Kitt O’Malley

Tag: delusion

Folie à Deux

Aug 10, 2016

in Acceptance, Bipolar Disorder, Compassion, Family, Mental Illness, Poetry, Psychotic Thought Process

I Am My Mother Caveat: Please understand that delusional thought processes are SYMPTOMS of mental illness. I feel compassion, even as I feel pain and anger as someone negatively affected by parental delusional thoughts. I, too, have experienced delusional thoughts and bizarre impulses. I’m heir to familial mental illness. I get it. With great trepidation…
I Got Out of the House This Week!

Jun 23, 2016

in Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Medication, Mental Illness, Motherhood, Psychosis, Stroke

My major achievement this week was to get out of the house TWICE for ME – not just driving my son to and from school or caring for my parents. Monday: OC Writers Write-In Monday I attended an OC Writers write-in where I wrote 3282 words freely. The words need editing. They need shape. They possibly need to be…