Electroboy andy behrman books

Steve paikin sits down with author andy behrman to discuss his years of undiagnosed bipolarism and his book, electroboy. I had read a few books about bipolar disorder but i never. Andy behrman writes about his experiences of 20 years of having his manic. Otherwise, behrmans is a rather pale account of a colourful condition. He went from being a pr superman, art dealer to fraudster and correctional facility inmate to finally being helped with ect electroshock therapy. Electroboy by andy behrman overdrive rakuten overdrive. Electroboy chester county library system overdrive. Eric bogosian, author ofmall what a wild, mindripping, hellacious, and hysterical ride. Electroboy is an emotionally frenzied memoir that reveals with kaleidos. Imconvinced uut if i live, my brain will be reduced to a blank rolodex. Ive been a psychotherapist for 20 years and seen and heard the stories of many peoples intimate lives, and it was still difficult for me to witness the collapse of this. He sought a high wherever he could find one and changed jobs the way some people change outfits.

For years andy behrman hid his raging mania behind a largerthanlife personality. He also creates series of vector graphics to call up for more consumer responsibility and to promote a vegan. Put sex, drugs, art forgeries, and manic depression into a blender, run it at top speed for 10 minutes, and out pops electroboy, andy behrmans highoctane. Buy this book personal accounts of mental illness can provide insight into the minds complexities.

Andy behrman a memoir in which the author discusses his life as a sufferer of manic depression, telling how misdiagnoses and escalating illness drove him to actions that sometimes put his life in danger, and. I dont usually like to read books about people with bipolar disorder because reading about the difficulties of others doesnt make mine go away, but electroboy is different. Electroboy is an emotionally frenzied memoir that reveals with kaleidoscopic intensity the terrifying world of manic depression. For years andy behrman hid his raging mania behind a. The story begins as an exhilarating view into the manics world, with spontaneous flights to tokyo, sketchy east village bars, and a nonstop inner dialogue that makes your pulse race just to keep up.

Andy behrman books list of books by author andy behrman. Electroboy produces electronic trashpop and electroclash with simple, cheeky content based on a dadaistic philosophy. From his early childhood and into his 30s, behrman describes the dangerous highs. Andy behrman, author of electroboy, recalls his manic thrill ride from the new york art world to hustling, prison, shock treatments for bipolar disorderand the journey back. I certainly found electroboy easier to remember than behrman. Andy behrman is a manic depressive who has undergone nineteen electroshock treatments. Electroboy is the captivating account of andy behrmans battle with bipolar disorder. Behrman was born in 1962 and raised in an uppermiddleclass new jersey. Readers of andy behrmans memoir may ask themselves which of these syndromes are being described. The remainder of the book slows down considerably, starting with behrmans new jersey. Electroboy matches the frank poignancy of memoirs like girl, interrupted and drinking. A love story with the transgressive energy of the basketball diaries.

For a book about mania, it expresses little emotion. Electroboy is the autobiography of andy behrman, a young new yorker living with mental illness. According to his memoir titled electroboy, andy behrman graduated from. A memoir of mania while convalescing from four months of electroconvulsive therapy ect that effectively ended 20 years of undiagnosed, outofcontrol bipolar disorder. Something andy and i in stop paddlingstart sailing 2004 have in common is we both wrote about treatments we saw as acceptable, only to discover psychiatry is less. It is hard to know whether this is a consequence of behrmans illness or its treatment. Maguires production company announces that it is producing a movie based on the book electroboy. Put sex, drugs, art forgeries, and manic depression into a blender, run it at top speed for 10 minutes, and out pops electroboy, andy behrmans highoctane autobiography. Review electroboy bipolar disorder helen farabee centers. Published in 2002, andy behrmans personal memoir, electroboy. His book reads at times like a chronicle of loss for that old life of sleepless nights fueled by drugs, anonymous sex, aimless travel, and. Electroboy born florian burkhardt march 1974 is a swiss model, author, conceptioner, graphic designer, electronic musician and music producer. Like some crankedup, amoral horatio alger trapped in the dark fun house of his own brain, andy behrman is the stuff demented legends are made of.

Andy behrman put sex, drugs, art forgeries, and manic depression into a blender, run it at top speed for 10 minutes, and out pops electroboy, andy behrmans highoctane autobiography. Andy behrman born is an american writer of nonfiction as well as a mental health advocate and national speaker. Andy behrman born 1962 is an american writer of nonfiction as well as a mental health advocate and national speaker. A memoir of mania, about living with bipolar 1 disorder throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s, is not an easy read. The shocking adventures of electroboy books the guardian. News, opinion and commentary authors personal narratives writers. The crux of behrmans narrative involves his work as the publicist for pop artist mark. Debut memoir about art forgery, lithium, bloomingdales, and electroshock therapy, among other things. A memoir of mania random house, 2002, which is a nonfiction account of his adventures and struggles with manic depression and electroshock therapy in the words of the authors website, electroboy is about living life at breakneck speed. After publishing electroboy, a 2002 account of his electroshock therapy to treat bipolar disorder, andy behrman spent a couple years flacking abilify. Drugs, felony charges, even jail couldnt stop him electroconvulsive therapy did. Andy behrman tells his story well, and his mania has ensured that he has an. By andy behrman electroboy hewas hooked up, switchedon, blissed out.

See all books authored by andy behrman, including electroboy. Andy speeds through life on incredible highsgoing to parties, doing drugs and flying around the worldfollowed by miserable lows, periods of depression full of suicidal thoughts and paranoid delusions. Electroboy goes on a decadelong spending spree electroboy. A memoir of mania new edition by behrman, andy isbn.

Andy berhman writes about a huge number of experiences he had while suffering from the effects of bipolar. Electroboy andy behrman paperback musicmagpie store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Electroboya memoir of mania by andy behrman starbucks addict, abba dancing, tuna eating, man of the people synopsiselectroboy is an emotionally frenzied memoir that reveals with kaleidoscopic intensity the terrifying world of manic depression. Electroboy is about living life at breakneck speed. Andy behrman, a former publicist, is still the consummate pitchman, a hard driving perfectionist, who leaves no stone unturned, no detail overlooked if it will yield a little buzz. His writing has been featured most recently in the new york times magazine. For most of his adult life, he had periods of tremendous highs and terrible lows. Behrmans book is a testament to both the power and limitations of current. When andy behrmans book electroboy 2003 was published, for many people around the world he became electroboy. A graduate of wesleyan university, he knows most of the allnight diners and afterhours bars in the major cities across the country.