Ramblings of a Manic Depressive

Ramblings of a Manic Depressive
Author: Ed Franklin
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 59
Release: 2005-12-30
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1465314857

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Heres a zany book that is basically a commentary on our crazy lives here on planet Earth.

Ramblings of a Manic Depressive

Ramblings of a Manic Depressive
Author: Leon Fleming, Jr.
Publisher: Virtual Publishing Group
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781930916074

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Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire

Robert Lowell, Setting the River on Fire
Author: Kay Redfield Jamison
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2018-02-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0307744612

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PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • In this magisterial study of the relationship between illness and art, the best-selling author of An Unquiet Mind, Kay Redfield Jamison, brings an entirely fresh understanding to the work and life of Robert Lowell (1917-1977), whose intense, complex, and personal verse left a lasting mark on the English language and changed the public discourse about private matters. In his poetry, Lowell put his manic-depressive illness (now known as bipolar disorder) into the public domain, and in the process created a new and arresting language for madness. Here Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison brings her expertise in mood disorders to bear on Lowell’s story, illuminating not only the relationships between mania, depression, and creativity but also how Lowell’s illness and treatment influenced his work (and often became its subject). A bold, sympathetic account of a poet who was—both despite and because of mental illness—a passionate, original observer of the human condition.

Tristimania

Tristimania
Author: Jay Griffiths
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2016-05-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0241972051

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A stark, lyrical and personal account of the psyche in crisis from the bestselling author of Wild and Kith "I want to describe it for those who have never experienced it but who perhaps know someone with it. If this book can befriend just one person in that terrifying loneliness, it will be worth writing." Tristimania tells the story of a devastating year-long episode of manic depression, culminating in a long solo pilgrimage across Spain. Recording the experience of mania as has rarely been done before, Jay Griffiths shows how the condition is at once terrifying and also profoundly creative, both tricking and treating the psyche. An intimate and raw journey of mental health and recovery, Tristimania illuminates something of the universal human spirit. 'Profoundly poetic. A glimpse of madness from inside the eye of the storm' Observer

Another Kind of Madness

Another Kind of Madness
Author: Stephen Hinshaw
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2017-06-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1250113369

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Parallel to An Unquiet Mind and The Glass Castle, a deeply personal memoir calling for the destigmatization of mental illness

American Mania: When More is Not Enough

American Mania: When More is Not Enough
Author: Peter C. Whybrow
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2006-04-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0393348199

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A doctor's bold analysis of the cultural disease that afflicts us all. Despite an astonishing appetite for life, more and more Americans are feeling overworked and dissatisfied. In the world's most affluent nation, epidemic rates of stress, anxiety, depression, obesity, and time urgency are now grudgingly accepted as part of everyday existence they signal the American Dream gone awry. Peter C. Whybrow, director of the Neuropsychiatric Institute at UCLA, grounds the extraordinary achievements and excessive consumption of the American nation in an understanding of the biology of the brain's reward system offering for the first time a comprehensive and physical explanation for the addictive mania of consumerism. American Mania presents a clear and novel vantage point from which to understand the most pressing social issues of our time, while offering an informed approach to refocusing our pursuit of happiness. Drawing upon rich scientific case studies and colorful portraits, "this fascinating and important book will change the way you think about American life" (Karen Olson, Utne Reader).

Detour

Detour
Author: Lizzie Simon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2003-06-18
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780743446600

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In the fall of 1999, 23-year-old Simon hit the road on a journey that took her across the United States. Her inspired interviews with other young men and women suffering from manic depression comprise the heart and soul of this remarkable memoir.

What the Man in the Moon Told Me

What the Man in the Moon Told Me
Author: Frank Stanton
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781537512297

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Frank Stanton was a man accustomed to dealing with dark depressions but his first experience with mania in 1998 led to an unexpected diagnosis of bipolar disorder type II. This began more than a decade long struggle for acceptance of his illness and compliance with its treatment. In his memoir, Stanton shares the sometimes harrowing and sometimes humorous details of his experiences as well as provides a wealth of information about bipolar disorder itself. An entertaining and informative resource for anyone wanting to know more about what it means to be bipolar.

Rambling Man

Rambling Man
Author: Billy Connolly
Publisher: Two Roads
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2023-10-12
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1399802593

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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING HILARIOUS NEW BOOK FROM THE NATION'S FAVOURITE COMEDIAN, BILLY CONNOLLY Being a Rambling Man was what I always wanted to be, to live the way I damn well pleased. I've met the weirdest and most wonderful people who walk the Earth, seen the most bizarre and the most fantastic sights - and I've rarely come across something I couldn't get a laugh at. I don't think I've ever had a bad trip. Well, apart from in the 1970s, but that's a whole other story . . . When Billy set out from Glasgow as a young man he never looked back. He played his banjo on boats and trains, under trees, and on top of famous monuments. He danced naked in snow, wind and fire. He slept in bus stations, under bridges and on strangers' floors. He travelled by foot, bike, ship, plane, sleigh - even piggy-backed - to get to his next destination. Billy has wandered to every corner of the earth and believes that being a Rambling Man is about more than just travelling - it's a state of mind. Rambling Men and Women are free spirits who live on their wits, are interested in people and endlessly curious about the world. They love to play music, make art or tell stories along the way but, above all, they have a longing in their heart for the open road. In his joyful new book, Billy explores this philosophy and how it has shaped him, and he shares hilarious new stories from his lifetime on the road. From riding his trike down America's famous Route 66, building an igloo on an iceberg in the Arctic, playing elephant polo (badly) in Nepal and crashing his motorbike (more than once), to eating witchetty grubs in Australia, being serenaded by a penguin in New Zealand, and swapping secrets in a traditional Sweat Lodge ritual in Canada, Rambling Man is a truly global adventure with the greatest possible travel companion.

Blessed with Bipolar

Blessed with Bipolar
Author: Richard H. Jarzynka
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2009-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1607918889

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"I cracked up - for the first time - on June 4, 1988, three weeks short of completing my Masters degree in Psychology. Some would say I had a nervous breakdown. The psych ward doctors said it was major depression. I say that I saw just how evil my sin is in the eyes of God and it scared the hell out of me . . . I cobbled together some mad reality and blew a fuse . . . I lost my mind, never to be the same again. Thanks be to God! Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ!" - from the first chapter "I am honored to endorse this book. Not only does it chronicle the journey of one man's pain and ultimate redemption; but will provide the essential hope to many who are commonly afflicted. This story will declare good news to the poor and proclaim freedom to the captives!!" Rev. Bruce Edwards, Allison Park Church of the Assemblies of God Richard Jarzynka (Ya'Zhynka) earned his masters degree in psychology from Duquesne University in 1989. He attended Law School on a full-tuition, merit-based scholarship until being expelled within one day of the Dean learning that he has bipolar disorder. Rich worked as a counselor, psycho-therapist, and program director with troubled teens and their families from 1984 - 2003. He is currently studying toward ministry certification with the Assemblies of God. And he is not offended by being called crazy, goofy, screwy, loony, or by any other synonym for mentally ill.