15 Minutes At A Time: A View From ýInsideý The Box - Softcover

Nichols, Matthew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595390382 ISBN 13: 9780595390380

Publisher: iUniverse, 2006

Synopsis

In my mind lie a box and a silent world, that I try desperately to escape from, every moment, of every day.Matthew Mark Nichols-May 1988Fifteen minutes at a time. That is the world of Matt Nichols, a thirty-seven-year-old writer, elementary teacher, filmmaker, and parent. He is a small percentage point of a growing population living with the form of mental illness known as bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic-depression. He has also been diagnosed with ADD (attention deficit disorder), OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), SAD (social anxiety disorder), SMD (seasonal mood disorder), and if you throw in a few more letters he'd be 3-D (three-dimensional).There are many wonderful self-help and success story autobiographies that have been written to illustrate a life with bipolar disorder. Yet, none like this. Nichols uses a unique blend of "I am" poetry, sketches, anecdotes, and life experiences to show a world, which is thought from inside the box. His observations are remarkably accurate, thought provoking, and beautifully written.Topics range from the darkest issues of suicide, anger, humiliation, and failure, to the inspirations of parenting, family, nature, hope, and love. There is something for everyone. Nichols' writing engages readers to share empathy, reflection, and common experiences that weave their way throughout each of their own lives, as it relates to nineteen years of his own experiences.

About this title

About the Author

Matthew Nichols brings sixteen years of writing journals, poems, short stories, and a screenplay to express life with bipolar disorder. His poems represent the tenacious desire to fight death and find inspiration in life?s simplicities and relationships. He is an elementary teacher and lives with his son in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595390382
• ISBN 13: 9780595390380
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172