Words of the Wisdomless

Words Of The Wisdom-LESS: Infestation

2012-01-27T14:32:00.001-08:00

Words Of The Wisdom-LESS: Infestation -

"Know  this, no matter what we think we can't face it is a lie! We are resilient buggers! But we must want recovery and have hope to peruse recovery... With out it even the most   resilient, are just bugs waiting to get crushed by the big boot of life!" - By Chato B.  Stewart


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Word Of the WisdomLESS: Reading Irony

2012-01-18T12:16:00.000-08:00

Word Of the WisdomLESS: Reading Irony -

I wanted to pick up "How to teach reading" by Edward Fry at my library today. Only to find out that the book has not been returned yet... It's been out since 2006! I've concluded the book is an "EPIC FAIL"! It didn't EVEN teach the patron to read the book's return date.

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Chato B. Stewart
Mental Health Advocate - Cartoonist - and a few other things!

Mental Health Humor Cartoons

Highly Sensitive Person

2011-12-22T13:49:00.001-08:00

Words of the Wisdomless: Highly Sensitive        Person

"Never try to scare a Highly Sensitive        Person with extremely erratic violent reactions when startled. Especially if they have a sharp object or bat!"
 
by Chato B.  Stewart

Title: Medication and Exercise Synergy

Growth Hormones

2011-12-04T09:24:00.000-08:00

Words Of The WisdomLESS - Coming Up Short:

"My Inner Child has a growth hormone deficiency" 

- By Chato B.  Stewart

Words Of the Wisdomless: Anger

2011-09-13T11:51:00.001-07:00

Words Of the Wisdomless: Anger

I read some where that anger is depression turned inwards. I also read that depression can make you angry. Now, what I didn't read is how to cure depression that really tick's me Off and boils my blood!

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Chato B. Stewart

Words Of the Wisdomless: Anxiety

2011-09-02T07:17:00.001-07:00

Words Of the Wisdomless: Anxiety

How do I know if your Anxiety is cured? If you can answer the phone without trepidation or dread because the caller ID is not working, then it's cured... For the rest of us, we can just let the caller go straight to voice mail.

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Chato B. Stewart
Mental Health Advocate - Cartoonist - and a few other things!
http://www.mentalhealthhumor.com

Words of the Wisdomless

2011-08-22T10:57:00.001-07:00

Words of the Wisdomless: Imagination

"It only the person who locks the door to his imagination whom has truly become closed off to possibilities that lay ahead in life."

By Chato B. Stewart

Who Is Chato?

Chato Stewart is a husband, father and mental health advocate. He is an artist and the cartoonist behind the Mental Health Humor cartoons. He creates positive, provoking, and sometimes even funny cartoons! The cartoons are drawn from his personal experience of living with Bipolar Disorder. Mr. Stewart strongly believes that there is power behind humor. His motto is humor gives help, hope and healing. His goal and mission is to tap into humor and use it as a positive tool to cope with the serious and debilitating effects of mental illness.

Chato B. Stewart is a Florida board Certified Recovery Peer Specialist - A (CRPS-A). Chato is also the 1st place winner of the DBSA 2009 Facing Us Video Contest. In his powerful public service announcement, he tells his personal story of living with a mental illness through a montage of his cartoons. Adding to his little list of accomplishments is being part of the 2010 DBSA Stand-Up for Mental Health comedy night and being invited back for the 2011 Conference to be a Stand-Up comic in the show.

To learn more about Chato B. Stewart and to view his cartoons visit:
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/humor or www.mentalhealthhumor.com

Make sure you check out his annual May Mental Health Awareness Month Cartoon-A-Thon where he draws 31 Mental health heroes each year. www.mentalhealthcartoons.com

Words of the Wisdomless: balance

2011-08-09T09:35:00.001-07:00

Words of the Wisdomless: balance

I am well balanced... One fourth Bipolar... One fourth Depressed... One fourth PTSD... And One fourth NOS...

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Chato B. Stewart

Words Of the Wisdomless: Yes

2011-06-15T05:17:00.001-07:00

Words Of the Wisdomless: Yes

"I'm not here for your amusement! Oh, wait, yes I am!"  

-by Chato B. Stewart

Here is some of the stuff i hope to amuse you with.

