Edge of the Abyss (2012)
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Edge of the Abyss (2012)
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#2i have a 3 yo daughter and a 1.5 yo son. this story is terrifying.
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#3i have a 3 yo daughter and a 1.5 yo son. this story is terrifying.
I have a 5 yo son and an almost 1 yo son and a family history of Schizophrenia. You ain't kidding! That's some heavy stuff in there.
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#4i have a 3 yo daughter and a 1.5 yo son. this story is terrifying.
I find it amazing at the untold strength in parents like these. Just ordinary folks who somehow find a way to keep on trying and pushing and doing their best when faced with unimaginable challenges.
They fall and get up and keep going.
Makes so many other problems many of us have to face really seem more like "problems".
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#5There's a song that was made with the intent to bring this kind of issue closer to people, and it's approved by her parents:
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#6Oh god I recall this article.
I have three small kids. I am blessed that they are 100% healthy.
I can't imagine how some people handle certain challenges.
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#7Maybe note that this article is from 2012?
Since then, Bodhi (the brother) has been diagnosed autistic and they suspect he is also a paranoid schizophrenic, but he just doesn't verbalize like Jani does. Michael (the dad) had an affair and the parents are now divorced.
It is a truly tragic story. There is a well-written post from Michael which I can't seem to find where he gives advice to other parents raising children with mental problems.
(I found the quote, but not the whole piece)
> All I can tell you now is you have to decide what is more important to you In this life, with mentally ill children, something is going to have to go. You have decide what that is. It our case, it was our marriage. May Jani and Bodhi forgive me. I couldn’t do it all.
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#8Maybe note that this article is from 2012? Since then, Bodhi (the brother) has been diagnosed autistic and they suspect he is also a paranoid schizophrenic, but he just doesn't verbalize like Jani does. Michael (the dad) had an affair and the parents are now divorced. It is a truly tragic story. There is a well-written post from Michael which I can't seem to find where he gives advice to other parents raising childre…
I stumbled across a post ending in your quote. Looks like somebody started a foundation which turned up on a search of Michael Schofield's name; you might be thinking of this post: http://janifoundation.org/blog/
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#9Title needs (2012), I'd love to read a more recent followup if anyone knows about one. My brother didn't show signs of his schizophrenia until his teens (it may have been triggered/hastened by drug use, I haven't kept up with the literature around that theory), it took over 10 years for him to get to a stable place with my mom's great efforts. The end of the article is encouraging, modern medications and ratios have gotten better and it really helps when the person is a minor. Keep the love and support going, and don't discount her not being a good sister in the end.
"There is no cure for schizophrenia." Yet.
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#10Maybe note that this article is from 2012? Since then, Bodhi (the brother) has been diagnosed autistic and they suspect he is also a paranoid schizophrenic, but he just doesn't verbalize like Jani does. Michael (the dad) had an affair and the parents are now divorced. It is a truly tragic story. There is a well-written post from Michael which I can't seem to find where he gives advice to other parents raising childre…
I remember reading this article a few years ago. I never thought the story could get worse. Tragic.