tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post3903638304722814555..comments2023-11-02T10:38:41.186-05:00Comments on Quotidian Grace: Book Review: The Center Cannot HoldJody Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08031378214797420014noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post-20768127138341013882009-09-18T19:32:57.260-05:002009-09-18T19:32:57.260-05:00Kaye Redfield Jamison's book An Unquiet Mind i...Kaye Redfield Jamison's book An Unquiet Mind is indeed a first person account, and most worthwhile. <br />Incidentally, I believe she's a clinical psychologist, not a psychiatrist. Matters to me.zorrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301856272073306968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post-68738665399101326492009-09-16T21:17:27.588-05:002009-09-16T21:17:27.588-05:00GG--I think this book is the first one about this ...GG--I think this book is the first one about this type of mental illness from a first person perspective, although there have been a number about bipolar disorder like the Unquiet Mind.<br /><br />Elaine--so true.Jody Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08031378214797420014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post-82262756287623709242009-09-16T20:54:48.920-05:002009-09-16T20:54:48.920-05:00Downloaded to Kindle. Thanks. I think that menta...Downloaded to Kindle. Thanks. I think that mental illness is the new leprosy. It is a disease that we don't want to talk about or be around. We profess to love the poor, but most of the homeless have mental illness or addiction problems -- and we don't want to love that. <br /><br />Elaine<br />Norman, OKlahomaElainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12270947582039770539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post-16452957493051483072009-09-16T18:51:24.720-05:002009-09-16T18:51:24.720-05:00QG - if your friend ever wants to talk... I am her...QG - if your friend ever wants to talk... I am here.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785984092226524603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post-28114995480608387282009-09-16T17:01:51.655-05:002009-09-16T17:01:51.655-05:00PG-- And like the spouse of my friend.PG-- And like the spouse of my friend.Jody Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08031378214797420014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post-44572871844393445022009-09-16T16:40:28.199-05:002009-09-16T16:40:28.199-05:00And then there are the tragedies where the suffere...And then there are the tragedies where the sufferers of disorders like these refuse to admit their disorders...or admit them to the point of taking meds when they feel like taking meds and not doing anything else. Then blame their spouse every time life goes south...<br /><br />like my estranged husband.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785984092226524603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11496473.post-90636483278150531012009-09-16T14:44:18.311-05:002009-09-16T14:44:18.311-05:00This sounds a lot like Kaye Jamison's An Unqui...This sounds a lot like Kaye Jamison's An Unquiet Mind, another autobiograohy by a brilliant woman (a psychiatrist)suffering from, in her case, bipolar disorder.<br /><br />If only there were not those people overwhelmed by the initial (?) symptoms of these devastating illnesses before they can muster the resources to fight back . . .Gannet Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.com