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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 535087" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>PIV, I agree about the boat being larger then we believe, perhaps much, much larger. Once suicide touched my life, so many others shared their stories with me of how suicide impacted their lives. It is more common then we believe, it's just not talked about. There are so many undiagnosed mentally ill people out there with their lives exploding and taking their loved ones with them. </p><p></p><p>My close friend had a young cousin who was schizophrenic and on medications to control it. She lived in CA. but was going to college back east. She flew back to San Francisco, took a taxi to the Golden Gate Bridge and jumped to her death. She left a note for her family saying she just couldn't take it anymore. She said taking the medications took all the life out of her, made everything 'flat' and not taking them brought all the internal voices back. She was 19 years old. My friend had to go to the Coroners office and identify her body. I can't imagine what it's like to be inside the head of someone whose brain is skewering reality in such a way that it becomes unrecognizable and frightening. </p><p></p><p>As a child, a wife, a sister and a mother, I've teetered on the edge of the abyss of madness and it is a sobering and scary experience. You were on that edge as well. You may not have been a 'rock', who among us is in the face of tragedy, but you persevered, you were resilient, you went through it and you sound as if you are once again, thriving. A tribute to your strength and your ability to see your experience through the eyes of love. </p><p></p><p>You are helping by talking about it, bringing mental illness out of the darkness, (where, remarkably, it still lives), so that others can understand, have compassion, learn, not feel alone and hopefully seek the <em>right</em> kind of help. I thank you for that. And, send you hugs and warm wishes for a peaceful, joyful and healthy life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 535087, member: 13542"] PIV, I agree about the boat being larger then we believe, perhaps much, much larger. Once suicide touched my life, so many others shared their stories with me of how suicide impacted their lives. It is more common then we believe, it's just not talked about. There are so many undiagnosed mentally ill people out there with their lives exploding and taking their loved ones with them. My close friend had a young cousin who was schizophrenic and on medications to control it. She lived in CA. but was going to college back east. She flew back to San Francisco, took a taxi to the Golden Gate Bridge and jumped to her death. She left a note for her family saying she just couldn't take it anymore. She said taking the medications took all the life out of her, made everything 'flat' and not taking them brought all the internal voices back. She was 19 years old. My friend had to go to the Coroners office and identify her body. I can't imagine what it's like to be inside the head of someone whose brain is skewering reality in such a way that it becomes unrecognizable and frightening. As a child, a wife, a sister and a mother, I've teetered on the edge of the abyss of madness and it is a sobering and scary experience. You were on that edge as well. You may not have been a 'rock', who among us is in the face of tragedy, but you persevered, you were resilient, you went through it and you sound as if you are once again, thriving. A tribute to your strength and your ability to see your experience through the eyes of love. You are helping by talking about it, bringing mental illness out of the darkness, (where, remarkably, it still lives), so that others can understand, have compassion, learn, not feel alone and hopefully seek the [I]right[/I] kind of help. I thank you for that. And, send you hugs and warm wishes for a peaceful, joyful and healthy life. [/QUOTE]
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