Send us a text Katie R. Dale shares her journey from hospital patient to mental health author and advocate, offering insights into living with bipolar disorder type 1 with psychotic features and how writing became her path to healing and helping others. • Started blogging in 2014 after hospitalization as self-therapy before expanding into professional advocacy • Wrote memoir "But Deliver Me From Crazy" chronicling her experiences from teen years through mid-twenties • Found writing helped process intense memories of psychosis and mania with "crystal clear" recall • Recommends OARS approach for supporting loved ones: Open questions, Affirm feelings, Reflect understanding, Summarize conversations • Shares practical coping strategies including 15-minute time management blocks and tactile comfort objects • Emphasizes importance of medication (calls hers "magic pill") while noting finding the right one often requires patience • Currently working on faith-based books exploring the distinction between psychotic voices and spiritual experiences • Maintains hope is possible despite invisible illness through proper treatment, support systems and faith Resources available at katierdalecom/resources including downloadable support guides and connections to organizations like National Shattering Silence Coalition, Treatment Advocacy Center, and Fresh Hope for Mental Health. https://tonymantor.com https://Facebook.com/tonymantor https://instagram.com/tonymantor https://twitter.com/tonymantor https://youtube.com/tonymantormusic intro/outro music bed written by T. Wild Why Not Me the World music published by Mantor Music (BMI)
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Hopefully, you gain more awareness, acceptance, and a better understanding for autism around the world. Hi, I'm Tony Mantor. Welcome to Why Not Me? The World, Humanity Over Handcuffs, The Silent Crisis Special Event. Joining us today is Katie R. Dale, an author and blogger who fearlessly shares her journey in her memoir, But Deliver Me From Crazy.
This immersive narrative traces her life from her junior year through her mid-twenties, offering a vivid account of a young woman's encounters with the unseen, both mental and spiritual. The book provides a raw, first-hand perspective on living with bipolar disorder type 1 with psychotic features, weaving in lessons she's learned from the inside out.
It stands as a powerful testament offering hope and stability to those grappling with mental health challenges. It's a pleasure to have her here today. Thanks for coming on.
Thank you for having me, Tony.
Oh, it's my pleasure. If you would, tell us a little of your journey on how you became this author, speaker and mental health advocate.
Pretty self-proclaimed. When I started blogging, I guess we could start there. I began blogging for my own website and blog back in like 2014 after I had gotten out of the hospital inpatient. So I called myself an advocate then. Got involved with some other kind of outlets with BP Magazine, going to an event with them, and then...
It really has just snowballed, I guess, with my involvement with NSSC, National Shattering Science Coalition, and other ministries and nonprofits. I think that's where I started the advocate role. I also worked clinically as a social worker at an outpatient clinic in Missouri.
You mentioned in your background that you drew inspiration to write about your journey. What's the story behind that? When did you get the first idea and when did you finish your book? What's been the response and how has it been going since you finished it?
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