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Surviving Samsara
A Memoir of Breakdowns, Breakthroughs, and Mental Illness
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In Kagan Gohs debut memoir, he recounts his struggles with manic depression, breaking the silence around mental illness. From an honest and personal perspective, Surviving Samsara traces Gohs experiences as he wanders through the highs of mania, the terrors of psychosis, and the lows of depression. From the welfare office to the hospital ward and many places in between, Goh struggles to discern the difference between mental health breakdowns and spiritual breakthroughs. Facing his experiences with courage and authenticity, Goh shares memories of family altercations, pushed to the brink of living on the street, and psychiatrist visits. He explores his diagnosis of bipolar mood disorder not only as a medical condition but as a spiritual emergence -- a vehicle for personal growth, healing and transcendence. With raw language and deep insight, he combats the societal stigma, prejudice and discrimination people with mental health challenges face on a daily basis, and exposes the further damage it can do. Writing and sharing his story of living with a mental illness began a form of self-therapy, and now illustrates Gohs transformation from victim to survivor to activist. Surviving Samsara tells a deeply personal story of recovery, acceptance and unconditional self-love and humanizes the challenges of those living with mental illness.
Kagan Goh was born in Singapore in 1969 and emigrated with his family to Canada in 1986. He is a spoken word poet, playwright, actor, mental health advocate and activist. Kagan has been published in several anthologies, including Strike the Wok (TSAR Publications) and Alive at the Center (Ooligan Press), as well as in periodicals and magazines. Goh is also an award-winning documentary filmmaker with a number of releases, including the Mind Fuck (1996) and Stolen Memories (2012). Surviving Samsara was also a multimedia multidisciplinary live theatrical production. He lives in Vancouver, BC.
- ISBN-13
- 9781773860329
- Publisher
- Caitlin Press
- Imprint
- Caitlin Press (CA)
- Publication date
- 24 September 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 256
- Dimensions
- 230 x 155 mm
- Language
- English
