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Erica Bennett
"I wasn't growing out of the teenage blues."
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Michael Brinker
"I am glad to find out that I am not the only person who was faced with it during school."
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Betty Brunell
"No matter how many times he tries to start over, all his past mistakes keep coming back to haunt us." |
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Kathleen Burr "Death was so attractive to me... I did everything you can think of that's reckless."
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M.C.
"My siblings and I were resentful of him. When something went wrong, we blamed Spencer."
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Dede Carter
"It took me a long time to realize that I was the expert on my child."
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Anne Charlap
"Here I am: the crazy girl's mom, isolated in the suburbs." |
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Kimberly Coffman
"I was blamed for many years for my son's 'fussiness.'"
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Kevin Collison
"After hearing these stories, I will definitely have more compassion."
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R.D.
"They'd never tell a diabetic child his/her need for insulin was 'all in your head.'"
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K.G.
"I do not want my son to be seen as a 'troubled kid.'"
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Marie Gibb
"The significant impact on siblings is very real."
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Kimberly Gourlay
"I grieve for the loss of my son, who is now just a shell of his former self."
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A. H.
"I became the bad person when all I was trying to do was protect my daughter."
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Tracy Hammer
"The hardest part of getting well for me, is realizing the effect my moods had on my child."
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Samuel Helms
"Just because your kids like Kurt Cobain, it does not mean they are mentally ill."
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Tre Herzog
"She loves school, even though she struggles."
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Teresa Karlson
"Each time someone talks about it, it helps someone else."
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Rose Keppler
"They need to discover for themselves what it is they need, not pushed into oblivion by drugs."
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Sharon Liddle
"It was not the diagnoses I needed to hear, but there was definitely something wrong with my son."
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Laura Olexa
"I work hard to provide for us, I work multiple jobs in addition to my regular 40 hours a week... and he comes with me because I can't find him care."
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Penny Pinkerton
"I have it and am a success story."
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Kirk Reed
"I have one house with too many holes in the walls."
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L. S.
"Starting in kindergarten, we saw him disintegrate before our eyes."
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Lorraine Skiles
"Quite often it is hard to love someone that is so aggressive and angry."
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Angela Jean Smith
"He has done a complete 360 degree turn around and it's like I have my son back!"
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K.W.
"I felt nothing was wrong with me."
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Gina Walker
"I finally received validation of my feelings."
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Laura Walthers
"My son was sick and not bad, not stupid, not strong willed, not delinquent. He was a child in need of help."
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Cathy Weller
"At age 21 now, he still struggles with the bipolar diagnosis, partly because his current psychiatrist doesn't seem to want to acknowledge that diagnosis."
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Diane Zwick
"I am still learning. It never seems to be enough or in time."
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