Larissa Fleurette has spent time as an inpatient in mental health wards on three separate occasions and has been shaped by the experience of her diagnoses of mental illnesses and personal turmoil. The insight and lucidity she brings to bear on the subject in this compelling set of narratives about her first hospital stay tell a new story about an oft-misunderstood part of life and reveals the fundamental humanity and intelligence of even those whom society has rejected.