tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25745858.post9188937708516813197..comments2023-11-30T13:49:20.131+00:00Comments on NASIM MARIE JAFRY: ON WRITING, READING and CHRONIC ILLNESS: Art & catastrophe, & BBC Alba documentary, repeated on 6 and 13 Januarynmjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05477643084619789093noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25745858.post-20134826527260432112014-01-07T00:42:22.410+00:002014-01-07T00:42:22.410+00:00Hey Belle, ... I can't imagine now *not* writi...Hey Belle, ... I can't imagine now *not* writing, even though my output is hardly prolific. It is what keeps me sane - I always have words banging together in my head - through the chaos & hell of ME. I am so glad that writing has helped you too. xnmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477643084619789093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25745858.post-71126045442138393652014-01-06T16:38:57.745+00:002014-01-06T16:38:57.745+00:00interesting what you say about your writing being ...interesting what you say about your writing being a response to catastrophe. I was talking to my daughter about my bi-polar and she said she didn't think there was any effective treatment for it. I said surely I was much better than I had been when she was little. She agreed with me but it was clear that she felt I was not back to 100%.I suspect she meant that I was not working full time etc. If I had been completely cured I would have gone back to work 9-5 and I would never have learnt to write fiction or done an MA and PhD in Creative Writing and I certainly would not have written a novel. So, yes, my response to catastrophe (and there were times in my life when bi-polar came close to having a catastrophic effect on my circumstances)has been writing. And I like it. xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com