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It’s a small world. Even in rehab.

May 31, 2014 by not your average mom 5 Comments

Editor’s note: this post is a continuation of  the post I wrote yesterday. If you missed that it, read this first. I was admitted to Silver Hill in the third week of February in the year 2000. At the time, I was a 4th grade teacher in Wilton, CT. After 3 days in the Acute […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: depression, New Canaan CT, rehab, Silver Hill

I’ll need you to give me your shoelaces.

May 30, 2014 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

About 14 years ago, I was hospitalized for depression. It was before I was married or had kids, and it would be the second of three times that I was committed somewhere. This second time, I was admitted to Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, CT. It’s a pretty swanky psychiatric hospital that provides treatment […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: depression, New Canaan CT, rehab, Silver Hill

Carpe Nannum

July 24, 2013 by not your average mom 7 Comments

If you have never had the pleasure of going to rehab, then you may not know that One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Girl Interrupted are fairly accurate in their portrayals of the patients who are admitted there. Maybe slightly exaggerated, but for the most part, spot on. You will never meet a more diverse group of people than […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Kate Middleton, MDD, methodone, nannies, New Canaan CT, rehab, Silver Hill

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