Archive for the 'suicide' Category

U.S. suicide rate is up

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Definitely not good news.

Surviving Ben’s Suicide, a book review

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

My first exposure to mental illness was shortly after High School when my grandmother had a stroke and was moved to a nursing home near my folk’s house. My memories of my grandmother were not of a warm, fuzzy and kindly old woman. She was crabby until she had her stroke. The stroke rendered her paralyzed on her right side. I don’t know if the stroke changed her personality or if she just realized that she was at the mercy of others now and had better start to be nice.