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Turning a Stigmatizing Experience Into A Positive
Did you read over the weekend about Palmer Advertising in San Francisco, and the ad they put on Craigslist? No? Apparently they are looking for a business development person in the Stockton, California area and the ad, along with job description and required experience, listed this line: “The successful candidate will have … Sanity. If…
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Hero
I’m floored, honored and proud! Tim was selected by ABC News as one of their Eleven Heroes of 2011 for his fundraising work for NAMI. I am proud of how far he’s come and his committment to help other teens with mental illnesses. And a big thanks to ABC News for helping raise awareness and…
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It’s Not Easy – NHBPM / NaBloPoMo Day 15
I’ve posted this song before, so if you’ve been brave enough to have been reading my blog for the past three plus years, you’ve seen it posted before. But there is no song that better describes my little boy than this one. He is my Superman.
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Meds, Realizations, and Growing Up
You can also read this post on the CABF website. I spent part of last week at the NAMI Conference in Chicago. It was a phenomenal three days where I learned a great deal, met some amazing people, and enjoyed playing tourist in my hometown. On the opening day after the keynote speech, I was…
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NAMI Convention 2011 – Sweet Home Chicago
I’ll be attending the NAMI 2011 Convention in Chicago the next few days. There are some really interesting sessions. I’ll be tweeting during some of them – you can follow me @Chrisa_Hickey. I will also be blogging about the convention next week. Are you attending? I’d love to meet you! Drop me an email or a…
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Say What You Need To Say
I’ve gotten lots of comments on the last few day’s worth of blog posts. I don’t post them all. I don’t post ones that are personal attacks against me, because they don’t further the discussion. I definitely don’t post the ones that border on death threats. I’m going to continue to say what I need…
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Parents of Children with Bipolar Disorder and Childhood Onset Schizophrenia Tell Common Stories
I’ll never forget the day my son’s therapist told me he needed to be hospitalized. He was 11 years old and had spent his entire life vacillating between extreme happiness and extreme rage. He heard voices and saw things no one else could. Pediatricians and neurologists and developmental specialists had told us he was autistic. …
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We Walked!
It was a beautiful day last Sunday in Chicago for NAMIWalks. I was the captain of Team BringChange2Mind / CABF. Our friend ImpassionedCat shared some great photos she took of the walk and the team. Thanks for sharing them with us, Catherine!
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“Just” Eve
In 1977, a Northern California mother named Eve decided she’d had enough. Eve had raised a child diagnosed schizophrenic and had endured the prevailing thinking by the medical community and society at-large at the time; that her son’s condition was her fault. That something in how she raised him caused his psychotic break with reality…
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Stigma
That’s my kid, on Fox News Milwaukee, kicking off NAMIWalks for team BringChange2Mind with Green Bay Packer Greg Jennings and his wife Nicole. It was an amazing day for all of us. Tim got out, shook hands with people, walked three miles, chatted with one of his sports heros, asked for autographs and pictures, and…