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Bipolar Disorder Meets "Eat, Pray, Love"

When my mom was 23 or 24, she had a horrible headache. Afterwards, she started hallucinating. AS her mom had been institutionalized for schizophrenia, my dad took her to the doctor. She was diagnosed what was then called Manic Depression.  My dad had options. He was a good looking man, and he was one of those guys who aged well. When my law school classmates met him, they all said the same thing, "Wow. Your dad is really good looking. You'll be lucky if you look just like him." What did my dad do? He could have filed for divorce. He could have abandoned his wife. Instead, he comforted her. He built a life with her. When she was institutionalized, he stayed with her. He had numerous opportunities to stray. Even though my mom was fat, depressed, and could barely clean the house for 30 minutes a day, he stayed with her...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on February 16, 2011 (boomark / email).