Katie R. Dale's Mental Health Story: Living Beyond Crazy

Send us Fan Mail Send us a text 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. • Started blogging in 2014 after hospitalization as self-therapy before expanding into professional advocacy • Wrote memoir "But Deliver Me From Crazy" chronicling her experiences from teen years through mid-twenties • Found writing helped process intense memories of psychosis and mania with "crystal clear" recall • Recommends OARS approach for supporting loved ones: Open questions, Affirm feelings, Reflect understanding, Summarize conversations • Shares practical coping strategies including 15-minute time management blocks and tactile comfort objects • Emphasizes importance of medication (calls hers "magic pill") while noting finding the right one often requires patience • Currently working on faith-based books exploring the distinction between psychotic voices and spiritual experiences • Maintains hope is possible despite invisible illness through proper treatment, support systems and faith 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.