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Personal Reflections on Manic-Depressive Illness

In this University of Virginia video, Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison, psychiatry professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, shares her experiences with living every day with the mania and ...  
 
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gaia1214 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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I know how catty this is and, God help me, I'm sorry because I respect her work, but...Dr. Jamison needs a better bra. I saw her live in grad school and there was the same problem. I'm sorry, it's distracting! Just sayin'.
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Wow I have had this illness a long time and was just recently diagnoised. Thannk G-d for her ability to write & speak as this was the warmest heartfelt story for her to share
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The way she talks about this awful disease is very empathic. That is the most important for me. She is in an unique position of being the 'ultimate' expert. Although the illnes comes in many shapes. Raising awareness the way she does can save lives.
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Wow... how awfully brave to share her story. As a person with Bi-polar ... that level of disclosure is terrifying at best.
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@spinjamn With great effort. You should read her book; it's very enlightening and explains what it is like for those of us who suffer from this disease.
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Being bi-polar, or manic-depressive, is to be constantly shifted between the depressive state (where you don't want to do anything) and the manic state (where you're wrapped up in the highs of everything). Perhaps her best work came while manic?

Maybe she simply taught while depressed for the same reason we all attend our jobs regardless of feeling - bills have to be paid no matter what.

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