Wide Awake

By Kelley Corallo

As a young professional woman, Kelley Corallo appeared to have it all. An excellent student through both high school and college, she was the perfect image of the girl next door. She seemed to juggle a budding career and a full social life with ease...But nothing was quite as it seemed. In fact, she was falling apart. After months of ignoring the signs and symptoms that something was wrong-and attempting to self-medicate with alcohol-Kelley experienced a psychotic break that landed her in the psychiatric ward. Wide Awake tells the harrowing story of Kelley's eight-year struggle to understand her diagnosis and addictions, including the ways in which they masked past traumas and prevented her from becoming her true self. Written in a bold, vivid style, this memoir perfectly evokes the isolation, confusion, and fracture of a person in an acute phase of mental illness. Kelley's story will ultimately empower anyone who has ever felt hopeless, misunderstood, and alone, but been too afraid of mental illness's stigma to take the first step toward getting help.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512023515
• ISBN13: 9781512023510
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"