Analysis Of An Unquiet Mind: Memoir Of Mood And Madness

There are about 5.7 million of American adults who suffer from manic-depression illness. Manic-depression is another name for bipolar. What is bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder is a disorder in which the brain experience manic high (enthusiastic) and low (depression). The nonfiction story "An Unquiet Mind: Memoir of Mood and Madness" relates to bipolar disorder and influence of society. As mentioned earlier, bipolar disorder is a disorder in which the brain experience manic high to low. The highs and lows of bipolar disorder are totally different than what an average person experience on seldom days. Compared to an average person, he or she might goes through being sad, hurt, or depression for a couple days and move on, but a person who has
By this I mean, bipolar disorder have an influence on the society and sometimes society can have an influence on bipolar. For example, just like the story, Ms. Jamison had canceled numerous of social events because of her manic-depressive illness. Her illness made her not want to get involved in any social engagements. She had to give up on doing some of the things that she enjoyed doing and broke ties with some her friendship because of her disorder. Although she did not spend most of time in the depression stage, her emotion varied a lot between high and
Jamison was in the manic high she was always doing things positive and very social with her interns, colleagues, family, friends, and partners. She enjoyed social engagements and she felt as if she was in a good place. Just like most people who experience bipolar disorder, when they are energized they are more involved with interactions with people and it increases their desire to want to do more. Being in a good state mentally, emotionally, and physically had a great impact on the society. When Ms. Jamison was in the depression stage, she was isolated from the world. She would insist on being by herself regardless how hard people tried to comfort