tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20668173.post7474969390121097962..comments2023-09-10T07:12:25.438-06:00Comments on Greg Solano Blog: Minds Interrupted: Stories of Lives Affected by Mental IllnessGreg Solanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09333496888444848509noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20668173.post-53966762145192817782009-12-29T08:38:25.190-07:002009-12-29T08:38:25.190-07:00"I am a conglomeration of my experiences grow..."I am a conglomeration of my experiences growing up..." Poignantly expressed like your entire story, is true for all of us. The question is what do we learn from our pasts, and how do we apply it? As a country, the question is the same, but it's pretty obvious that 30-40% of our population chooses NOT to learn the important lessons, perhaps because they've not been personally touched. Wars, "necessary" or not, continue. Of the people we send to fight those wars, thousands die, but "the lucky ones" always return different--sometimes a good different, too many times tragically damaged. Only those of us who live these experiences, as your family has, can fully understand the true collateral damage of war. Thank you for sharing this heartrending piece of your life.ber14noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20668173.post-57115717491137316432008-03-26T12:35:00.000-06:002008-03-26T12:35:00.000-06:00Yes there was and continues to be a lot of frustra...Yes there was and continues to be a lot of frustration from everyone in the family. While we realize that he is ill sometimes its hard to remember that his thought process does not work the way ours does. It seems to simple to believe sometimes that he could not make things better by doing simple things like taking his medications and not drinking.Greg Solanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09333496888444848509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20668173.post-12869613110272440822008-03-25T23:54:00.000-06:002008-03-25T23:54:00.000-06:00im posting a blog for a college assignment, and i ...im posting a blog for a college assignment, and i decided to write it about living with my bipolar stepbrother..my situation is somewhat similar to how yours was but in some ways also different..im constantly watching my stepmom try to help my brother whos 24 years old, and everything just keeps backfiring on her and everyone else in the house, having a mentally ill family member takes such a hard toll on our family..did you feel alot of frustration towards our uncle when you were younger?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20668173.post-72847710633726978232008-03-24T02:41:00.000-06:002008-03-24T02:41:00.000-06:00I cant think of more to say than Thank You Kathie....I cant think of more to say than Thank You Kathie.Greg Solanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09333496888444848509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20668173.post-30970719889135901612008-03-23T11:08:00.000-06:002008-03-23T11:08:00.000-06:00This is a wonderful post about your Mother and her...This is a wonderful post about your Mother and her devotion. It is so sad there are so many like your uncle who just cannot be reached. I've been trying for 25 years and to this day I search for the right words, the right prayers, to reach all of them. I know we cannot but we have to try simply because if we don't, more will be lost who could have been helped.Kathie Costoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05930848909252282916noreply@blogger.com