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DD1 found out this morning that one of her classmates committed suicide last night. Their senior class has maybe 70 kids, so everyone knows everyone pretty well.
DD1 is kind of a collector of people. She bonds with and is fiercely protective of people who are picked-on or bullied. Sound familiar? She and the kid bonded over their mental health stuff when we first moved here and she was diagnosed with a panic/anxiety disorder. The kid was diagnosed with schizophrenia shortly before we got here and his parents promptly stopped taking him to docs and refused to allow medication. He shared with DD1 that they were worried about the stigma of mental health disorders and "didn't want him to have to deal with that". Because that is apparently worse to them than untreated health issues in their kid.
DD1 is so pissed off and sad. Pissed at the lack of mental health care access in our country (and in particular, our county that only has one psychiatrist), the stigmatization of legitimate health concerns, and the ignorance of people being more worried about stigma than getting care for their kid.
There's a candlelight vigil tonight at the HS for the kid that she's planning to attend. DD2 may want to go, as well. The community is so small that the middle school and high school are in the same building, so DD2 knows the kid, too.
I'm just so sad for the pain the kid must have been experiencing. No one should have to go through that.
DD1 is kind of a collector of people. She bonds with and is fiercely protective of people who are picked-on or bullied. Sound familiar? She and the kid bonded over their mental health stuff when we first moved here and she was diagnosed with a panic/anxiety disorder. The kid was diagnosed with schizophrenia shortly before we got here and his parents promptly stopped taking him to docs and refused to allow medication. He shared with DD1 that they were worried about the stigma of mental health disorders and "didn't want him to have to deal with that". Because that is apparently worse to them than untreated health issues in their kid.
DD1 is so pissed off and sad. Pissed at the lack of mental health care access in our country (and in particular, our county that only has one psychiatrist), the stigmatization of legitimate health concerns, and the ignorance of people being more worried about stigma than getting care for their kid.
There's a candlelight vigil tonight at the HS for the kid that she's planning to attend. DD2 may want to go, as well. The community is so small that the middle school and high school are in the same building, so DD2 knows the kid, too.
I'm just so sad for the pain the kid must have been experiencing. No one should have to go through that.
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