I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg is a book about a girl named Deborah who suffers from schizophrenia. Deborah is a sixteen-year-old girl who "lives" in two different worlds. Her parents admit her to a mental hospital where she will spend the next three years of her life to try and live a normal life. Over the 3 years Deborah spent at the mental hospital she meets new people, one being her counselor. Deborah becomes very close to her counselor and she reveals secrets about her made up world, which no one has ever heard.
This book was very entertaining to me. I think that learning about mental disorders is very interesting. In example schizophrenia is a very different thought to think aboout, someones mind works in a completely different way from yours. When people suffer from schizophrenia it is very difficult for them to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences. They also have a hard time behaving normally when they are engaged in social interactions. People with schizophrenia can also get help though, there is medication they can take. During a scizophrenic episode the person may need to stay in the hspital for basic needs (food, rest, hygiene, etc.).
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