Crazy Is Fixable

Where were you when the unthinkable happened? When a young girl, a judge, a young man, and three old and honored citizens, one of them a hero in his last act, died; when fourteen others including the Congresswoman who was apparently the main target have been hospitalized. Where were you?

Well, I was right here as usual; looking for meaning, and finding little.

First of all, lets forget about all the tough political talk. Grown ups and most children really do know bullshit when they hear it. So lets not spend any time talking about who's at fault for flapping their mouth. The fact is sane people understand crazy talk for what it is: it's metaphor. However, crazy people are not immune. So, if you're going to talk crazy , you've gotta know you're gonna have a following. Next.

The next thing is the gun. Okay, I have some. Most of my friends have some or at least some experience or memory of using such weapons at some time in their lives. Although many of my friends are hunters, I am not, but that does not mean that I have an issue. What I'm wondering about here is why someone who was known to be unstable was able to buy a gun. Okay, the next thing is the instability.

It sounds like paranoid schizophrenia. This stuff can be controlled with medication. The trick is getting the subject to take the pills. Since he's paranoid he's not going to believe he needs help. Here's how it works.

First of all, don't call the cops. Their job is to maintain order, and they are armed. This can go bad.

What you need to do is call your county mental health center and ask them to recommend a lawyer who'll help.

This lawyer will for a nominal fee (mine was $29.00) petition the court to commit your family member to a psychiatric facility.

The result will be that a couple of sheriff's deputies will show up and take your family member to the hospital rather than the jail. They will be very polite.

In order for this to happen, you're going to have to swear that your family member is a danger to you or themself. Believe me, it's worth it.

The kid will spend some time in a mental hospital and might get stabilized. That's what happened with mine.

I got my son back. He's still not quite happy about the way things happened, but he's willing to work with me and his mom more than he was willing to do before.



Regards,
Daddy.