tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10652467.post4261587521240014105..comments2024-03-23T17:18:36.598-05:00Comments on Zindagi ki Diary - Mi Vida Loca: On "Chemical Dependence"mystic-soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07184104415212110374noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10652467.post-46730247988699673322016-02-09T19:45:57.341-06:002016-02-09T19:45:57.341-06:00Many many good writers - including Tolstoy, Fyodor...Many many good writers - including Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Earnest hemingway, Manto, Mustaf Zaidi - and many many more - all their life battled mental illnesses or addictions. Probably that what make them good writers.<br /><br />Thank you for your comment. <br />BTW, I am still waiting in mail - your recommended letters of Khalil Jibranmystic-soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07184104415212110374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10652467.post-36555307296849709932016-02-09T11:58:20.661-06:002016-02-09T11:58:20.661-06:00I had read a deeply touching, and an unforgettable...I had read a deeply touching, and an unforgettable book few years ago 'an unquiet mind' by Kay Redfield Jamison. A memoir of a her struggle with bipolar disorder-very honest account. She is also a Psychiatrist and a prof. She writes' I have found it to be seductively complicated a distillation both of what is finest in our natures, and of what is most dangerous. <br />There is a tv series 'perception' I liked a lot -its about a neuropsychiatrist suffering from schizophrenia( he assists the FBI in solving complex cases) and teaches <br />About mind/psyche in a very interesting way, all the while dealing with his own pain so gracefully.<br /><br /><br />mehnazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00673968698155884772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10652467.post-43946569330405893622016-02-09T11:57:19.912-06:002016-02-09T11:57:19.912-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.mehnazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00673968698155884772noreply@blogger.com