tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post1750627123345511378..comments2023-11-14T20:22:36.929-08:00Comments on Knowledge Is Necessity: Pastoral Society and the Nigerian Paradox - Or, If I Were to Act Out Where No One Noticed, Would People Think I Was Mental?John McManamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-73764765566859615352010-01-05T06:06:31.332-08:002010-01-05T06:06:31.332-08:00Okay, so my grandparents didn't live quite tha...Okay, so my grandparents didn't live quite that long ago but they did live through the depression as sharecroppers. The poorest of the poor...my grandfather's alcoholism and gambling compounded the problem and my grandmother's bipolar "I'm laying here dying again" likely didn't help. They had a large family - 7 kids, most if not all are bipolar including my father,Michellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-45439216003077265982010-01-03T19:59:07.879-08:002010-01-03T19:59:07.879-08:00Margaret asked me to post this:
One of the things...Margaret asked me to post this:<br /><br />One of the things I learned early on, is that people with mood disorders don't handle stress as well as others. We freak, others probably just say, 'oh shit' and go on with their day.John McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-27409472524848360042010-01-02T18:12:55.258-08:002010-01-02T18:12:55.258-08:00Happy New Year, Willa! Love your analysis. A confe...Happy New Year, Willa! Love your analysis. A confession - I, too, have no grasp of the here and now. I think I could get closing the gate right. After that, I'm hopeless a screw-up, which is why I became a writer. Also fits with my melancholia. :)John McManamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11857174305041382349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1098361547792425611.post-12070059024353988292010-01-02T17:43:11.497-08:002010-01-02T17:43:11.497-08:00I think the story is mixed. I'll confine my c...I think the story is mixed. I'll confine my comments to Medieval Europe.<br /><br />People with schizophrenia were thought to be possessed. Exorcism was not a pleasant process, and if unsuccessful, the next step was the stake. The one brilliant shining exception was the city of Geel, Belgium, which has had community-based mental health care from the 14th century to the present. I'll Willa Goodfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816752444634576606noreply@blogger.com