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
... knew , of course , that the pilot couldn't see me - I always knew that -- just as I knew that even if he could see me the odds were that it wasn't actually my father . But it was one of those things one did , and any- way I loved any ...
... knew , of course , that the pilot couldn't see me - I always knew that -- just as I knew that even if he could see me the odds were that it wasn't actually my father . But it was one of those things one did , and any- way I loved any ...
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... 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 could save AN UNQUIET MIND.
... 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 could save AN UNQUIET MIND.
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... knew he could save his own life by bailing out . He also knew , however , that by doing so he risked that his unaccompanied plane would fall onto the playground and kill those of us who were there . The dead pilot became a hero ...
... knew he could save his own life by bailing out . He also knew , however , that by doing so he risked that his unaccompanied plane would fall onto the playground and kill those of us who were there . The dead pilot became a hero ...
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... knew that soon we would be hearing a very great deal about whatever new enthusiasm had taken him over . Sometimes it would be a discourse based on a passionate conviction that the future and salvation of the world was to be found in ...
... knew that soon we would be hearing a very great deal about whatever new enthusiasm had taken him over . Sometimes it would be a discourse based on a passionate conviction that the future and salvation of the world was to be found in ...
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... , who died before I was born , was a college professor and physicist by training . By all accounts , he was a witty man , as well as inordinately kind to both his students and colleagues . My grandmother , whom I knew well 17.
... , who died before I was born , was a college professor and physicist by training . By all accounts , he was a witty man , as well as inordinately kind to both his students and colleagues . My grandmother , whom I knew well 17.
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