Posted by Dr. Rod on November 25, 2003, at 4:01:50
In reply to What was your childhood like?, posted by Elle2021 on November 24, 2003, at 0:43:32
Yep!!! I was raised in "the original poor family"... Actually, this week is special to me since that Thanksgiving 49 years ago that they took my Dad away in handcuffs for making threats toward this and that person... The family MD recommended the "Funny Farm"... The doctors hooked him up to low voltage AC to just scramble his brains a little bit...
I always hope each Thanksgiving is neater than that one was... I was 6... I've had 49 neater Thanksgivings... I predict all will be neater...
My Dad is 82 now... He chose to live in a 10 story tall, urban, section 8, senior citizen building when my stepmom passed away... When I visit him, I notice that he is no nuttier than any of the other tenants, no matter what their history might be... He started learning to play the piano when he was 60, so he is now thought of as an entertainer, not an 82 year old paranoid/delusional schizophrenic, like he was 49 Thanksgivings ago... I'm proud of my Dad today... There were times in my teens that I would cut off an arm or stab myself in the eye rather than say those words...
Then one day I woke up and realized that he never was my problem, and that I had options of how I would deal with him... Been fine ever since...
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