mental illness in the family

I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep5) The Gift of Change

I wonder, how often do we set expectations of others, of experiences, of ourselves? How many times do we romanticize scenarios, places, people, our histories? How many times do we suffer because we’re wishing that things were different? We’re not accepting what is, especially when there’s nothing that you can do to change what is.…

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mental illness in the family

I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep2) Christmas and Crazy

My direct connection with paranoid schizophrenia is no longer. My mother died a decade ago and my little sister died just a few years ago. Every Christmas, however, I can’t help but think of the irony. After all, both schizophrenia and the holidays involve retreat into a world of bizarre delusions. Santa Claus, flying reindeer,…

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