Kitt O’Malley

Category: Mental Health

  • The Gathering on Mental Health and the Church

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    Last Friday I attended The Gathering on Mental Health and the Church at Saddleback Church. The all-day conference was a joint effort of Pastor Rick and Kay Warren of Saddleback Church, Bishop Kevin Vann of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange, and NAMI-OC (National Alliance on Mental Illness-Orange County), as well as other faith and community leaders.…

  • Postpartum

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    Thoughts and urges Never disclosed Never shared Until now Little baby boy Pretty rose between his legs So pretty Want to take him in my mouth So yummy Want to eat him up Unsettling urges No rhyme or reason Thoughts that pass Memory remains Urges not actions Still disturbing Is this what it means? “So…

  • Stepping Out and Meeting Up

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    Started going to group therapy and two writers’ group meetups the last three weeks. Not sure how much “work” I can take on right now. Attending group and the meetups is a big step towards leaving the isolation of my home where I care for my son and husband and going out into the adult world…

  • Bipolar ‘Lite’? Oh really?

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    Thank you, DrHeckle MrJibe…

  • Social Media Here I Am

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    Down the rabbit hole of social media… At the end of last month, I set up social media accounts with multiple outlets, automatically publishing links to my WordPress blog articles and posting photos to Instagram, Google+ and Flickr. In short, I’m feeling a little overwhelmed with having to keep up so many “windows” to my work.  Anyway,…

  • On Edge

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    On edge Fingers shaking Irritable Prickly Damn, what one missed med dose can do to one’s body

  • Forgot to Take Meds

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    Last night I forgot to take my Depakote (actually I take generic Divalproex). I was tossing and turning in bed with racing thoughts and the impulse to write and edit. Finally, I took Sonata (once again, I take the generic version, but I do not recall the generic name) and fell asleep. This morning, I…

  • Grounded by the Flu

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    The whole family got the stomach flu. Grounded me. Slowed me down. On the positive side, I caught up on sleep and am on a more even keel. Not hypomanic as long as I feel this fatigued. Not as productive, either. At least my mind is at rest — for now.

  • Freestyling It

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    Neither line dancing nor Zumba are for me. Don’t enjoy doing the same thing, the same way at the same time as everyone else. Goes against my nature. I’m more of a free-style dancer, mixing up my moves, varying dance styles, dancing with the beat, then at double beat, then slowly to the melody. Never…

  • No More Grad School For Now

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    Okay, so the other night, or maybe it was in the morning, I’m not sure, through LinkedIn I checked out Fuller Theological Seminary’s School of Psychology and their PhD program in psychology. Got to thinking, do I want to pursue a PhD integrating theology and psychology? What they are doing is what interests me, yet…