Words From The Other Side

It started a few days before my twenty-fifth birthday. My parents and I were enjoying a meal and some time together at a local Italian restaurant near their snowbird residence. I must have said something to trigger a thought in my mother because the conversation took a sharp, depressing turn. Realistically the story started years […]

Four years ago, I was perusing Facebook, and a suggested post an acquaintance had commented on popped up in my feed. It was a black and white picture of an extremely handsome man, with dark black hair, Disney prince looks, and soulful eyes. I clicked on the page and it was for a Canadian politician […]

I ate when I wasn’t hungry yesterday. Twice. This is a thing I do when I’m feeling disconnected. I can even remember doing this as a child. Mom used to joke about how I was the little mouse in the house who would sneak away slices of American cheese from the fridge. I would scurry […]

Many people know the term “reefer madness.” It was associated with irrational fears related to the use of marijuana. The public displays the same irrational fears when dealing people living with schizophrenia. It is the public, not schizophrenics, who may need treatment for irrational fear, both when dealing with people suffering from schizophrenia and the […]

Thirty years ago, I was a cute five-year-old kid living in suburban Long Island, NY. And, like is typical of most kids growing up in Long Island neighborhoods during the mid-eighties, my next-door neighbor just happened to also be my best friend. When you’re about five, proximity is often the most significant factor in friendship. […]