Yes, I’ve Been Violent
Who, me, violent? Why, yes, on a few occasions. My Mental Illness and Violence Hi, I’m Kitt. I’m bipolar, and I’ve been violent. Mildly so, for the most part. Flipped over a table [...]
Thoughts Intrude
Originally posted May 3, 2015. Now a year older. Not hypomanic or irritable. Just exhausted, for good reason (too much responsibility on my shoulders weighing me down). Did a good bit of free-writing [...]
Thoughts Intrude
Thoughts intrude Throw plate in sink Let it shatter loudly I see myself doing it The image, the impulse is there There - in my mind No! I respond Turn left NOW in front [...]
I, Too, Am Not Okay
Yesterday I wrote this response to Tempest Rose's post It's Okay for Me to Not be Okay on STIGMAMA.COM: I, too, am not okay, and I'm okay with it. Often other people do [...]
Obsessive Thoughts
We never really know the content of others' thoughts, if they think in the same way as we do, in words, conversation, images, or impulses. When I was in my twenties, I sought [...]