The following excerpt is from someone who is evidently Bipolar1 (more severe than Bipolar 2) and she is on drugs, as most people with mental disorders can be. People with disorders as you will see, however, can be more affected by drugs than a “normal” person on drugs. She writes “One … Read More
I was adopted and later in life searched for my biological parents, who I eventually found. To my utter surprise, I found that my biological mother and father had had a “love fling” and I was the product of that, which occurred before they were married – forcing them to have me in secret and give me away. The really amazing part is they ended up getting married and having two more … Read More
Just as a “normal person” — if there is such a person — might have come home after work that day and said “Honey, I just had a rough day”, or told a buddy that Friday “Man, I had a rough week”, there was a day I was saying to whomever I could find who would listen, albeit tongue in cheek, “Man, I’ve had a rough eight years”. But I meant it. Still hospitalized, I … Read More
Depression affects over 20 million people per year, or over 8% of the U.S. (defined as having at least 1 major depressive episode in the past year.) That is an unbelievable statistic in terms of it being almost 1 in 10 people. Out of the 44 million people a year affected by some mental illness, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, almost half the events involved depression.
…if they bought into the notion below. I am developing sites to help people find good halfway houses and sober livings if they are coming out of treatment. On the home page I found myself writing the following paragraph, which sums up what I am about. For people who can’t toil through my longer stories in this blog — here it is in a nutshell, off the site The Halfway House Guide.
The article I have written voices my disagreement with the bulk of thinking by a writer named Laurie Couture. What follows is one of her statements about how awful it is that childrens’ rights are ignored. The author goes on to suggest that if children had all the rights they should have and we could meet all their needs (i.e a world of no spanking, no traditional school discipline, etc) – it would likely result … Read More
Maj. Gen. Mark Graham speaks openly about mental health and his “family” of men and women in service. It is a start, but hardly enough to reverse what is really happening.
of men and women in (NOTE: Please read the articles at the end of this entry)
The other day on the radio I heard some shocking statistics about depression and suicide as it relates to the military. Personally, I don’t think there could be … Read More
I just read several of the most inspiring posts by another writer yet since having been introduced to this whole blogging thing. The blog is called “Drunk in Cardiff”, authored by “The Drinker”, and subtitled “The long walk to recovery from alcoholism and depression”. Just the subtitle makes one who has been through this whole journey want to jump on his work, I believe. So at the risk of losing the 3 people who may … Read More
