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diesel94 · 08-14-2011, 09:55 PM

About 4 years ago I read a book titled It's kind of a funny story, which has now been made into a movie. For those of you that don't know it, it was about a teen who was having suicidal thoughts and checked himself into the hospital. The book followed his struggles and the road to his success, etc.

I'm looking for a book with similar aspects.

That book hit close to home to me, because my brother was bipolar, schizophrenic, and everything in between. He recently committed suicide. We had his funeral but it really didn't give me much closure, and its been almost 2 months. I was hoping I could maybe find a book focused around these kind of areas, similar to it's kind of a funny story, just because its sad that it hits close to home, but it's really uplifting to have the endings and see everything is okay.

If anyone has any insight I would greatly appreciate it.

08-14-2011, 09:55 PM	#1
diesel94 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Tennessee Device: none	Books for closure on mental illness and suicide About 4 years ago I read a book titled It's kind of a funny story, which has now been made into a movie. For those of you that don't know it, it was about a teen who was having suicidal thoughts and checked himself into the hospital. The book followed his struggles and the road to his success, etc. I'm looking for a book with similar aspects. That book hit close to home to me, because my brother was bipolar, schizophrenic, and everything in between. He recently committed suicide. We had his funeral but it really didn't give me much closure, and its been almost 2 months. I was hoping I could maybe find a book focused around these kind of areas, similar to it's kind of a funny story, just because its sad that it hits close to home, but it's really uplifting to have the endings and see everything is okay. If anyone has any insight I would greatly appreciate it.