Deanna J. Lee

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A Mother's Day Wish for Mental Health Awareness

Deanna J. Lee · 5/11/177:17 AM

May is Mental Health Awareness Month , and that seems as good a time as any for me to break my year-long hibernation to shout this to the rooftops: My child, Alex , was the most amazingly vibrant, feeling, loving, creative force you could imagine. Alex was full of life. Alex committed suicide last year, at the age of 14. I am shouting out my pride to drown out the idea that mental illness is something to be ashamed of. What I am ashamed of are profound shortcomings in awareness about this...

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