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SSO offers a means to cope and reason to hopefrom her high school and relates that, at ageIn fact, Ashley told her husband to immedi-She continues to relive the same grief.Continued from page 118, she did move from her hometown toately break eye contact with her mom if heAshley has come to accept her mom as she of it. Her mother wasnt deemed a danger toattend post-secondary school in Toronto.noticed she was staring intently at him duringis. She doesnt dwell on the rest. Its her way of herself or others, so there was nothing theySince her moms diagnosis, Ashley said shea visit in case she was conversing withcoping.could do, shesaid.has had her mother arrested half a dozensomeone in her mind rather than him.I definitely wish there had been a lot more All that changed one day when her mothertimes to try to get her help, but came to realizeWhile her young children love their grand-information available, said Ashley, noting held a kitchen knife to Ashleys throat. Ashleythis wasnt the best method.ma, Ashley said thats where she leaves it forthat she was very isolated as a young girl in managed to escape though and police wereI wanted to get her help, but I didnt real-her children, for now. They are supervisedher situation.called.ize what I was doing to her, said Ashley.with her mom.I didnt understand, said Ashley, noting She (Ashleys mom) was arrested forAfter hospitalization and medication andAshley has had counsellors work with herthat her home life wasnt normal, but she attempted murder of me. It took that to actu-then a return to life without medication,to retrace the events of her life. With theirdidnt know where to turn for help.ally get her help,which is really sad, saidAshley said her mom now lives with her ownhelp she realizes mental illness may haveWhat do you do? Go to someone and say, I Ashley. Its a tough story, but people need toparents who are in their 90s.played a role in it much earlier than shethink my mom is crazy. How do you even realize, she didnt think it was me.Ashley said her mother holds down a gen-believed.begin that? asked Ashley.Her mother was put in jail, but Ashley saideral labour job and helps her parents aroundAshley said she has re-established a rela-Today, computers and Internet access can she needed to go to a hospital.the house, keeps public contact to a minimumtionship with her father and her long-timemake information readily available.I always fought to try to get her help. Myand seems to get by.stepmother.I get teary, but its my mom, said Ashley, moms very sweet when shes my mom, saidShe has held a job for eight or nine yearsThough her mother may not be living tonoting, she makes up for it by trying to be the Ashley through tears.now. Shes doing very good. She has conversa-her full potential as a result of schizophrenia,best mother she can for her children.Her mom eventually went to a psychiatrictions with people she thinks are around her,Ashley was also affected by her mothers ill-You have to stay focused on the positives. hospital and Ashley testified at a hearing aboutbut shes not violent to my grandparents andness.If you focus on the negatives, youre going to her life at home.its easier just to let her be.I lost my mom, she said.be taken down, said Ashley. Ashleys mom was diagnosed and AshleySchizophrenia can be treated with medica-She lost a mom, a grandmother to herDoes she have any advice on how to help a faced life on her own.tion, however there is usually a great quality of children, her own youth was sorely impacted,loved one with schizophrenia?Faced with a decision to move away fromlife tradeoff.but Ashley refuses to call herself a victim.Just love them. You dont have to under-her hometown and her mother, who was ill,Ashley visits her mom regularly, but that itHer mom is ill. She is lost to Ashley as astand it. You will never understand it, said away from her friends and school to live withwas a year before she took her husband tomother, and she is a living reminder of all thatAshley who said theres no point in feeling her estranged father, Ashley said she decided tomeet her. is lost.guilty, do what you think is best and make live on her own.New people and lots of activity are not theSometimes you see little sparks of whosure you have reality checks.She did so on a meager student welfarebest influences on her mother, she said.they are. They are somebody lost to you,For more information about schizophrenia income and said she worked cleaning houses atAshley told the Beaverher mom still talksAshley said.or the yogathon, visit www.schizophrenia.night in order to buy food.to other people who she believes are present. 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