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In Touched with Fire, Kay Redfield Jamison, a psychiatrist, turned a mirror on the creativity so often associated with mental illness. In this book she turns that mirror on herself. With breathtaking honesty she tells of her own manic depression, the bitter costs of her illness, and its paradoxical benefits: "There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness and terror involved in this kind of madness.... It will never end, for madness carves its own reality." This is one of the best scientific autobiographies ever written, a combination of clarity, truth, and insight into human character. "We are all, as Byron put it, differently organized," Jamison writes. "We each move within the restraints of our temperament and live up only partially to its possibilities." Jamison's ability to live fully within her limitations is an inspiration to her fellow mortals, whatever our particular burdens may be. --Mary Ellen Curtin
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Jamison's memoir springs from her dual perspective as both a psychiatric expert in manic depression and a sufferer of the disease.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hauntingly Beautiful,
By DigitalFirefly (Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Paperback)
Every word rings eerily true. It was deeply emotional, and had a stunningly visual vocabulary. This book isnt just for people who are suffering with manic-depressive disorder. I think anyone, with another mental illness or not, can take something from it. I know I'll never look at mental illness the same again.
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By jamie b (brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Paperback)
This is an alright book. I bought it after a few years of thinking that I probably have bipolar disorder. Kay Redfield Jamison's writing is clear, accurate and interesting, though I would not call it beautiful. The book was great about breaking down the specifics of the illness and after finishing I felt I had a better understanding of the illness, felt positive that I was bipolar, and ultimately felt I had a better understanding of why I feel certain ways at certain times.My beef with the book is that she doesn't acknowledge how exceptional her access to resources is. Like when she talks about running up her bills too high (I also have this problem) she just has her brother loan her the money to fix it. When she feels really sick, she has the best psychologist/psychiatrists watching her round the clock. It really doesn't work like that for most people. I am a 22 year-old boy supporting myself totally in NYC. I am broke, have no health insurence and no family members who will financially support me. I'll be lucky to afford seeing a shrink and paying for my medication, while she, on the other hand, had people calling her, watching her, making sure she wouldn't cause herself harm. It almost seems at parts of the book as if treatment sought her, instead of the other way around. if only i should be so lucky. I find it funny that she doesn't bring up how different another patients struggle might be without the priviledges she's had. So, it was kind of frustrating.
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This review is from: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness (Paperback)
I purchased this book when it first was published. I had seen Kay Redfield Jamison interviewed on Larry King and became very interested in her as a person, more so than her condition. At the time I had a few minor problems.It just totally amazed me that with her severe Bipolar I and absolutely crippling mania, she was able to excel in her studies to finally become Prof. of Psychiatry at John Hopkins. Another reviewer mentioned that working in that arena she had all the resources at hand. That's very true, but even so I'm still blown away that she excelled. Interesting to note that so many doctors of psychiatry suffer from this disorder too. Years later when I developed more problems....NOTHING like Ms. Redfield Jamison though, I had forgotten I had the book and read it again. I gained even more insight into the highest phase of Bipolar. Really great book for people with this disorder and for family or friends of people suffering. Actually, anyone can really get into this book.
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