<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2117852/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>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.<br><br>• Started blogging in 2014 after hospitalization as self-therapy before expanding into professional advocacy<br>• Wrote memoir "But Deliver Me From Crazy" chronicling her experiences from teen years through mid-twenties<br>• Found writing helped process intense memories of psychosis and mania with "crystal clear" recall<br>• Recommends OARS approach for supporting loved ones: Open questions, Affirm feelings, Reflect understanding, Summarize conversations<br>• Shares practical coping strategies including 15-minute time management blocks and tactile comfort objects<br>• Emphasizes importance of medication (calls hers "magic pill") while noting finding the right one often requires patience<br>• Currently working on faith-based books exploring the distinction between psychotic voices and spiritual experiences<br>• Maintains hope is possible despite invisible illness through proper treatment, support systems and faith<br><br>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.<br><br><br></p><p>https://tonymantor.com<br>https://Facebook.com/tonymantor<br>https://instagram.com/tonymantor<br>https://twitter.com/tonymantor<br>https://youtube.com/tonymantormusic<br>intro/outro music bed written by T. Wild<br>Why Not Me the World music published by Mantor Music (BMI)</p>