Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, Exuberance, The Passion for Life

[makeiteasyable]

nice speech.

[talliewallie]

Everything is so structure to the point where does not get the chance of exploration!

[burrerking]

¿podremos verlo con subtítulos en español?

[Hbbbodybuilder]

Hello everyone-they may delete this so will keep it short and sweet-I am bipolar-diagnosed in97, survived 2 suicide attempts, gained and lost 95 pounds from meds, then spent last 12 years writing my memoir. Now I want to tell your story so we can help each other to not feel alone, and maybe lesson the stigma. Please consider being in my next book-this is no joke-I need all of your help to help others like us. BigCrowdAtTheCrazyHouse@gmail.­com Sites the same- hope to hear from you. Stay Strong

[fugginahole]

This went on for four years, 13-17 until I got kicked out and started smoking marijuana and quit with the anti-depressants, after that things started getting normal again. I had been bounced from doctor to psychiatrist to rehab to doctor #2,3, etc...just getting misdiagnosed. This lady finally is telling those people that they are actually RUINING my life by treating me for depression instead of bipolar.

[fugginahole]

I am so glad this wonderful woman is being heard! Someone put in the work finally *sigh* I am diagnosed Bipolar and remember going thru puberty, my parents divorce, and a move from private country school to an out-of-state-big city school, when I was first diagnposed. I spent the next 4 years fighting with parents\doctors about not taking my meds (anti-depressants). i would complain about insomnia, hallucinations, diet changes, etc and then they would switch to a different antidepressant...

[MrSpemat]

bipolar disorder is when you are possessed with a mood state, it runs you... it is like being possessed... if anyone knows what it feels to go there...

[butterflyz2011]

thats why when im in this state i reach for kays book..cuz it makes me feel like im not alone..that someone out there knows how i feel..that in some way its ok and i will get thru it..ppl need to educate themselves bout mental illness so when they meet a person whose suffering they will have compassion and sympathy and not treat them like they have leprosy..and like i said..thank god for kay..i dont know wat i wouldve done without her books..her passion for educatin bout bipolar is amazing

[butterflyz2011]

kay is my hero...i have suffered from bipolar B for 8 yr snow..its destroyed my life..even on all the medications i relapse time and again..when the avalanche starts in my brain and the storm within me rages..its only by the grace of God that i surivived each relapse..the darkness the pain the despair is so acute and intense that its no wonder its a killer illness..the worst part of bein bipolar is the look on ppls faces when u tell them ur bipolar..leaves u isolated alienated and ashamed..

[belathequeen]

As someone who is depressed and simultaneously recovering from an eating disorder I found this to be quite depressing. Another example of something I have not possessed since the traumatic event that triggered my pathology. Yet I still appreciate this lecture for its optimism and progressiveness and plan to read a novel or two by Dr Jamison.

[livewithak]

Truly an inspiration for all of us who are bipolar. I agree, an unquiet mind = excellent read. Highly recommend it.

[lmlyon]

I appreciate the last few comments as I have great respect for Dr Jamison. My respect is not only for her research and intellect but that she has opened up very private areas of her life in order to help others. Listening to her has helped me greatly.

[greeniem]

@lmlyon she's gorgeous too

[papasitoman]

Why do people comment on Youtube videos trying to diss people who have spent decades studying and practicing medicine and researching some of the most important things one can imagine? I mean, if you think you know more than she does, get your PHD or MD license and prove her wrong. Until then shup up and do something useful.

[castellomatese]

It's amazing to me how she can distill her vast learning into essences. There isn't one sentence that is extraneous and unmeaningful to the whole.  She makes other "motivational speakers", with their superficial insights and exuberance, look embarrassingly ridiculous. Far from being a cult figure, she is a human spirit, gifted with extraordinary natural and cultivated intelligence which makes her writing profound as well as urgently joyful.

[mossypest]

Screw Dr. Ronald Fieve and his all of his followers. Kay Redfield Jamison? Shit, that bitch is just a flash in the pan. I've been dealing with this since way before she ever wrote her silly cult classic book. She should have stuck with handing out snake bite kits. I bet all you Jamison junkies never even heard of Dr. Fieve's 3rd revolution in psychiatry cir. 1975. No loss, same shit as Jamison. If you've read one lithium pusher you've read them all.

[goldilox704]

Please don't speak of her like that. She is a manic depressive herself. How can she not know what it's like? What you have written is entirely rude and unnecessary.

[rdrunna707]

You sound very angry... I remember being that way and finally I got help and am better today.... I hope you find the help you may need.... Anger/resentment will kill me, I guess it may do the same to you...

[rbunnell05]

I have Biplor Disorder and have read many books on the subject, Dr. Jamison's book, "An Unquiet Mind", is incredible. A book a could easily relate to. I would highly recommend it.

[Pianoantics]

If the professor were to shorten her speech and tell us more about her own struggles which we presume to know from her books which seem to be the call from authority which she has credentials to tell us how we are all capable of falling into the medical categories for mental illness even if we the zest for life.

[babygilbert0]

This chick kicks ass

[variablog]

Great speech.

[libramoon2]

She is a beautiful and very clever lady but this' exuberant' manner of speaking makes me think she would be exhausted after these talks.Those with this disorder( and I have a Bi Polar sister) would benefit surely from using a calmer method of delivering a speech.

[libramoon2]

She speaks too quickly, tumbling over her words... irritating to listen to.

[jwwfan]

Not getting that at all.

[sharonwhite416]

Good Lord, what do you expect, the woman is a highly passionate academic lady and a sufferer of sever bipolar disorder!

[Painnnnful]

@libramoon2 No, I have found the speed just perfect, I cannot stand it when other speakers speak so slowly, and get stuck and pause.. I lose my attention and patience... But then again, I'm a fast speaker myself.. and have bipolar.

[1077715]

i just read an unquiet mind and look up kay jamison to see what interviews she's done and books she's wrote.

[RunRiverRound]

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