Never Regret the Pain: Loving and Losing a Bipolar Spouse

Never Regret the Pain: Loving and Losing a Bipolar Spouse
ISBN-10
0976919354
ISBN-13
9780976919353
Category
Biography & Autobiography / General
Pages
191
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Helm Pub.
Author
Sel Erder Yackley

Description

I had no idea which direction our lives would go when I married Frank. As reporters, we were happy to be witnessing history while eking out a living. We were attracted to each other because we were opposites. He was quiet, private, and mysterious. I was bubbly, sociable, and an open book. Franks indecisiveness and contradictions were exciting challenges for me. I was adventurous and adaptable having left my native land of Turkey at age 16 and integrated into the American society. I had chosen journalism as a career even though English was my second language. Above all, like most other young women in the 1960s, I wanted a good marriage and children. I was ready to support my husbands career ambitions whatever the cost. Little did I know Franks ambitions would take us to such heights! He was destined to become a well-known public figure, an admired prosecutor, and a highly respected judge. He would also fall into the depths of despair as he suffered manic depression in his mid-40s. He opposed capital punishment but followed the law instead of his convictions by sentencing a murderer to death, thus unraveling his life as well as ours. This is my true story, but in certain instances, for my own reasons, I have changed the names of some characters. Loving and living with a bipolar spouse while dealing with the circumstances of his death. It is about how my three children and I struggled and coped, took our fate in stride, pulled closer together, and eagerly accepted support from friends. I hope my story inspires and sustains families in similar pain, educates the public about bipolar illness, and promotes more research for better treatment of mental illness. Recognized as brain diseases perhaps even caused by a viral infection, schizophrenia and bipolar disorders are treatable just like other chronic ailments. The earlier one gets help, the more likely a better outcome.

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