Category Archives: Mental Health

My Biological Father Has Died… There Are No More Chances

Posted on August 27, 2024 by Gabriel...

“When I was a child my father believed he was a great man who was in the middle of a great revolution, and things get sacrificed during revolutions. Like family. Or maybe — as he tells the story now — … Continue reading →

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Well That Was An Entirely Too Interesting Few Months

Posted on July 7, 2024 by Gabriel...

Way back in April, my right leg started hurting and it was definitely swollen, that was on a Sunday. The pain got pretty intense over the next few days, aggravated even further by playing multiple boot-hockey games with my youngest … Continue reading →

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Music Friday: “Pull Your Head Up Off The Floor, Come Up Screaming…”

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Gabriel...

I was thirteen when I first heard Stuart Adamson and Big Country on the radio. At that point the only music I had been exposed to were the folk songs and anti-government protest songs we had sung in the Cult … Continue reading →

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Another Conversation With My Psychotherapist… Now With Less Mom Talk

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Gabriel...

The overarching theme for my past year in psychotherapy was my relationship with my mother… which seems not a little cliché, but it was something that needed to happen. We only discussed my mother for a few minutes this time. … Continue reading →

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Conversations With My Psychiatrist | The End Is Nigh

Posted on April 18, 2023 by Gabriel...

I have two more appointments before my psychiatrist retires. This isn’t a surprise, she told me when we started three years ago that our relationship would be temporary. She also told me I wouldn’t be left out in the cold, … Continue reading →

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Thursday Conversations With My Psychiatrist | New Pills & A Car Wreck

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Gabriel...

I’ve changed psychiatrists since I wrote the last one of these. My last psychiatrist — the one who saved my life, retired… or something, he told me my regular Doctor could treat me. So I went without a psychiatrist and … Continue reading →

Posted in Appointment Day, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Blogging, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Sleep | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments