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Life, Death, and the In-between:
A heartbreaking supernatural horror dealing with themes of suicide, grief and the after-life.
I guess I wanted to write this given my own personal struggles with thoughts of suicide. Every day I deal with some degree of pain where some days are better than others. When the pain is at its worst, my thoughts often drift to ending my own life. When a person has exhausted all other options and doctors can find nothing "obviously" wrong, so just keep prescribing strong pain-relief which barely scratches the surface the more you take it, why would a person not look to alternative, arguably darker options?
Just because my thoughts often drift in this location, it doesn't mean I am about to give up. This book, in a way, is a way for me to cope with my feelings and distract from the pain I find myself in - while exposing my inner most private thoughts and beliefs to my readers through a fictional tale.
From the blurb within the book:
I struggle with suicidal thoughts.
My doctors are aware.
My family and friends are too.
The next time someone asks me about them, I will simply hand them this - my most personal book.
An important book:
Not only is this my most personal book, even compared to the non-fiction title "Im Fine" which details my mental health struggles, I believe it is also one of my most important. I know there are many people out there who struggle with thoughts of self-harm and suicide on a day-to-day basis.
This book aims to make discussing such thoughts seem less frightening and more socially acceptable. After all, while we may struggle to put our thoughts in order, loved ones may be able to offer a different perspective and different course of action to help.
It also highlights that those who do go through with their plans are not as selfish as some may well say and nor did they take the "coward's way" out. They would have had their reasons and those reasons would never be selfish nor cowardly. If the book can highlight this to those left behind, struggling to come to terms with personal loss and help them pick the pieces up then - my work here is done.
It's not all doom and gloom:
Themes of grief and suicide are obviously heavy and can make for a difficult read from whatever side you come from but while I never mock either subject, there is dark humour weaved through the pages; easy really given the story is told through the eyes of the main character (1st person narration). That's not to say I won't rip your heart out throughout our journey together but, there is some light relief to be found here too and - as mentioned - hopefully further understanding to what others (or yourself) may feel.
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