Category Archives: Bipolar

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

Just Something Funny I Wrote While Living On My Little Brothers Couch (1993)

Posted on February 16, 2007 by Gabriel...

. . “There is no fucking ice cream in your fucking future.” Otis Driftwood, The Devils Rejects . . this was less than two minutes of ‘manic’: . “If we could all erase the colour of our skin we would … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Depression, Bipolar, Canada, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Humor, Humour, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Memories, Ottawa, Poetry, Poverty, Punk, [redacted] | 8 Comments

This One’s For St. Michael And All The Memories In The Backrow

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Gabriel...

The Main Street of my little village; February 10, 2007 – Photo by Me. The first cut is the deepest, Baby I know — The first cut is the deepest ‘Cause when it comes to being lucky, she’s cursed When … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, crazy people with no pants, Depression, General Tao's Chicken, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Memories, Ottawa, Poetry, Poverty, Publishing, Punk, [redacted] | 5 Comments

Seeing What People Never See Unless Someone They Love Films It

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Gabriel...

. “Sometimes Mommy laughs when she has her medicine. Mommy says the medicine makes the pain better, and makes her want to eat more. Boy, does Mommy ever eat.” “Mommy’s Funny Medicine” Written By Russell & Christine Lowe, Illustrations By … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Depression, Artists With Depression, Bipolar, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Friends, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Medical Marijuana, Ottawa, Politics, Poverty, Publishing | 23 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

There’s No Art In Manic Depression

Posted on December 29, 2006 by Gabriel...

“In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is an hallucinating idiot.” Marshall McLuhan “…real mental illness is boring. Depressives are toxic and dull. Manic depressives are irritating. People with schizophrenia or autism are largely indecipherable. Most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Depression, Artists With Depression, Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Classic, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health | 76 Comments