May is Mental Health Month and I’m Hypomanic
You may wonder: "How's Kitt?" Well, a bit high on hypomania, but sleeping well with the help of meds, and titrating off my SSRI (at least during these longer-day seasons which trigger my [...]
NAMIWalks Support Free Mental Health Programs
As you may already know, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has played an essential part in my mental health recovery. Thanks to their programs, I live a full meaningful life [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Guest Post: Aliona Kuznetsova > Recovering from Bipolar Psychotic Episodes
"I went mad twice, and twice I came back." --Aliona Kuznetsova Photographer Aliona Kuznetsova "You really shouldn't be afraid to go to them. They won't do anything without your consent [...]
Balancing Act — Writing Through a Bipolar Life is for Sale!
Balancing Act -- Writing Through a Bipolar Life is for sale on Amazon and Barnes and Noble! Amazon Kindle ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y3Y1SXB Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1949351823 Barnes and Noble Nook ebook: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/balancing-act-kitt-omalley/1133662748 Paperback: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/balancing-act-kitt-omalley/1133729222?ean=9781949351828 Books2Read Universal Ebook [...]
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I Spoke in Public! GalleryI Spoke in Public!
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
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. [...]
Writing My Book and Speaking Out Loud
This morning
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 [...]
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 [...]