Journeys of the Mind
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I am never alone. Ever though sometimes, like a huge gaping jaw that unlocks and swallows me whole, loneliness consumes me, and with it sadness descends like night; covering me with its heavy midnight blanket, drowning me in the darkness of its depths. The wetness of my tears awaken me and I slip from my bed and creep out into my living room , where I look out into the black night and stare out at the stars. Home, I feel as I look up into the stars, they seem to be calling me home.
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About the Book
“Journeys of the Mind” is a fictional collection of four short stories with the basis of each being a different mental illness. The people in the book intentionally have not been named, because it is the author's hope that the reader will identify them with someone in their own lives. My hope is that “Journeys of the Mind” will instill empathy in the reader for those who are not classified as normal by society's norms. So take a journey into the minds of four different characters who suffer from depression and delusions, dissociative identity disorder (schizophrenia), Alzheimer's, and codependency.
About the Author
Sheila Hinnenkamp is a single mother of three grown children. She has had a lifelong love of reading and writing but has earned her living as a licensed hairstylist for twenty-four years, which means she is quirky and artistic. She enjoys making beaded jewelry, crocheting, and other crafts, because she is unable to just sit and not have busy work. Sheila has an AS degree in human services, which is where she became intrigued with mental illnesses, their causes, and their treatments. Sheila is a Wichita native, who has resided in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida for twenty-eight years.