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hi ivan

you wrote, in part:
>Another "young" parkie has commited suicide. :...

at the risk of repeating myself
i don't believe that the cause of this suicide
can be blamed on parkinson's

i do believe that the cause of this suicide
can be blamed on a distorted perception of parkinson's
directly attributable to clinical depression

>Why do we have to lose "family" like this???...

as i see it
the problems are

1. we , as a society, are ashamed of expressions of pain and anger and grief

2. we, as a society, are doubly ashamed of such expressions in men

3. we, as a society, attach a 'loony-bin' label to any 'mental illness'

>WHAT do we do now?

just what you are doing
talk about it

bring all this toxic shame baggage
out of our too-long-closed-up basements and attics
into the fresh air and into the bright light of understanding

the sooner
the better


with love for you and yours

your cyber-sis in spring-cleaning

janet


janet paterson
51/10 - sinemet/selegiline/prozac
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