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May 8 (9 days ago)
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Hi
Billy and Julie,
Could
you please spare some time to talk to me and my brother? This weekend, next
weekend, any weekend would work.
Thank
you in advance,
Alice
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May 9 (8 days ago)
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Hi again Billy and Julie,
Sam just messaged me. I understand you feel
you are not in the place to get in between. I don't wish to persuade you to
help me in any way, and Sam and I will communicate in due time. The reason I
contacted you was that both you and your parents are Sam’s closest family and
his immediate support system. Maybe he is not talking with you right now, but
still, your support matters a great deal to him. I do hope you give us a chance
to tell you what happened to me.
Sam had thought that my condition was psychological
rather than neurological (he said "psychology is not exact science
yet" in his last email in April).
He didn't know that bipolar bearers cannot
tame their emotions with sheer will power and in fact I needed medical support
rather than changes and pressure stimulus (which at the time none of us knew).
Without a more complete picture about what happened to me last year, and having
to use a cultural or character angle to explain everything, not only
hurts us all as a family, but mostly scars his heart.
All the professional advice and research done
in this area had shown that bipolar couples need couple and individual therapy
plus medication for the bipolar bearer to recover and manage the condition,
which with medication, it's not likely to recur and is manageable. (http://bphope.com/Item.aspx/1053/the-power-of-two)
We actually have a close friend couple who had
a lot of marital troubles, taken therapy and came out peacefully.
We may all have missed a chance of resolving
this from another angle.
I still hope you will grant me a chance to
chat, if only just as talk to to a friend.
This documentary is very illustrative in
explaining what Bipolar is:
Thanks,
Alice
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May 9 (8 days ago)
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Just want to add I am very sorry how my
actions and sayings had hurt Sam and your family - I am not using this chance
to excuse what happened, only to communicate what our family and I had learned
thus far.
Look forward to your reply,
Thank you,
Alice
Look forward to your reply,
Thank you,
Alice
On Thu,
May 9, 2013 at 12:53 AM, Alice Hoiyin Lo <hlo@lohoiyin.com> wrote:
Hi again Billy and Julie,
Sam just messaged me. I understand you feel
you are not in the place to get in between. I don't wish to persuade you to
help me in any way, and Sam and I will communicate in due time. The reason I
contacted you was that both you and your parents are Sam’s closest family and
his immediate support system. Maybe he is not talking with you right now, but
still, your support matters a great deal to him. I do hope you give us a chance
to tell you what happened to me.
Sam had thought that my condition was psychological
rather than neurological (he said "psychology is not exact science
yet" in his last email in April).
He didn't know that bipolar bearers cannot
tame their emotions with sheer will power and in fact I needed medical support
rather than changes and pressure stimulus (which at the time none of us knew).
Without a more complete picture about what happened to me last year, and having
to use a cultural or character angle to explain everything, not only
hurts us all as a family, but mostly scars his heart.
All the professional advice and research done
in this area had shown that bipolar couples need couple and individual therapy
plus medication for the bipolar bearer to recover and manage the condition,
which with medication, it's not likely to recur and is manageable. (http://bphope.com/Item.aspx/1053/the-power-of-two)
We actually have a close friend couple who had
a lot of marital troubles because one of them has bipoar, taken therapy and
came out peacefully.
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Hi
Hoi-Yin,
We
appreciate your sharing with us about your journey. We know it's been a tough
road, and we're so glad to hear that you are doing better with the love and
support of your family, doctors, and counselors.
Please
know that we wish the best for both you and Sam. At the same time, we don't
feel that our involvement would be helpful in an already complicated
matter.
You
both are in our thoughts and prayers.
Billy
& Julie
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