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I was never the same after visiting my mom at the mental institution. I felt...alone. As if I could never rely on another adult. That's not something a parent would want to hear. And yet it's my experience and my reality. Any truth on these issues will be hurtful.
Every mental health issue is a catch-22. Does a parent want to know their child may look at them differently if the parent is in an institution? How much must that hurt. I can't comprehend it. And yet I did feel different. I felt alone and on my own after that visit.
And there’s a huge fear of people to reach out when they are having a mental health episode. Everyone really cares about mental health when a celebrity commits suicide, but day to day? You’re supposed to keep this stuff to yourself.
If you let people know about a mental illness, they will use it against you. People have tried used my mom’s bipolar against me. The only people sicker than those with real conditions are everyone else.
Whenever I write about my mom’s bipolar and childhood experiences with it... So many people have similar stories. Mental health is a major issue that we’re not supposed to talk about. Until someone commits suicide or OD’s. As a society we need to grow up a bit. Or a lot.
Mental health issues don’t get written or spoken about because those most qualified to speak about them and who lived them are also least prepared for the hate. The attacks will come. And so people hide under the covers with the curtains drawn hoping the gloom goes away.
It’s hard to not say my childhood influenced my politics. What do you do about the mentally ill? What I hear from so many, “They should have saved up for the medical bills!” The glibness with which serious issues are treated has always troubled me.
Socialism isn’t going to solve the problem, nor snide remarks about “They should have saved up more!” However, the drugs my mom needed cost 1/10th of the price charged in America. $1,200 in the U.S. Every month. $120 if you ordered them from Canada. Which is illegal.
That sounds devastating and unsurprisingly has probably cast a long shadow, kudos for being functional
Thanks to Hollywood, there's a lot of unfair stigma associated with schizophrenia. Most people have a very distorted understanding of the condition. Sorry to hear about your mom. Praying for y'all.
Went through this in 2015 with my mom. Take care of yourself. Also, make sure you make it clear what you want for yourself when you reach her stage in life 
You can't care for her ?
One of my daughters has suffered from mental illness for the last 10 years. She has been in/out mental institutions during that time, she's even been sectioned for her own safety. I always feel so guilty leaving her there, I've cried so many tears. It's very, very hard x
thank you Mike
That’s how she feels there, alone. Hold and hug her while she’s around. When she is freed from the earthly vessel, she’ll be whole again and be loved by an unconditional love and overwhelming peace.
I have felt alone my entire life after the first visit. It changes you. My deepest prayers to you and your mom.
It's tough, because they are alive, but mentally they are not the person whose live you shared, they are at some level "dead".
I understand your feelings, and thank you for sharing this. You, your mom, and your family are in my prayers.
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