Category Archives: Father

Cue The Orchestra Because My Core Issue Has Finally Taken The Stage Dun Dun Duuun

“[I]t’s something I’m just starting to work out myself, but the manic depression actually feels or seems in retrospect as though it was much easier in comparison to deal with. Maybe it has to do with the bipolar depressions being … Continue reading

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The First Post Marking The End Of My Second Year

The second year of Salted Lithium ends on November 14, 2008. This post is part one in a series looking back at the last two years. The idea of these Anniversary Posts is to encourage people to hopefully take part … Continue reading

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

“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

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Protected: Some People In My Family Found Honour In Sacrifice But Then They Started Looking For People To Burn

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Sure A Rose May Smell Just As Sweet But Call It Herpes des Quatre Saisons And People Will Never Plant Them Again

My name is officially changed… it took two years when it should have taken six weeks, but the last piece of my father’s identity has been removed from my wallet. My new birth certificate came in the mail yesterday. It’s … Continue reading

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Rhetorical Question

This man fathered three sons… but none of us call him father — photo by Me . “National Disgrace”; Atmosphere Let me know if the YouTube’s missing… . . . Do you miss your father? Sometimes it feels like there’s … Continue reading

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Father, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Punk, Salted Truths, UmBiPMaD Stories, YouTube | 15 Comments