A mother's worst nightmare was about to happen.
Knowledge is Necessity. Our stories inform us and bind us. My old Website had a lot more, all of them making compelling reads, but what you will find here by Barbara, Sophy, and Splunky is truly outstanding. These remarkable authors masterfully speak to us from the heart and the soul and the gut. Expanded to book form, their memoirs would become enduring classics, worthy of comparison with any great writer. Then there is me. You're on my Website - you may be interested in my scribblings, too.
Knowledge is Necessity
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"You come into this world alone, you die alone, but I never thought the middle part called life, would find me alone as well." - Sophy Patterson
Barbara's Journey
Where Are You God? - Wanting to Die
The Sophy Chronicles
Prelude and Few - Dispatch From the Abyss - Scars on My Soul
Splunky's Life
My Story
Alone, Against the World - Aloysius and Me - Crash and Burn - To Madness and Back - A Thanksgiving Tribute - Healing
My Book
“The perfect book for those of us living with mood disorders.”
Sue Bergeson, president DBSA
Order nowStay Informed: McMan's Report
Mindfulness: The Ultimate Mood Stabilizer
The Buddha was on to something ...
Do people with bipolar cycle in and out of time? Call me bichronic.
Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder
John McManamy discusses his book.
We tend to isolate. But isolation can bring on depression.
Depression and mania need not automatically follow when things start going wrong.