Summary of Kay Redfield Jamison's An Unquiet Mind

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#1 I was born into a family of pilots. I grew up listening to the sounds of planes taking off and landing, which always filled me with excitement. I loved the vastness of the sky, and I was a part of those who loved the vastness of the sky.
#2 I idolized my older brother, who was the eldest of the three of us children, and was always willing to help me out. I felt protected by his presence.
#3 My sister and I had very happy childhoods, and we were always surrounded by love and support. She had a very active imagination and was a talented artist, while I was the quiet one who loved to listen to music.
#4 My father, who was a professor of physics at UCLA, was extremely generous and charismatic. He gave me a bracelet inscribed with words from Michael Faraday, which were inscribed over the physics building at UCLA.

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• Bipolar disorder
• Psychopathology

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• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 04 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669349686
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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#1

I was born into a family of pilots. I grew up listening to the sounds of planes taking off and landing, which always filled me with excitement. I loved the vastness of the sky, and I was a part of those who loved the vastness of the sky.

#2

I idolized my older brother, who was the eldest of the three of us children, and was always willing to help me out. I felt protected by his presence.

#3

My sister and I had very happy childhoods, and we were always surrounded by love and support. She had a very active imagination and was a talented artist, while I was the quiet one who loved to listen to music.

#4

My father, who was a professor of physics at UCLA, was extremely generous and charismatic. He gave me a bracelet inscribed with words from Michael Faraday, which were inscribed over the physics building at UCLA.

#5

My mother was a popular student who was always surrounded by friends. She was a Republican, a Daughter of the American Revolution, and very inclined to tea parties, but she was a gentle and resolute woman.

#6

My parents, who were both doctors, strongly encouraged my interests in writing poetry and school plays, as well as science and medicine. They never tried to discourage me from becoming a doctor, even though it was an era that breathed, If woman, be a nurse.

#7

I had a difficult time dealing with my emotions as a child, and as I got older, I began to fear that I was becoming more violent. But curiosity and the scientific side of my mind allowed me to manage, deflect, and reflect on what I was feeling.

#8

The hospital was not at all what I had imagined it would be: the grounds were spacious and filled with magnificent old trees, and the buildings were elegant. The ward I saw, however, was completely different.

#9

I was extremely fortunate to have been raised by enthusiasts, and loved and appreciated for my enthusiasm. I was extremely vulnerable to dreamkillers, however, and was always encouraged to pursue my interests in medicine and science.

#10

I was a very intense and somewhat mercurial girl in a extremely traditional and military world. Independence, temperament, and girlhood met very uneasily in the strange land of cotillion.

#11

I was introduced to the world of the military when I was fifteen years old, and I loved everything about it. I especially loved the elegance and beauty of the cotillion evenings. However, I began to feel rootless when my father retired from the Air Force and took a job as a scientist at the Rand Corporation in California.