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calimary

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59. Welcome to DU, Hari Seldon!

Wed Jan 14, 2015, 02:44 AM

Jan 2015

Glad you're here. The most beneficial thing about this piece is how it lets you into their lives, so you get a strong sense of what it's like when a loved one is in this kind of crisis. It's an amazing story to read. More people need to share this. It's far too easy to dismiss and shrug off mental illness. And it needs to be taken so seriously and compassionately!

Always makes me think of that damn reagan who cut the funding to so many mental hospitals and institutions - and all those people got turned out onto the street. Mr. Pennywise/Pound-Obscenely-FOOLISH Asshole. They had nowhere to go.

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Article: My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward [View all] LiberalArkie Jan 2015 OP

Maybe post this in Good Reads TBF Jan 2015 #1

Not as bad as this Hari Seldon Jan 2015 #2

You have my sincere sympathies pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #4

Welcome to DU, Hari Seldon! calimary Jan 2015 #59

Instead of treating my mom for a stroke, hospital locked her up in psych ward by mistake. pathansen Jan 2015 #65

Regardless of where this is posted, its good and imprtant stuff: marble falls Jan 2015 #3

Just want to say tblue Jan 2015 #19

Agreed - TBF Jan 2015 #38

It's good writing. Sincerely expressed. Ghost Dog Jan 2015 #43

Also from the responses TBF Jan 2015 #64

Been there Roy Rolling Jan 2015 #5

Well-said pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #11

Worse yet, people act as if brain disease were a conscious choice meow2u3 Jan 2015 #28

This is important, thanks for posting Freddie Jan 2015 #6

Thanks for posting perdita9 Jan 2015 #7

My husband suffers from severe depression. Puglover Jan 2015 #8

I went through a period of severe depression RebelOne Jan 2015 #31

wow. yuiyoshida Jan 2015 #9

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links not working... magical thyme Jan 2015 #10

Try a different browser. Ms. Toad Jan 2015 #12

Excellent read. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jan 2015 #13

thanks for posting. mountain grammy Jan 2015 #14

Very good read. Sienna86 Jan 2015 #15

k and r. thank you for sharing this difficult, and so-very-important article. niyad Jan 2015 #16

Thank you for posting this poignant article. chervilant Jan 2015 #17

My brother has severe bi-polar and has a terrible time functioning in the world. He has been through jwirr Jan 2015 #18

That's interesting... 2naSalit Jan 2015 #22

Thank you for this. I also wonder just how effective the mental health complex is. For one thing jwirr Jan 2015 #27

Good questions 2naSalit Jan 2015 #30

Two things - the mentally challenged were dumped out of the institutions with no plans for their jwirr Jan 2015 #32

Interesting to follow your inputs. This IS a can of worms... MrMickeysMom Jan 2015 #36

Sleep apnea can cause many other health problems. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2015 #60

Wonderful... MrMickeysMom Jan 2015 #63

Wow.....takes a lot of courage for them to publish that. Marrah_G Jan 2015 #20

There's a good deal of 2naSalit Jan 2015 #21

Heart-wrenching. cilla4progress Jan 2015 #23

The expectations of society, especially mean dysfunctional USA society, aggravates these conditions. hunter Jan 2015 #24

Fascinating and well written fadedrose Jan 2015 #25

Note: the piece was NOT written by the OP. OP just provided link to an article in a magazine. kath Jan 2015 #39

Thanks fadedrose Jan 2015 #44

I've avoided posting about it here before because it's a very painful subject pinboy3niner Jan 2015 #26

There is nothing worse than having a child who is gravely ill pnwmom Jan 2015 #34

I know how hard it is to have a child with mental illness. janlyn Jan 2015 #42

ADD fadedrose Jan 2015 #33

Your remarkable post Duval Jan 2015 #35

See post 39. The piece was NOT written by the OP. kath Jan 2015 #40

Being overworked, underpaid, and underappreciated can only lead to bad things. Initech Jan 2015 #37

Bipolar disease is all through my extended family Warpy Jan 2015 #41

Let's hope this was ruled out in the work-up. proverbialwisdom Jan 2015 #45

Wow, that was a captivating story. Rex Jan 2015 #46

it is hard Skittles Jan 2015 #47

I was in the second grade KMOD Jan 2015 #49

Dr. Fuller Torrey. appalachiablue Jan 2015 #48

Amazing story. I like what Thomas Insel says about the lack of scientific rigor. midnight Jan 2015 #50

Remember how long homosexuality was listed as a mental disorder in the DSM... PoliticAverse Jan 2015 #57

Wow. No wonder State Legislatures are making it illegal to use science. midnight Jan 2015 #67

Related. proverbialwisdom Jan 2015 #61

I have just opened your first link and found the article I think I read last year. midnight Jan 2015 #68

Could use a copy editor oberliner Jan 2015 #51

Speaking of people who should get over themselves. Maybe take your own advice. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2015 #53

Point taken oberliner Jan 2015 #54

This scares me. a la izquierda Jan 2015 #52

It is scary. KMOD Jan 2015 #56

Thanks for sharing this article. lovemydog Jan 2015 #55

kick KentuckyWoman Jan 2015 #58

Thank you for posting this article by Mark Lukach, LA.. he writes of his experience so Cha Jan 2015 #62

An excellent article. K & R. Chemisse Jan 2015 #66