Light Yourself on Fire Voices of Mental Illness

By Travis E. Breeding

In this book Travis describes what living with voices, hallucinations, and delusions is like. He will share one particular delusion and hallucination he has with the reader to help the reader understand what living with these psychotic symptoms is like. Travis shares how Bob tell shim to buy gasoline and put in his apartment and light a match so he catches on fire and burns himself alive and more. Travis has little control of himself during these psychotic episodes and takes medication in order to lessen the symptoms. The medication does not always work. In this book Travis shares a lot of his hallucinations with the reader. Bob who is what a therapist tells Travis to name his delusions or hallucinations is constantly telling Travis he is not good enough for anyone and he should die because he is autistic. Bob tells Travis how to do surgery to remove his thyroid after Bob convinces him that he has thyroid cancer and Travis ends up in the hospital for a long recovery. Bob tries to tell Travis to end his life as Travis fights to find the right medication to make Bob go away. This book will allow the reader inside of a real life hallucination and delusion so that they can understand what it is like. Follow Travis as he fights his mental illness in an encouraging and inspirational story.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1505482585
• ISBN13: 9781505482584
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"