THE LOGGER'S DAUGHTER a memoir By Martha Jordan
Discover Martha's Journey
A Story of Love
A Serendipitous Journey
A Serendipitous Journey
My father was my world., but as I grew it became evident that my father was struggling in life as he drank and was abusive. At just twelve years old, I found the courage to help my mother seek safety in a battered women's shelter for me and my brother. My father became homeless and we were estranged for decades.
A Serendipitous Journey
A Serendipitous Journey
A Serendipitous Journey
Years later, I reconnected with my father and gained access to his medical records from when I was a child. I learned that my father had been diagnosed with Schizophrenia. I gained insight to what my father was going through. This became the catalyst for my commitment to understand my father's brain disorder. Instead of letting fear or s
Years later, I reconnected with my father and gained access to his medical records from when I was a child. I learned that my father had been diagnosed with Schizophrenia. I gained insight to what my father was going through. This became the catalyst for my commitment to understand my father's brain disorder. Instead of letting fear or stigma define our story, I chose to educate myself about Schizophrenia and the importance of securing treatment.
MIND NOT MENTAL
Martha is an advocate of changing how we think about "mental" health. Starting by changing the language. Replace the word "mental" with "mind" every chance you can.
If you have a brain, you have a mind.
Take care of it. :)
We are all mental.
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THE LOGGER'S DAUGHTER- A memoir
THE LOGGER'S DAUGHTER
by Martha Jordan
In rural Vermont, Martha grows up loving and fearing her father, a brilliant logger whose tenderness turns violent under alcohol and untreated mental illness. Forced to help her family flee, she later builds an independent life—until hidden medical records reveal a diagnosis that complicates, but never excuses, the trauma.
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