autopathography
/ˌôdōpəˈTHäɡrəfē
/noun (plural autopathographies)
An autobiography dealing primarily with the influence of a disease, disability, or psychological disorder on the author’s life.Gay and straight, conventional and decadent, scientist and journalist, celebrity and commoner - the past decade has seen a flood of autopathography....
- Her most recent publication was an autopathography appearing in the August 2004 edition of Redbook magazine.
- The autopathography of Paul Schreber who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia was published in 1903.
Origin
Blend of autobiography and pathography.