Katie R. Dale

That's an amazing, yeah, it's for whatever reason, I mean, I'm sure it's neurological and psychological and all that, but for whatever reason, I was able to capture these memories in these states of mind, like crystal clear almost. And they were so intense, these events and the episodes and the psychosis and the mania and the depression that I couldn't not think about them.

You know, I did have a little bit of PTSD going on there, but it definitely, the capturing it in writing and the memories just helped not reliving it, but interpreting the narrative. Like, what did I go through? It was so crazy and so unreal. Like, how did I make sense of it? Well, that's how I made sense of it. I wrote it out.

You know, I did have a little bit of PTSD going on there, but it definitely, the capturing it in writing and the memories just helped not reliving it, but interpreting the narrative. Like, what did I go through? It was so crazy and so unreal. Like, how did I make sense of it? Well, that's how I made sense of it. I wrote it out.

You know, I did have a little bit of PTSD going on there, but it definitely, the capturing it in writing and the memories just helped not reliving it, but interpreting the narrative. Like, what did I go through? It was so crazy and so unreal. Like, how did I make sense of it? Well, that's how I made sense of it. I wrote it out.

There has been good responses, I think. Because most people don't have the disorder, and I'm assuming most people who read the book don't have the disorder, it gives them an eye-opening look into what it's like. Those who have the disorder, they've reached out to me and said, oh my gosh, I've been through so many similar circumstances. You're spot on with this. You tell it the way it is.

There has been good responses, I think. Because most people don't have the disorder, and I'm assuming most people who read the book don't have the disorder, it gives them an eye-opening look into what it's like. Those who have the disorder, they've reached out to me and said, oh my gosh, I've been through so many similar circumstances. You're spot on with this. You tell it the way it is.

There has been good responses, I think. Because most people don't have the disorder, and I'm assuming most people who read the book don't have the disorder, it gives them an eye-opening look into what it's like. Those who have the disorder, they've reached out to me and said, oh my gosh, I've been through so many similar circumstances. You're spot on with this. You tell it the way it is.

Now, I do wonder... because I actually just came out with the audio book a couple weeks ago. I do wonder if people are listening in and like, oh, that's triggering. Like, oh, that's this. It's a little bit sensitive in some places. Talk of suicidality and spirituality. And I'm a fully open book there, literally and figuratively. So I do not put a trigger warning in the book.

Now, I do wonder... because I actually just came out with the audio book a couple weeks ago. I do wonder if people are listening in and like, oh, that's triggering. Like, oh, that's this. It's a little bit sensitive in some places. Talk of suicidality and spirituality. And I'm a fully open book there, literally and figuratively. So I do not put a trigger warning in the book.

Now, I do wonder... because I actually just came out with the audio book a couple weeks ago. I do wonder if people are listening in and like, oh, that's triggering. Like, oh, that's this. It's a little bit sensitive in some places. Talk of suicidality and spirituality. And I'm a fully open book there, literally and figuratively. So I do not put a trigger warning in the book.

And I do wonder if people have been triggered to a degree. So that's just a kind of a thought I've had since writing it that I haven't had anybody come across with me saying, hey, that was triggering. But at the same time, it's something to know.

And I do wonder if people have been triggered to a degree. So that's just a kind of a thought I've had since writing it that I haven't had anybody come across with me saying, hey, that was triggering. But at the same time, it's something to know.

And I do wonder if people have been triggered to a degree. So that's just a kind of a thought I've had since writing it that I haven't had anybody come across with me saying, hey, that was triggering. But at the same time, it's something to know.

So my diagnosis is bipolar disorder type 1 with a mania mostly and with psychotic features. So I had those hallucinations, delusions, hearing voices, thinking and believing grandiose things. It tied in with that mania.

So my diagnosis is bipolar disorder type 1 with a mania mostly and with psychotic features. So I had those hallucinations, delusions, hearing voices, thinking and believing grandiose things. It tied in with that mania.

So my diagnosis is bipolar disorder type 1 with a mania mostly and with psychotic features. So I had those hallucinations, delusions, hearing voices, thinking and believing grandiose things. It tied in with that mania.

I did, yes. My family, my parents, my husband, my brother, an extended family, my aunt. cousins, people that I've known most of my life were there for me. And without them, I don't know I'd be in the same place. So crucial.

I did, yes. My family, my parents, my husband, my brother, an extended family, my aunt. cousins, people that I've known most of my life were there for me. And without them, I don't know I'd be in the same place. So crucial.

I did, yes. My family, my parents, my husband, my brother, an extended family, my aunt. cousins, people that I've known most of my life were there for me. And without them, I don't know I'd be in the same place. So crucial.

Absolutely. Yeah. Isolation and that state of mind, especially when you can get into like anosognosia where you don't realize you're sick. Like that, that's another layer where she's like, I'm the only one in it and I don't even realize I'm in it. Like that can be debilitating on its own. But yeah, for people to realize they're not alone, this is why we don't take our medicine.