Devout : a memoir of doubt /
Gazmarian, Anna,
Devout : a memoir of doubt / Anna Gazmarian. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - 178 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
In this revelatory memoir, Anna Gazmarian tells the story of how her evangelical upbringing in North Carolina failed to help her understand the mental health diagnosis she received, and the work she had to do to find proper medical treatment while also maintaining her faith. When Anna is diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2011, she's faced with a conundrum: while the diagnosis provides clarity about her manic and depressive episodes, she must confront the stigma that her evangelical community attaches to her condition. Over the course of ten years, we follow Anna on her journey to reframe her understanding of mental health to expand the limits of what her religious practice can offer. In Devout: A Memoir of Doubt, Anna shows that the pursuing our emotional health and our spiritual well-being is one single mission and, in both cases, an act of faith. --
9781668004036 1668004038
Gazmarian, Anna--Mental health.
Gazmarian, Anna--Religion.
Evangelicalism.
Mental health--Religious aspects--Christianity.
People with bipolar disorder--United States--Biography.
Evangelicalism--United States.
Bipolar disorder--Religious aspects--Christianity.
North Carolina.
Autobiographies.
Devout : a memoir of doubt / Anna Gazmarian. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - 178 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
In this revelatory memoir, Anna Gazmarian tells the story of how her evangelical upbringing in North Carolina failed to help her understand the mental health diagnosis she received, and the work she had to do to find proper medical treatment while also maintaining her faith. When Anna is diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2011, she's faced with a conundrum: while the diagnosis provides clarity about her manic and depressive episodes, she must confront the stigma that her evangelical community attaches to her condition. Over the course of ten years, we follow Anna on her journey to reframe her understanding of mental health to expand the limits of what her religious practice can offer. In Devout: A Memoir of Doubt, Anna shows that the pursuing our emotional health and our spiritual well-being is one single mission and, in both cases, an act of faith. --
9781668004036 1668004038
Gazmarian, Anna--Mental health.
Gazmarian, Anna--Religion.
Evangelicalism.
Mental health--Religious aspects--Christianity.
People with bipolar disorder--United States--Biography.
Evangelicalism--United States.
Bipolar disorder--Religious aspects--Christianity.
North Carolina.
Autobiographies.