Kitt O’Malley

Author: Kitt O’Malley

  • Day Tripping

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    Often I get caught in my thoughts, in daydreaming and talking to myself, even gesturing and make facial expressions to match my train of thought. Keeps me from being in the present and drives my son nuts, especially when I do it driving him to and from school. My hope is to get those thoughts…

  • Social Media Promotion

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    I’ve debated how to best promote my blog using other social media and have found myself overwhelmed and unsure of whether I am using my resources best. Please also read my Liking Photos post on this matter and give me your personal experiences and advice. Thank you.

  • Liking Photos

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    Am I wasting my time liking photos on Instagram and Google+? Should I be posting duplicates to both sites? Which is a better use of my time? Should I create a mirror blog on Google’s blogger to reach Google+ users? So far my posts are of two natures, text on WordPress and photos on photo-sharing sites.

  • Terse, Too Terse, Way Too Terse

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    Woke up to a dream. In my dream, author Richard Milner, the leader of the writing group Sit Down, Shut Up, and Write and author of the novel The Vessel of Kali, handed me a sticky note with feedback on my writing. The sticky note simply stated: By the way, you can find Richard at richardmilnerauthor.com. Purchase his…

  • Another Late Night

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    A couple nights ago, or perhaps it was simply last night, I was up late, unable to fall asleep. Finally, at 1:30 am, I decided to check if I had taken my night time meds (generic Depakote aka Divalproex aka valproic acid and generic Benadryl aka long chemical name I do not care to look up).…

  • LMFT

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    Back in 1990 I got an MA in psychology from New College of California. I worked hard over the next two years to rack up the then required 3,000 internship hours, and study for and pass both the written and oral exams to become what was then called a Marriage Family and Child Counselor. The…

  • NAMI Peer-to-Peer

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    To join a NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Peer-to-Peer group, or not to join a NAMI Peer-to-Peer group? That is the question. If I am to volunteer for NAMI, I must first participate in a NAMI Peer-to-Peer group. This makes sense, yet I fear it. Though I speak openly of having bipolar disorder; honestly,…

  • To Work or Not to Work

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    My past experience has been that in the workplace I become overstimulated, that I take on too many responsibilities, overwork, and burn out. Taking care of my husband and son, as well as myself, taxes me as it is. I need social contact, but still feel that it must be restrained, limited, flexible to my…

  • Not Just Dysthymia

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    Not until I was 39, was I diagnosed as having bipolar disorder. I am now 50. At 39, I recognized the symptoms of mania in myself, euphoria, the feeling of being called by God to a particular church, to a particular path. The diagnostic criteria have changed over the years. For two decades, I had been…

  • Photography

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    I started taking photos to use as illustrations for my blog posts, but the images seem unrelated to my writing. The photos are simply what I find beautiful. Here I post a collage of photos for your enjoyment.