Against All Odds
| Even when I was only four years old I felt there was
something strange about me. My parents were always watching me
anxiously whispering behind my back. They were concerned I was
going to end up like Aunt Caroline who was institutionalized for
insanity. I always felt strange and sad. I saw many school
counselors, unsuccessfully I tried to fight my depression, this sadness,
this fear to be locked up someday like my Aunt.
It happened when I was married. I became psychotic and my worst fear came true - a mental institution, Napa State Hospital. The illness became chronic. I lost my husband and all my friends. I am thankful to live in a co-op now. It helps with the isolation and aloneness that comes with mental illness. Carolyn Mc Ginnes |
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