Schizophrenia Stole My Father

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By bluetiger1520



Schizophrenia Stole My Father

 Schizophrenia has played a major role in my life. You see this disorder stole my dad. I can remember a time when I needed my father and realizing; that he would not show up nor step up to the plate. I now know; that back then he was unable to be in my life due to this illness; even though back then I didn't know why he wasn't there fore me. I really wanted my father by my side, but it wasn't up to me and it wasn't up to him. This crazy acting ordeal better known as schizophrenia would not allow us the opportunity to be father and son. my father was a genius in everything he did; he was a straight A student from high school Thur college. He was a legend in basketball, but having said that I still didn't know him. You see this was before my time and once I got old enough i only heard the stories. When he was in college someone put something in his drink at a party to celebrate his team championship season. It was after this; that life as he knew it took a dramatic change. The way he turned out really effected my life in a huge way, because I lost my dad and mom couldn't do what my father would have if he was there at that time, but the disease he had became had another plan in mind for my father; that didn't include me, now my father is put in a mental hospital and he has to  go 30 years without me and I 31 years without him all because schizophrenia had taken my father from me.


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