Oftentimes, when people come across someone who is mentally ill, they would react differently—often either feeling sorry for them or frightened to what they might be capable of doing. These individuals are often misunderstood in so many ways and are unfortunately treated differently by some.
Self-published author Donna Snyder’s Define Crazy ventures into her true-to-life experience as a nurse working in a psychiatric ward. The book unfolds into some of the interesting individual accounts and stories of people she had stumbled upon throughout her daily routine. It dwells upon the reality of dealing with people in the psychiatric ward. This book subsists as a reminder to everyone that these individuals are simply human beings like us—living, breathing, and feeling.
Many of the people she encountered are merely victims of physical or mental abuse in their own abode and even live in constant fear, day by day. Some of them are people who just want to be noticed, perhaps because they lack the attention that they need. Donna believes though, that despite the fact that they are quite difficult to understand at times and are challenging to deal with, there is always a great impression of satisfaction in the end when you offer some time to reach out to them, understand them, and help them find their way back.
“Define Crazy was written to help people not to fear the mentally ill, but to respect them. They deserve to be treated with the same respect and courtesy as any other patient.” Snyder explains.
The book does not only talk about the lives of the mentally ill, but also about how we can help other people or even ourselves from sinking into this kind of life. “I wrote Define Crazy for families, students, loved ones, and anyone who wants to know how to care for people with the different aspects and different diagnosis of mental illness.”
People tend to have different perspectives in dealing with crucial situations of their lives. Some would simply resolve their problems by confiding to a friend, some would sort things out alone, while others resort to threatening their own lives, or even worse, other people’s lives. Everyone of us has a diverse point of view in life; some may find a particular experience as complicated, and some of us may see it as something that we can just get by in a snap of a finger.
In her book, Donna has relayed stories of hope towards people who are suffering from mental illness. She finds that, throughout all these negative undertakings, she strongly continues to believe in living with a handful of positivity in her life and promotes the very sense of helping people realize how important it is to care for our loved ones, as well as other people.
“I have nourished the dream of helping others as far back as I can remember.”
It is with that remarkable belief, and a strong and hopeful mind-set that Donna Snyder’s Define Crazy deserves the Author Spotlight in Xlibris.
Donna Snyder, besides being an author and a nurse, is also a wife for 38 years and mother of four grown children. Her philosophy in life is to always do the best she can for her patients, her family, friends, and to help those who are in need. She is passionate about helping others and one way of expressing her passion was to share her experiences to the world by publishing Define Crazy.
She believes that each one of us has our own individual story to tell and impart to the world. Pleased and delighted with the publishing services that she had received, Donna Snyder recommends Xlibris to those authors who dream of publishing their works to let the world know about their life experiences. “I believe self-publishing is the modern way to get your book out to the general public.”
Define Crazy is available at Xlibris, Barnes and Noble and Amazon.Com.
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