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Summary: TOUCHING
Review: UPON OPENING "AN UNQUIET MIND" I LOOKED FORWARD TO A PERSONAL AND MEDICAL TAKE ON THE SUBJECT OF MANIC DEPRESSION. UNFORTUNATELLY, THERE WAS NOT MUCH OF THE LATTER. DR. JAMISON WRITES WELL, IF SOMEWHAT REPETITIVE,AND DESCRIBES HER LIFE WITH MD IN AN HONEST AND PASSIONATE MANNER. THE BOOK ENTERTAINED AND TOUCHED ME, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE DR. JAMISON,A SUCCESSFULL OVERACHIEVER, IS REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE AVERAGE MANIC DEPRESSIVE.
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Summary: An Eye-opener
Review: An Unquiet Mind was recommended to me by my boyfriend who is manic depressive, and as my first initial taste of knowledge regarding manic depression I found the book wonderful in offering a general, over-all look at the illness. From the title, I was expecting to take a closer, more detailed look into the way Kay's mind was working in everyday situations.All up, it was an excellent introduction to a world I previously knew nothing about. Thank you for sharing Kay.
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Summary: Absolutely Brilliant
Review: As a fifteen year old diagnosed with manic-depressive illness only two short years ago, I found Kay's book very fascinating, but also very terrifying because it hit so close to home. I wish very much to have an e-mail or home address for her. I would like to thank her for letting me know that I'm not alone. I believe anyone who suffers from this illness should read it. It is the absolute best book I have ever read. Thanks.
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Summary: Touchy
Review: Well, I had seen this book rest between the others in a local bookstore, but was too expensive to purchase for a student, the sole title draw me to it but I don't dare to turn it's pages, nor know what the book was about. Yesterday It was put in discount sale, I bought it, I read it, and I'm glad I did, and sad I did, the first 63 pages where like a biography of mine told by someone who knows me well, and now I'm sitting here in the state she described very well "paralyzed with fear and shame, unable to go in and unable to leave". I wish I had readed this book a couple of year earlier, when beginning college, I had would spared so much pain, it's hard to ask for help when you don't know what's wrong. This book clearly add insight. Thanks Mrs. Redfield.
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Summary: A fearless account which educates and enthrals!
Review: Dr. Jamison describes, and defines, the illness in a courageuos account of her own life. Her success at dealing with the disease, and helping others, provides light and hope, without diminishing the challenge. I have ordered all of her books, including the one not yet published.
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Summary: elloquent and insightful; not very well-rounded
Review: Having been a fan of her previous works, I snatched up this book without really knowing what it was about. Realizing it was an autobiography only made me absorb it quicker. It is a wonderful and personal insight to the lives of those of us battling these illnesses. However, it tended to focus too much on her personal interactions with friends, family and co-workers, while leaving her social battles nearly untouched. Jamison gives you a few anecdotes about certain public episodes that could have led into a couple of refreshing chapters, but does not go into any detail on them, leaving the reader with the feeling of having missed something from previous pages. If you can live with those disappointments and the intimate approach of the book however, it's a definite read.
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Summary: beautiful and poignant
Review: I had to read this book for a class, and there is usually no better way to kill enjoyment of literature than that. BUT, this was no ordinary abnormal psych class, with an extraordinary teacher, and he chose a great book for us to read. Lots of students were overly critical of the book, I think--we must remember that this is a memoir, therefore, we shouldn't be surprised if she mentions her love life, etc. In fact, it's good that she does--it shows how bipolar disorder affects her everyday life, and how other people helped her in dealing with it, through love. It is human and honest to want to be loved, and to feel that it helps you--in this sense, being overly clinical and detached is not so honest. Bipolor disorder is not a beautiful disorder, but one can write about it beautifully--and the rest of us may catch just a glimpse of what it must be like to be HER, though we will never truly know all the passion and pain, having never experienced it ourselves. One disorder is not the same for everyone.
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Summary: Beautiful
Review: This book expressed manic-depressive illness wonderfully. Kay expresses herself in a way that you feel as though she is speaking to you personally. Half way through the book, I felt as though Kay and myself were kindred spirits. I desire very much to meet her. I have had similar experiences to Kay's in living with manic depression and in reading this book, I have been able to alleviate my feelings of inadequacy. I am a professional in the field of Agency Counseling and feel as though I am being dishonest with people in not disclosing the information pertaining to my illness if I am going to interact with them on a regular basis. I have also began reading "Touched With Fire" Thank you Kay, Really! I would award your book (10)ten stars if it were possible.
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Summary: Book From Which Patients Can Relate & Supporters Can Learn
Review: Many sufferers of depression and bipolar disorder will find they can relate to much of what Jamison describes of her own life experiences with a brain disorder. If this is what you need - to know you are not alone with your symptoms & related behavior - then this book is helpful in that way. Supporters may also feel, as they read about Jamison's symptomatic behavior, that they are almost reading about their loved one who suffers -- and thereby realize, by recognizing the similarities of symptoms, the biological nature of these disorders. For these reasons, I recommend this book to all my readers.
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Summary: I thought I was going to like her more, not less...
Review: This book got very tiresome as she went back again and again to the same ideas. Even the "new" men in her life didn't seem so new. I truly do applaud her resilience and perseverence, but I'm not so sure I'm glad I read about it.
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