Moods are such an essential part of the substance of life, of one's no…

Kay Redfield Jamison
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Moods are such an essential part of the substance of life, of one's notion of oneself, that even psychotic extremes in mood and behavior somehow can be seen as temporary, even understandable, reactions to what life has dealt. ✨ FaceBook post byKay Redfield Jamison from Jul 26, 2012
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I am reminded of the importance of small kindnesses. ✨ Kay Redfield Jamison (2014). An Unquiet Mind: A memoir of moods and madness, p.92, Pan Macmillan
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Moods are such an essential part of the substance of life, of one's notion of oneself, that even psychotic extremes in mood and behavior somehow can be seen as temporary, even understandable, reactions to what life has dealt. ✨ FaceBook post byKay Redfield Jamison from Jul 26, 2012

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