Why Bipolar Disorder Shouldn't Stop ME from Loving Animals

by Chato Stewart on 6/8/2011 12:05 AM
filed under: Bipolar Disorder , Mental Health Humor

Do you love animals??? I've rescued orphan squirrels, wild birds, tortoises and turtles. I've saved and adopted 3 dogs. When I was 10, I saved kittens from drowning under a building (that's another story). There are so many other creatures I've helped in one way or another. My fav...
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Jun012011
Does Your Self-Hate Needs a little Self-Love?

by Chato Stewart on 6/1/2011 12:05 AM
filed under: Bipolar Disorder , Mental Health Humor

Words Of The Wisdomless:
"Do not take love for granted, no matter how much we want to hate ourselves, or no matter how much we want to give up... There is someone out there that will ALWAYS love you..... to leave."- Chato B. Stewart

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May242011
DBSA Conference - Look Who I Bumped Into!

by Chato Stewart on 5/24/2011 5:30 PM
filed under: Humor , Mental Health Humor

I want to stray a little bit from my usual format and give you a few highlights from the DBSA 2011 conference that took place this past weekend in Texas. Yes, I was privileged enough not only to be an attendee of the conference but I was a speaker and a comic in the Stand-Up for Mental Health comedy show. That...
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May182011
Stand-Up for Mental Health 2011 DBSA Comedy Night

by Chato Stewart on 5/18/2011 12:05 AM
filed under: Humor , Mental Health Humor

Words Of The Wisdomless: Change
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May112011
Are you Aware of Mental Health Awareness Month

by Chato Stewart on 5/11/2011 12:05 AM
filed under: Bipolar Disorder , Humor , Mental Health Humor

Words Of The Wisdomless: Recovery
"I will concentrate on my own recovery, always moving ahead no matter how many small steps forward it takes! Although, if you want to give me a ride on your back, that'll work too." By Chato B. Stewart

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May042011
Riding the Manic Roller Coaster of Mania

by Chato Stewart on 5/4/2011 12:05 AM
filed under: Bipolar Disorder , Humor , Mania , Mental Health Humor

Words Of The Wisdomless: Mania -

"I don't suffer from mania, I enjoy every moment of it!" - By Chato B. Stewart

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Apr272011
Are We Bipolar Hypercondriacs?

by Chato Stewart on 4/27/2011 11:21 AM
filed under: Bipolar Disorder , Bipolar Treatment , Humor , Mental Health Humor , Stress

Words Of The Wisdomless: WHY? -
"Why do I ALWAYS think I'm sane, medicated and balanced when I'm heading to Crisis Stabilization Unit in the back seat a police car! Oh Ya, Officer Jones, I'm not crazy I just need a ride uptown." - By Chato B. Stewart

I've said it, I've thought it and I've even had panic attacks over
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Apr202011

What Are The Benefits of Being Able to Laugh?

by Chato Stewart on 4/20/2011 12:05 AM
filed under: Bipolar Disorder , Humor , Mental Health Humor , Stress

Caption: We need to be vocal as self-advocates, we can't be Peach-ish

Words Of The Wisdomless: Moods

"Only one person can change your mood, that person is you! You can let people lift you up, or let them knock you down. This means it is vital to pick
your friends wisely! Too bad, we can't pick our family... Well, at least
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Apr132011
Does Recovery Require a Sense of Humor?

by Chato Stewart on 4/13/2011 12:05 AM
filed under: Bipolar Disorder , Humor , Mental Health Humor

"Your sense of humor is one of the most powerful tools you have to make certain that your daily mood and emotional state support good health."

~ Paul E. McGhee, Ph.D.

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Words of the Wisdomless: Fail

2011-06-06T08:46:00.000-07:00

Words of the Wisdomless: Fail

"The assumed failure is what will hold some back, while others resign when failure is accomplished. It’s the real exceptional person that can take failure and turn it into something prodigious! "

- Chato B.  Stewart

Words of the Wisdomless:no-Winning

2011-04-17T08:28:00.001-07:00

Words of the Wisdomless:no-Winning

You can't win, it's not how you play the game, it's that you never read the rules!

- By Chato B. Stewart

Mental Health Advocate - Cartoonist - and a few other things!

