“…then your light shall break forth like the dawn,And your healing shall spring up quickly…”Isa. 58:8 The obituary said the young man had lived with bipolar disorder and had ended his life. It was clear, honest and direct. It was published in the local newspaper for all the world to see. That was a couple […]
Twice in the Psych Unit part 2
(part 1 here) I began a suicide note which I worked on constantly until I had what I would call a nervous breakdown (now called a “major depressive episode.”). I began to shake and a thin, plaintiff wail began to well up inside me. With my cousin Jane rubbing my back to soothe me, I […]
Twice in the Psych Unit part 1
(part 2 here) In 1996, while living and working in Cleveland, Ohio, I was diagnosed with a carotid body tumor – a rare, usually benign growth almost always occurring in men over forty. I was forty one at the time. The otolaryngologist, Dr. Harvey, explained that the risks of cutting along the artery wall were […]