Originally Posted by
NWGRITS 
Thank you, everyone. I've been alternating between fine and a complete wreck all day. I got the call from my dad last night while on the airport shuttle coming home from the trip to Tennessee. I just keep picturing the scene from the local news story there (he lived on the other side of the country from me, and not in Tennessee), and I lose it. No one should have to live or die that way. What really gets me is that it could BE me. I also suffer from bipolar, which is getting worse as time marches on. It could be my kids, my sister, either of my two remaining brothers... Something needs to be done to genuinely help people with mental illness in this country. The current state of things isn't cutting it.
I completely agree.
Too many people are cast aside, fall through the cracks, dismissed...when some proper care and help would change their lives completely. Many times the process to get help when you can't afford it is ridiculous, and even then, you may be sent to some general clinic and not a specialist, who is NEEDED.
The entire health care system angers me.
For SO MANY REASONS...
Sending you strength and comfort.
Peace.