So, What Is Normal?

2011-06-28
So, What Is Normal?

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  • Author: Georgina Wilfred
  • Publisher: Author House
  • ISBN: 1456781510
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 182

Georgie's humourous portrayal of her life as a single parent, raising two children, one with Aspergers Syndrome (autism) and her fight to get her son's diagnosis - battling with smug educationalists who insisted the child was just lazy. How after a long uphill struggle to get help and recognition, finding every cloud has a silver lining when Nicky is diagnosed as bordering on genius. She later goes on to discuss his bizarre behaviour, his humour and eccentricities. Digging deeper into the family for a possible genetic/hereditary link, Georgie's humourous look at her colourful family and friends, not to mention thieving ex-husbands, cheating boyfriends, no-one is excluded. Even Ellwood Blues the dog that ran off with her Xmas turkey and disgraced himself. Told in Georgie's northern gritty humour, this is a refreshingly honest account of her life so far, and the rollercoaster of emotion she'd found herself on.

So, What's Normal?

2004
So, What's Normal?

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  • Author: Rhonnie
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780974430508
  • Category : Abused children
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

"A little girl overcomes the hagedies of savage abuse to live a normal, healthy life, thereby breaking the cycle of abuse."

So Long, Normal

2021-07-13
So Long, Normal

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  • Author: Laura Story
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson
  • ISBN: 0785248579
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 240

In the shifting (or even collapsing) of everything familiar in life, you don’t have to wring your hands in fear. Push past the loss of your “normal” with bestselling author and Bible teacher Laura Story, and step into the new story God is writing for you. You've been faced with circumstances beyond your control. Your plans are altered. But you have the blessing of a Father who loves you enough to take off the training wheels and place his beloved child in the best possible scenario for your good and growth. So Long, Normal guides you to leave behind the idols of comfort, caution, and routine so you can live strong and well, even when life takes an unwelcome turn. In her confessional, conversational style, worship leader, Bible teacher, and Christian recording artist Laura Story weaves her own personal stories with examples from Scripture of characters whose lives were upended by unexpected (and undesired) change. So Long, Normal will help you: Process the trauma of the loss of your “normal” Learn to rest in God’s plan for you instead of trying to control your circumstances Find true community and encouragement in your struggle with uncertainty Discover three great comforts and three gifts to steady you on your journey Face the future with fresh spiritual eyes and find joy in the unwavering strength of Christ Losing your “normal” is not the end of the world but the beginning of a new adventure. It is possible to grow with grace through tough times, navigating the unknown secure in the knowledge that God is with you—every step of the way.

What's Normal Anyway? Celebrities' Own Stories of Mental Illness

2014-03-06
What's Normal Anyway? Celebrities' Own Stories of Mental Illness

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  • Author: Anna Gekoski
  • Publisher: Constable
  • ISBN: 1472105192
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 160

Nobody is immune from mental ill health, not even celebrities . . . We all know someone who suffers from mental illness. It may be a family member, friend, neighbour, or colleague. Now or in the future, it might be you. Here, for the first time, ten celebrities share their experiences of conditions including depression and anxiety, bipolar disorder and OCD, eating disorders and body dysmorphia. From Premiership footballer Dean Windass, to TV presenter Trisha Goddard, their candid first-person accounts detail the day-to-day reality of living with a mental health disorder, as well as the nervous breakdowns, stays in psychiatric hospitals, and suicide attempts. They also show that, ultimately, mental illness need not limit achievement, happiness, and fulfilment in life. These frank and honest stories help us to better understand mental illness, offer practical coping strategies, and give encouragement and solace for everyone out there who feels they are suffering alone. What?s Normal Anyway? shows that nobody is immune from mental ill health and shares powerful messages of positivity and hope. Contributors include: Bill Oddie, Alicia Douvall, Alastair Campbell, Stephanie Cole, Kevan Jones, Dean Windass, Trisha Goddard, Charles Walker, Tasha Danvers and Richard Mabey.

What's Normal?

2013-02-23
What's Normal?

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  • Author: Neilse Sadler
  • Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
  • ISBN: 147979774X
  • Category : Biography & Autobiography
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 111

This is a true story of my own life experience which will include sequel editions. When I was just a young child aged 7 I said to myself and to God that one day I would like to tell the world about how my life has been guided and led and what my purpose in life is. Surely we all have a divine purpose? Now that I am 5oyears old year 2013 I have experienced the ups and downs the abuse and struggle of courts and divorce and separation and anxiety that stress can do and I’ve struggled to write from my heart to allow people to see that life is about balance and choice and the consequences are ours to rectify. There is no need for blame but a great need to develop a good attitude and overcome whatever life throws at us. This story is to help both men and woman to change in old habit patterns that cause harm in relationships to learn how to recognize those effects and detach from them and make life worthwhile and how with the right kind of guidance and choices. No-one can change the past but we do have the ability to change the future.

