TheBanyanTree: Mental Illness Ain't No Picnic

[LaLinda]

Something which has always disturbed me is that back in New Hampshire, 
where I lived for years, every spring, the mental institution/s opens 
its doors and releases ppl into the street.  The place/s were 
overflowing and that is how they made room.

My stepson has told me that he has dreamed of being the guy with the gun 
on the top of the tower and his cousin tells his mother, my 
sister-in-law, similar things.  Two very different personalities.  One 
is very passive, one is very aggressive, but one thing is clear: they 
are angry and frustrated...but won't seek help or stick with it and 
isolate themselves from others.  Am I scared?  Yes.

I probably sound like I am losing hope.  At the very least, I am hanging 
ten on the edge of it.

LL



On 1/11/2011 7:28 AM, Dale M. Parish wrote:
> On Jan 10, 2011, at 10:43 PM, Monique Colver wrote:
>> This is not what I’d wanted to write on the occasion of Stew’s birthday, but
> Monique;
> Bless you for Stew.  I have a brother with problems and have experienced some of the things you and Stew encountered-- ours was mostly manageable, but your story very well illustrates what's wrong with the American mental health "system"-- or lack there of.
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> Unfortunately, I feel, the politicians will look outward for something or someone to blame and in time, this, too, will be forgotten and the budget cutters will continue to put people in need closer to the street.
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> Hugs,
> Dale
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> Dale M. Parish
> 628 Parish RD
> Orange TX 77632
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