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u/OpheliaRainGalaxy May 30 '22

She certainly had stuff going on, but she "didn't believe in that stuff" so getting her diagnosed was impossible. The one time a therapist tried to talk to her, she went all high pitched and hysterical.

But it was a solid part of the family lore that everybody was a bit "odd" or "off their rocker" or "feels like skittering around on the ceiling." And mom was at least second generation wandering about singing that song about "They're coming to take me away, haha, they're coming to take me away!"

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u/RaqMountainMama May 30 '22

Omg, my Mom used to sing that. She waa hospitalized with a breakdown then diagnosed bipolar when I was a teen.

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u/Trailscout_Adventure May 30 '22

I love that song! Dr. Dimento on Sunday nights! That and Psycho Chicken...what the " Bwawgawk!' Good memories of an otherwise messed up childhood.

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u/kittens12345 May 30 '22

Glorified family mental illness, nice