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Sunday, September 21, 2025
The Narrow Path
Problems
How do you know when someone has a problem? What does it take to cross the line?
Is it enough that they use a psychiatrist to control them son and repeatedly stab him in the back? Does it have to move on to using multiple hospitals to do the same? What about repeatedly threatening, begging, manipulating, lying, and sabotaging their health while playing dumb? How much forced medicationings does it take? How many threats? How many lies? how many betrayals?
What is the definition of insanity? The saying goes, doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. Some people literally never learn. They prefer to destroy others and bring everything crashing down around them rather then be wrong.
We still haven't finished going through the paperwork from the hospital, but I'm willing to bet that somewhere there is a record of my father speaking to the doctor and repeating the same bullshit story that he's been telling everyone for years. Ever since Prichards quit. He's absolutely determined to destroy everything in my world unless I repent and restore Prichards to his place of honor and quit this counseling. It doesn't matter how many people he uses as pawns, what he destroys, what extremes he has to go to.
And then they say I don't have problems. And they play dumb and lie to me over and over again. Throw me trinkets and false compliments and bullshit me to death. I want to see what's in those hospital records. I'm tired of people playing games with my mind.
Some people just don't know when to quit. They don't take fuck off for an answer. Too addicted to control and self glorifications. I swear that man has so many pawns dancing to his tune and they know they are being used and yet they play along. Fucking twisted.
The Egotist
Life feels like an amusement park ride that I just can't get off. Now I'm beginning to see that other people are getting tired too. We're all just spinning round and round and crashing into each other. I think a while back I talked about slowing it down. I feel like I just keep pumping the brakes but its difficult to make it stop especially when all the noise just doesnt dampen. The more time passes by the more the reality creeps in and the horrified I am by the past.
People are messy. They require a lot of maintenance and management and instead of getting quieter everything just gets louder and faster. I keeping closing doors and they keep breaking open and then its musical medications and backstabbing and manipulation and ceaseless and never ending games and its like living inside a pinball machine. The reality comes back again and again and im absolutely horrified by the past. The more I try to step away from people the more angry and spiteful they become, dragging me back again and again with thier narratives and demands.
Getting off clozaril happened 3 years ago, with a brief interruption. And some people will stop at nothing to obliterate my existence and make my life the very definition of "A Dolls house". It's sick. So pedantic and self obsessed, with little to no concern for my well being. And yet we play this game, and drag in half the county and virtually every state agency as if just to make a point. It's insanity on wheels. Never-ending charades... and yet... as much power as some people think they have, they do not control the law.
Someday I will die. Right now im still breathing. It doesnt matter the lies and the labels and the parade of bullshit. They cant erase me. They keep trying, throwing trinkets and using manipulations and games. I'm still standing. These power plays are not fooling anyone or impressing anybody. They just make this name a joke and make more obvious the sickness behind it all.
Some people will just never quit. Too obsessed with how important they feel controlling the world and puffing themselves up like peacocks, strutting around so everyone can see how great they are in their minds, and how pathetic in actual reality.
Maybe someday they will quit. Maybe not. I'm not holding my breath on that. Ive got to try to pick up these pieces and move on.
Cult Fiction
Sometimes being part of a family is less like a company and more like a cult. There's a tremendous volume of stories that go beyond all reason to be more like ancient legends or folklore... members become caricatures or mythical beings of good or evil, and facts are pulverized and reshaped into stories of greatness or tragedy. There's a certain desperation when people don't stick to the script. A panic. A rage, even. Life becomes a predictable nonsense of walking around repeating the same phrases and pretending that life is rigidly predictable and that nothing happens at random and no one makes mistakes. People are either perfect or evil. Angels or demons.
Sometimes families even have enforcers. If someone falls out of line there's always a sibling or a child or an aunt or uncle to form this stream of incessant checking like a stream of water wearing down a rock.
I'm rather certain that by the time I'm dead, people will understand the dangers of poor boundaries in healthcare better. There's only so much you can manipulate a mind and medicate it and threaten it and constantly and relentlessly attempt to pulverize fact and build fiction before it either breaks or turns the script.
Even CCBH knew. That crazy doctor ran around screaming about the family that operates like a medical cult and regurgitating various insanities and literally drove me and that hospital into the ground with the stupidity of trying to re-force medicate and what good did it do ANYONE? HELLO??!?!? Some people never learn. I'm a slow learner. But I'm catching up.
Anyways, more work today. I lost some money trying to start the tax business that the cult was insisting on and dealing with the fallout of the nonsense from the last hospital visit. I've been hardening some defenses and monitoring spending while trying to take care of the tax matter.
I really hope it doesn't get to the point that I have to start being blunt with people. I don't want to start saying things like "go F*** yourself" or "I'll see you in hell". Life shouldn't feel like a war, and regurgitating bullshit is getting tiresome.
