Category Archives: Clinical Depression

Maybe It’s Time For A Manic Depressive Anonymous Or At Least Someplace We Can Go To Get More Than An Emoticon Of Support

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Gabriel...

In 1989 I was diagnosed with manic depression based on symptoms which were about two years old. I went untreated for the next fourteen years. For most of that time I was unemployed, living in extreme (for Canada) poverty and … Continue reading →

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Grocery Shopping And Making Movies While Walking The Dog On A Busted Knee

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Gabriel...

“Rasputin”; Boney M It’s like a history lesson to a Disco beat… Let me know if the video isn’t available. I was grocery shopping recently for the first time since… November? I’ve pretty much run up one side and down … Continue reading →

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Reaching The One Hundred Post Mark And Looking Back At My Recovery So Far

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Gabriel...

. . This is my one hundredth post. Which is kind of cool. Coming to this marker this quick has kind of surprised me considering I only wrote eight posts from January until May of last year. My math skills … Continue reading →

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Handing Out Flowers Again To Anyone Who Wants Them Because It’s February And We Need Some Colour

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Gabriel...

This one’s for Dame and all the other February haters. August 21, 2007 — photo by Me. . . Your Body’s a small world with many meanings. Love. If. Yes. But. Death. Surely I will love you a little while, … Continue reading →

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Looking Forward To An Intervention Any Day Now

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Gabriel...

There are so many days when all I want is to open my door and have family and friends sitting around my apartment with concerned looks on their faces and as they come towards me with their arms wide open … Continue reading →

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Looking Back The Only Things I Gave Up Were A Million Cockroaches And The Idea Manic Depression Ever Meant Something To My Self

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Gabriel...

“Depression is a thin coating, it’s a thin sheet of reflective ice concealing an ocean. It corrupts our ability to Reason, and without that ability we can’t defend ourselves against the thoughts inside our heads, so we find excuses we … Continue reading →

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