rave: The Gorilla and the Bird by Zack McDermott

The Gorilla and The Bird by Zack McDermott, 2017
print and ebook

The author writes with honest details, humor, and horror about his experience with psychosis during his initial years with bipolar disorder.

( Forced hospitalization, drugging restraints; child abuse, systemic racism and classism, copious substance abuse )

I couldn’t put this book down. McDermott’s writing is both funny and insightful. He enabled me to watch a mind slowly spinning out of control, and then struggling back to lucidity again. His both-sides perspective is invaluable.