Category Archives: Bipolar Disorder

Number Two Of Five Lists | My Most Embarrassing Memories Ever

Posted on July 27, 2007 by Gabriel...

“A list poem is one of the easiest kinds of poems to write because it doesn’t require either rhythm or rhyme. But that doesn’t mean you should write down anything helter skelter. Here’s a list of elements that makes a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Poverty, Salted Lists | 8 Comments

God Save The Queen, Because I Was Too Broken To Do The Job

Posted on May 28, 2007 by Gabriel...

Elephants // aren’t any more important / than insects // but I’m on the side / of elephants // unless one of them tries / to crawl up my leg “Elephants”, John Newlove Young man, / Seize every minute / … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Punk | Tagged | 13 Comments

Ten Things I Did Last Year, Eight Things I’ve Stopped Doing This Year, Three Revelations And A Ten-Year Old Holding A Gun

Posted on May 23, 2007 by Gabriel...

The reason I write / is to make something / as beautiful as you are. / When I’m with you / I want to be the kind of hero / I wanted to be / when I was seven years … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, Health, Humour, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Memories, Mental Health, Salted Lists | 36 Comments

Manic Depression Did Not Rape You And It Certainly Didn’t Kill Your Dog

Posted on May 20, 2007 by Gabriel...

…Call it what you like, / that nightly jaunt I took, analyze it / as you will, there must have been / some benefit I gained from it — otherwise / I’d have come down long ago. “Only Child”, ‘Edwin … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Classic, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health | 33 Comments

I Still Need This Thing.

Posted on May 17, 2007 by Gabriel...

Blood may be thicker than water, but you can still drown in it. “Can’t you see I’m busy gettin’ high?”. Bystander Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Salted Lithium is coming back… I still need this thing… because I’m not sane … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Ottawa, Poverty | 10 Comments

A Perfect World Would Start With An Intervention

Posted on January 12, 2007 by Gabriel...

“Today I am off the medication and all of this is useless. I need help. My sleeping pattern is completely reversed: I am sleeping from 6am to 6pm, I never know when to take my medication anymore so I usually … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Classic, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Health, Intervention, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Poverty, Psychiatry | 27 Comments