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Having been diagnosed Bipolar 2 earlier this year, and looking for ways to describe what I’ve felt for so long, I stumbled upon An Unquiet Mind. Nothing I have read about this disease has come close to what this book conveyed. I feel I highlighted half of the book, because it was all so relatable. I highly recommend for anyone dealing with manic-depressive illness or for anyone who knows someone dealing with it, and wants to understand them more.
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Absolutely brilliant. The kind of book you feel the need to tell everyone about. I was enthralled by Kay Redfield Jamison's life and its many facets: mania, blackening depression, shrewdly clinical and full of wonder and gratitude. As someone who has no personal experience of mania, it was gripping to read about the chaos of ambition, creativity and productivity. The vastness and excess of existence in these states was exuberant and terrifying. Through the vividness and honesty of Redfield writing, I felt that I understood the chaos wrought not only internally but in one's work, relationships and finances due to mania.
The blackening depression that hovers only a glimmer above the threshold for death was brutally conveyed as well and, as someone who suffered from major depression for many years, prior to embracing effective treatment, was writing that made me feel deeply understood. For anyone that has navigated through the apathy, darkness and suicidality of major depression, the broad perspective of this book grants one a hopeful birds eye view of what everyone implores is true: this too shall pass. I am grateful for the skill and openness with which Redfield has described what it means practically and emotionally to be deeply depressed. I am also left hopeful as this memoir shows the dips and emergence from blackness to love, good days, compassion and meaningful friendships. This book is a book of 'madness', honesty and hope.
The blackening depression that hovers only a glimmer above the threshold for death was brutally conveyed as well and, as someone who suffered from major depression for many years, prior to embracing effective treatment, was writing that made me feel deeply understood. For anyone that has navigated through the apathy, darkness and suicidality of major depression, the broad perspective of this book grants one a hopeful birds eye view of what everyone implores is true: this too shall pass. I am grateful for the skill and openness with which Redfield has described what it means practically and emotionally to be deeply depressed. I am also left hopeful as this memoir shows the dips and emergence from blackness to love, good days, compassion and meaningful friendships. This book is a book of 'madness', honesty and hope.
A compelling and heart-breaking memoir of the so common disorder, manic-depressive illness. Taking its reader on a ride through the rough and abnormal life of one suffering from bipolar disorder, Kay Redfield Jamison opened up and explained her story and much more.
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