The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness Free Audiobook Download by Susannah Cahalan

The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness is a book written by Susannah Cahalan, and it tells the story of how she developed a mental illness in 2010. She was diagnosed with conversion disorder, and this meant that she was actually sane but experiencing physical symptoms that came with her mental illness. Her family didn't believe her mental illness was real because she never produced any symptoms until she started working at the hospital where they were studying her case. As time went on, she began to have seizures and blackouts, which led to them believing in her.

Under the guise of a high-powered corporate attorney and stock market trader, 20-year-old Susannah Cahalan in 2004 began investigating for her next thrilling story. She had recently been diagnosed with an extremely rare autoimmune disorder called anti-NMDA encephalitis, thought to be caused by a virus. But no one knew how to treat it. With her father's encouragement, she turned to investigative journalism and wrote about "the secret world of sick people."

The Great Pretender is a memoir written by Susannah Cahalan. The book tells the story of her recovery from a psychotic break that occurred in December 2008. Cahalan, who had been diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), was hospitalised when she became delusional and convinced that she was being poisoned. After extensive medical testing, Cahalan determined that her illness was not psychological or functional in nature, but rather a very rare case of bacterial meningitis caused by the serogroup H1N1 influenza virus (which is still present in North America).

Susannah Cahalan, a successful New York businesswoman, woke up one morning to find herself in an unfamiliar hospital room. Shortly after, she realized that she had lost nearly two years of her life and woke up with amnesia. As she began piecing together the missing memories, she found out that during this time period, she had been living a double life as a drug-addict. This undercover investigation led to new insights into the brain's vulnerability and helped scientists see how mental health disorders are caused by biological processes gone awry.

Susannah Cahalan's journey of mental illness was made into an audiobook, narrated by Christie Moreau and Susannah herself.

Susannah Cahalan is a young woman who, at the age of twenty-one, woke up one day with amnesia. When she's told that her memories may be gone forever, she spends all her time trying to jog her memory back. She tries every possible trick--every method to help remember something about herself, anything--but nothing works. One day she decides it's time for drastic measures and decides to pretend to be someone else.