In the news each day, we see and read about people. People like Adam Lanza, and others who destroyed the lives of many. We never hear about the people who have mental illness yet don’t destroy the lives of others. Why? Sure the state of mental illness, and the treatment of those with mental illness…
Category: bipolar
travelling to see David, a sadness.
We live on the great plains of our country. Northern Great Plains. we are about 550 miles from the residential facility where David lives. I wish we had train service between here and there. The nearest depot to his residence is like 5 hours. the last Amtrak went into Billings, MT in 1979. With the…
frustrated, disbelief, sadness
I alternate between disbelief, anger and sadness. It wasn’t our primary choice to place David in his current residence. It was the only option available at the time because his previous placement, “didn’t feel they were the best place for him and that he needed a more restricted environment.” So now, someone thinks that we…