A Reflection on Mothers, Children, and Mental Illness

I woke up this morning and there it was again, I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother. This essay is all over the internet, written by a woman who is using her personal story about experiences with her “mentally ill” son, whom she is “terrified of,” to appeal for more dialogue on the issue of mental health. As I write this, her son’s picture has been viewed by over a million people. They have read her accounts of what may be some of these young man’s most painful childhood memories.
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Source: The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness - December 19, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Icarus Project Tags: Articles Source Type: blogs