tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656367003752969343.post2880671970531269199..comments2023-09-12T08:09:21.309-04:00Comments on Just a Work in Progress: Who Defines Normal Anyhow?Royfam7http://www.blogger.com/profile/06904428492372068888noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5656367003752969343.post-5238731347098178622011-01-14T10:13:39.575-05:002011-01-14T10:13:39.575-05:00Hi, Ashley. I'm 58 (I thought this pertinent i...Hi, Ashley. I'm 58 (I thought this pertinent information)and am just now trying to find out if anyone has any symptoms similar to my husband. I'm trying to develop a plan of action. I really need one. There is probably ten thousand dollars worth of damage to my home because of my husband's "symptoms". <br />These symptoms have been observed by me (his estranged wife) for 32 years but I have only been able to deal with situations up to now. I'm in a quandary, know there is something wrong, and need to develop a plan of action. <br />There are things that go wrong with people. You mentioned Van Gogh. Here's one description: "Diagnoses which have been put forward include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, syphilis, poisoning from swallowed paints, temporal lobe epilepsy and acute intermittent porphyria. Any of these could have been the culprit and been aggravated by malnutrition, overwork, insomnia, and a fondness for alcohol, and absinthe in particular.<br />It's a scary prospect to say that someone is not normal. But it's a fact of life. Things go wrong, people change, they get sick, they make bad choices. Only God makes all things new again.Ginnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698494684413374604noreply@blogger.com