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Tag: psychotic breakdown

Bipolar Cocktails

June 13, 2018 Marcos McPeek Villatoro

I’m on three medications for bipolar now, let’s call them Huey, Dewey, and Louie. They’ve worked for a few years, but I’ve been going through

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A Check-Up at the Home Asylum

February 21, 2018 Marcos McPeek Villatoro

It’s now been two months since my psyche broke with reality, on Christmas morning. I started feeling better about three, four weeks ago; at least,

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The Sudden, Psychotic Need for Jazz

January 20, 2018 Marcos McPeek Villatoro

About a week after the breakdown on Christmas day, in a moment of relative calm, I was sitting outside in my pajamas, staring at the

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Psychosis, Erotica, and That Woman Over There

January 17, 2018 Marcos McPeek Villatoro

During this winter’s illness, I couldn’t read. It happens every time. The words lift off the page. I could call it lack of concentration, but

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A Weekend Note from the Home Asylum

January 6, 2018 Marcos McPeek Villatoro

I’ve received emails from people, responding to posts about my recent psychotic breakdown. Some of them are friends who ask: 1. If I’m okay and

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The Pattern of a Breakdown

January 4, 2018 Marcos McPeek Villatoro

As chaotic as madness is, there is a pattern to it. This latest episode, for instance: it really began in November, when we set the

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