Leanne Bitrowa

Mad Cow: the Diary of a Fractured Personality Leanne Bitrowa

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table. MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0cm;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:#0400;mso-fareast-language:#0400;mso-bidi-language:#0400;}MAD COW comprisesa life cut up and pasted together, fragments of an individual who is stitchedand moulded via detailed thoughts, incoherent ramblings and insightfulart. This autobiography is a collage ofexperiences and emotions to convey a fractured mind that is striving againstthe darkness yet encountering moments of sublime - albeit, transient -light. My account is candid andpersonal, ranging from a tone that is heartfelt and pugnacious to reveal agirl's journey, her life oscillating between ordinary occurrences and unusualsituations. My life is my own, here in print;however, it may be representative of many. This diary was initially composed in an effort to gain closure, yet itreveals the discovery of happiness following a battle with the demons ofanorexia, depression and self-harm. Hopefully,by bringing my story into the public domain, I can build a distant rapport withothers who have experienced similar struggles, or indeed, can shine a light onsuch issues, whilst maintaining that I am just an everyday person. Doing sowould be a kind of projecting my voice and reaching out, so to speak. These writings can also be rather playful andcelebratory of love and hope for the future; here is a voyage which can bepainful, though fuelled by jauntiness and an inherent optimism at times. I have combined the very bad times with thevery good - and the bits in between - which is what living is essentially allabout.