--- Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Betty...
> Wow, I totally missed understanding that Kathy
> Jo had been forced to go to
> the hair appointment. I don't believe she said
> that. My read on it was that
> she had been depressed all day. If I am wrong,
> then I think Betty is right,
> up to a point.
>
> Kathy Jo, let me ask you directly ... did you
> want to go to the hair
> appointment or not? Did you state your wishes
> to your aide?  and, were you
> given a choice about whether or not you wanted
> to go to the aide's apartment.
>  (for all we know, The Aide might have thought
> it would cheer Kathy Jo up to
> go somewhere different, more likely the girl
> needed to calm her nerves after
> the incident.  BTW, Kathy Jo, did your actions
> cause an accident?)
>
> But I draw the line at involving others in a
> suicide attempt. and Kat is
> right, a suicide attempt is a cry for help,
> even though we probably
> understand what she's depressed about because
> it has to do with
> oppression.... I could not live without my
> celexa pill. my aides too, cannot
> cope with my mood swings and crying and
> swearing. I swear and one aide thinks
> I should be in counseling... She never swears,
> and I get frustrated because
> that is how I was raised; my Mom swore a lot
> and did it every day... I'm much
> better about it, because I've worked on my rage
> and can see the red flags.
> But I am not perfect, and If I want to keep the
> best aide I've ever had, I
> cannot go losing my temper around her.
>
>
> mag


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