Thursday, April 13, 2006
Mental Defective
My oldest cousin died a few years ago leaving behind two grown children. Her oldest child "Stevie" is nearly 50 years old, has never held and job and still lives at home.
As you may have guessed, Stevie is alcoholic and may be shizophrenic or manic depressive as well. Who knows, his diagnosis a crapshoot. My cousin and her husband always refused any outside help for him. They had a "what happens in this house, stays in this house" mentality.
Whenever I talk to my Mom now she frequently tells me stories about Stevie. The stories are always about some whacked out thing Stevie did or said. At the end of her stories she says in an ominous tones, "you know he's mental." I always have to fight the urge to laugh really hard. A few times she has actually called him a mental defective, not an outright mental defective but a mental defective just the same. I think, "yes Mom, I know and so am I." ¶ 4/13/2006 04:07:00 AM
As you may have guessed, Stevie is alcoholic and may be shizophrenic or manic depressive as well. Who knows, his diagnosis a crapshoot. My cousin and her husband always refused any outside help for him. They had a "what happens in this house, stays in this house" mentality.
Whenever I talk to my Mom now she frequently tells me stories about Stevie. The stories are always about some whacked out thing Stevie did or said. At the end of her stories she says in an ominous tones, "you know he's mental." I always have to fight the urge to laugh really hard. A few times she has actually called him a mental defective, not an outright mental defective but a mental defective just the same. I think, "yes Mom, I know and so am I." ¶ 4/13/2006 04:07:00 AM
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Poor Stevie. I hope that somehow he gets some help. What a horrible prison (untreated) mental illness is.
The comment thing is on the blink again. Not you, it's blogger.
Anyways, it's a shame that he wasn;t allowed to live outside of those four walls. I am most comfortable with other mental defectives (you know at a meeting :)
Are you ok Trudge? Did you get my prayer email?
Anyways, it's a shame that he wasn;t allowed to live outside of those four walls. I am most comfortable with other mental defectives (you know at a meeting :)
Are you ok Trudge? Did you get my prayer email?
So long as lives like Stevies are being enabled there is no reason to change.I think some families can be overly protective of a loved ones like Stevie.Maybe even ashamed or afraid to ask for outside help.
You are good to detach and continue to take good care of yourself.
Thanks for sharing~
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You are good to detach and continue to take good care of yourself.
Thanks for sharing~
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