[tiamat]

Get over yourself.

You ever lived with somebody like this?

Have you got a clue how destructive somebody like this can be?

I speak from VERY profound experiance.

From what I hear from you, you are obviously in a state of blissful ignorance.

Let's hope you get to stay that way.

I truly mean that.

[LisaMalia]

You are the one who said the treatment for someone with a mental illness should be "kicked in the butt".

Yes, I have lived with somebody like this. Moreover, my grandmother died in 1941 shortly after she was confined to an "insane asylum". It's difficult for my mom to talk about, but from what I understand, the conditions were horrid. She was sent there by a doctor, when she in fact had a case of depression. She died of a heart attack soon after. Or that is the story the family was told at the time.

I have every right to disagree with your "kick 'em in the butt" way of treatment for mental illness.

Maybe you need to "get over yourself". You have NO idea what I've gone through in my lifetime.

[Freedom2specul8]

Buttkicking and meds cannot take away all of the symptoms--if any.

If the only way one can cope is to stay away from the mentally ill sibling etc., than so be it. There's nothing wrong with it....

What bothers me is that there are so many out there alone, and not getting the help they need. Obviously, many are dangerous to themselves and others in a variety of ways. While I would not judge those family members who choose to stay away from the mentally ill relatives...it just boggles my mind to see them left on their own..