When Love Isn't Enough: Facing the Reality of Mental Illness in the Family
Behind Black Eyes: Surviving Family Trauma and Mental Illness Those black eyes. Nick Reiner’s black eyes. I have seen them before. Not on his face. First on my ex-husband’s face and then on my middle child’s face years later. I lived with the mentally ill and had to deal with their psychotic episodes. The danger is palpable. Rob Reiner and Michelle Singer Reiner’s deaths have shaken me. It could have been me. Breaking the Cycle: A Journey Through C-PTSD, Survival, and No Contact Since the middle of December when the tragedy hit national news, it’s taken me back to 2007 when I was faced with the moment I became stuck in a C-PTSD loop in for a long time. Those black dead eyes staring me down. The visceral fell to my core, hair standing up on my arms. Picking up the phone in slow motion and dialing 911. There had been warning signs. Chance after chance given for reprehensible behavior. Multiple stays in the psych ward. Self-medicating through alcohol and the misuse of street a...
