Bloodletting: A Memoir of Secrets, Self-harm, and Survival

By: Victoria Leatham

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Synopsis: On the Outside, Victoria Leatham appears to have it all. She's creative, beautiful, confident. But inside she struggles with silent, secret, and unbearable pain. In her late teens, Leatham is struck with an undeniable urge to cut herself. Oddly, the wounds she inflicts on herself mute the pain she feels inside. This memoir, a darkly humorous and often chilling account, vividly details Leatham's ordeal and reveals her most intimate thoughts as she struggles with cutting and a range of other psychological problems including eating disorders, sexual promiscuity, substance abuse, and bipolar disorder. And finally, it describes her discovery of the psychological secret that helps her escape from this spiral of self-destruction.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 217 Pages
Publisher:: New Harbinger Publications
Date of Addition:: 03/19/09
Copyrighted By:: Victoria Leatham
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Mind and Body, Psychology
Submitted By:: solstice singer
Proofread By:: Regina Alvarado
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.