Words Of The Wisdomless: Depressed

2011-04-09T10:13:00.001-07:00

Words Of The Wisdomless: Depressed

Are you depressed? Then, Do something outside if you're depressed... Even if that something is nothing at all...
 
By Chato B.  Stewart



 Chato Is Going to the DBSA's National Conference 
DBSA 2011 National Conference
First,  I would like to take a moment and THANK the DBSA for inviting   me to  participate in Prof. Higginbotham's presentation! I also need  to  say a  SPECIAL THANK YOU to my sponsors:  Enzymedica, Roxanne and The Fort Myers DBSA, Mark Pines of Orange County Counseling,  Tracey Skale and Lori Olson of EeeSquare.com!   I also want to THANK "everyone" who continues to support  the Mental   Health Humor Project by visiting the website and consistently  sharing   humor to help others!

Yes, I will be participating in a presentation with the Social media expert, Dale Higginbotham, (Academic Advisor and Lecturer in communications and media studies, University of Houston). Dale Higginbotham and video contest winner, Chato Stewart, will share how you can put the "you" in YouTube, by using your personal story to educate and inspire others. The presentation "Sharing Your Story Through Social Media" will be SATURDAY, MAY 21, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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Dale Higginbotham
  Academic Advisor and Lecturer in communications and media studies, University of Houston
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 Chato Stewart
 Cartoonist, advocate, and 1st place winner of the DBSA 2009 Facing Us Video Contest 
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I'm also happy to "officially" announce my participation in this year's DBSA STAND-UP COMEDY WITH DAVID GRANIRER (SATURDAY, MAY 21, 7:30 pm. – 9:00 p.m.)  David Granirer is a stand-up comic and founder of Stand Up for Mental    Health. A consumer who lives with Depression, he is also a counselor,    speaker, and author.  All participants take his customized  correspondent   stand-up class via conference calls, e-mail, and Skype.  This way when   all us Newbies get up on stage, we won't bomb too badly!
Are you going to the DBSA conference?  Don't miss the presentation in    the comedy show!  Make sure you let me know you'll be there, maybe we    can meet up for a cup of coffee.

Words Of The Wisdomless: Immanual Kant

2011-02-28T18:18:00.001-08:00

Words Of The Wisdomless:

The German philosopher Immanual Kant said: "We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." I love animals, Pigs, Cows, Sheep, Goats and Chickens... They taste great! Judge me not.

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Chato B. Stewart
Mental Health Advocate - Cartoonist - and a few other things!

Words Of The Wisdomless: Gauge

2011-02-16T14:27:00.001-08:00

Words Of The Wisdomless:Gauge

"A normal person might value money to gauge their levels of success. Although, for me, as a person living with a mental illness, I have to measure my levels of sanity to gauge my success... Today, I start at level one."
 
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Chato B.  Stewart
Mental Health Advocate - Cartoonist - and a few other  things!
http://www.mentalhealthhumor.com

Psych Central Humor
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Words Of The Wisdomless: Moods

2011-02-09T08:27:00.001-08:00

Words Of The Wisdomless: Moods

"Only one person can change your mood, that person is you! You can let people lift you up, or let them knock you down. This means it is vital to pick your friends wisely!  Too bad, we can't pick our family... Well, at least, we can ignore them on Facebook!"


 
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Chato B.  Stewart
Mental Health Advocate - Cartoonist - and a few other  things!
http://www.mentalhealthhumor.com

Psych Central Humor
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/humor

Get You FREE e-book of my 2010 Cartoons:
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/humor/2010/12/free-2010-mental-health-humor-cartoon-e-book
Use my cartoons for FREE - Ask me about it.

Words Of The Wisdomless: Recovery

2011-02-04T20:28:00.001-08:00

Words Of The Wisdomless: Recovery

Figuratively or Literally, Recovery can Knock You Down... It might be  hard to get back up, But even that too is part of Recovery... Now  Figuratively if  a linebacker is trying to tackle your recovery... All I  can say about that is you should Literally RUN! 
  
 
- Chato B.  Stewart
Mental Health Advocate - Cartoonist - and a few other  things!
http://www.mentalhealthhumor.com

Psych Central Humor
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/humor

Use my cartoons for FREE - Ask me about it.

Words Of The Wisdomless: Lost -

2011-01-27T11:42:00.001-08:00

Words Of The Wisdomless:Lost -

"The best thing about being lost is discovering a new way home."
 
