Nothing General about It: How Love (and Lithium) Saved Me on and Off General Hospital
- ISBN-10
- 0062973371
- ISBN-13
- 9780062973375
- Category
- General Hospital (Television program)
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-03-23
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Author
- Maurice Benard
Description
"In Nothing General About It, Maurice looks back to his youth in a small town and his tenuous relationship with his father. He describes how his bipolar disorder began to surface in childhood, how he struggled to understand the jolting mood swings he experienced, and how a doctor finally saved his life. For years Maurice was relentless in his goal to be a successful actor. But even after he "made it," he still grappled with terrifying lows, breakdowns, and setbacks, all while trying desperately to maintain his relationship with his wife, who endured his violent, unpredictable episodes. Maurice holds nothing back as he bravely talks about what it was like to be medicated and institutionalized, and of how he learned to manage his manic episodes while on the set of GH"--
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- 2021-04-13
- 240 pages
- Paperback
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- 2020-04-07
- 256 pages
- Ebook
- HarperCollins
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