PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA

“When I was diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia, it felt as though a lightning bolt had struck me. It shattered my world. I was put into a mental asylum. I was labeled. I was shunned. My friends fell away. I was walled by a screen of prejudice and fear from the general public.”

Was this to be a life sentence? Was there a way to escape from the straitjacket of serious mental illness? PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA is Dr. Bruce Venter’s story, the story of how he learned to survive. Is it success? You be the judge”.

Born in Africa: Uprooted by the Winds of Change

“During my second visit to New Zealand to see my sister and parents in early 2015, my mother gave me this autobiography to read. I decided to publish her book because I realised it would be a valuable chronicle of our family background and the times in which they lived; showing how we grew up in Africa before going our separate ways, scattered around the world, yet still able to “visit” one another electronically using the Internet via email and Skype, mostly on a daily basis.”

Born in Africa: Uprooted by the Winds of Change was written to explain a situation where those who seemed to have everything became only dust to be swept into the sea. Or so it seemed, but that dust had life within it and was to sow another future in another land.

Mental Illness

Mental Illness: How I Escaped My Straightjacket tells the remarkable story of Achilles du Preez’s life. Despite the dire predictions of the psychiatrists treating him, he has recovered to become rehabilitated as a fully functioning member of the community. He emigrated from South Africa in 1999 to live in the United Kingdom, where he registered as a dentist, pursuing a special interest in orthodontics, until his retirement. He now lives in Eastleigh, Hampshire, where he spends his time writing and studying music.