A Study of Mental Illness and Mental well being in Select Autobiographies

Abstract

The research seeks to know the reasons that lead to mental illness and study various ways newlineto combat the illness which in was transformed later into mental well being. The study newlineentitled and#8213;Mental Illness and Mental Well Being in Select Autobiographiesand#8214; intended to newlinefocus on mental illness, mental well being and autobiographies. The study depicted that newlinehow various factors such as poverty, inequality, discrimination, genetic aspect and few newlineother factors contributed to risk for mental illness and impacted negatively on the course newlineand outcome of individuals in the autobiographies. newlineObjectives of the thesis: newline To study the reasons that lead to mental illness. newline To examine the importance of communication in relationships in strengthening newlinemental well being. newline To evaluate the role of literature in facilitating mental well being. newline To explore the ways to establish protagonist s identity to stabilize mental well newlinebeing. newlineFollowing autobiographies have been used in the research: newlineand#61656; Bipolar Faith: A Black Womanand#8223;s Journey with Depression and Faith by Monica newlineA. Coleman newlineand#61656; The Beast : A Journey Through Depression by Tracy Thompson newlineand#61656; An Angel at my Table by Janet Frame newlineThese works provided a glimpse at some of the autobiographer s most significant and newlinestressful life events that resulted in a diagnosis of mental illness. Tracy Thompson, Janet newlineFrame and Monica A. Coleman had been considered together as writers where they newlineprovided new possibilities to prove what they had in common mental illness and its newlinetransformation into mental well being. newlineix newlineBipolar Faith was both, a divine autobiography and a reflection of mental illness. In this newlinepowerful work, Monica Coleman shared her life-long battle with shock, unhappiness, and newlinethe threat of death. newlineThe Beast by Tracy Thompson worked a detailed attempt to raise the curtain on mental newlineillness where she gave a personal as well as the professional outlook of the illness and of newlinethe destructive effects on the life of an individual. newlineJanet Frame s An Angel At My Table invited the closes