Top 25 Quotes by Kay Redfield Jamison of 110 - Page 5

But then back on lithium and rotating on the planet at the same pace as everyone else, you find your credit is decimated, your mortification complete: mania is not a luxury one can easily afford. It is devastating to

But then back on lithium and rotating on the planet at the same pace as everyone else, you find your credit is decimated, your mortification complete: mania is not a luxury one can easily afford. It is devastating to have the illness and aggravating to have to pay for medications, blood tests, and psychotherapy. They, at least, are partially deductible. 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.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Depression, Loss, Luxury

Frederick K. Goodwin, Kay Redfield Jamison (2007). “Manic-Depressive Illness: Bipolar Disorders and Recurrent Depression”, p.40, Oxford University Press

Exuberance is a gift of grace that allows us to move on, to seek, to love again.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Moving, Passion, Grace

Suicide carries in its aftermath a level of confusion and devastation that is, for the most part, beyond description.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Suicide, Confusion, Levels

Kay Redfield Jamison (2011). “Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide”, p.24, Vintage

I am by temperament an optimist, and I thought from the beginning that there was much to be written about suicide that was strangely heartening.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Suicide, Bipolar, Optimist

Kay Redfield Jamison (2011). “Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide”, p.309, Vintage

Mania can be as terrifying as it gets. It is certainly as insane as one gets and so it's frightening when it gets out of control, but there are periods of mania when it can be extremely attractive.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Insane, Attractive, Periods

Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

People talk about grief as if it's kind of an unremittingly awful thing, and it is. It is painful, but it's a very, very interesting sort of thing to go through and it really helps you out.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Grief, People, Interesting

Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. September 30, 2009.

I think psychotherapy saves lives and is hugely meaningful and I think that one of the unfortunate aspects of prescription drugs working well is that people tend to think that's enough.

Kay Redfield Jamison

Meaningful, Thinking, People

Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. September 30, 2009.