Reality Absentee

What if your mind created a world you couldn't escape?

Reality Absentee is a powerful and deeply personal poetry collection that takes you inside the lived experience of psychotic schizophrenia-where reality shifts, voices speak, and the line between truth and illusion disappears.

Through raw, unfiltered, and hauntingly vivid poems, Penny Spivey explores the chaos of hallucinations, the weight of mental illness, and the quiet struggle of trying to appear "normal" in a world that feels anything but. Everyday moments-shopping, conversations, home life-become surreal, overwhelming, and often terrifying.

But this collection is not only about darkness.

Within these pages, you'll also find resilience, love, fleeting moments of clarity, and the strength it takes to keep going when your own mind turns against you.

Inside this collection, you'll discover:

• Honest, first-hand insight into living with psychotic schizophrenia

• Emotionally powerful poetry that captures fear, confusion, and hope

• A unique perspective on how the mind can distort reality

• Moments of beauty, imagination, and unexpected light

This is more than a poetry book.
It's an experience.

Perfect for readers who appreciate:

• Raw and authentic mental health writing

• Deep, thought-provoking poetry

• Real stories told with courage and vulnerability

If you've ever felt lost, overwhelmed, or disconnected... this book will stay with you.