This very talented group of 119 friends from around the world, has found that writing is a great way of controlling the bedlam and chaos that descends on people's lives when they are faced with a physical or mental illness. They share their writings in the hope that you find reading their thoughts therapeutic and calming. They also want to encourage you to take up the pen yourself, if you are so inclined, and to use their example as a self-help guide to getting better, or in helping someone else to get better. Through writing, they have all survived their own personal Bedlams.