Paolina Milana - COMMITTED: Caring for Yourself When Madness “IS” Home

A storyteller at heart who built a career in writing, media & marketing, Paolina Milana’s roots are entangled with mental illness -- having been raised by a mother diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and later having to raise her younger sister, also diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. “Caregiving” and “Crazy” have been part of her entire being; her first book THE S WORD: A MEMOIR ABOUT SECRETS published in 2015 and helped to shed some light on the stigma and shame surrounding mental illness. The sequel to that book COMMITTED: A MEMOIR OF MADNESS IN THE FAMILY (SheWritesPress, May 2021) chronicles her struggles to stay sane while serving as primary caregiver to both her mom and sister who continue to battle their mental illnesses.