(July 1, 2011 at 4:21 am)Shell B Wrote: I don't try. I just try to avoid expecting too much of him. We were really close growing up and he was always a little different. He got more different as we got older and he had all the difficulties one would expect and I would stress myself out trying to get him to have a normal job, car, life, mindset, etc. All we did was fight at that time. Finally, I had a meeting with his social worker when I was getting him out of the hospital one day and I left fucking determined to understand what the hell was going on with him. I haven't stopped learning about schizophrenia since and he and I get along much better.
I have been inside those hospitals myself and have met a few schizophrenics. I applaud you for trying to understand him, because I've seen too many family members just give up on their loved ones who are ill.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
