My son, Ean, *still* won't communicate with me because of these attitudes towards mental illness. Karen, my abusive mother, who literally tells people including Ed on our Wedding Day, "Im not worth it", uses them as ammunition to feed Ean's, 'if she won't help herself, why should I have anything to do with her', attitude and encourages it.
10 years ago I was diagnosed with MS and I had an emotional breakdown with crippling depression and anxiety due to the diagnoses and how the hospital I worked at fired me for it. I almost became homeless in Alaska so, Ed and I packed up my little Ford Ranger leaving almost everything behind and moved to southern Oregon so I could get treatment. Ean, being 21, decided to stay in Alaska.
Today, I am properly medicated and am able to see my doctors regularly. I *OWN* my home on 2 acres outright with no mortgage. I *OWN* my car with no loans AND I just had $175K in student loans forgiven because of my disability, a disability my family doesn't think is one even though my mother and I watched my uncle, her brother, deteriorate painfully and die from it when he was 57; I'm 47. wedding for kids
Who 'isn't worth anything' now?
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I may have abysmal credit; but, *my* house isn't 'underwater' and *my* husband is with me because he loves me, Karen, and not just because of "the kids".
Ean may not be speaking to me in his 20's because of Karen's lies; however, she has *TWO* daughters, one in 40s & one in 20s, who have nothing to do with her because of her abuse. It saddens me beyond words that she's using Ean to hurt me and he can't see it.
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I hope more information and education amongst the general population will change the erroneous attitudes people currently have against those of us who suffer from mental illness and have it used against us again and again.
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