Kay Redfield Jamison
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268 appearances
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first heard Feb 2010
last heard Feb 2010
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I was living in London at the time.
And we had been talking on the phone and
I was really very, very deeply depressed and it frightened him and he didn't know what to do.
And so he wrote me a letter.
Dear SK, I have seen the green ice and the ten minute retreats, but last night I heard total blackness.
When I was twelve, we visited Mammoth Cave in Kentucky.
The guide said that it was twenty degrees darker than total darkness, a statement I have never understood.
I still did not understand it scientifically.
I have now, however, felt it.
It is like a black hole drawing all light into it.
On the phone,
I felt life being sucked out of me through the wires.
Gladly given.
Unfortunately, there was no conservation of matter, and what left me was not to be found on the receptacle on the other end.
It was as if there was a total annihilation of substance and energy.
It brought back memories of my most primitive childhood nightmare.
Being with you seemed like the only answer.
Then I could see it, throw a blanket over it, put a glass.
I need some guidelines on the ladder.
I need to know when to worry.
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