Well, madisgram, I surely don't have any magic key to opening this lock. The book suggestion was just a spur-of-the-moment thought. I do thank you and others for putting me on to NAMI, which I didn't know of.

But I'll tell you. The number of intellectually curious people in our country may not be all that huge, but there really are a lot of them, I think. The kind of people who would be intrigued at the idea of reading about mental illness from the inside, what the world looks and feels like if you have a particular condition.

And you've got to start somewhere. I will go to the NAMI website and look around and see what they're doing. I'm very interested. If I find anything I think other people ought to know then I'll come back here and post it. Thank you very much for your thought and consideration! Take care!