Never once, during any of my bouts of depression, had I been inclined or able to pick up … - Kay Redfield Jamison

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In Yugoslavia, I'd asked for additional forces too. I even went to meet the French prime minister, and I proposed additional forces. . . Nobody wanted to send troops.

Kay Redfield Jamison

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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Mood disorders are terribly painful illnesses, and they are isolating illnesses. And they make people feel terrible about themselves when, in fact, they can be treated.

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Curiosity, wonder, and passion are defining qualities of imaginative minds and great teachers. . . Restlessness and discontent are vital things. . . Intense experience and suffering instruct us in ways less intense emotions can never do.

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But money spent while manic doesn't fit into the Internal Revenue Service concept of medical expense or business loss. So after mania, when most depressed, you're given excellent reason to be even more so.

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I decided early in graduate school that I needed to do something about my moods. It quickly came down to a choice between seeing a psychiatrist or buying a horse. Since almost everyone I knew was seeing a psychiatrist, and since I had an absolute belief that I should be able to handle my own problems, I naturally bought a horse.

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