tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814114731786461812.post3866340434595677360..comments2023-11-17T07:24:10.333-05:00Comments on Glory to God: More on Lucy Maud Montgomery (Updated)Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741646073555849828noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814114731786461812.post-76384287505310602392014-06-11T17:31:59.442-04:002014-06-11T17:31:59.442-04:00Yes, she needed meds for depression for sure, but ...Yes, she needed meds for depression for sure, but the meds she was given were making her worse, probably. Bromides and barbituates, I think it said. Not sure what those do to you, but it can't be good if they are addictive. How sad!<br /><br />Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741646073555849828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814114731786461812.post-25080591323035630432014-06-11T05:45:05.763-04:002014-06-11T05:45:05.763-04:00I have been meaning to comment for a while but I h...I have been meaning to comment for a while but I have been inundated with studying and before that I was on a self-imposed internet 'fast' (I didn't stop using the internet altogether, but I took the time between Easter and Pentecost to significantly reduce my internet 'habit'). <br />I used to love Montgomery's books as a child and young woman - partly because they were simple stories about simple people living simple lives in a loving community. I adored The Story Girl TV series - it was wonderful!<br />In some ways I'm glad to find out that the author was writing fiction, because I used to wonder what I had done wrong to have a life so different - I desperately wanted the 'ordinary' life that she portrayed in her stories. Of course I'm not glad she suffered so much, but maybe her stories were, in part, her escape. How sad :-(<br />I am thankful for the influence her writing has had on so many. I am also inexpressibly thankful for the invention of anti-depressants. I refuse to be pushed to the sidelines any more because I have mental health problems. We must end the stigma - it is so very destructive (and 'destructive' can't be from God).<br />Sandy xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com