Tag Archives: Bipolar

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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First Meeting With My Psychiatric-Nurse Was Also My Last | WTF Was That!?

Posted on February 13, 2024 by Gabriel...

I was told there was a plan… promised, even. My Psychiatrist retired in December. She gave me a plan to deal with it, which included a few more appointments with my Psychotherapist, and six months of care through a Psychiatric … 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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From Mine To Yours, Happy Christmas & A Happy New Year

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Gabriel...

Merry Christmas from my little family, to yours. And all the very best in the New Year. …there’s a YouTube embedded above, if you can’t see it, click here.

Posted in Bipolar, BiPolar Christmas, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Christmas, Health | Tagged , , , | 11 Comments

Conversations With My Psychiatrist | It’s Been Fun

Posted on September 7, 2023 by Gabriel...

First the bad news: my psychiatrist is officially retired, and my psychotherapist is on an extended leave while she cares for her recently cancer-diagnosed husband. But I’m not being abandoned, that’s the good news. In October I start a new … 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 →

Posted in Appointment Day, Baby Quintin, Bipolar, Bipolar Disease, Bipolar Disorder, Family, Health, Little Victor, Manic Depression, Mental Health, Photography | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments