Bring Me to Light: Embracing My Bipolar and Social Anxiety

By Eleanor Segall

Eleanor Segall's life was just beginning.

An aspiring actress and a family girl, she never thought her future would be derailed by mental illness. After a spate of depressive episodes, panic attacks, and social anxiety, Eleanor found herself in The Priory at age 16. The diagnosis? Bipolar Affective Disorder.But Eleanor didn't let it stop her for long. Now a successful blogger, journalist, and pillar of the mental health and Jewish communities, she writes about finding recovery and hope after being unwell. Her story is of picking herself back up again and surviving against the odds.Bring Me to Light will resonate with many, and can act as a helpful tool for others to find their light in the darkness, too.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Welbeck Balance
• Release date: Mar 5, 2020
• ISBN: 9781789560374

Eleanor Segall

Eleanor Segall is a freelance writer, blogger, and advocate. Her mission is to end stigma around mental illness. She has blogged for mental health charities such as Time to Change, Mind, and SANE. Eleanor also writes for multiple outlets, including Metro Online, Huffington Post UK, The Counselling Directory, Refinery29, The Jewish News, and Happiful. Her own blog, 'Be Ur Own Light', was nominated as a finalist in the UK Blog Awards 2018.