From beneath the iced sand
Excellent inspiring read What courage Todd had to write this book and provide an up close and personal account of what life is like to deal with such a debilitating mental illness and how it can be overcome Paperback
If your life was a book would you read it Would it be a harrowing adventure a desolate tragedy or a love story This book is all those things It is a gripping story of struggle and eventual triumph against all odds.
The island beneath the sea Todd Arkyn Crush began his life abandoned at a church as an infant From there he endured two decades of verbal and neglectful abuse from his adoptive mother He achieved anyway only to be knocked down again by the onset of schizophrenia From Beneath the Ice chronicles Todd s journey Schizophrenia destroyed what he had built with his young family Disquieted by the horrific actions of another schizophrenic he departed on a five year backpacking trip into the wilderness He encountered several near death experiences The oppression in his mind stopped him for many decades Trapped by symptoms of his schizophrenia and anxiety Todd languished at every turn He finally decided to fight back Through music running and sheer mental determination Todd began his journey back to life Todd emerged as a kind and gentle warrior willing to battle against whatever came his way His PTSD and schizophrenia created scars that he turned into maps maps that guided his way From Beneath the Ice to the light above and beyond Todd heard You can t from others and himself for a large portion of his life He now shouts I CAN over and over again Running and performing music with voices are just some of the ways he has overcome He intends to use his experiences and story to inspire others and help in any way that he can From Beneath the Ice is than a book it is a triumph of the human spirit Todd s mind was hijacked but he slowly took the helm and charted a new course It was a difficult process for him to write this book but in the end it was empowering Publishing was even harder knowing that his darkest moments would be out there for the world to see He knew his primary focus was to help people and contribute to ending the stigma about mental illness To do this he had to be courageous than he had ever been Embracing his warrior spirit he brings his tale to life in this incredible account of his journey From Beneath the Ice A tale of struggle and triumph with PTSD and mental illness.