tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post3355394392588645656..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More SoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-75302841665916541052010-11-16T00:31:05.871-05:002010-11-16T00:31:05.871-05:00I’ve written a first-person, semi-autob iographica...I’ve written a first-person, semi-autob iographica l account of a young man’s descent into madness and psychosis, and it loosely follows my own path to being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and the proper treatment thereof. It’s important to realize that many inventors, public servants, and artists who changed the world suffered from mental illness.<br /><br />My story can be found at http://newmanx.blogspot.com/. I hope someone reads it and gains a little insight into what it’s like to have a mental illness.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />PSKLPSKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13391733595957600484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-71125509810903040672010-11-15T07:55:46.863-05:002010-11-15T07:55:46.863-05:00Thanks, Dinah. I read this on your mention (you s...Thanks, Dinah. I read this on your mention (you said something on the blog back in October) and I also loved it. My husband even said he may be interested in reading it, which is some kind of progess in our house. Dr. Vonnegut lives in the town where I work and he grew up on the Cape--also near me. And how awful it must have been to be told you have schizophrenia, only to have it "reclassified" dozens of years later as a mood disorder. <br /><br />LOved how he wrote about his relationship with his dad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-16253694869599016602010-11-14T13:47:22.379-05:002010-11-14T13:47:22.379-05:00Thanks! I read Mark Vonnegut's first book, Th...Thanks! I read Mark Vonnegut's first book, The Eden Express, in medical school and found it very moving.Tigermomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15525962425980447155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-11215604368029968692010-11-14T13:26:47.017-05:002010-11-14T13:26:47.017-05:00Great review. I can't wait to read it.Great review. I can't wait to read it.Sunny CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11451116932556227816noreply@blogger.com