Words of the Wisdomless: End to Start:
“It’s only at the end we find a new beginning.  Since everything ends and everything begins then why bother starting only to finish and have to start all over… It’s bit redundant to me.”

It’s October in just a short few hours away. Gosh, I wish I had something inspiring to say but that is not the mood I’m in right now.  Let me share with you one of my favorite cartoons.  It’s good for days like today when you’re feeling like things are NOT going right. 

Did you play “Red Rover, Red Rover” as a child?  I know I did!  If you are not sure what this game is then this cartoon will make no sense to you.  Let me explain the rule of the game… Umm, no, let me summarize it instead.  Two groups of children on opposing sides form a wall linking their hands.  Then one calls someone on the other side to run through the wall yelling… RED ROVER…RED ROVER… send (name) right over! If they can’t break the link, then they become part of the opposing wall.

Well back in late January, I got an e-mail from one of my readers asking if I can “create a cartoon that says “Bipolar, Bipolar..let Sanity come over.” I got that from the child’s game. “Red Rover, Red Rover…let Susie come over.“  I told this reader (who asked to be anonymous) that I will try… I was not sure how to convey this reader’s concept, so I mixed it up and ADDED my own twist including a huge ProZac Pill. 

Words Of The Wisdomless: Nothing More -

“A mental illness relapse is nothing more then a period of time that just didn’t go right. It’s nothing more to worry about, nothing more then a detour on the road to recovery.  All we need to do… is get back on our road and nothing more.” – By Chato B. Stewart

How true.  We are on a journey… Yes, our destination might not be as tangible as visiting Paris for the summer; it is a destination nevertheless!  Living with any type of psychological disorder is like getting an open-end traveling ticket.  We know — we want to go to recovery but how to get there is just not mapped out yet.

Warning:

The Mental Health Humor blog is not intended to stigmatize! While viewing the content of the blog, understand it is meant to be positive! Yet, we cannot please every one. If you find humor about mental illness offensive, then please do not view the blog.

It’s now the  morning of April 28th.  Here in Chicago “celebrating” the Depression Bipolar Support Alliance’s 25th year of peer support.

Last night, I told told you about my mishap with my luggage and getting here.  Well, in case you did not see or read my blog, I’ll tell you.  My luggage zipper broke just before my flight and I had to tape it back together.  You will be able to see it in today’s video blog.

I am so PSYCHED to be at Psych Central!  But with all networks, there is a transition period.  To some “Chato B. Stewart” and the “Mental Health Humor” cartoons are new.

The first knee jerk reaction is who in the hell would make fun of people with mental illness!!! What a Jerk!!!  I agree 100%!!!

Fortunately, that is not what I’m all about.  My goal is to use humor as a health coping mechanism.  I truly believe humor is the best medicine.  Yet, we all have varying taste when it comes to our own sense of humor.  That is why I have my “Warning” above.

My mission is NOT to laugh at my peers but rather with them.   Here is a good example of BAD mental health health humor written by my Blog Buddie, Alicia Sparks, on her Psych Central blog, Celebrity Psyching. While Reviewing the movie,  Observe And Report, she asks the question, “Does The Mental Health Humor Cross A Line?”