Reflections Through Madness
Kay Redfield Jamison refers to her mind as “unquiet.” Dianne C. McDaniel called hers “broken.” Robert Lowell referred to his experiences as “madness,” those of a “headless heart,” and “almost off the rails.” For Nina Simone, what she went through was a “spiritual mandate,” a source of inspiration and anger.
Here you will find writing pieces that center around my journey with mental health—early and latent experience, diagnoses, hospitalizations, treatment, navigating institutions and society, healing, recovery, and perseverance.
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