by Catherine J Rippee-Hanson We have but a few family members left - just my twin sister, and our elderly mother, and myself. We are the...

by Catherine J Rippee-Hanson Whenever I need patience and endurance, I wear the mask of Stoicism for calmness in the face of chaos. ...

by Catherine J Rippee-Hanson Is it possible to feel both grateful and ungrateful at the same time? Wouldn't it be nice if we could live...

by Linda Rippee Privatte I have been a caregiver on the streets of my hometown to my disabled, blind brother who has a serious brain...

by Catherine J. Rippee-Hanson Some members of supposed support groups on social media will argue that afflicted loved ones with...

By Catherine J Rippee-Hanson My brother, Mark, who is blind, disabled, and has a serious mental/brain illness with anosognosia, relies...

by Catherine J Rippee-Hanson Mark, my brother, is homeless with a "grave disability" that brings disgrace to Solano County, although he...

What to do when you don't know what to do... By Catherine J. Rippee-Hanson Numerous people have asked me what the differences are between...

by Catherine J Rippee-Hanson It is always difficult as we try to sort through what we and others think is happening... what is supposed...

by Catherine J Rippee-Hanson Acceptable losses are usually defined as - destruction or casualties that are considered reasonable because...

My recommendation of books about Serious Mental Illness / Brain Disorders by authors who have lived the experience or who have had loved...

By Linda (Rippee) Privatte Darkness comes in many forms.  It is the partial or total absence of light, and metaphorically, darkness...

by Catherine J Rippee-Hanson If only the “powers that be” could provide a small percentage of the care and concern that your private...

By Catherine J Rippee-Hanson Damaging, harmful, and negative beliefs that the seriously mentally ill were possessed, sinful, or lacking...

by Catherine J. Rippee-Hanson Our brother, James Mark Rippee, has been hospitalized for 187 days now, after being struck by a vehicle in...

by Linda (Rippee) Privatte My twin, Catherine (CJ) Hanson, and I continue to tell true stories of our journey to find treatment and...

by Catherine J. Rippee-Hanson Aging parents of adult children with a serious brain illness often have spent their lives caring for their...

by Catherine J Rippee-Hanson I had just laid down for the night when the phone rang.  My stomach lurched and my heart suddenly skipped a...

Mark will soon be medically cleared and based on over 3 decades of discharges and releases several dozen times from hospitals the outcome...

"Once someone mentioned that we told Mark's story in a raw and unapologetic way. That's because the truth is raw and unapologetic!"...