Loud in the house of myself

Stacy Pershall provides an account of her life growing up different in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, a predominantly Baptist community of one thousand in the 1970s, discussing her battles with anorexia and bulimia, her breakdowns and suicide attempts, her diagnosis of bipolar disorder, her struggles with the mental health care system, and the cure she found through Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, combined with a mood-stabilizing medication and body modification.