So sad but oh so true…. we need to raise awareness.
A tweet I’m responding to:
Is anybody really surprised about this? I’ve had guns pointed at me at least twice during a “mental health check.” https://t.co/RpKiWkQQsk
— Adam Randolph (@phrenoosyche) June 10, 2018
he was responding to this:
Police Broke Into Chelsea Manning’s Home With Guns Drawn via @theintercepthttps://t.co/qoG3xT2yrG
— Mad In America (@Mad_In_America) June 9, 2018
My response to Adam and then to the general topic at hand:
No…people don’t generally believe it…and that’s what has to change. I’m so sorry that happened to you too.
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Mental health “care” is extremely violent with far more frequency than people are willing to believe. I was thrown down a flight of stairs at 19 years old by four cops. I was a skinny little thing -120 lbs — and I wasn’t fighting…just not moving fast enough. That’s police brutality and again, it’s frighteningly normal. I hear stories from readers…
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Emerging From The Dark Night 
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I saw elements of this with my older sister who died, Gail. It does go on all the time and we need to fight it. 😦
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my great aunt suffered as well. Just after she had a stroke in her 70s, the neurologist said her imaging showed she had several strokes previously. His guess was that she had a stroke just after giving birth, and that when she could not talk properly in combination with an abusive husband that the psychiatrists misdiagnosed her with schizophrenia, and when she was institutionalized and given shock treatment on top of it, it made her worse.
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Oh no… that is just awful Gail. I often think events such as strokes or even Parkinsons are symptoms of blocked or trapped life energy that could never be freed due to repression or abuse. I am so sorry that your Aunt suffered so much. ❤ ❤
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She actually Parkinson’s as well. Which made them think her shakiness was from anxiety/schizophrenia. She’s with the Lord now. She outlived all 7 of 8 siblings, her husband, and grown daughter.
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Yes human ignorance ane emotional blindness is deep …poor sweet darling..I am glad she is at rest..but how much suffering..heartbreaking. ❤💜💚
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She was a very lovely lady. I hung a picture I found of her dressed for a dance as a young woman in her hospital room. A long beautiful simply white dress flowing down her tall body. Her doctors would just stand there and stare at it forever. They thanked me for putting it up and instructed the nurses not to let it be taken down. They said it personified her, and made them aware of how much her life had already been taken from her. They needed to value what she had left. They completely floored me with their reaction.
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Gail that would make the most wonderful film or story. That is amazing and it reminds me that even in very painful circumstances a glimpse of light or recognition comes. Thanks so much for sharing all that with me. Could you write a poem about her? Just an idea. Hugs to you ((–))
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I have a few times, but I am ashamed to say that I don’t remember specifically where it is. As I am going through them, when I come across the I will share. And I will look for a copy of that picture. I will pray for the Lord to help write some new ones for her.
She has a sad but beautiful story.
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It is an incredibly powerful story Gail. ❤
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Great Aunt, rather 🙂
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YES.
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