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About Gabriel...

...diagnosed with manic depression when I was nineteen, for the next 14-years I lived without treatment or a recovery plan. I've been homeless, one time I graduated college, I've won awards for reporting on Internet privacy issues, and a weekly humour column. In 2002 I finally hit bottom and found help. It's now 2024, and I have a 9-year old son, and a 14-year old son... I’m usually about six feet tall, and I'm pretty sure I screwed up my book deal. I mostly blog at saltedlithium.com....

My grandmother apologizes then spends twenty minutes telling me why she’s not sorry

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Gabriel...

My grandmother has apologized for her behaviour last February. We met at a local restaurant, and she did it right after the waitress took my lunch order. Ten months ago she attacked me for having had a baby with my … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Granny, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health | Tagged | 11 Comments

Losing the routine that saved me from manic depression

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Gabriel...

This analogy will not be perfect, but might make a decent movie review. “History of Violence” is a movie by Canadian director, David Cronenberg. Viggo Mortensen plays Tom Stall, a middle aged man living a quiet life in a small … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Pregnancy | Tagged | 8 Comments

Suddenly there were people

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Gabriel...

If you ever have the opportunity to meet someone you blog with, I’d recommend meeting them for a shawarma. My girlfriend and I needed some time away from the village, and she had been having shawarma cravings for weeks, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Ottawa | 4 Comments

Friday Conversations With My Psychiatrist | Reexamining the causes for exile

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Gabriel...

This one has been hard to write. Not so much because of the emotions involved, more because just getting the context right is difficult. On August 29 my mother and I had a confrontation regarding my decision to prevent her … Continue reading →

Posted in Appointment Day, Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Granny, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Pregnancy, Psychiatry | Tagged | 10 Comments

Protected: And then someone told the Children’s Aid Society I was a threat to my son because I have a case of the bipolars

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Gabriel...

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Turning into a stay at home daddy

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Gabriel...

I think it’s official, I may have become a stay-at-home dad. If it’s not official, then at the least I’m in training. My girlfriend went back to work at the convenience store ‘full time’ — which means she’s short of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health | Tagged | 7 Comments