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I, Dr. Bradt, and my
corporation, Any
Dream Will Do, find those specially gifted
consumer/writers who are not
afraid to honestly
reveal our deepest
secrets.
Here are their stories.
All these stories are based on
consumers'
real-life experiences.
(But
if
you try to pin them down, they'll tell you, "These stories are all fictional!") Literary Fiction Against the Stigma Copyright © 2000, Jean M. Bradt, Ph.D., which means that you can copy anything you want off this site as long as you don't charge money for the copies. In fact, please give copies of these stories to anybody who stands to benefit from them! And please tell people that the stories came from the Will I Go Crazy? website. I call these outrageously revealing stories Psych-Inspirational Fiction, a special kind of fiction that reveals the most intimate thoughts and deepest emotions in my mind and those of other consumers. You will not find testimonials or true-life stories here, but every one of these stories is true in the sense that it is based on consumers' real lives. 1. Bipolar Zombie: A woman who is prejudiced against consumers dies. As fate (or voodoo) would have it, her mind is transferred to the body of -- a consumer! 2. Can A Bipolar Find True Love? Annie teaches a third-grade class full of lovable kids including Pedro, who gets into all sorts of trouble, while she looks for a lover who won't run when he finds out that she is bipolar. 3. Out of the Convent: How a young bipolar woman reaches maturity. Set in the early seventies. 4. Shrinks: Anne is diagnosed a manic-depressive, and she is overjoyed! 5. Desiree: Desiree fights depression and practices her unique skill, the ability to read very subtle body language, while searching for fulfilling work. 6. The Bright Nevada Sun: A story that will surprise you, but it also explains several ways that the government helps consumers (and other people) financially. 7. The Predecessors: Four people living with mental illness are nevertheless chosen for an extremely risky experiment, a trip to the alternate universe. 8. The Dancer: Judith is prejudiced against consumers of mental-health services. Then she realizes that she is dancing with one. 9. The Dance: Two bipolars fall in love as they dance. 10. The Nose: Catharine feels inferior because she is unattractive. 11. Gypsy Heart: Do psychotropic drugs make people's personalities zombie-like and their lives boring? Ask Claire. 12. The Absent-Minded Memory Expert: This story has a finite probability of being perceived as funny by a majority of readers. 13.
The
Day the Transformer Blew:
It
exploded practically on Rena’s (an agoraphobic’s) head.
Literary Fiction Against the Stigma This is a special kind of literary fiction. I'm trying to fight the stigma by writing stories showing everybody exactly what kinds of thoughts we consumers think, what kinds of feelings we feel. Each one of the following stories relays the same basic message: "We are human, just like you." 1. Sweet Jasmine Petals: A romantic story about a woman with bipolar disorder. She has trouble trusting men. 2. Happy Little
Tunes: For those who like highly emotional,
passionate music. 4. The Three Faces of Margaret Mary Sweet: Who is Margaret Mary Sweet really? All we know for sure is that she has bipolar disorder. 5. A Misunderstanding: A soft science fiction story about the importance of communication. 6. Dear John: Not your usual "Dear John" letter! 7. The Big Pill: Teen-aged Yvonne is told that she must take the big pill on the plate before her. Should she take it? 8. Maybe Good: Maybe bad. Sometimes you just can't tell. 9. Generosity's Rewards: Diana, a perpetual "doormat", gets into a glamorous ballroom-dance trophy competition for free. 10. I'll Take the Dog: what the psychiatric hospital did to my friend Elvin, a shy young man who never hurt anybody. 11. The Wild Ones: Sometimes we bipolars, who need to take meds every day, feel upset that people who don’t need psychotropic drugs at all take them anyway and then think that they deserve our sympathy. 12.
Take Them
as You Find Them 13. Cold: A tiny story about my first love, and why I acted so strangely back then. 14. I Was a Middle-Aged Bingo Runner: I was! 15. Picking on the Wrong Person. Have you ever had to act more bipolar or schizophrenic or whatever than you really are — in order to protect yourself? For more anti-stigma stories, click on The Any Dream Will Do Review
4. To learn more about lithium,
click on Toxic
Knowledge. If you hear a gunshot, don't try to
investigate. Doing that got Adrienne into big trouble. 6. Lizzie, a woman with a low self-concept, meets a man who is A Real Catch. Just how much will she let him get away with? 7. For a story containing a ruthless welfare intake interview (verbatim), click on Welfare Woes. 8. For a story about Tourette's
syndrome and OCD , click on Dating
the OCD Way. By Guest Author Pamela Franklin.
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