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Yeah, so, so many alcoholics and addicts have an undiagnosed mental illness. My mom insisted that her father was "an alcoholic", too. I don't doubt that he was, but why was he drinking so much?
One of my sisters was an addict. She was such an incredible person, so expressive and alive. I would not have been at all surprised if she actually had BD.
I wonder if ever there will be a day when most people don't run and hide from receiving treatment for mental illness...
I feel ignored by certain family members because they refuse to discuss my great aunt's mental illness. I mean, I'd like to know why she spent her life institutionalized! I just get the standard, "Oh, well..." -subject change. So I've stopped asking.
I did do some major digging on an ancestry site once, though. I found out that my aunt's "job" in the psych institution was working in the laundry there. I hope someday to visit her grave.
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