My Beautiful Psychosis

Emma Goude

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Aeon Books Ltd
21 January 2021

Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; Memoirs; Care of the mentally ill; States of consciousness; Coping with illness

What if psychosis is really a wake up call?

Emma Goude is a twenty-something who works at the BBC. She likes to party and take drugs…until she decides to give them up…and that’s when the insomnia starts. After five nights without sleep she ends up in A&E.

Three questions determine whether she is sane or not.

Three questions stand between her and the psychiatric ward.

She gets them wrong.

Emma is an atheist, a skeptical cynic who chose dope over God, so when she has some spiritual experiences she is not entirely sure if she is delusional. The psychiatric system has forgotten that ‘psyche’ means soul. All they know about is medication and they have ways of making her take it. It becomes a game she has to play in order to get out. It is also a perception of herself she must do battle with in order to stand strong in her belief that her psychosis is some kind of awakening.

By: Emma Goude
Imprint: Aeon Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9781912807956
ISBN 10: 1912807955
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 21 January 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

FOREWORD EPISODE ONE CHAPTER ONE: Dope CHAPTER TWO: Insomnia CHAPTER THREE: Admission CHAPTER FOUR: Discharge EPISODE TWO CHAPTER FIVE: New Zealand CHAPTER SIX: Union CHAPTER SEVEN: Infinity CHAPTER EIGHT: Shiatsu EPISODE THREE CHAPTER NINE: Discovery CHAPTER TEN: Qigong CHAPTER ELEVEN: Sectioned CHAPTER TWELVE: Awakening EPISODE FOUR CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Soulmate CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Priestess CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Initiation CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Homecare CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Fight EPISODE FIVE CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Transition CHAPTER NINETEEN: Honeymoon CHAPTER TWENTY: Premiere EPISODE SIX CHAPTER TWENTY ONE: Shakti CHAPTER TWENTY TWO: Workshop CHAPTER TWENTY THREE: Underworld CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR: Confession EPISODE SEVEN CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE: Medium CHAPTER TWENTY SIX: Dolphin CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN: Retreat CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT: Journeying CHAPTER TWENTY NINE: Imprisonment CHAPTER THIRTY: Voices AFTERWORD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO KINDLY DONATED TO THE CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Emma Goude is an international award winning documentary filmmaker who started out at the BBC. Having had six psychiatric admissions, one of them under a sectioning, she has written My Beautiful Psychosis to change the perception of psychosis as a devastating and stigmatising illness. She hopes that sharing her story will inspire others, improve attitudes and ultimately contribute to a better system of care. She is currently living in Buenos Aires where she is following her passion for dancing tango.

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