(Click here for Four Lives II part 2) This week and next on The Infinite Mind: the remarkable stories of Four Lives, told in a special double broadcast. In the first episode, we hear two powerful tales of recovery from mental illness. First, the former First Lady of New Jersey, Mary Jo Codey, in one of the most remarkable interviews to air on The Infinite Mind, reveals her courageous battle to overcome the postpartum depression that caused her to constantly think of killing herself and her newborn son. After her husband was elected governor and a radio "shock jock" made her private struggle the brunt of a public joke – foreshadowing a similar, acrid exchange between Tom Cruise and Brooke Shields -- Ms. Codey realized she had a cause worth fighting for. She joins The Infinite Mind’s Mary Carmichael for a startlingly candid discussion. Next, renowned TV newscaster Jane Pauley tells The Infinite Mind’s Bill Lichtenstein how steroids and anti-depressants, intended to treat a case of hives, instead sent her spiraling into depression and mild mania, unmasking a hidden vulnerability to bipolar disorder. When she started thinking about suicide, her doctor sent her to the hospital, and in the process, she re-evaluated who she was – emerging as an advocate for people with living with bipolar disorder and mental illnesses. |
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