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One of the best autobiographies of bipolar illness I have read, partly because I could relate to a lot of the experiences she went through.
From becoming unwell in her teens and struggling to work whilst suffering with this illness, to experiencing time in a psychiatric hospital & coping with the delusion of imminent death. Also as she lives locally it made it even more real.
It is written in a very easy to read way, plus it is relatively short and would appeal to anyone with an interest in mental illness not just bipolar.
By Jane Fell.
The last thing that any of us would welcome hearing about when we are feeling low, desperate and unable to get out of bed is all the wonderful advantages that can supposedly be conferred by having Bipolar disorder. Yet this is exactly what Dr Jamison’s book is all about, focussing on the link between manic-depressive illness and artistic creativity. Dr Jamison is also the co-author of Manic-Depressive Illness, one of the definitive medical texts about the disorder. She also suffers from the condition herself, and penned a best-selling memoir, An Unquiet Mind, about her experiences.
First of all, I wondered what sort of readership this book would have. Would “normal” people be attracted to it, or would it only be read by people with experience of Bipolar and students of Mental Health?
