Category Archives: Going Mental

Three Years after Driving Away

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Julia Roberts

Just over three years ago we got a call from Gage’s school. It wasn’t our typical call, one where we would learn he did something we should be aware of at school, or an update on some school work or … Continue reading →

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Delicate balance.

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Julia Roberts

A week ago today we were just existing as normal. Work and school, getting ready for the Christmas. We were worried about our dog, nervous about transplant med changes, and we were obsessing about a certain present on a certain … Continue reading →

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Afraid to hope but saying no to despair.

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Julia Roberts

As with many things in our lives we’re a little gun shy to believe we may be on the upswing. That doesn’t mean that we don’t appreciate the good days. It just means that we are never sure they will … Continue reading →

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Music Playing

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Julia Roberts

This is the intro to a post I have up today at another site… Nothing can shoot primal fear into the soul a parent like me as a mental health med change in our teenage son can. Nothing. We’re in the … Continue reading →

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To Sum up a Life

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Julia Roberts

Recently I had to give an entire history on Gage during a consult for a potential doctor. Just a conversation. This sounded fine before I actually did it, you know? “Just share what’s happened in his life,” I told myself. Yet … Continue reading →

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When you found my blog. Day 13

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Julia Roberts

It’s been over a month or so, maybe longer, since I noticed someone on my blog who has been reading my entire blog since the beginning 8 years ago. That in itself happens a few times a month, but it … Continue reading →

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Pushing me. Day 3

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Julia Roberts

You can see Just Me Jen’s full comment here, but here’s an except from a comment on yesterday’s post. I think the other benefit of being online and open is that you do get to connect to people. This sounds … Continue reading →

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Why be public? Day 2

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Julia Roberts

I can’t explain why I knew that when I got to know blogs as a reader I would eventually start one. I’d began reading infertility blogs, not because I was infertile but because I enjoyed the writing . One of … Continue reading →

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World Suicide Prevention Day, The Darkness

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Julia Roberts

It was four years ago this past May – Mother’s Day to be exact – that my son’s downward spiral began and it was just a tiny little window into the darkness that we would come to know intimately. He … Continue reading →

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Suicide Induced PTSD

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Julia Roberts
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I won’t lie. I’ve been impacted and on the verge of tears all day about Tony Scott’s reported suicide in California. He’d jumped off a bridge, left contact information in his car, and left a suicide note at home. Thinking … Continue reading →

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