Category Archives: Clinical Depression

How Growing Up With Wire Monkeys Added To My Self Destructive Behaviour

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Gabriel...

“The theory of learned helplessness was then extended to human behavior, providing a model for explaining depression, a state characterized by a lack of affect and feeling. Depressed people became that way because they learned to be helpless. Depressed people … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Classic, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Diabetes, Family, Father, Granny, Health, Manic Depression, Poverty, Salted Truths | 17 Comments

Two Weddings A Brunch And A Savage Beating

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Gabriel...

“Before I started my Recovery 3.5 years ago I watched, and helped, several friends try to recover from addiction. What I found by watching them and listening to them was there’s one essential tool needed to recover from an addiction … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Friends, Granny, Health, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression | 12 Comments

The List Of Things To Come

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Gabriel...

A blister on my little toe; July 07, 2008 – Photo by Me. I haven’t had writers block, that’s not the reason why I haven’t posted in ten days. The problem has been I have too many things I want … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Salted Lists, Writing | 13 Comments

Two Feet Underwater With Diabetes Fatigue

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Gabriel...

My two feet under water; July 05, 2008 – Photo by Me. Turns out if you’re having problems falling to sleep or getting too excitable over the day the answer lies in overloading and permanently damaging your pancreas. Then wait … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Diabetes, Health, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Salted Truths | 17 Comments

I Spent The Last Twenty Years Sucking In My Anger And Now I’ve Got Brain Freeze

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Gabriel...

I’m not an easy person to get along with. I never have been. Mostly because I’ve been pissed off since I was twelve… also because the people I’m pissed off at will never admit their complicity in the actions which … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Memories, Salted Truths | 25 Comments

Diabetes Is Slowly Taking The Life Of Someone Who Saved Mine

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Gabriel...

A lot of stuff has happened over the past few weeks and for the past four days I’ve been trying to write about all of it in one post… which, it turns out, is impossible. So I’m breaking the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Diabetes, Food Banks, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Memories | 17 Comments