Kay Redfield Jamison

Also known as manic depression, Bipolar disorder is characterised by episodes of mania followed by episodes of depression. “Kay Redfield Jamison [a psychologist who had bipolar disorder] did impulsive things that felt good at the time but had painful consequences like going on lavish shopping sprees, engaging in promiscuous behaviour, racking up credit card debt, and emptying her bank

Bipolar disorder affects many people today as well as in the time of Edgar Allen Poe when it was then called melancholia. Poe was diagnosed with this disorder and it plays an integral role in his story, “The Fall of the House of Usher” (1839). This story is heavily influenced by this disorder or its presently associated symptoms and also describes one way that bipolar disorder can genetically affect an entire family. To fully understand a story involving this disorder, it is cardinal to know the

The novel An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison is a hauntingly beautiful work, in addition to being a fascinating look into an illness that is still far from being truly understood. Her accounts of the manic and depressive periods that she went through shed light on the disorder that was still in its early stages of true discovery. In relation to the theories on bipolar disorder discussed in lecture, I was most intrigued by Jamison’s take on its genetics and the research being put into discovering

ith the technological advances in the field of neuroscience many neurologists concluded that there is an encephalon connection with the ancient myth of the “tortured genius.” Tortured genius is when someone with extraordinary talents that allow them to feel “torture” because the unbearable pain of being “perfect” to the eyes of their families and friends. Yet even with the myth being debunked neurologists have long last found a connection that might help these geniuses. Before I begin I would like

later. The younger the youths, the more damaging it could be for them to use the marijuana drug. This essay will provide five facts from the videos Messing with Heads, Marijuana and Mental Illness,Understanding Mental Illness and Schizophrenia,Kay Redfield Jamison-Surviving Bipolar Disorder ,Obsessions-Who's Normal Anyway and PTSD: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder that will help my teenage client understand the risks of smoking marijuana, the connection between marijuana and psychotic disorders and the

2015 Is there a link between creativity and mental disorder? The topic of mental illness and creative ability has been documented for years and is still being researched today. Touched with Fire by Kay Redfield Jameson, Strong Imagination: madness, creativity and human nature by David Nettle, and Creativity and Madness by Albert Rothenberg, All of these authors have their Ph. D. in psychology or a related field and have done in-depth research on mental

Clinical psychologist and writer, Kay Redfield Jamison once said, “I think one thing is that 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.” In the story, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the narrator has severe depression, at the very least, and knows that she can get better if she

“Which of my feelings are real? Which of the me's is me? The wild, impulsive, chaotic, energetic, and crazy one? Or the shy, withdrawn, desperate, suicidal, doomed, and tired one? Probably a bit of both, hopefully much that is neither.” ― Kay Redfield Jamison Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depressive disorder, is defined as “a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks” (1). According to the Depression and Bipolar

Edgar Allan Poe was the epitome of a tormented genius. He possessed uncontrollable and self-inflicted internal problems. In addition, Poe was plagued by external difficulties—some preventable, some not. Most doctors today would pronounce Poe to be bipolar, chronically depressed, and perhaps even OCD. Most people today, and any day, would declare Poe to be self-obsessed and arrogant, or—at the least—snobbish. His personal life would also be considered less than ideal, though how much he was personally

Moods are feelings we all go through. Many different things can affect our moods. We can be super happy or super down by anything instantly. If we were to accomplish something, get a good grade, or a raise that will instantly change our mood and bring us to a happy state. If we were to fail, lose a job, get a ticket that might make us go into a down or depressive mood. It is very normal for us to have our moods affected by day to day life events. People who experience mood disorders get affected