Mental Mosaic
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A memoir that goes through the course of around a month with struggles of bipolar 1 mania episodes and the aftermath. Plus, dreams, nightmares, psychosis, and hospitalizations. Also, video games, music, and manga contribute to the story. Not to mention my journey from OK to PA. It's Reality Is Broken meets Madness:A Bipolar Life.
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Mental Mosaic - Antwon Shelton
Mental Mosaic
Copyright © 2020 by Antwon Shelton
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ISBN
978-1-951933-88-3 (Paperback)
978-1-951933-87-6 (eBook)
Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1 A Rude Awakening
Chapter 2 The Slow Descent
Chapter 3 The Fire Witch
Chapter 4 Tale of Two Katherines
Chapter 5 Going Deeper
Chapter 6 Hooked Up to the Game
Chapter 7 A Wanted Guest
Chapter 8 Lolita, Lolita
Chapter 9 Full Blown Psychosis Unleashed
Chapter 10 Dreams, Trips, & Games
Chapter 11 A Bad Combination
Chapter 12 Good Path
Chapter 13 Close One Door, Open Another
Chapter 14 Perspectives That Are New
Chapter 15 Reminisce About Doppelgangers
Chapter 16 Long Journeys
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Prologue
So, what’s it like to feel manic? To have racing thoughts like NASCAR? You bet kid. To be hypervigilant and have paranoia? Yep, that too. To be delusional beyond belief? You know it. The desire to abuse substances at an incredible rate? I’ve had the urges and fought them. To be hypersexual? Yeah, but um…this isn’t Fifty Shades of Purple so please put the book down or go get a refund and return it to your local bookstore or library if that’s what you think you’re getting yourself into. This story is an unfortunate story about a guy who was deprived of food and has a lot of mental hang ups plus made some bad and bizarre decisions. What’s the trigger? Stress and hereditary tend to contribute to it. Is there a cure? Not yet. Maybe I’ll try to find one. Because if and when I do have kids, I don’t want them to have to go through what I have to go through because it’s not fun and I wouldn’t wish it upon anyone. I got to check 23andme.com at some point to see what the chances are. I do want a wife one day; I just don’t know who’s a valuable candidate and no I’m not getting involved with online dating or a dating show. Did you read the cover? This is not Flavor of Love. I do savor love; some say there’s none above when they become adjusted to guidance from stars above. But the stars frowned upon me for a month. Warning: this is a scattered book for scatterbrains.
Chapter 1
A Rude Awakening
Let us begin. The day was July 19th, 2014 I believe. Greg, Kim, Tristan, and I were in the park kicking around a green ball after we got done with the swings. It was a beautiful summer day, but one that would take a turn for the worse later. Also, there was music in the park being performed by some guys whose names I don’t know, but most people seemed to enjoy the mix of country, classic rock, and blues they played.
This photographer guy Andy Leibenguth was there too. He strongly urged us to pose for a picture and he pointed at me a certain way that was very familiar and broke down the meaning of his last name. I asked him what kind of camera he had, and he said I think it was a Nikon DSLR which cost around $400. I personally wouldn’t pay that much for a camera, but I do want a high quality one like that one day. He said the picture would be on the Lansford Alive website. I ask him, Are you sure Lansford is alive?
He assured me that Lansford is alive, but personally, I think the place is practically a ghost town with maybe some walking dead. Anyway, we weren’t there for long and after that, I went to the track after that to run laps. Unfortunately, I only ran one lap, and then I felt my asthma start to affect me. I start wheezing and coughing, then decided to walk to Turkey Hill where I ran into Dave and he mentions this bar where you can play whatever kind of music you want to play. It was in Summit Hill.
But that wouldn’t come into play until later. I’m sure we went to the seemingly abandoned Silberline Aluminum plant. The water looked tainted from some kind of chemical spill. The first thing anybody would notice about the area is all the graffiti that was around there. The place is beyond tagged up with mostly the names of couples. There were also abandoned train tracks and people on ATVs. Even though the place looks abandoned, some the rooms still have lights on. There’s also a creepy junkyard with cars, trucks, and buses behind a gate. After looking