Category Archives: Mental Health

Monday Mental Movie Night: Mary & Max

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Gabriel...

“[Mary & Max] deals with themes including childhood neglect, friendship, the obscurity of life, teasing, loneliness, autism (Asperger syndrome in particular), obesity, depression and anxiety.” — Wikipedia A very odd, very unlikely animated film from Australia that manages to be … Continue reading →

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Grandfather update plus another death in the family and it’s really hot (Updated 11pm)

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Gabriel...

My grandfather’s youngest brother died Friday morning. It wasn’t a surprise. My granduncle had a stroke last week, which led to the heart attack on Friday. But he had been… ‘damaged’ for a couple of years. He lost most of … Continue reading →

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I waited forty-two years for someone to take this photo

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Gabriel...

I could stare at this photo for days. Maybe longer. Last week my girlfriend and I got tired of being stuck in our little village. So, while her oldest son was with his father on their court-mandated visit, the two … Continue reading →

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The time my grandfather taught me how to build a dam

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Gabriel...

When we were kids, and we were lucky, it would rain. And the parking area of my grandfather’s mountain farm would fill up with streams and rivulets. The farm house was in a small valley, near the top of one … Continue reading →

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Neuroplasticity: it’d be so much easier if our brains were made from Play-doh

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Gabriel...

I’m poor. Constantly broke. I’ve lived in poverty my entire life. I was raised, first by a political collective of people who believed poverty was a virtue and an ideal, and then by a single mother who had no support … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Neuroplasticity, Psychiatry | 3 Comments

A few photos a video and a song or two because it’s too hot for words

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Gabriel...

For the past few days the thermometer has been pushing towards 40C (104F), which is stupid hot. It’s starting to cool off tonight, and it’s supposed to get much nicer for the weekend, but it’s still +30C in my apartment. … Continue reading →

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