I would like to dedicate this book to my wonderful husband Peter Dredhart, whose idea it was to write this book in the first place. Once, I brought him some poetry I had just written and he said, “You have an excellent command on the English language.”  Peter also suggested the title of the book, “What do you think of the name, Inside the Mind of Mania?”  I lit up and busied myself with writing.  Peter became a solid encourager and sound critic; his suggestions became invaluable to me as I wrote out my story, and I credit the success of this book to him.

Book Summary

Inside The Mind of Mania, written by Rebecca Kramer is a book filled with shame, sadness, joy, rage and total exhaustion. Rebecca shares her life story, twenty manias, six short stories, and completes the book with lyrics, poetry, and proverbs. Rebecca has come to the place in her life where she accepts her Bi-polar Illness as a mood disorder, and understands how to sustain a healthy lifestyle of personal maintenance. Medication is only half the battle of finding your place of normalcy when you have Bi-polar illness, the other half is controlling your mental and emotional feelings through self-talk, cognitive behaviour techniques, such as thought replacement using a personal daily journal of thoughts and feelings. Should Rebecca ever feel she is losing her pace she will quickly look for alternative ways of thinking and feeling to stay healthy. Another way Rebecca also works to take care of herself is through her regular routine of exercise, an hour each day.