Category Archives: CSG

The Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services hates disabled people

CAUTION: This post was written after receiving some very bad… incredibly incorrect information from an ODSP worker who was either very new, or very, very drunk. It turns out things weren’t nearly as bad as he made it out to … Continue reading

Posted in Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Diabetes, Disability, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, ODSP, Poverty | Tagged , | 15 Comments

I spy with my red little eye something that is…

I’ve been crying steadily for almost two weeks now… but only out of one eye, and mostly because it’s infected, but there are times when it feels real. Like I’m actually crying for an emotional reason, and the infection is … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Depression, Family, Granny, Health, Little Victor, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health | Tagged | 6 Comments

Stuff I did today (yesterday edition)

I’m trying to get this blog thing back on track… so it’s back to blogging basics. This is some of the stuff I did today (which is now yesterday)… most of this is chronologically random. I cooked for myself. It … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Health, Little Victor, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Poverty | 8 Comments

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

Posted in Appointment Day, Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Granny, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Pregnancy, Psychiatry | Tagged | 10 Comments

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

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Depression, Granny, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Poverty | Tagged | 10 Comments

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

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Depression, Granny, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health | Tagged | 10 Comments