Category Archives: Clinical Depression

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

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

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Losing the routine that saved me from manic depression

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

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Friday Conversations With My Psychiatrist | Reexamining the causes for exile

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

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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

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The True Nature Of My Being

The signs I’ve slid into a depression should be obvious to me by now. After almost two decades I should at least have a check list by my door, or beside my bed. Dressing in black for days on end … Continue reading

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What if getting rid of my abusive grandmother is just the first step

It has been a month since my mother visited with my son. Her self-imposed exile continues for reasons she won’t share with me, and I doubt I’d understand them if she did. My girlfriend and I have made it very … Continue reading

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