I'm trying to focus on that peace. The ticking of clocks rather then the incessant prattling of people who cannot and will not mind their own business... the constant pushing and prodding, like a doctor probing a wound for a bullet.
I've had to close a few doors. Hopefully the hospital is cluing in and closing a few doors as well. Poor boundaries in healthcare is truly the devil's workshop. It breaks people, families, and organizations down. They'll keep saying I'm paranoid and crazy, but from time to time the story just won't add up.
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Dear God,
I've been tested. I have failed here and there, as you know, but this is getting a little ridiculous. Please grant the health care professionals the wisdom and the humility they need to stop pushing Bipolar narratives and narratives about other professionals. I think they're getting there, but they may need some help, especially if my family is feeding them false narratives.
Grant the Health Department of the good State of South Carolina the wisdom it needs to stop wasting time and resources dealing with this little circus. To see that it does not help anyone. To see that if the doctors simply open their ears and close their mouths, they might save themselves some time and grief. Grant them the wisdom and the patience to keep my medicine filled. Thank you for the things that help me be what you intended and to follow your plan. Thank you for the strength, patience, and fortitude to wade through this nonsense. I really don't enjoy making people miserable. Maybe a few less surprises?
Grant my family the wisdom and serenity to stop this nonsense. Thank you for showing me the way to a job that I seem to enjoy, as humble as it is. Thank you for inspiring me to write stories and poems. Help me to avoid misplacing trust as I have done with numerous individuals. Grant me peace and a quiet life.
Help people see beyond all these labels and beyond all the narratives and beyond all the symptoms to see that I am a person just like them. Just someone finding their way. Help me to focus on what I am good at and being me. Help people see that I am on the path, even though I cannot predict the future. Help them see that this has not been fun for me either.
Help me keep my calm and serenity. Help me find my humor and cheer. Keep us all safe and not at each other's throats.
Amen
P.S. I think we're all getting there but I'm not sure, so maybe check in from time to time? I'll be in touch.
Connecting the Dots
At least the hospital is finally learning when enough is enough. If certain other people would finally take a hint, mind their own damn business, and stay out of my healthcare, a lot of people could breathe a little easier, not least of all me. I hate to have to consider legal remedies. It's not pleasant. I still have that one friend that works in the health department. Though we haven't talked in a long time. I've had to close a few doors. I can't afford more setbacks. Trust is a risk.
I had a good talk with the healthcare team and adjusted emergency contacts. I'm not going to sign any further releases. It's time I learned my lesson. Some people will never give up. They'll shoot themselves in the foot to spite their patient, or their family, or whoever they feel they need to control. My life needs to feel a little less like a game of Healthcare Clue. If some people would just get a clue. I can't keep grinding the same stones. I don't have the energy or the desire. Then they wonder why I need a counselor. Brilliant. She's the one that helped me start writing the funny stories that make me feel good. She's the one that stopped Prichards. She's the one that cleans up the hospital's mess. She is the firewall.
Anyways. The medication really seems to be in a good groove. The driving feels peaceful, and I'm enjoying my writing, when I get the inspiration. I've got a number of projects and the occasional poem going.
It's funny how the little things bring me back into tune. The ticking of a clock, the chirping of birds, the whirring of a fan. Every day has regularity now. Even the cat has a routine. Maybe I'll try to paint something. It will probably still look like a little kid's painting, but I enjoy it anyways.
I got tired of Gone with the Wind. Maybe I'll try reading a hardcopy at some point. The audio book is harder to follow. My sample of Cold Mountain ran out, but so far The Black Flower is good and somewhat similar.
Just every time I think of this healthcare monkey business, I get annoyed. I need to forget. Life shouldn't feel like a war.
I want to write something playful and funny. Like Tales of the Attick.
I've got more deliveries later. I have to finish that tax business. I'll actually get a little more back than I expected, because of a previous math error. I'm debating keeping my Taser in my vehicle because I drive to isolated areas sometimes.
I do need to relax a little. When I'm not in defense mode, I can actually be fun. Just last night someone asked me a question, and I was so businesslike. Granted, I was working, but still... some cheerfulness loosens things up. I've been getting some tension from driving so much and worrying. I need to do some stretches and relax. Enjoy life. No more healthcare whack-a-mole.
Friday, September 19, 2025
You know, I'm feeling a bit more like my old self. The dots started connecting. I was remembering my last ER visit... comparing it with my conversation with the PA... they finally figured me out! I realized that the patient observer in the ER was following a script. I could tell because the life events she described were so very closely tailored to mine. She even changed her story a little, which made it seem rehearsed. I particularly liked the part where she insulted the doctors. And the part where she reported a doctor for mistreating a patient. Said she'd been dx'd bipolar and went off the meds. Described a traumatic event and multiple personalities. Not entirely sure how much of the story was based in fact.
