mental illness loved one

  • Mother of Woman ‘Disposed of’ in Freezing Cold Says Her Daughter Is Mentally Ill

    The mother of the 22-year-old patient dumped in the street in subfreezing temperatures after being discharged from a Baltimore hospital has spoken out, saying that she wanted to clear the record about her daughter, whom she says has a mental illness diagnosis. (Sidenote: That an obviously mentally ill 22-year-old was dumped on a frigid sidewalk…

  • When a Breakdown Is Public (or, That Time My Mom Was on WorldStarHipHop)

    Theodora Marie is my mother. She is one-half of an identical twinship forged in Grandmother’s womb some 66 years ago. Teddie is a fiery Sagittarius, an old-school nationalist and my very first love. My mother is a slight woman, 5 feet 7 inches tall and 110 pounds, but her mouth? Gargantuan. Her heart? Titan. If…