Twisted Love, My Mother's Struggle with Mental Illness
Written from the perspective as a child living with her mother living with undiagnosed depression that went untreated causing the illness to progress into paranoid schizophrenia.
Yassin's story is one of turmoil and redemption that has propelled her to champion the cause of mental illness and embrace her staple messaging “It’s okay to not be okay”. She wants her story as a child living with a mother that was mentally ill to inspire, save and break the curse through her mission of acceptance, education, and treatment.
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I can attest to the truth of the community attitudes towards mental illness and the tremendous lack of understanding of its impact on children. Shame and secrecy still dominates the landscape and the pain that the author experienced as a child was authentic. I applaud Yassin's courage to come out of the shadow's and share her story. The pain must be met by a grassroots surge of acceptance and compassion for the problem and this book is a beginning.
Tiger
USA
★★★★★
Wow! A powerful testimony of a young woman's survival, strength and triumph over the effects of the most misunderstood illness in the world. God truly is amazing, as evidenced by the author's willingness to admit that He was watching over her all along.
L. Cruz
USA
★★★★★
Excellent book about mental illness. Born and raised in the Virgin Islands myself, I could relate to so many of the things that were said and the places mentioned. I commend the author for sharing her story. I think in many aspects it is still a taboo subject that people don't know what to do with or how to help. So instead, they do nothing and the cycle continues.
