Tag: mental illness

Patriarchy Acoss Cultures: From Generation to Generation

November 12, 2009

by Tapati     Grandpa Glen and Grandma Velma Tallman My mother sounds like a horrible person as I write about her blocking my efforts to leave home, hitting me, and subsiding into depression and suicide. Of course there remains a stigma associated with mental illness and it’s difficult for most people to find compassion for people who act out when their illness is poorly managed. In the 1970s there weren’t any really good anti-depressants on the market and the ones offered to my mom came with some hefty side effects. Psychotherapy also wasn’t as Full post …