You take that back.
Posted on 04/27/2016 7:27:36 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
PITTSBURGH — Gov. John Kasich often speaks about mental health in his campaign for president. He has defended his decision to expand Medicaid in Ohio by highlighting its benefits for mentally ill residents. He is probably the only Republican candidate this year to ask a crowd, “Do you know what it’s like for somebody to live with depression?” The question, posed at a rally in upstate New York recently, threw a hush over a room of 1,000 people. Mr. Kasich went on: “There are people here who know exactly what I’m talking about.” Mr. Kasich is one who knows. His only brother, Richard, 59, has struggled with depression disorders since college. He was occasionally hospitalized and today receives disability benefits for mental illness.
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Really! Now that my kids are older than 18, the problems I’ve had.
And yes, I do know what it’s like to have a family member with depression. My mom is bipolar and it’s looking like my son is too.
It’s awful trying to speak to my son’s doctors.
My daughter’s both have medical issues, and one is far away at college. Trying just to get appointments for the one away is hard.
My mom is bipolar. She is 84 years old and still works.
She has a little shop in an antique mall.
Once she got the right meds, she was ok. She tried to get off them once, but she realized she needed them.
His brother is a democrat?
Yes, I have had this firsthand experience with family members too.
The all-knowing, all-powerful US Government throws up the Great Wall of HIPAA to prevent those nearest and dearest to the one who is suffering from having ANY sort of constructive dialogue with their doctors and therapists.
Then that same Government can step-in with big spending programs purporting to help them.
Congressman Tim Murphy (R-PA) had a bill pending to amend HIPAA and make it easier on the families of the mentally ill. It died when Obama decided this would undermine his push for gun control, and he lost all of his Democrat co-sponsors.
My grandson has all the Ds. OCD, ADHD. etc. He needs attention. Play with him for an hour and he is a happy camper. Then give him something to do. Legos are great for him. He’s 9 but since he was really young you could hand him a Lego kit and he will work on it til he is done. He has to. lol
Puzzles are also a good one. If you give him a large number puzzle he starts from the inside and works on it til it’s done. lol
His largest obstacle is boredom. If he’s bored he makes everybody’s life miserable.
LOL! Sounds like a human version of a border collie.
Not a fan of Kasich but depression is no joke. It’s a chemical imbalance that exists independent of your attitude and external environment. Drugs are often ineffective because the wrong chemicals are targeted.
Your post hurt my feelings.
There should be a law against that!
Legos are an underrated tool.
Not only are they therapeutic, they are a great role-playing device too.
Oh, and playing Legos when young builds new synaptic pathways in the brain.
I’m pretty sure that if not for Legos in my youth I’d now be a serial killer, or a lawyer.
I consider myself fortunate I was not born today, in the age of video games and such.
They would have me medicated so fast it would make the head spin. Sigh. I feel bad for a lot of young boys today. They get labeled so quickly with some kind of “ism” and boom, right on the meds, when much of the time...they are just boys being boys.
Believe me, I know there are people who need special attention and/or special medications.
All the people who really don’t need those things make it difficult to get the ones who do need them.
Now I'm curious, LOL. What did Legos make you become?
OTOH:
Why bother with micro-aggression?
Thanks to liberals, people have the right to be crazy.
For serious: I was raised by a single mother with 4 kids. I did not get a lot of attention, bordering on neglect. I was intelligent and bored.
I acted out.
Legos helped me focus. They made me think in a certain way. You know, 3 steps ahead and in a linear manner. They forced me to envision a final product and work toward that final product and yet be flexible to changes along the way.
Building stuff out of Legos also gave me a sense of accomplishment when I lacked a sense of accomplishment in other areas, and the adults in my life were not forthcoming with positive reinforcement.
In retrospect I was definitely ADHD. I still have it as an adult but less so.
So I became a technical writer in oil and gas.
As an aside, I have a 4.5 yr old daughter. We skipped Duplo (the big Legos for little kids) and went directly to the older stuff, and she is an absolute hoot to watch. It is a window into her mind and her thoughts. I force myself to step back and just let her go crazy - Lots of role playing and chick-based interpersonal stuff that you’d expect from a girl.
Dreams may be a window to the subconscious, but Legos are a door!
I’ll have to get them for my grandkids (boy and girl). BTW, kudos on your success.
lol pretty much. If you keep him busy he’s good as gold. Let some boredom start in and he’ll drive you nuts.
Hubby has kept him pretty busy with manly things. He can use a spear, a machete, and is a crack shot with a bb gun. Nanny plays cards and games with him. He is a poker savant. lol
I have found the kits with tons of parts, many of them little, will keep the grandson busy for hours. For some kids they could be tedious though. My grandson needs a challenge so those are perfect for him. If it’s too easy he becomes bored quickly.
So be sure and balance out the kit to the kids personality.
When the grandson was 8 he started a riot on the school bus. The bus driver stopped the bus and called the school and the police. All the big wigs from the school showed up along with the police and they took all the kids off the bus and called all the parents to come get them.....in the middle of nowhere. When I asked him why he shrugged, grinned, and said.....cause I don’t like those boys. The 3 other boys were 12. He has no fear.
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