Christine Glenn and Mary Glenn
Recorded
September 19, 2022
37:49 minutes
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Id:
mby022096
Description
Christine "Chrissy" Glenn (69) and her mother, Mary Ellen Glenn (97) talk about their family's history with mental illness, the stigma of mental illness and the need for better mental health support. They remember family members they have lost to mental illness.Subject Log / Time Code
CG talks about MG's upbringing and her siblings.
CG talks about her family's struggles with mental illness.
CG and MG remember Earl, CG's father and MG's late husband, who struggled with mental illness.
MG remembers her son, Ron, who suffered from psychotic episodes and died in a car accident.
CG talks about LaVere, her mother's husband after Earl, who was a valuable support to MG after her two sons died by suicide.
CG and MG talk about various mental health crises they witnessed involving the police.
MG talks about how she has managed to survive through so much loss. MG and CG discuss the deficits in mental health care today.
MG shares a story about when her son, Cordell, went missing.
CG talks about her experience with mental illness and why she does not talk about it often.
CG shares a story about Christopher Columbus that inspires her.
Participants
- Christine Glenn
- Mary Glenn