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  • Grounded by the Flu

    Mar 17, 2014
    in Bipolar Disorder, Hypomania, Photos

    The whole family got the stomach flu. Grounded me. Slowed me down. On the positive side, I caught up on sleep and am on a more even keel. Not hypomanic as long as I feel this fatigued. Not as productive, either.…

  • Freestyling It

    Mar 9, 2014
    in Mental Health

    Neither line dancing nor Zumba are for me. Don’t enjoy doing the same thing, the same way at the same time as everyone else. Goes against my nature. I’m more of a free-style dancer, mixing up my moves, varying dance…

  • No More Grad School For Now

    Mar 9, 2014
    in Psychotherapy, Theology, Vocation

    Okay, so the other night, or maybe it was in the morning, I’m not sure, through LinkedIn I checked out Fuller Theological Seminary’s School of Psychology and their PhD program in psychology. Got to thinking, do I want to pursue…

  • Lent | The Rites of Spring

    Mar 7, 2014
    in Bipolar Disorder, Hypomania, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Theology, Triggers to Mood Cycling, Vocation

    For many, spring is a time of celebration and remembrance. – Deseret News, March 7, 2009 Two days ago was Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Although I did not have my forehead smudged with ash, I do acknowledge…

  • Flurries of Hypomania

    Mar 7, 2014
    in Bipolar Disorder, Hypomania, Overstimulation, Psychotherapy, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Triggers to Mood Cycling

    Or, is it just that I had iced tea yesterday with my lunch? Since I’ve been mildly hypomanic, I enrolled in my psychiatrist’s therapy group to take a look at what happens to me when I am in a social…

  • Mother and Wife

    Mar 7, 2014
    in Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Parenting, Depression, Disability, Marriage, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Vocation

    When my son was young, I juggled working outside the home with mothering and homemaking. By the time he was four, I found it unsustainable and ended up in a psychiatric hospital for two weeks and then months in partial…

  • Playing Therapist

    Mar 6, 2014
    in Bipolar Disorder, Hypomania, Psychotherapy, Vocation

    At group this week, I played therapist. I was a PATIENT, not the therapist, who, by the way, calmly and ably led the group. For a while, I took over. I could not contain my reaction to what I heard.…

  • Freaking Out

    Mar 6, 2014
    in Bipolar Disorder, Disability, Hypomania, Medication

    Both my husband and my mother have expressed concern that I am ramping up (becoming hypomanic and experiencing mixed emotional states) as I’ve started the Ticket to Work process. I have had trouble sleeping, my mind is racing, I’m anxious,…

  • Do I Need an Editor?

    Mar 6, 2014
    in Acceptance, Bipolar Disorder, Public Speaking, Vocation, Writing

    Do I need an editor? Do I need to organize my writing into a more cohesive whole? Or, does this format fit what I am trying to accomplish? What is it I am trying to accomplish? I believe that I…

  • Fill the Space with Words

    Mar 6, 2014
    in Bipolar Disorder, Overstimulation, Social Stimulation, Triggers to Mood Cycling, Writing

    The name of the Meet-Up that I plan to attend, a writer’s workshop, is “Sit Down, Shut Up, and Write.” Can I do so? When overstimulated by social contact, I tend to talk, to take over. Can I channel that into…

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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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