Families Talk — About Everything

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

“My doctor says I have the most extreme version of psychiatric diagnoses.”

That’s how I put it. Bipolar Type 1, with psychoses. I say it at the bar, over coffee, on a walk. Openly. Directly. For years.

What happens next is almost always the same: people start talking. “My brother has that too.” “My aunt was in the clinic for years.” “In our family, no one talks about that.” Sometimes they want to unload. Sometimes they want to understand. Often both.

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Families Talk — About Everything