Life sucks and it's official. So says Mark Anderson, a downtrodden, bank drone who, faced with a mountain of debt, an... More > ex-wife, a drug-smuggling brother and monumentally inept boss, seemingly has nothing to live for...or has he? As the saying goes, it's always the quiet ones...
Told over the space of a year through his diary entries, this is one man's struggle to not only survive but also battle the moral dilemmas of having come up with a fool-proof plan to 'get rich quick'...and whether he dares to put 'the plan' into action. < Less

Nobody ever said it was going to be easy, nobody ever said it wouldn't be hard but how do you learn to cope when your world... More > has been turned upside down? How do you adpat when you realise that everything that you thought you were...isn't? How do you live in a world not designed for you?

This is the situation that our plucky hero finds himself in after having been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. With a failed marriage behind him and several disasterous relationships ahead of him, prepare to enter a world of self-harming, depression, suicide, domestic abuse and a seemingly never ending stream of kicks to the head.

This follow up to the smash hit Wired-Up Wrong details the next four years in author Neil Shepherd's life. Told in his unique style of dark humour mixed with drama-queen histrionics (and an over use of brackets), this brutally honest book shows the very depths that man can sink to...and the strength of the human spirit. < Less

Coping with the modern world is something that we all have to do, something that we each do in our own unique way. Maybe... More > it's a drink, maybe it's a cigarette...but what if it's something more 'extreme'? What if it's something that society deems 'unacceptable'? What happens when the only way to cope is to hurt yourself?

Is is a 'cry for help'? Is it 'attention seeking'? What motivates and drives people to do it? Is it an illness? A weakness? Why is it a subject that most people pretend doesn't even exist? Why do people who self-harm hide themselves away? What's the answer? What's the reason?

Based on the author's own experiences of over 20 years of self-harming, prepare to have your eyes opened, the stereotypes challenges and to learn not only what drives people to self-harm but also how to understand and live with it. < Less

Growing up is never easy but what's it like if you're 'different'? Actually, what's it like if you're 'different' but you... More > don't know that you're 'different'?

Having led what he thought was a 'normal' life for 31 years, our plucky hero's world was thrown into confusion when he was diagnosed with something called 'Asperger Syndrome'. But people don't catch Asperger Syndrome so where did it come from? Was it there all along and not noticed?

Set against the backdrop of the North East of England in the 70's and 80's, and having to cope with life with a disabled father as well as facing the everyday challenges that most people take for granted, this is the insiders view of one boy's life with AS - from the safety of make-believe worlds to the terrifying depths of suicide, self-harming, and isolation.

Sometimes harrowing, sometimes surreal, but never dull, this is the story of a little boy's struggle to not only grow up and survive in the world, but to find out what he truly was. < Less

Growing up is never easy but what's it like if you're 'different'? Actually, what's it like if you're 'different' but you... More > don't know that you're 'different'? Having led what he thought was a 'normal' life for 31 years, our plucky hero's world was thrown into confusion when he was diagnosed with something called 'Asperger Syndrome'. But people don't catch Asperger Syndrome so where did it come from? Was it there all along and not noticed? Set against the backdrop of the North East of England in the 70's and 80's, and having to cope with life with a disabled father as well as facing the everyday challenges that most people take for granted, this is the insiders view of one boy's life with AS - from the safety of make-believe worlds to the terrifying depths of suicide, self-harming, and isolation. Sometimes harrowing, sometimes surreal, but never dull, this is the story of a little boy's struggle to not only grow up and survive in the world, but to find out what he truly was. < Less

Coping with the modern world is something that we all have to do, something that we each do in our own unique way. Maybe... More > it's a drink, maybe it's a cigarette...but what if it's something more 'extreme'? What if it's something that society deems 'unacceptable'? What happens when the only way to cope is to hurt yourself? Is is a 'cry for help'? Is it 'attention seeking'? What motivates and drives people to do it? Is it an illness? A weakness? Why is it a subject that most people pretend doesn't even exist? Why do people who self-harm hide themselves away? What's the answer? What's the reason? Based on the author's own experiences of over 20 years of self-harming, prepare to have your eyes opened, the stereotypes challenges and to learn not only what drives people to self-harm but also how to understand and live with it. < Less

Nobody ever said it was going to be easy, nobody ever said it wouldn't be hard but how do you learn to cope when your world... More > has been turned upside down How do you adpat when you realise that everything that you thought you were...isn't How do you live in a world not designed for you This is the situation that our plucky hero finds himself in after having been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. With a failed marriage behind him and several disasterous relationships ahead of him, prepare to enter a world of self-harming, depression, suicide, domestic abuse and a seemingly never ending stream of kicks to the head. This follow up to the smash hit Wired-Up Wrong details the next four years in author Neil Shepherd's life. Told in his unique style of dark humour mixed with drama-queen histrionics (and an over use of brackets), this brutally honest book shows the very depths that man can sink to...and the strength of the human spirit. < Less

Coping with the modern world is something that we all have to do, something that we each do in our own unique way. Maybe... More > it's a drink, maybe it's a cigarette...but what if it's something more 'extreme'? What if it's something that society deems 'unacceptable'? What happens when the only way to cope is to hurt yourself?

Is is a 'cry for help'? Is it 'attention seeking'? What motivates and drives people to do it? Is it an illness? A weakness? Why is it a subject that most people pretend doesn't even exist? Why do people who self-harm hide themselves away? What's the answer? What's the reason?

Based on the author's own experiences of over 20 years of self-harming, prepare to have your eyes opened, the stereotypes challenges and to learn not only what drives people to self-harm but also how to understand and live with it. < Less

Life sucks and it's official. So says Mark Anderson, a downtrodden, bank drone who, faced with a mountain of debt, an... More > ex-wife, a drug-smuggling brother and monumentally inept boss, seemingly has nothing to live for...or has he As the saying goes, it's always the quiet ones... old over the space of a year through his diary entries, this is one man's struggle to not only survive but also battle the moral dilemmas of having come up with a fool-proof plan to 'get rich quick'...and whether he dares to put 'the plan' into action. < Less

Nobody ever said it was going to be easy, nobody ever said it wouldn't be hard but how do you learn to cope when your world... More > has been turned upside down? How do you adpat when you realise that everything that you thought you were...isn't? How do you live in a world not designed for you?

This is the situation that our plucky hero finds himself in after having been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. With a failed marriage behind him and several disasterous relationships ahead of him, prepare to enter a world of self-harming, depression, suicide, domestic abuse and a seemingly never ending stream of kicks to the head.

This follow up to the smash hit Wired-Up Wrong details the next four years in author Neil Shepherd's life. Told in his unique style of dark humour mixed with drama-queen histrionics (and an over use of brackets), this brutally honest book shows the very depths that man can sink to...and the strength of the human spirit. < Less