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To Walk on Eggshells: ...is to Care for a Mental Illness (Paperback)

by Jean Johnston (Author)
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  • Paperback: 84 pages
  • Publisher: The Cairn (1 Mar 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0954809211
  • ISBN-13: 978-0954809218
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 12.4 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Doug Huskey, care giver, California, USA

Jean Johnston's reassuring words provide comfort and guidance to all carers and will be an indispensable ally.


Professor Angus Mackay, OBE, FRCPsych, Director of Mental Health, Lomond and Argyll.

Priceless and refreshingly sensible. Easy to read, clearly sincere it is an uncontrived and altogether memorable acount.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another slightly biased review, 3 Mar 2005
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I know the author of this book and her daughter (Suzy Johnston, author of The Naked Bird Watcher)and have been involved in assisting in a small part of this books' production. I am also a Community Mental Health Nurse. I would urge carers to read this book as it gives insight into one womans' experiences of caring for a family member with mental illness, which could be of great benefit to other carers. Too often carers are isolated, unsupported and left to feel they are on their own. They should not be. Jean Johnston's account of being a carer is emotive, yet practical. She challenges poor care provision and praises what has been positive for her, her daughter and her family. To Walk on Eggshells and The Naked Bird Watcher together, show both sides of the coin. All those affected by mental illness and people working in this field should read these books. Enough said.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Mental illness - walking on eggshells, 27 May 2005
By ian anderson (Glasgow, UK United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
To walk on eggshells is to care for a mental illness.

So says Jean Johnston whose book of that title tells of her role as mental ill health hit her daughter Suzy.

Eggshells are easily shattered and Jean tells of how you can meet eggshells in unexpected places. The wrong remark can trigger events and a spiralling deterioration of symptoms.
And you never know when this may happen.

Jean's story is touching and gripping. She tells of how she no longer has blonde highlights in her hair because, at a particularly challenging moment, she said to God ' if you make her get better and she is never so ill again, I will never do anything to my hair colour again. ' So now Suzy is well and mainly stable and Jean's hair remains non-blonde streaked!

She paints a picture of a ' normal ' family which has been visited by mental ill health. She tells of how Suzy told her she was to go into a psychiatric unit and how Jean burst into tears and felt a total failure. But she is resilient and she rallied and dealt with things. She and her family became a practical and emotional rock for Suzy. She tells of the long duration of mental illness, a cycle of hospital, discharge, recovery, good health, then wham, more illness and the cycle continues. But then hope as the correct medication was found. Now there are still ' wobbles ' as Jean Johnston calls them, but Suzy now can recognise the signs and deal with the situation. And Suzy is a successful writer and a young, popular woman with loyal friends and many interests.

A mother's love shines through this book, but there is something else, a mother's recognition and admiration for her daughter's strength and determination.

Having seen what happened to Suzy, Jean is now aware that many others are not getting the care their condition demands. She has become a strong voice for better care for everyone with a mental health problem.

Eggshells may crack but Jean, Suzy and the family survive. This book is an inspiration to others who find themselves engulfed by mental illness in their family and it is a ' must read ' experience.

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Priceless Account, 4 Mar 2005
This is a priceless account of the agony, shock, love and stamina of a mother faced with a child who has ben dealt the unkind hand of severe mental illness. Easy to read, clearly sincere and uncontrived it is alogether memorable. Her feelings are described with endearing honesty and simplicity, over the space of several years and through the various stages of her daughter's illness and recovery. Her early feelings of utter uselessness are so real and understandable, the only solace coming from basic mothering activites such as ironing her daughter's pyjamas on the eve of being admitted to a psychiatric unit.

One of the many remarkable features of this account is Jean's appreciation of the irreplaceable role of in-patient care, when sanctuary is needed, and the oft repeated affection of specialist staff. She bucks the fashionable trend of demanding a right to be involved in the detail of her daughter's care, recognising the dangers of over involvement and seeing her daughter's relationship with her teams as her own business.

Her relationship with the ward cleaner is a great comfort and is a useful reminder of the totality of a service which is discounted by planners and managers.

Altogether this is a refreshingly sensible and emotionally riveting account from an intelligent lady who is blessed with the unusual combination of modesty, insight and the energetic desire to do something to ease the plight of those afflicted with mental illness.

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