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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

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

Best Bipolar Disorder Blogs of 2019

Thank you, Healthline, for selecting me as a best bipolar disorder blog of 2019! Article is shared here.

Kitt O'Malley2019-04-08T11:00:53+00:00April 8th, 2019|Categories: Bipolar Disorder, Blogging, Mental Health|Tags: best bipolar disorder blog, best bipolar disorder blog of 2019, Bipolar, bipolar blog, bipolar disorder, bipolar disorder blog, healthline award|22 Comments

Funneling Exercise: Admired and Called
Funneling Exercise: Admired and Called

Mental Health, Self care, Writing

Funneling Exercise: Admired and Called

Characteristics I admire: Compassion, Creativity, Bravery, Love, Intelligence

Kitt O'Malley2019-03-03T12:15:57+00:00March 3rd, 2019|Categories: Mental Health, Self care, Writing|Tags: bravery, Compassion, creativity, Funneling exercise, intelligence, love, purpose|2 Comments

Memory: A Poem
Memory: A Poem

Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health, Poetry

Memory: A Poem

Not too good with time Past, Present, Future My mind erases what is not in front of me. Too many other thoughts and concerns competing for my attention. -Kitt O'Malley

Kitt O'Malley2019-03-02T10:32:06+00:00March 2nd, 2019|Categories: Bipolar Disorder, Mental Health, Poetry|Tags: memory, poem, poetry, thought process, time|6 Comments

Hypomanic: Something Had to Break
Hypomanic: Something Had to Break

Bipolar Disorder, Hypomania, Mental Health, Overstimulation, Overwhelmed, Poetry, Social Stimulation, Triggers to Mood Cycling

Hypomanic: Something Had to Break

Struggling with symptoms of hypomania

Kitt O'Malley2019-01-26T13:58:32+00:00January 26th, 2019|Categories: Bipolar Disorder, Hypomania, Mental Health, Overstimulation, Overwhelmed, Poetry, Social Stimulation, Triggers to Mood Cycling|Tags: A, Bipolar, bipolar disorder, hypomania, poem, Self care, triggers to hypomania|11 Comments

Creative Writing Prompt: Rainstorm

I Prompt for first creative writing class: RAINSTORM Rainstorm The torrential rain kept her awake. She couldn’t sleep. Wasn’t rain supposed to be relaxing? What was it that disturbed her? Why could she [...]

Kitt O'Malley2019-01-20T12:39:55+00:00January 20th, 2019|Categories: Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Blogging, Caregiving, Flash Fiction, Hypomania, Memoir, Mental Health, Parenting, Writing|Tags: creative writing, rain, writing prompt|4 Comments

2019 Goals

White Christmas with snow-dusted ponderosa pines Christmas 2018 Christmas was both beautiful and bittersweet. We spent the holiday among snow covered ponderosa pines with close family, dearly missing our recently departed [...]