Defying Impossible Odds E-Book

Megan Hermione Allum

• Herausgeber: Pencil
• Kategorie: Sachliteratur, Reportagen, Biografien
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Seitenzahl: 31

Beschreibung

About the book:
This is a book about my life, my journey and my story so far. I would love to help someone someday. Help people to understand that they are not alone in their struggles and there is someone who is always fighting with or for them. This book is showing others who may be struggling with life or mental health that they will never be alone and I will fight with them for a long as I live. You are never alone where ever in the world you may be. I want to let others know its okay to not be okay. Life is hard I get it, I do!

Leseprobe

DefyingImpossibleOdds

BY

MeganHermioneAllum

ISBN9789354587795©MeganHermioneAllum2021PublishedinIndia2021byPencilAbrandofOnePointSixTechnologiesPvt.Ltd.123,BuildingJ2,ShramSevaPremises,WadalaTruckTerminal,Wadala(E)Mumbai400037,Maharashtra,[e-mail]dwideNopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinorintroducedintoaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyform,orbyanymeans(electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingorotherwise),withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofthePublisher.Anypersonwhocommitsanunauthorizedactinrelationtothispublicationcanbeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages.

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Authorbiography

I'mMeganHermioneAllum.Iam20yearsold,Idecidedtosharemystoryandmylifeforthosewhofeelliketheycan'tcontinueandforthemtoknowthatit'sokaytostruggleandsufferwithmentalhealthbecauseasyoureadIsufferwithmentalhealthaswellasmedicalconditions.Ifthishelpsatleastonepersonthanthatwouldbebrilliant.Sharingmystoryishardasithasn'tendedjustyetbecauseIwillcontinuetofightevenduringthedarkdaysandthehappyones.Alittlebitaboutmyself,Iliveinsupportedaccomadtioncurrently,i'munemloyedcurrently.Ihavetwosiblingsbotholderthanme.Iamtheyoungestofmyfamily. 

Contents

RareConditions

GrowingUp

LifeEventsInMyChildhood

ChangeInCareer

MentalHealthJourney

StandingUpForMyself

SocialNormsandMe

UnderstandingMyFeelings

InDenial

LifeIsARollercoaster

MistakesandConsequences

Acknowledgements

RareConditions

Let'sgoback18years,MyMotherandFatherhadmysisterandbrother,alsomyFatherssonsandthentheyfoundoutthattheywerehavinganotherchild,me!Duringthepregnancywithme,Idevelopedtheserareconditionsandtheywereveryrareandnotmanydoctorsknewwhatitwasandhowitwouldaffectmegrowingup,IhadPartialAgenesisofCorpusCallosum,ClosedLipSchizenchephaly,OralFacialDigitalSyndromeType1andOcularMotorApraxia.Istilldon'tknowhowtheconditionsaffectmydailylifeandneitherdothedoctors.

WhenIwasborn,mymotherandfatherwastoldthatIwasn'tgoingtowalk,talkordoanythingbutIdefiedtheoddsandstartedsittingup,grabbingsmallthings.IgottoldthatwhenIwasyoungerandIhadabrainscan,thedoctorwasamazedbythefactIwasevensittingupplayingwithblocks,letalonedoinganythingatallbecauseIwasn'tsupposedtodoanything.Iwasn'talatedeveloperofmymilestonesalthoughIwasn'tanexpectedmilestonehitter,either.

Toexplaintheconditionsfurther,insomeoneelse'sbrainthe"wires"thatcarryelectronsaroundthebrain,goesoverthetopandstraighttoeachhemisphere.Inmybrain,the"wires"don'tgostraightacross;theycirculatearoundmybrainafewtimesbeforetheelectronsgettotherightpartofmybrain.ThisisthePartialAgenesisoftheCorpusCallosum,whichmakesithardformetounderstandbigtasksandmythoughtprocessisveryslow,lowerthananaveragepersonwithoutmycondition.AsIsaidpreviously,whenIwasyounger,beforeIcouldwalk,IstunnedthebrainCTdoctor,asIwasn'tmeanttobesittinguponmyown,letaloneplayingandgraspingthings.AnotherconditionIhaveis,OralFacialDigitalSyndromeType1,therearethreetypes,eachisworsethantheother.LuckilyIhavetype1whichisn't