The Mindstorm

Author: Chrisa Hickey

  • Custody (or, Dear Anonymous)

    Custody (or, Dear Anonymous)

    Someone keeps commenting on my posts under the guise of “anonymous” about how I’m a hypocrite for putting my son in residential, after this post about the story of the Gertz’s. I don’t post them because they are jabs at me and won’t help anyone and, let’s face it, this is my blog, and I…

  • WTF, or Transitory Irritation

    So, Tim’s caseworker emails that she wants to have a family session by phone to talk about what happened the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.  I know, I’m repeating myself, but that’s where today’s freak out (on my part) starts. I set up a time with her for tomorrow, and off-handledly mentioned in my email that they…

  • Paranoia

    Tim’s caseworker emailed today and wants to schedule a time next week when we can have a family therapy session via telephone.  It’s a four hour drive round trip to ODTC, so by phone is easier to schedule, but a family therapy session rarely goes well, by phone or in person.  Tim hates it when…

  • Someday

    Tim was home for Thanksgiving for less than 24 hours. He came home 3 PM Tuesday.  My parents picked him up and brought him home. His anxiety got the better of him, and the inevitable meltdown happened.  We decided – he and Tom and I – that he (and we) would be ‘safer’ if Tim…

  • Thank You FX Networks, Thank You Ted Griffin

    Have you seen Terriers, a new series on FX this season?  It’s about two private detectives in Ocean Beach, California, down near San Diego.  They’re…unconventional.  One’s a recovering alcoholic, ex-cop, and one’s a cheeky ex-thief.  It’s witty, funny, and absolutely unpredictable. Hank, the ex-cop character, has a sister, Steph.  Steph has schizophrenia.  And she’s the…

  • Rough Week

    I always try and remember this.

  • Dear Shonda Rhimes

    I’m a devoted Grey’s Anatomy / Private Practice watcher.  I’ve seen every episode, every webisode, and know pretty much all there is to know about these shows.  My routine is to record them to the DVR when they air, and then watch them by myself on Saturday morning, early, while the rest of the house…

  • Help CABF Help More Families

    If you read my blog with any frequency,  you know that 2-3 times a month I blog for the Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation.  CABF is in the running, right now, for a Pepsi Refresh grant worth $250,000. I can say, will all sincerity, if it wasn’t for CABF and their volunteers, staff, and services,…

  • Gratitude

    These are the railroad tracks that run behind the high school my children attend. That’s Graham Clarke under the sheet. Graham was 17 years old, literally a week from starting his senior year of high school to hang with friends, play lacrosse, and graduate on to his adult life.  Read the rest at CABF’s website.

  • Mom FAIL

    I am THE worst mom in the whole freakin’ world, according to the evidence.  If you work in retail support, as I do, this time of year is IN – SANE.  Freakishly insane.  Crazy, insomnia-inducing, working 80 hours a week, never home, living on fast food, forgetting what your husband looks like and ignoring your…