Take Some Quiet Time To Read This Memoir
The Quiet Room
A Journey Out of the Torment of Madness
Written by Lori Schiller and Amanda Bennett
Published by Warner Books, 1994
Lori Schiller, together with her practitioners and family present an intensive account of her personal struggle and recovery through schizophrenia. She reveals the torment of her illness, along with details of ultimately who and what helped deliver her from severe psychosis to stabilization. Amazingly, Lori goes on to take what she has learned to help out others.
This account has a strong impact since it provides a very personal viewpoint of schizophrenia. It reveals how life was turned upside down because of a very serious mental illness. There are many lessons in this extraordinary retelling of a long, hard-fought recovery process. It calls one to remember not to give up hope even in dire circumstances.
Some of the most outstanding passages include:
Dr. Jane Doller on schizophrenia: “…What is there in any human being’s…