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Suicide is not a blot on anyone’s name it is a tragedy
Kay Redfield Jamison
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Kay Redfield Jamison
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: June 22
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If I can't feel, if I can't move, if I can't think, and I can't care, then what conceivable point is there in living?
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Somehow, like so many people who get depressed, we felt our depressions were more complicated and existentially based than they actually were.
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From a public health point of view, still the overwhelming problem is that people are not treated enough for depression depression remains under treated.
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Never once, during any of my bouts of depression, had I been inclined or able to pick up a telephone and ask a friend for help. It wasn't in me.
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Mother, who has an absolute belief that it is not the cards that one is dealt in life, it is how one plays them, is, by far, the highest card I was dealt.
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Manic depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will to live.
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Anybody who's had to contend with mental illness - whether it's depression, bipolar illness or severe anxiety, whatever - actually has a fair amount of resilience in the sense that they've had to deal with suffering already, personal suffering.
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But, with time, one has encountered many of the monsters, and one is increasingly less terrified of those still to be met.
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Who would not want an illness that has among its symptoms elevated and expansive mood, inflated self-esteem, abundance of energy, less need for sleep, intensified sexuality, and- most germane to our argument here-sharpened and unusually creative thinking and increased productivity?
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I am reminded of the importance of small kindnesses.
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The quickness and flexibility of a well mind, a belief or hope that things will eventually sort themselves out-these are the resources lost to a person when the brain is ill.
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I have had manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder, since I was 18 years old. It is an illness that ensures that those who have it will experience a frightening, chaotic and emotional ride. It is not a gentle or easy disease.
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Exuberance is a gift of grace that allows us to move on, to seek, to love again.
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There is always a part of my mind that is preparing for the worst, and another part of my mind that believes if I prepare enough for it, the worst won’t happen.
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One of the advantages of science is that one's work, ultimately, is either replicated or it is not.
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Anyone who suggests that coming back from suicidal despair is a straightforward journey has never taken it.
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Suicide Note: The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss. -Langston Hughes
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The complexities of what we are given in life are vast and beyond comprehension.
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Others would say to me, 'It is only temporary, it will pass, you will get over it,' but of course they had no idea how I felt, although they were certain that they did. Over and over and over I would say to myself, If I can't feel, if I can't move, if I can't think, and I can't care, then what conceivable point is there in living?
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