Dear SorryShaped, you wrote about the boy in the movie, "The boy you mention wasn't causing trouble, he was having troubles that affected others."
Oh, HOW true it was/is. His parents tried for YEARS to find help for him -- therapy, psychiatrists, meds -- and nothing helped. See the post I'm about to make now about Why Mental Illness Does Not Attract Sympathy Like Cancer Does. (I had to leave earlier, which is why I didn't post it this morning.)
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Originally Posted by SorryShaped
Invisibility when the pain is too. Nobody ever even said "welcome home" or "I'm glad you're feeling better" or "how are you doing today?" after any of my hospitalizations. They treated it the same as since I was a very small child, "You're just throwing a fit." My sister said that the last time, the one that works for a cancer research hospital. If I have to go back in, I'll not tell anyone where I go, that I'm there, or that I've left.
The boy you mention wasn't causing trouble, he was having troubles that affected others.
If you want my backstory, PM me. I'm interested in yours too. I swear the only book I'm writing is about me.
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