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A Chatty Life: The Prescription

April 24, 2013 by The Chatty DM

As a follow up to my last Tumblr post, I’ve started taking actions to clean up my life hygiene. The various health professionals working on my case have repeatedly told me that the secret to a more stable life as a Type II Bipolar-ite was to have a healthy lifestyle and a toolkit to deal […]

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Bipolar Disorder, depression, Exercise, Gamification, Motivation, Reward

Chronicles of the Bipolar Tourist: Sweet Aggravations, Nantes

October 3, 2012 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty posts about his recent visit to France, this time he visits Nantes many closed doors, meets awesome machines and discovers the dark secret of the French.

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Bipolar Disorder, Elephant, France, Machine, Nantes, steampunk, Travel, Travelogue

Chronicles of the Bipolar Tourist: Introspective Paris

September 25, 2012 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty starts spinning an introspective yarn about is recent travels in France, starting in eternal Paris.

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Bipolar Disorder, France, Paris, Travel, Travelogue

Chatty DM, Freelancer, Part 3: RPG Blogging, The Revelation

July 24, 2011 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty relates some anecdotes about his first year as a blogger, his first lessons and, more importantly, his coming to terms with what he always has been since middle school…

Filed Under: blogging, Featured, Freelance Writing, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Bipolar Disorder, Blogger, blogging, Freelance Writing, Writing

Touched with Fire, the 700th post.

September 7, 2009 by The Chatty DM

This post will get intensely personal, while overall positive, it will dwell on some of my personal issues of the last year. Feel free to skip Way back in November, I wrote a somewhat somber post celebrating my 500th post. At the time, I didn’t realize that I was diving full speed into severe depression, […]

Filed Under: blogging, Freelance Writing, Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Bipolar Disorder, Milestone

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