Tag: bipolar disorder
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I Don’t Allow My Façade to Slip
I don’t allow my façade to slip I don’t allow myself to cry I fear what I hide behind My façade of functionality I hide my heart I hide my pain I wear armor To protect myself I fear what will happen If I allow myself to cry What will happen If I allow myself…
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It’s A Wrap Podcast with Ron Rapaport
Many thanks to Ron Rapaport for featuring me on his podcast, It’s a Wrap with Rap. Ron is a male breast cancer survivor and an advocate for the Male Breast Cancer Coalition. Ron’s podcast features those who’ve overcome adversity, inspire, motivate and educate. Listen to “Kitt O’Malley-Her Lifelong Journey With Bipolar” on Spreaker. Kitt O’Malley has…
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Balancing Act Self-Published to Amazon Kindle for Now
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Ending Bipolar Disorder Stigma with Facts
Guest Post by NewLifeOutlook about Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that has gained notoriety over recent years. Many people recognize the name and may even know someone living with the illness. Typically, increased awareness of a mental disorder adds more clarity and understanding about the condition and reduces the stigma surrounding…
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Happy Birthday to Me!
Today I’m 56 years old! That means I’m well past the halfway mark of my life. Yikes! I hope to live at least three more decades, so I better start taking better care of my physical health by eating less high cholesterol foods and exercising regularly. Both my mother and maternal grandmother had strokes. Scary!…
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Balancing Act Book Cover Reveal
Thank you, Michelle Hammer of HammerTimeDesign.com and Schizophrenic.NYC, for an absolutely awesome book cover design! Soon my memoir, Balancing Act: Writing Through a Bipolar Life, will be on the market! Thanks to everyone who has joined the Balancing Act Street Team Facebook group. I greatly appreciate your support in making my memoir a success.
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Bipolar Kicks My Ass
When I met with my psychiatrist yesterday, we discussed my diagnosis. I learned that since I’ve been hospitalized for bipolar symptoms, my diagnosis is type 1, not type 2. Since I’ve been ramping since July third, we agreed it was time to add low dose quetiapine (Seroquel), a sedating and mood-stabilizing antipsychotic, to my medication…
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I Spoke in Public!
Thank you, Lianne Sauvage, for inviting me to share my mental health journey at Belmont High School’s Mental Health Assembly! For my speech, I adapted content from My Bipolar Thoughts, my memoir work-in-progress. The speech was scheduled for 25 minutes! I plan to refine these speaking notes and use them again for future speaking engagements:…
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Small Steps
Progress sometimes comes in small steps. This weekend I walked the dog with my husband, which meant I stepped away from my computer and actually went outside. Beautiful outside. Weather warm. Sky clear. Saddleback Mountain gorgeous, every nook and cranny visible as if I could reach out and touch it. Honestly, I find it hard…