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  • Ode to my Sewing Machine

    Jul 1, 2014
    in Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health

    I concur with Doreen Bench I am an artist with limits I cannot do everything I cannot be there for everyone I am a mother I am a wife I am an artist with limits

  • Lazy Summer Days

    Jun 30, 2014
    in Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Parenting, Parenting

    Okay, so I’ve not exactly kept to my commitment to get outside and play, nor have I gotten any interior painting done. My son has played video games since he got out of school for the summer last Wednesday —…

  • Minor Tweaking

    Jun 28, 2014
    in Bipolar Disorder, Theology, Vocation, What About God?

    So last night and today I made some minor tweaks to my site. My blog subtitle now is: Living with Bipolar Disorder. Loved by God. Hope the new subtitle resonates with others. My former seminary papers hadn’t received much interest. So I removed…

  • Thank You Mentors

    Jun 28, 2014
    in Bipolar Disorder, Gratitude, Marriage, Mental Health, Theology, What About God?

    Not precisely Ten Things of Thankful, but I am using the theme of the Ten Things of Thankful blog hop as an opportunity to thank those who have mentored me in my spiritual and religious growth. I originally wrote this…

  • Ramping Up

    Jun 28, 2014
    in Bipolar Disorder, Hypomania, Marriage

    Have not been falling asleep on my own recently. Have had to drug myself, dosing myself with a combination of clonazepam, diphenhydramine (Benadryl), and a sleep aid herbal supplement. I chew the clonazepam and herbal supplement to get them to act more…

  • Third Person

    Jun 27, 2014
    in Mental Health, Vocation, Writing

    Once, a lifetime ago, when I was only twenty-eight, a rather gifted poet friend of mind, upon reading the first person narrative of my journal, suggested that I try writing in third person. I gave it a try and in so…

  • Hello, Summer

    Jun 24, 2014
    in Bipolar Parenting, Parenting, Writing

    Summer is here. This will be my son’s last summer before starting high school. How exciting! (I’m so proud!) Time for me to savor mothering him before it’s too late. In four short years he’ll graduate from high school and leave for college.…

  • Should mental health disorders be treated with medications?

    Jun 23, 2014
    in Medication, Mental Health

    Excellently made point. I need not say more.

  • Suicide Infanticide

    Jun 21, 2014
    in Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Parenting, Parenting, Poetry, Psychotic Thought Process

    Long, long ago When my son was very, very young I thought of killing myself But what about my son? I can’t leave him behind Well then, I’ll take him with me Oh, my God! That’s where it comes from…

  • Bad Mom

    Jun 17, 2014
    in Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Parenting, Parenting, Poetry

    Bad mom Selfish mom Ineffective mom Permissive mom Bipolar mom At times, abusive mom At times, out of control mom At times, rageful mom She’s even hit her kid She’s even slapped her kid No excuse No excuse to hit a…

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Kitt O’Malley is an author, mental health advocate, public speaker, and former psychotherapist who lives with bipolar disorder.

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