Madness: A Bipolar Life
I just finished reading Marya Hornbacher's Madness: A Bipolar Life. I am both awed and thunderstruck. I thought that my life was horrid, that I had it hard dealing with Bipolar, but I do not compare to Marya. She was in and out of psychiatric wards more times than I can count. She endured electroshock treatments, a thing I have always made my husband promise that no matter how bad it gets to not let them do that to me.
But I also found a kinship to her. I suffered as she has suffered. I've endured the manic flights of fancy and the doing, doing, and doing of mania. I've rapid cycled in a day, in a week, in a month. I've felt the depression swing me under and stayed in the same pj's for days at a time. I've bought things that I didn't need or really want just to make myself feel better or because I couldn't help myself.
Anyway, if you haven't read it yet, now's a good time. I found a copy at my local library.
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But I also found a kinship to her. I suffered as she has suffered. I've endured the manic flights of fancy and the doing, doing, and doing of mania. I've rapid cycled in a day, in a week, in a month. I've felt the depression swing me under and stayed in the same pj's for days at a time. I've bought things that I didn't need or really want just to make myself feel better or because I couldn't help myself.
Anyway, if you haven't read it yet, now's a good time. I found a copy at my local library.
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