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In My Own Voice
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In My Own Voice

Acceptance, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Medication, Mental Health, Mental Health Advocacy, Mental Illness, NAMI, Psychosocial Education, Recovery, Stigma

In My Own Voice

Back in 2016, after my local NAMI Orange County office hosted an In Our Own Voice (IOOV) training, I recorded these videos on my YouTube channel. In Our Own Voice (IOOV) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqXC7zuASBA [...]

Kitt O'Malley2021-02-20T20:36:36+00:00February 20th, 2021|Categories: Acceptance, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Medication, Mental Health, Mental Health Advocacy, Mental Illness, NAMI, Psychosocial Education, Recovery, Stigma|Tags: In Our Own Voice, IOOV, National Alliance on Mental Illness|1 Comment

Ending Bipolar Disorder Stigma with Facts
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Ending Bipolar Disorder Stigma with Facts

Bipolar Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Mental Health, Mood Cycling

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 [...]

Kitt O'Malley2019-08-29T20:27:52+00:00August 29th, 2019|Categories: Bipolar Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Mental Health, Mood Cycling|Tags: Bipolar, bipolar disorder, depression, guest post, hypomania, mania, rapid cycling|8 Comments

Bipolar Kicks My Ass
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Bipolar Kicks My Ass

Bipolar Disorder, Grief, Hypomania, Mental Health, Stigma, Stress, Triggers to Mood Cycling

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 [...]

Kitt O'Malley2019-08-18T19:45:08+00:00July 19th, 2019|Categories: Bipolar Disorder, Grief, Hypomania, Mental Health, Stigma, Stress, Triggers to Mood Cycling|Tags: bipolar disorder, Grief Loss and Bereavement, hypomania, Quetiapine, seroquel|20 Comments

Balancing Act Book Launch Street Team
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Balancing Act Book Launch Street Team

Bipolar Disorder, Hypomania, Memoir, Mental Health, Writing

Balancing Act Book Launch Street Team

ARC, book launch, street team, Advanced Reader Copy, book review

Kitt O'Malley2019-08-13T16:29:56+00:00July 8th, 2019|Categories: Bipolar Disorder, Hypomania, Memoir, Mental Health, Writing|10 Comments

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. [...]

Kitt O'Malley2019-08-13T16:31:42+00:00May 26th, 2019|Categories: Acceptance, Bipolar Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Parenting, Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Memoir, Mental Health, Mental Health Advocacy, Mental Health Blogging, Mental Illness, Mood Cycling, Motherhood, Psychosis, Psychotic Thought Process, Public Speaking, Stigma|Tags: #amwriting, acceptance, amspeaking, Bipolar, bipolar disorder, bipolar thought process, bipolar type II, mental health advocacy, mental health month, Public speaking, purpose|26 Comments

Writing My Book and Speaking Out Loud
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Writing My Book and Speaking Out Loud

Bipolar Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Hypomania, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Public Speaking, Social Stimulation, Stress, Triggers to Mood Cycling

Writing My Book and Speaking Out Loud

This morning

Kitt O'Malley2019-08-19T17:35:27+00:00May 21st, 2019|Categories: Bipolar Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Hypomania, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Public Speaking, Social Stimulation, Stress, Triggers to Mood Cycling|Tags: Bipolar, bipolar disorder, depression, hypomania, Memoir, Public speaking, triggers to hypomania, Writing|13 Comments

Who, Me, Dating?

interviewed me about dating and marriage while living with bipolar disorder. Here's how the article starts: At age 30, Kitt O’Malley moved in with her parents after treatment for debilitating depression resulted in psychotic mania [...]

Kitt O'Malley2019-04-09T13:05:38+00:00April 9th, 2019|Categories: Bipolar Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Family, Hypomania, Mania, Marriage, Mental Health, Mental Health Blogging, Mental Illness, Psychosis|Tags: Bipolar, bipolar disorder, dating, love, Meaning, purpose, relationships|8 Comments

I Will Not Cry Now

To avoid feeling overwhelmed and hold back the tears due to loss, stress and worry, I've started delving into my ancestry online. My therapist reframed what I was doing as focusing, rather than [...]