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RE: World Mental Health Day - Suicide is not painless
What a powerful and important post! I'm so sorry about Angie and your brother, @lizelle.
Depression runs deep on my father's side of the family. In some of our genealogical work we discovered suicide was listed as the cause of death on my paternal grandfather's death certificate. Most of the family thought he died of cancer. He passed away long before I was born, in the early 1940's.
I feel like there are so many among us who struggle secretly and quietly. The more people who talk about it and get it into the open, the better.
I never knew that meditation has been proven to prevent Alzheimer's disease! I'll have to let my mother know that. Maybe we can get my father into a class.
Thanks so much for your post!
I find it so sad to think how many people suffered in silence especially in days gone by, so sad about your grandfather! At least nowadays there's more treatments options and talk about mental illness, although the stigma remains! It beats me that people accept illnesses like diabetes but think depression is something the sufferer can control!
I've also wondered whether meditation would have any effect once the person has started with Alzheimer's, worthwhile looking into it as it may just slow the degeneration down?
Thank you for your valued input and kind words @ericvancewalton!
Yes, it sure is sad that people felt as though they had no one to talk to. Thankfully my dad still has a few memories of him and his older brother (my dad's uncle) became like a surrogate father to my dad. My brother and I grew up with him in our lives as well. He chewed Redman chewing tobacco, listened to baseball on his console radio, and wore a flat cap. Spending time with him was like traveling back to the 1920's. I'll have to look more into meditation for Alzheimer's. I'm traveling down for my father's 80th birthday in late November and will have to teach him some techniques if I find any that look helpful. Thank you!