Book Description

DescriptionThis book of poetry contains a variety of themes including, Recovery, Spirituality, Environmentalism, politics and general emotional expressions. Denny writes in a very open, honest and poignant way, describing various views and expressing them in general common tongue. He intends to inspire and open the mind of the reader and to share his experiences through the use of poetry. About the AuthorThe Authors name is Denny Reader, he was born in the West Midlands in 1982. He experienced in his late teens, what he describes as Spiritual experiences, which led him to a path of Inner Discovery and Spiritual exploration. He experimented with street drugs to reach Higher States of Consciousness, but whilst practicing a lot of fasting and meditation during these times and drawing closer to his 19th year, he began experiencing 'voices' in his head. This Psychosis increased and Denny experienced a 'massive' psychotic breakdown, going through intense periods of psychotic depression and general Schizophrenia. He was sectioned in 2001 for four months and was diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia after his second stay in the local psychiatric asylum which happened to be exactly a year later in 2002. Denny continued to struggle with his condition with another stay in 2004, and then was given a dual diagnosis of Paranoid Schizophrenia and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Denny has written poetry since a child, yet has expressed himself through it mostly within the last ten years of his life, during being in Recovery. With the encouragement of local writers, he has focused much on writing poetry to express him self and aid recovery. This book is a collection of his poems throughout the last ten years of his life.