Art at Night: Film & Lecture - "The Amnesiac's Birthday"

This video explores New Jersey poet Terri Adamczyk’s story of familial dysfunction and reconciliation through the lens of manic-depression. Her poems weave biological and situational threads into an indelible tapestry. She recounts suicidal thoughts tempered by the love of family, cutting with glass shards, and recovery through electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

Introduction and Discussion of Depression and Cutting Behaviors by Sara Martino, Assoc. Prof. of Psychology, Stockton College.