*Note:  I, Patrick the critic, am in a quasi-annual (semi-annual) manic phase that has been going on for 24 days.  Over the past seven years, since April 2003, I have had a psychiatric condition that requires medicine.  This medicine is good for the soul.  Adhering to a strict and sometimes intense medical regimen places one in a category of formal adherence to societal requirements. 

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My Father: work-aholic; On his family side: domestic abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, depression

My Mother: (In denial) - food and alcoholic, chronic depression, dark moods, Sundowners (evening dementia); On her family side: domestic abuse, ramped alcoholism, 2 suicides

My older sister: chronic depression, agora-phobia (sp?), panic attacks, recovering alcoholic/drug user. Her daughter: chronic fabricator of her situation, food-aholic

Me: chronic depression, panic attack... Read More

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