Full Circle: My Success Story Living With Bipolar Disease

Betty Ruth Shear made friends as easily as she made the honor roll. Smart, attractive and popular, a bright future lay ahead for the would-be doctor when life began to spiral out of control. Suddenly, periods of euphoria and unbridled creativity were interrupted by sinister obsessions, suffocating panic and repeated visits to the depths of despair—as well as to a laundry list of mental health institutions. Forty years after her diagnosis with bipolar disease at the age of 19, Shear is a Certified Public Accountant, world traveler and beloved aunt. Her success living with mental illness is an inspiration to others facing similar challenges, but Shear is honest about the fact that this happiness didn’t come without struggle. From very public delusions to a deliberate head-on crash of a passenger-filled car, good Jewish girl Betty Ruth Shear reveals a roller coaster ride of events in this new, no-holds-barred biography that takes readers from mania to stability through treatment and includes candid interviews with friends, relatives and caregivers as well as a list of resources. Through the pain of in Shear’s life, she is happy to be able to share her rainbow after the storm.
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Author/Artist:Betty Ruth Shear|Joanne Fenton Humphrey
Binding: Paperback
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