Tuesday, 13 January 2015

My lovely wife in the psych ward

quote [ We met at 18. We wed at 24. At 27, I checked my wife into a psych ward?for the first time. ]

1) this article made me cry because it reminded me of my failed marriage. I lived in fear of the possibility of having to check my wife into the looney bin. This guy actually had to do it. This is his tale.
2) MAD PRIDE! (I had no idea it was a real thing)
[SFW] [+10 Interesting]
[by mcclint]
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lilmookieesquire said @ 1:32am GMT on 13th January
"The doctor disagreed. She sent us to El Camino Hospital Mountain View, an hour’s drive south from our house. "


oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit that's like mookie turf.


lilmookieesquire said @ 8:34pm GMT on 12th January
"The doctor disagreed. She sent us to El Camino Hospital Mountain View, an hour’s drive south from our house. "


oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit that's like mookie turf.

edit: also whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!

"Laing’s book helped spawn the Mad Pride movement, which modeled itself on gay pride, reclaiming the word mad as a positive identifier instead of a slur. Mad Pride came out of the psychiatric survivor movement, with its goal of taking mental health treatment decisions out of the hands of doctors and well-intentioned caregivers and putting those decisions into the hands of patients. I admired all of those rights movements—every person deserves acceptance and self-determination, as far as I’m concerned—but Laing’s words hurt. I’d made loving Giulia the center of my life. I put her recovery above all else for almost a year. I wasn’t ashamed of Giulia. Just the opposite: I was proud of her and how she fought her illness. If there was a green or orange psychosis-supporter ribbon, I would have worn it."



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lilmookieesquire said @ 1:32am GMT on 13th January
"The doctor disagreed. She sent us to El Camino Hospital Mountain View, an hour’s drive south from our house. "


oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit that's like mookie turf.

edit: also whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!

"Laing’s book helped spawn the Mad Pride movement, which modeled itself on gay pride, reclaiming the word mad as a positive identifier instead of a slur. Mad Pride came out of the psychiatric survivor movement, with its goal of taking mental health treatment decisions out of the hands of doctors and well-intentioned caregivers and putting those decisions into the hands of patients. I admired all of those rights movements—every person deserves acceptance and self-determination, as far as I’m concerned—but Laing’s words hurt. I’d made loving Giulia the center of my life. I put her recovery above all else for almost a year. I wasn’t ashamed of Giulia. Just the opposite: I was proud of her and how she fought her illness. If there was a green or orange psychosis-supporter ribbon, I would have worn it."




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