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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness description 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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| I am bipolar and this book was recommended by my doctor. I was hoping for a book that shared thoughts and experiences similar to what I have been through; instead I feel that she focused too much on her relationships and how people responded to her illness rather than her actual experiences with it. She is an academic and I felt that she was writing to other academics rather than the average person. Her language choice sometimes made the book cumbersome and boring and I never felt the connection with her as a person that I had been looking for. While I appreciate her honesty and willingness to share something so personal, and there were bits here and there that I could relate to, I did not really enjoy reading this book as much as I thought I would. | |
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