Bob YamtichPart One: Reverence for NeedsI asked a teacher and parent what qualities she wanted built into a school. She chose compasssion, harmony, ease and comfort…Oct 3, 2020Oct 3, 2020
Bob YamtichStumbling into a Manic Crisis HotlineBefore I suffered delusions, mania, and depression from bipolar disorder, I was called by my parents to support a family member in manic…Jan 19, 2020Jan 19, 2020
Bob YamtichManic Crisis Hotline training also useful for friends and loved ones, or a manic person with a…I’m having a new battery installed in my car; $174. I’m paying for this with wages from my riveting job, where I rivet the roofs of…Dec 15, 2019Dec 15, 2019
Bob YamtichManic Crisis Hotline needs administrative supportI’m no good at implementation; ask my PhD advisor or spiritual director from my Notre Dame days. Hint: I’m neither a doctor nor a priest…Dec 8, 2019Dec 8, 2019
Bob YamtichManic Support HotlineFive weeks after my son was born, I left my dishwashing job after giving the owner a peace dollar “Your two kids can fight over it” and…Dec 7, 2019Dec 7, 2019
Bob YamtichWonder and Beauty Without Psychotic DelusionsMy therapist has been using a metaphor of climbing a ladder to describe rung by rung upwards progress maintaining stability and building a…Nov 15, 2019Nov 15, 2019
Bob YamtichThe story I tell myself as I start a project is different from the story I tell myself when I…I haven’t always been bipolar, to my knowledge, although I now trace my first struggles to adolescence. Upon the diagnoses of therapists…Oct 30, 2019Oct 30, 2019
Bob YamtichMy two cents after two decades with bipolar mania and psychosisIntroOct 30, 2019Oct 30, 2019
Bob YamtichPerfectionism of Self and OtherThese kids come by their perfectionism honestly. Most parents I meet suffer from their own brand of perfectionism. They are either being…Oct 18, 2019Oct 18, 2019
Bob YamtichMost bipolar authors describe a two part sequence- a manic episode followed by a depressive period.I suggest that depression, or at least the threat of depression, comes first in time. Mania is an attempt to gather resources and change…Oct 14, 2019Oct 14, 2019