I have survived the flight from hell out of Reagan Airport. After 12 days on the road, I finally slept in my own bed. To pick up from where I left off: Wednesday morning: I notice there are bags under my eyes. I have not had a decent night's sleep since the day before I boarded my flight out...
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About the family?
sallie
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 01:30 AMre: About the family?
John McManamy
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 11:07 PMHi, Sallie. I appreciate your concern. I simply want to pay tribute for how my family was there for me, and how other people's families have been there for them. I also appreciate that many patients have not been so fortunate.
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kathy@dbsanca
kathy c
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 03:01 PMEnjoyed the Dalai Moment and sent it to my sis who will be most envious. Although envy is an un-Buddhist emotion I'll indulge her in this one!
Also enjoyed the rundown on the NAMI event.
Thanks for plugging Pete's book. It's a must read for anyone involved in mental health advocacy.
May I post an announcement for his speaking engagement?
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Hope you and your friends are okay
SSNJ
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 04:17 PMI just heard about the massive fire in San Diego County. I hope you, P.C., and all your friends there are safe; I look forward to the next post from you.
S.
re: Hope you and your friends are okay
John McManamy
Monday, October 22, 2007 at 04:52 PMHi, S. Many thanks for your concern. We have some serious fires in the area, and it has been touch and go re evacuation all day. The power and phone just came back on, which I am interpreting as a good sign. Thoughts and prayers to those in the fire zones. Will keep you updated, power permitting ...
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I was curious about a comment you made in this post. It was somewhat buried in your descriptions of your meetings with people, but it didn't really sit well with me. You said, "We may be the ones with mental illness, but our families are the ones who suffer from it."
Did you really mean that the way it came out? I know that my family does suffer from the effects of my mental illness, but I can't say that I *don't* suffer from it. I do. And I do in ways that my family could never understand or appreciate. And I mean this in no way to undermine the difficulties presented to my family. I just don't see any benefit in presenting the mentally ill person as somehow not suffering.