Anyways, I'm trying to be pragmatic. I really want to write some more. But the hospital seems to have surrendered on Bipolar... whatever they actually believe... I guess I can finally relax. Do what Arson said... try to enjoy life.
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
I'm still working on recognizing sarcasm, but I'm getting disturbingly good at recognizing rage, contempt, condescension, smugness, conceit, and pity.
Last night one restaurant was literally dripping with tension. The why is not clear, but the signals made more sense.
I utterly missed one episode of sarcasm until this morning. If I'm going to continue living in the South, I need to improve my indirect communication.
Cents
I'm like a bad penny. People are like, if we just shine it up, it will be ok. Too valuable to toss. Too ugly to like. Course, pennies lose any more value, and they will get destroyed.
Living in a family is a lot like having a job. The company goes through good times and bad. Every now and then you seek a rebrand, but the reputation still sticks. Everyone has a role and a place. Titles, even. Periodically someone is in danger of losing thier job, but then management realizes the price of terminating the contract. There's plenty of politics and maneuvering. Posturing. Power plays. Sometimes someone doesnt get the memo.
I need to be careful. My job security is low. I can't afford a reorganization. We're going to have to cut costs. But if I keep overhead low, avoid outlays, who knows, I just might make it. On thin ice with corporate. But who knows... I keep my head down and I cross those t's and dot the i's, I might be alive and safe come new years... so long as reception stops answering the phone and AP prioritizes... maybe this outfit will still be around...
But if the press people get too creative, corporate might come down hard. Let's all repeat the company line, someone is visiting from upstairs...
We ain't got no cents around here.
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
iRobert
I'm continuing to focus as in as laserlike a fashion as possible on what I am good at. If I can avoid any car accidents or other surprises, I should be ok.
I keep looking for chances to increase my efficiency. I've simplified and standardized my days, trying to make everyday as routine and unchanging as possible. This includes not thinking in terms of weekends and weekdays. Everyday is just another day. Same meals, same routes. Same stores. Same food. Same hours.
I find it liberating to eliminate chaos. I complete only my planned tasks. I'm still struggling to find enough energy and focus to complete all my tasks. But I am hopeful that if I maintain habits, I will be successful enough to reach my financial goals and pay all my bills, while maintaining my home and my sanity.
If so, I'll be able to relax a little, focus on new social contacts. While I may have many contacts, there's only two people that I count as close friends. It's not easy to keep up friendships. I need to invest in my friendships. I'm trying to reserve money and energy for that, but I have not been very successful.
Life can feel like a merry go round that just won't stop. Theres this dazed, disconnected feeling, separate from the alienation, which is separate from the waryness, which is separate from the fatigue.
With all the danger in the world, I'm trying to eliminate as much risk as possible. I'm beginning to feel like the hologram in "iRobot". I want to simply start telling people "My responses are limited, you must ask the right questions".
Monday, September 15, 2025
I need to be more careful. My mind is not as strong as it once was. I have not managed my trust well. I have not prioritized correctly. I can't afford more setbacks. The Holiday season is coming, and I'm not sure how I'm going to manage that. I need to maintain focus. I feel like I'm trying to thread the needle with these social situations. I need to manage my expenses better. I've had too many people playing with my mind.
I need to adopt a mantra: stick to the basics. Stick to the basics. Stick to the basics. I've got to avoid unnecessary distractions, focus on the absolute necessities: work, writing, health. No extra expenses, projects, no getting off course. I know that temptations and diversions will come. I need to keep steady and focused. I keep feeling pulled in different directions. I never thought life could be so complicated.
My work has got to be my everything. It's the only part of this world that is really me. The past rises up like a nightmare ready to swallow me.
I need to stay focused on my writing and my work. It's all that stands in-between me and oblivion.
Opening the door to trust is a risk. I have no defenses. One day I will die. Hopefully the truth becomes clear before they bury me. They paint over my words even as i speak them. The world is a dangerous place when people play games with the mind. Thank Lucifer for Psychiatry.
Missing all the pieces of the puzzle. The picture is there. You have to want to see. Most people choose not to.
I never said it was a pretty picture. Greenville Psychiatropy... rest in pieces... when all the states doctors and medicine men could resurrect bipolar again, where then next do you cast the blame? Reflect it back. Find your shame.
Names... they say I have names... names are all that's left. Names and misplaced trust.
Past Reflections
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For Ashes, life was always about the spark. The hard part was avoiding a wild fire. With the spark, everything was meaningless. But after a ...
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I can honestly say I never understood the world. I was naïve. The people around me told me I had to change, to be like them. I wanted to, bu...
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I have lost my way before, it's true. I have retreated into the distance, pulling back from the world in pursuit of shelter from the sto...