My new novel “Conditions” (available on Amazon for pre-order) contains a character with mental health issues. Although this is a prominent part of the story I’ve kept it deliberately vague in the book for several reasons:
I didn’t want the story to be about one specific illness or condition and thereby reduce the character to a stereotype.
I am also not a health care professional or bonafide expert on the subject. The condition is part of the story and serves a wider purpose and message. I didn’t want to enter a lengthy discussion about medication, care facilities etc., lecture you or write a guide book. I mean to entertain and hope maybe to stimulate a thought process in my readers.
However, the character is based on several people with one and the same condition. Although I did some further research to make him consistent and believable I regard this aspect as…
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