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Posted On 08/19/2010 10:21:07 by Patchwork

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 attacks, situational anxiety, non-military PTSD, recovering alcoholic

My younger sister: depression; Her son: teenage depression

My youngest sister: Mild panic attacks, control-aholic; Her daughter: depression and dark moods

Some of us admit to our dis-ease and are in therapy, some of us are not and some do not. We live with a mixed bag of internal support to tearful withdrawel. We sometimes speak openly about everyones dis-ease and sometimes we quietly dread the future. Through it all we hug!

patchwork

Tags: Family Mental Dis-ease



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From: Patchwork
08/22/2010 18:18:40

I miss my margaritas! Hope your liver numbers are ok.


patchwork



 summer2010 wrote:


Your symptoms match my symptoms.  Your family history with alcoholism, suicides, etc., also are a history of mine.  My son has panic attacks, control-aholic, social phobias - so it must be genetic.  One thing I don't miss is drinking liquor, beer.  My liver enzymes are abnormal high.  I recently went through a CAT scan for my liver and will find out the results on monday. 




From: summer2010
08/20/2010 12:54:06

Your symptoms match my symptoms.  Your family history with alcoholism, suicides, etc., also are a history of mine.  My son has panic attacks, control-aholic, social phobias - so it must be genetic.  One thing I don't miss is drinking liquor, beer.  My liver enzymes are abnormal high.  I recently went through a CAT scan for my liver and will find out the results on monday. 



From: Patchwork
08/19/2010 22:56:47


dllgrant wrote:



Listening to a symphony orchestra, a rock, blues or jazz
band! A select few can dissect the harmony or discord and identify and enjoy the
individual resonance, note and beat from any one particular instrument. The
onus is on the select few of us to rise above the cacophony of family and society,
with their pride, prejudice and defects, and enter the minds of those who
present harmony or discord and identify and enjoy the individual resonance, thought and heart beat of the human symphony, so as to make us and them better people.


Dave, you certainly can wax the rapsodic!!! Don't you just love the words "resonance" and "cacophony". Thanks for giving back.


patchwork


 

From: dllgrant
08/19/2010 14:14:00

Listening to a symphony orchestra, a rock, blues or jazz
band! A select few can dissect the harmony or discord and identify and enjoy the
individual resonance, note and beat from any one particular instrument. The
onus is on the select few of us to rise above the cacophony of family and society,
with their pride, prejudice and defects, and enter the minds of those who
present harmony or discord and identify and enjoy the individual resonance, thought and heart beat of the human symphony, so as to make us and them better people.

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