The Teeter-Totter

Sharon Carruthers

Jun 2012 · WestBow Press

About this ebook

The diagnosis is one no one wants. It is a wretched, horrible illness and carries with it a stigma. No one wants that either. However, I have that disease, always have had mental illness, although my bipolar diagnosis was not handed to me until the age of forty. I hate it, loathe it, want to bury it or throw it into the depths of the sea, but I cant. You see, it is part of who I am.

It started in childhood and carried on throughout all my adult years. This is my story. It includes the teeter-totter ups and downs as well as the psychotic times and paranoia, hallucinations, and feelings of grandeur. My whole life is illuminated for you to read.

About the author

Sharon Carruthers, a retired nurse, enjoys a stable and productive retirement, organizing and leading out in depression seminars, and Bible study groups. She supports bipolar individuals and their families. She and her husband, Douglas, live in Kansas. They have two adult sons and a delightful shih-tzu named Singlea.

Corrine Vanderwerff, a freelance writer, makes her home in Sherwood Park, Alberta.

Sharon Carruthers, a retired nurse, enjoys a stable and productive retirement, organizing and leading out in depression seminars, and Bible study groups. She supports bipolar individuals and their families. She and her husband, Douglas, live in Kansas. They have two adult sons and a delightful shih-tzu named Singlea.

Corrine Vanderwerff, a freelance writer, makes her home in Sherwood Park, Alberta.