-
Chato B.  Stewart

Words Of The Wisdomless: Feels Like

2011-01-19T12:13:00.001-08:00

Words Of The Wisdomless: Feels Like

People use the expression "FEELS LIKE" to describe stuff... They might say, 'Today FEELS LIKE Monday', or 'it FEELS LIKE rain!' I think that's just ridiculous! Nothing can feel like anything unless it is actually the thing it feels like. I mean, if it feels like something that really isn't anything then, you are really saying it's a phony and a lie. So, I wonder why would you feel the need to lie to me when I asked you a simple question like, "how yah doing?" People get all like, you're paranoid and what not... Oh Please, like I'm paranoid or something... although, it FEELS LIKE I am.

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Chato B. Stewart
Mental Health Advocate - Cartoonist - and a few other things!

Can you believe it's 2011 and we're almost in February?

This will be Mental Health Humor's first "official" newsletter! I want to make sure everyone got their free copy of the "2010 Mental Health Humor Cartoons" E-book. If you did not get your copy, then visit my blog to get the link on this hidden pagehttp://blogs.psychcentral.com/humor/2010-mental-health-humor-cartoon-e-book-link

Would you like to review my book and have it published on my blog with your headshot and link? Just send me your review, headshot and your link to me at chato@chatobstewart.com

Words Of The Wisdomless: Ouch -

2011-01-10T19:14:00.001-08:00

Words Of The Wisdomless: Ouch -

"'That which does not kill me'... Isn't covered by my insurance!"
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Chato B. Stewart
Mental Health Advocate - Cartoonist - and a few other things!
http://www.mentalhealthhumor.com

Psych Central Humor
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/humor

Use my cartoons for FREE - Ask me about it.

Words Of The Wisdomless: Communication -

2011-01-10T16:11:00.001-08:00

Words Of The Wisdomless: Communication -

Never pick a argument with your wife! Because, even if you win, you still lose... And you better have a comfortable couch.
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Chato B. Stewart
Mental Health Advocate - Cartoonist - and a few other things!
http://www.mentalhealthhumor.com

Psych Central Humor
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/humor

Use my cartoons for FREE - Ask me about it.

Words Of The Wisdomless: Love

2011-01-04T12:15:00.001-08:00

Words Of The Wisdomless: Love

"Love is give and take... You give, they take! If you screw it up they take it all... along with half your income!"
 
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Chato B.  Stewart
Mental Health Advocate - Cartoonist - and a few other  things!
http://www.mentalhealthhumor.com

Psych Central Humor
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/humor

Use my cartoons for FREE - Ask me about  it.

December Give 250K to Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (CABF) with your Vote

Words Of The Wisdomless: A New Day!

2010-12-29T18:56:00.001-08:00

Words Of The Wisdomless: A New Day!

"You are not going to fail today! Today you will open your door and look up at the sky and say 'I will be the best that I can be today'! Then, you will slam your door and go back to bed! Cause this god damn depression is killing me and this stupid medication ain't helping at all!" -By Chato B Stewart

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Chato B. Stewart
Mental Health Advocate - Cartoonist - and a few other things!
http://www.mentalhealthhumor.com

Psych Central Humor
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/humor

Use my cartoons for FREE - Ask me about it.

December Give 250K to Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation (CABF) with your Vote

Words Of The Wisdomless: 1

2010-12-27T13:28:00.001-08:00

Words Of The Wisdomless: 1
One can do only what one can do. Without the wisdom to do more, one cannot do more. Fortunately, we come with the capability to learn in two ways, from our successes and from our failures. This means, when one fails, one is in fact a success at learning. It's just what one does with that knowledge that is important.

Words Of The Wisdomless: Recovery

2010-12-21T20:44:00.001-08:00

Words Of The Wisdomless: Recovery;
"I will concentrate on my own recovery, always moving ahead no matter how many small steps forward it takes! Although, if you want to give me a ride on your back, that'll work too."

Words Of the Wisdomless: Lost days

2010-12-09T16:01:00.001-08:00

Words Of the Wisdomless: Lost days

I am more then I want to be, and less then I really am... I lose days, they blur together with out end. Today I remembered, I am more or less a success... at failure.