Category Archives: Psychiatry

Friday Conversations With My Psychiatrist | April 3, 2009

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Gabriel...

My doctor and I rarely start with the heavy stuff straight away. Actually, after I walk into his office and we shake hands, our routine consists of my weighing myself on his gravity scale, then I sit down and straighten … Continue reading →

Posted in Appointment Day, Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, CSG, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Psychiatry | 12 Comments

Friday Conversations With My Psychiatrist | January 9, 2009

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Gabriel...

There’s a certain rhythm to our appointments which gets broken after we’ve had a break. Even missing one appointment throws our timing off and we end up spending the first forty-five minutes catching up and talking about stuff we’re both … Continue reading →

Posted in Appointment Day, Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Health, Manic Depression, Psychiatry | 7 Comments

Friday Conversations With My Psychiatrist | December 19, 2008

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Gabriel...

Friday was the day I told my mother all the good news about my recovery from the various diseases and conditions I’ve been living with for the past two decades. I started telling her about the incredible decrease into normality … Continue reading →

Posted in Appointment Day, Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Health, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Psychiatry | 6 Comments

Straw Man Arguments Against The Evolution Of Mental Health

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Gabriel...

15. We oppose the psychiatric system because it is frighteningly similar to the Inquisition, chattel slavery and the Nazi concentration camps. 25. We believe that the psychiatric system is, in fact, a pacification programme controlled by psychiatrists and supported by … Continue reading →

Posted in Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Classic, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Health, Manic Depression, Politics, Psychiatry | 27 Comments

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

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Gabriel...

“[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 →

Posted in Appointment Day, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, crazy people with no pants, Father, Health, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Poverty, Psychiatry, Salted Truths | 10 Comments

Walking Up Hills To Prove I Can Climb Mountains

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Gabriel...

…the only time she told me how smart I was was when she was telling me what a failure I was. One of the few “home over pump” gas stations left — photo by Me, March 27, 2008 . “I … Continue reading →

Posted in Appointment Day, Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Clinical Depression, crazy people with no pants, Depression, Health, Lithium, Living With Depression, Living With Manic Depression, Manic Depression, Psychiatry | 8 Comments