February 2010

  • Should Forced Hospitalization for the Mentally Ill Really Be Made Easier?

    By wildorchid on 2/23/10 4:44pm
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    Forced Hospitalization for the Mentally IllForced Hospitalization for the Mentally IllI just read today that our state is considering passing a bill that would make it easier to put people in mental institutions against their will.

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  • Thinking About Sarah Palin, Family Guy, Down's Syndrome and Bipolar Disorder

    By wildorchid on 2/22/10 1:08pm
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    Family Guy and Sarah PalinFamily Guy and Sarah PalinEverybody knows about the Sarah Palin versus Family Guy debate. How could mean, old Fox TV say anything bad about poor Trigg, who has Down’s Syndrome? Even worse, how could they defame his mother, the most righteous of the right in all of “Real America”?

    Watch the clip and see what you think.



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  • Missing the Olympics

    By wildorchid on 2/16/10 1:02am
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    Salt Lake OlympicsSalt Lake OlympicsI missed the last winter Olympics because I was in the tropics.

    I wasn’t as lucky for the Salt Lake Olympics because I was in a mental institution for a portion of the Olympics. I had had a manic episode on a vacation in Asia that year and nobody around knew what to do; the obvious solution was to fly me home.

    My Dad sprang for a trip home for me. Between the flight and layovers, I didn’t get to sleep for about 28 hours, and got put into the “hospital” the next day after my not-so-glorious return. I was so tired from the flight and disoriented that I had difficulty sitting through the four-hour long admission process.

    In all actuality, I probably didn’t really need to be there at all.


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