Category Archives: Mental Illness

My toddler son really had to go pee. He was possessive of his potty. So when he had to share the bathroom that he uses at home with his uncle, we was a little miffed. I took my son’s small hand, sticky fingers and all, and walked him into his bathroom. All the while heContinue reading “The Muchness of Medications”

Does the increase of mental illness correlate to the increase of sea levels? Does the increased rates of floods and droughts have anything to do with the increased rates of depression and suicide? Does the depletion of forests and natural habitats have anything to do with the depletion of our collective mental health? As thousandsContinue reading “Crazy Climate Change”

We didn’t know. We never knew what to call it. We didn’t have a diagnosis then. If you had a mood disorder before the 21st century, it was understood and treated within limitations based on the research, knowledge and resources available at that time. What is more likely is that the brain disease wasn’t diagnosedContinue reading “The Pain Without a Name”