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Safe, Wanted, and Loved: A Family Memoir of Mental Illness, Heartbreak, and Hope
Safe, Wanted, and Loved: A Family Memoir of Mental Illness, Heartbreak, and Hope
Safe, Wanted, and Loved: A Family Memoir of Mental Illness, Heartbreak, and Hope
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Safe, Wanted, and Loved: A Family Memoir of Mental Illness, Heartbreak, and Hope

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“Pat, we need to kill the dog.” A chill ran down Patrick Dylan’s spine as his wife spoke—psychosis had found their family again.
When a sudden mental illness struck his wife, Patrick Dylan found himself living with an eerie stranger. Scared and unprepared, he began a desperate battle to protect her from a mysterious disease, shelter their children from her bizarre behavior, and recover the woman he loved.
For years, Patrick and Mia Dylan enjoyed an intimate marriage that exemplified partnership. They worked together to create a loving home for their two children, enjoyed a close relationship with their extended family, and offered mutual support during hard times. But on the morning of Mia’s thirty-ninth birthday, everything changed.
Within weeks, she had been admitted to the emergency room, the hospital, and the local crisis facility, but none of the experts could provide an answer. As her illness eluded diagnosis, the family’s struggle was only beginning. A brave memoir in the tradition of Brain on Fire, Dylan’s Safe, Wanted, and Loved is a compassionate, honest, and gripping account of a family navigating mental illness.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherPatrick Dylan
Release dateMay 13, 2021
ISBN9781736417201
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Patrick Dylan

Patrick Dylan joins the voices calling for an end to the stigma surrounding mental illness. He and his wife, Mia, live in Florida and have two college-age children. They hope that sharing their family’s story will spread awareness of the realities of mental illness and offer support to others who are either experiencing a mental health crisis or providing care to an affected loved one.

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