An Adult Child's Guide to What's Normal

2010-01-01
An Adult Child's Guide to What's Normal

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  • Author: John Friel
  • Publisher: Simon and Schuster
  • ISBN: 0757393322
  • Category : Self-Help
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 200

You have begun to deal with the pain and trauma of being raised in a dysfunctional family and now you are ready to lead a healthy life. But: Do you know what healthy people do? Do you know what is “normal”? Do you know how to ask unwanted guests to leave? In An Adult Child’s Guide to What’s “Normal”, John and Linda Friel have written a practical guide to living a healthy life. Your parents may not have been able to teach you social skills but it is not too late to learn them now. Read this guide and learn how to respond to the challenges, problems and traps that we are faced with daily.

When It Comes to Guys, What's Normal?

2005-06-04
When It Comes to Guys, What's Normal?

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  • Author: Bernice Kanner
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
  • ISBN: 146682476X
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 258

How much do you earn? Do you wipe your sweat off the machines at the gym? Consider yourself a fix-it man at home? Have you done "it" at work? Ever cheat on your taxes? Do you wax or pluck your eyebrows? Have you ever snooped in someone's medicine cabinet? When it comes to men, just what exactly is normal? How do you-or the man you love-behave compared to other guys? The fact is, men are both entirely predictable and utterly surprising. WHEN IT COMES TO GUYS, WHAT'S NORMAL? takes a look at who they really are, how they behave in the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, office, driver's seat and wherever they happen to be on the planet.

What's Normal?

2000
What's Normal?

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  • Author: Carol C. Donley
  • Publisher: Kent State University Press
  • ISBN: 9780873386531
  • Category : Literary Collections
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 380

This is the companion text to The Tyranny of the Normal: An Anthology. It examines the issues of abnormalities in mental health, intelligence, and sexual behaviour. Both books are comprised of literary and fictional readings and commentary by health care professionals and medical ethicists.

What's Normal?

2016-08-29
What's Normal?

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  • Author: Allan V. Horwitz
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 0190603267
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 288

Since the emergence of Western philosophy and science among the classical Greeks, debates have raged over the relative significance of biology and culture on an individual's behavior. Today, recent advances in genetics and biological science have pushed most scholars past the tired nature vs. nurture debate to examine the ways in which the natural and the social interact to influence human behavior. In What's Normal?, Allan Horwitz brings a fresh approach to this emerging perspective. Rather than try to solve these issues universally, Horwitz demonstrates that both social and biological mechanisms have varying degrees of influence in different situations. Through case studies of human universals such as incest aversion, fear, appetite, grief, and sex, Horwitz first discusses the extreme instances where biology determines behavior, where culture dominates, and where culture overrides basic biological instincts. He then details the variety of ways in which genes and environments interact; for instance, the primal drive to eat and store calories when food supplies were scarce creates serious problems in a society where food is abundant and obesity stigmatized. Now that it's often easier to change our biology rather than our culture, an understanding of which behaviors and traits are simply normal or abnormal, and which are pathological or necessitate treatment is more important than ever. Wide-ranging and accessible, What's Normal? provides a crucial guide to the biological and social bases of human behavior at the heart of these matters.

What Is Normal?

2015-02-16
What Is Normal?

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  • Author: Ginny Scales Medeiros
  • Publisher: CreateSpace
  • ISBN: 9781508511793
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 204

This fascinating story follows the life of a young girl, Sue, who was born into abuse and poverty. Sue defeated the odds, winning through her own grit, determination and humorous ingenuity. She made her way from the backwoods of upstate New York, and lived in a trailer with her uneducated, teenage parents-a structure that eventually became a chicken coop. Feeling invisible, she learned to take advantage of that invisibility and embarked on a Dickensesque-lifestyle of petty theft. By the time she was a young teenager, she had discovered the misguided benefits of drugs and alcohol. Sue emerged from the most likely NOT to succeed...into a success. On her own at 15, she invented a product sold on QVC. Battling her demons, Sue finally WINs over self-destruction and the world's fantasy of What Normal is-and found her authentic self.