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<blockquote data-quote="everywoman" data-source="post: 266150" data-attributes="member: 1436"><p>I tend to believe that a lot of misconceptions about mental illness and drug abuse is from the fact that people don't understand either and tend to believe they only happen to someone else. By being willing to discuss and explain the things that have happened with my difficult child and husband over the years, I hope that I have been able to open some eyes and dispel the myths that exists. With all the medication commercials these days, one "put-down" by the kids at my school is that the person must be bi-polar. Anytime I hear them say that, I make sure they understand what they are saying, and how it hurts me for them to think of bi-polar in that way. I give them the story of my family and the battle we've had. Today, one kids told me I was acting "bi-polar". I quickly set him straight, in a nice, informative talk. A 30 year old bi-polar difficult child who is a friend of the family died yesterday. He had been homeless, wandering around downtown, and begging for money for several months. His parents had done all they could to help. He apparently fell in the waterway (or jumped) and drowned. Today I used him as an example of extreme bi-polar behavior.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="everywoman, post: 266150, member: 1436"] I tend to believe that a lot of misconceptions about mental illness and drug abuse is from the fact that people don't understand either and tend to believe they only happen to someone else. By being willing to discuss and explain the things that have happened with my difficult child and husband over the years, I hope that I have been able to open some eyes and dispel the myths that exists. With all the medication commercials these days, one "put-down" by the kids at my school is that the person must be bi-polar. Anytime I hear them say that, I make sure they understand what they are saying, and how it hurts me for them to think of bi-polar in that way. I give them the story of my family and the battle we've had. Today, one kids told me I was acting "bi-polar". I quickly set him straight, in a nice, informative talk. A 30 year old bi-polar difficult child who is a friend of the family died yesterday. He had been homeless, wandering around downtown, and begging for money for several months. His parents had done all they could to help. He apparently fell in the waterway (or jumped) and drowned. Today I used him as an example of extreme bi-polar behavior. [/QUOTE]
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