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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 Memory Is So Good I Know With Absolute Certainty What I Had For Dinner On June 4th, 1996 And It Was Delicious

“Memory is… one of a suite of higher or ‘executive’ brain functions hobbled by depression.” “Memory Loss and the Brain”, Daniel Pendick (1991) . “The problem is that eyewitness acounts, while more convincing than hearsay accounts, are not always reliable. … Continue reading

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Testing An Epiphany And Having A Revelation While Losing Ten Pounds In Two Days On The Fashion Model Glamour Diet

“Maligne Lake, Jasper Park”, Oil On Canvas — by Lawren S. Harris (1885-1970), scanned from a postcard. . . “There exists an obvious fact that seems utterly moral: namely, that a man is always a prey to his truths. Once … Continue reading

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UmBiPMaD Stories: Fred Nietzsche Was My 240lb Solvent-Huffing Ex-Nazi Rooming-House Neighbour And Friend

To predict the behaviour of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), German Philosopher Dave killed my rabbit. Fred … Continue reading

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A New Gaping Hole In My Mouth Reveals Nothing About My Personal Recovery But The Photo Is So Totally Worth Seeing

“The tooth fairy comes when a child has lost a tooth. Commonly, she is very small, and she comes in the middle of the night. The child is to leave the tooth under his/her pillow, so that the tooth fairy … Continue reading

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A Lying Maoist Revolutionary Con Artist Stole My Family And All He Left Me With Was A Crappy Bike

In a hut of mud and fire / Sits this single man — “Not to want / Money, to want a life in the world, / To want no trinkets on my name” — / And he was rich; his … Continue reading

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When You Spend 6570 Consecutive Days Wanting To Kill Yourself The Little Things Get Neglected… Like Dental Hygiene.

“Currently, access to dental care is mostly limited to those with jobs that provide private insurance benefits, or can afford to pay for treatment out of pocket. Many on low incomes do not receive dental benefits and cannot afford regular … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar, Canada, Classic, crazy people with no pants, Dentist, Depression, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Memories, Ottawa, Punk, Salted Truths | 19 Comments