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Feeling helpless with Mental Illness.

There are days when I feel utterly helpless when it comes to David. He is 500 miles from home. Last week we celebrated David attaining a new level in his care plan. He has been doing very well. Then came the self-doubt. The “I am not good enough” thoughts. And the treatment sabotage began. Today I received a call. David disappeared on his care team. Took more than 10 minutes of searching to find him. Once they found him, he informed staff that he was going to harm himself. He indicated that he had items in his room that he could use. So staff searched his room. Now, knowing how well David is able to hide things, it doesn’t surprise me that they couldn’t find anything. He may not have anything hidden in his room. However, it is very likely that he does have stuff in his room with

the good stuff

Dear readers, as many of you know through the writings here, David has been in residential placement. He is on his third major placement and like 10th or 11th minor placement. Major is facilities where he has stayed for more than 30 days, and minor are all of the others. This past week was a fantastic week for him. He has some residents in the facility that have been picking on him. Rather than fighting back physically, he has chosen the power of the pen and filed a complaint. This is the second time he has chosen this method rather than fighting. For David this is huge and needs to be celebrated! The other very positive thing that occurred this last week is that David moved up a level. He is at the highest privilege level he has ever been at in this facility. Does that mean he is

Evan Rachel Wood says Vanity Fair made her feel like ‘meat’ | Fox News —- a message to young ladies everywhere

Evan Rachel Wood says Vanity Fair made her feel like ‘meat’ | Fox News. ——— I sometimes come across online articles that make me ponder humanity. I don’t know. I guess I have little tolerance for haters. This actress posts about how she FELT during a photo shoot. Something that was very personal for her to share. Yet people are attacking her saying that she should feel privileged and stop complaining about being on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine. It seems to me that they missed the purpose of her postings entirely. So she had to explain it to them. I’ll let my readers peruse the article for themselves. But a comment from me as a parent of two young ladies. I applaud Miss Wood for coming out about this. I can’t imagine living in a fish bowl such as celebrity would bring. Let alone to be a female