
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R548
Discovery Miles 5 480
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In many ways, Kristen Elliott is a normal, seventeen-year-old girl.
Kristen loves her family. She works hard academically, and tries to
please her mother. She takes on the additional responsibility of
caring for her twin siblings, Nick and Alison. She idealizes her
best friend, Lexus, who not only seems to lead the perfect life,
but also catches the attention of John, the boy Kristen secretly
loves. However, as is the case with many teenagers, Kristen feels
frustrated, isolated, and confused. In other ways, Kristen is not
like other kids her age. She knows something is wrong with her.
Kristen feels like an utter failure. She is unable to please her
abrasive mother, and scared to confront Jack, her abusive
stepfather. She is also unable to protect Nick from Jack, making
her feel all the more helpless. Adding to her problems, she knows
she will never be as beautiful as her best friend Lexus. Kristen
finds solace in self-injury, and the company of Mr. Sharp, her
imaginary friend who encourages her feelings of self-loathing.
After a failed suicide attempt, Kristen is placed in the Bent Creek
mental hospital, where she is diagnosed with Borderline Personality
Disorder. While in the hospital, she meets a group of peers
suffering with their own mental illnesses, and a compassionate
staff of doctors and counselors. From there, Kristen begins her
journey to survival. She discovers the circumstances that brought
her to this breaking point, struggles to understand her mental
illness, and fights to be a survivor against her own worst enemy:
her self-blame. Kristen's tale of endurance illustrates the complex
illness of Borderline Personality Disorder. Readers - including
those suffering from BPD and their friends and family - can glean
insight into BPD from Kristen's humanity. Her story is an example
of how, if we try to push the past away, we are either doomed to
repeat it or let it haunt us to our graves.
There Are Many Faces to Domestic Violence....Here's My Face This
book will take you on a journey through thirteen faces of emotions.
Each emotional face gives you a detailed glimpse into my world as a
victim of domestic violence. There are thoughts that prompt me to
never forget although I have forgiven. "You know what your problem
is? You don't know how to treat a man because your dad wasn't in
your life." "You wouldn't even think by looking at him he would do
something like that to you, besides you have always been so strong
and independent." "How could you get involve with someone like
that?" "Why don't you just leave?" "How did I get here?" "God why
me?" "This is my day to stop hurting " "You are wiser after you
have been truly tested and stronger from having endured the
experience." "How do you forgive someone who was determined to
destroy you and called it love?" Since my experience, I have found
that sharing my story has encouraged and even inspired other
victims and survivors of domestic violence. This book gives a very
different perspective to the battered woman. It provides a glimpse
into the experience, the emotions and the escape of a woman who
endured thirteen years of abuse. In addition, this book shares mind
boggling adaptations to living through and surviving the abuse.
Felicia Johnson is an educator in the 3rd largest school district
in Houston, Texas. She is an only child, a mother of two boys and a
native of Little Rock, Arkansas. Ms. Johnson received her BS in
Psychology from Campbell University and MA in Human Relations with
an emphasis in counseling from the University of Oklahoma. This
book was inspired by her love to write and the overall impact of
this life altering experience.
There Are Many Faces to Domestic Violence....Here's My Face This
book will take you on a journey through thirteen faces of emotions.
Each emotional face gives you a detailed glimpse into my world as a
victim of domestic violence. There are thoughts that prompt me to
never forget although I have forgiven. "You know what your problem
is? You don't know how to treat a man because your dad wasn't in
your life." "You wouldn't even think by looking at him he would do
something like that to you, besides you have always been so strong
and independent." "How could you get involve with someone like
that?" "Why don't you just leave?" "How did I get here?" "God why
me?" "This is my day to stop hurting " "You are wiser after you
have been truly tested and stronger from having endured the
experience." "How do you forgive someone who was determined to
destroy you and called it love?" Since my experience, I have found
that sharing my story has encouraged and even inspired other
victims and survivors of domestic violence. This book gives a very
different perspective to the battered woman. It provides a glimpse
into the experience, the emotions and the escape of a woman who
endured thirteen years of abuse. In addition, this book shares mind
boggling adaptations to living through and surviving the abuse.
Felicia Johnson is an educator in the 3rd largest school district
in Houston, Texas. She is an only child, a mother of two boys and a
native of Little Rock, Arkansas. Ms. Johnson received her BS in
Psychology from Campbell University and MA in Human Relations with
an emphasis in counseling from the University of Oklahoma. This
book was inspired by her love to write and the overall impact of
this life altering experience.
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