Kitt O'Malley, Author at Kitt O’Malley

Finding Your Inner Happiness recommended me for the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award. Thank you so much, Finding Your Inner Happiness! Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award recognizes women bloggers from all around the world. There is no pressure to accept the award. The rules for the Sisterhood of the World Bloggers Award are as follows: Thank the person who…

NAMI Week Three

Aug 7, 2014

in Mental Health, NAMI, Psychosocial Education, Recovery

Yesterday afternoon I attended NAMI‘s third week Peer-to-Peer class. The curriculum we covered was: Mental illnesses are no-blame disorders Brain biology and research about mental illness Challenges and benefits of medications Relapse prevention Creative visualization Mindfulness I feel I need to learn far more about relapse prevention. No doubt we will continue to cover that topic. As someone…

Thought Wisps

Aug 6, 2014

in Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Disability, Grief, Mood Cycling, Psychotherapy, Recovery, Vocation

F*ck what was I thinking? Cannot recall. Had a thought or perhaps even more than one. Something to write for my blog. Now I’m drawing a blank. My mind cannot hold onto thoughts for very long. They slip away. Slip away. Wisps. The thought had to do with removing my MFT license from my description for…

Dragging My Knuckles

Aug 5, 2014

in Bipolar Disorder, Cancer, Chronic Illness, Depression, Family, Triggers to Mood Cycling

Yesterday saw my nephew off at the airport. Now I’m dragging my knuckles on the ground. Head aches. Fatigued. Basically, I’m drained. Have group later this afternoon. Psychiatrist’s psychotherapy group members decided to take July off. Not sure how many will actually show up this afternoon. So now I have group therapy on Tuesday afternoon and…

Shout Out to MHA

Aug 1, 2014

in Gratitude, Mental Health, Recovery, Stigma

Forgot to mention and thank Mental Health Association of Orange County (MHAOC) the organization partnering with and hosting NAMI’s Peer-to-Peer course. Value and Philosophy of MHAOC The Mental Health Association of Orange County provides all of its services within the context of a psychosocial rehabilitation philosophy. Our philosophy holds as its primary goal the elimination of…

Review of Eye-locks and Other Fearsome Things: Learning to Love as a Bipolar Aspie

Aug 1, 2014

in Bipolar Disorder, Psychotic Thought Process

I greatly enjoyed reading and highly recommend Ellen Stockdale Wolfe’s autobiographical story of love alongside psychological and neurological growth: Eye-locks and Other Fearsome Things: Learning to Love as a Bipolar Aspie. In her memoir, Ms. Stockdale Wolfe writes of her struggle with Asperger’s and Bipolar Disorder with psychotic features. Her autobiography traces her growth in her ability to love deeply and…

Why Being a Hermit Doesn’t Work

Aug 1, 2014

in Mental Health, Recovery, Support Group

Research shows that support groups improve outcomes. Great article summarizing the research. Thanks, WiL (Writing into the Light)

NAMI Peer-to-Peer Week Two

Jul 31, 2014

in Mental Health, NAMI, Psychosocial Education, Recovery

As I attended my second week of NAMI Peer-to-Peer, my 14-year-old son and nephew painted our family room wall a beautiful shade of light green sage. Thank you, boys! Job well done. The room is already more restful with the new color on a wall. NAMI Peer-to-Peer is a peer-led course in which those of…

WordPress Followers range from active to silent

Jul 29, 2014

in Blogging, Writing

Sending out a HUGE HUG and SHOUT OUT to Glenn2point0 who blogs at Glenn2point0.wordpress.com about his Opinions on Life, the Universe and Mental Things. He thanked me and our dear blogging friend Dyane Harwood of Birth of a New Brain | Healing from Postpartum Bipolar Disorder for being two of his most active blog followers. Glenn,…

Sh*t Forgot My Meds Last Night

Jul 29, 2014

in Bipolar Disorder, Medication, Triggers to Mood Cycling

Last night, in the midst of a change in routine, I forgot to take my night-time medication. When I saw that my pill-box still contained last night’s medication this morning, I took a partial night-time dose of divalproex sodium this morning. My current night-time dos is 1000 mg. This morning I took 750 mg; one…

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