arrested in her own home

At the age of 29 years old, Rebecca, a police officer, was arrested in her own home.

Until this point, she was leading a normal life. Dream job as a police officer, working in the Public Protection Unit, stable relationship, loving family and friends.

Until a couple of traumatic incidents changed her life in ways that she would never have imagined and the next few months to come turned her whole life upside down.

Being arrested in her own home, by her own colleagues was not only humiliating but the scariest time of her life. Rebecca was thrown in a tiny cell.

Rebecca had lost her mind and was sectioned under the Mental Health Act having suffered a psychotic breakdown.

Rebecca was held for 28 days in a psychiatric hospital where she had to fight to get out and get her life back.

Rebecca felt a need to tell her story for a number of reasons. Mental health can affect anyone. Your gender, age, and profession have no bearing. Anyone can fall victim to their own mental health and that's why it's so important that we look after it.

Rebecca wanted her book to help people. To show them what it was truly like and to seek help if they need it. Mental health is different for every individual as is hope but this book will hopefully give those suffering, the push or motivation to keep going and realise that the impossible is still within reach.

Police to Paranoia is also a chance to shed light on the psychiatric care system in the UK. Rebecca states that unfortunately, most patients are not in a position to speak up about the trauma they may have experienced. She felt it was important to share the violence she experienced.

Police to Paranoia has done incredibly well. Rebecca’s book achieved £3120.00 in gross sales in just the first 14 days since the launch. She has also received 53 five-star reviews. Did Rebecca use any fancy marketing tactics? Nope. She just wrote a phenomenal book.

Her book will also have an impact on the care system and no doubt leave an imprint on how we help people going forward.

Rebecca is now a mother of two and happily married and having faced death firsthand, now lives life to the full. She overcame her psychosis, and set herself one more goal, could she get her career back in the police force?

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