An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and MadnessNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author. Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide. Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication. |
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Page 11
... father . But it was one of those things one did , and any- way I loved any and all excuses just to stare up into the skies . My father , a career Air Force officer , was first and foremost a scientist and only secondarily a pilot . But ...
... father . But it was one of those things one did , and any- way I loved any and all excuses just to stare up into the skies . My father , a career Air Force officer , was first and foremost a scientist and only secondarily a pilot . But ...
Page 12
... fathers ; fortunately for my brother and sister and myself , it was not ours either . Over the next few days it became clear , from the release of the young pilot's final message to the control tower before he died , that he knew he ...
... fathers ; fortunately for my brother and sister and myself , it was not ours either . Over the next few days it became clear , from the release of the young pilot's final message to the control tower before he died , that he knew he ...
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... father , could be vastly charming : fresh , original , and devastatingly witty , she also was blessed with an extraordinary sense of aesthetic design . She was not an easy or untroubled person , and as she grew older her troubles grew ...
... father , could be vastly charming : fresh , original , and devastatingly witty , she also was blessed with an extraordinary sense of aesthetic design . She was not an easy or untroubled person , and as she grew older her troubles grew ...
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... father's flight path . Indeed , family rumor had it that almost a hundred books had been bought and distributed . There was a contagious magic to his expansiveness , which I loved , and I still smile when I remember my father reading ...
... father's flight path . Indeed , family rumor had it that almost a hundred books had been bought and distributed . There was a contagious magic to his expansiveness , which I loved , and I still smile when I remember my father reading ...
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... father could be , in his wondrous moments . My mother has said , many times , that she always felt she was in the shadow of my father's wit , charm , intensity , and imagination . Her observation that he was a Pied Piper with children ...
... father could be , in his wondrous moments . My mother has said , many times , that she always felt she was in the shadow of my father's wit , charm , intensity , and imagination . Her observation that he was a Pied Piper with children ...
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