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littlemissmartypants

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1. Neighborhoods

Reply to uppityperson (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 03:09 PM

Dec 2012

have somehow changed from neighborly to hoods *... as defined by the members of our society. If you saw your next door neighbors child wandering around their own house would you feel comfortable enough to approach that child? Would you know the names of the child's parents? Or even the child's name? Somewhere between 50 and 25% of Americans have some form of mental illness. Is it possible that social isolation and disconnectedness are contributory?

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Yesterday I said it wasn't time to talk but to grieve. Today however it IS time. Looking for answers [View all] uppityperson Dec 2012 OP

Neighborhoods littlemissmartypants Dec 2012 #1

People are too isolated leading to fear leading to more isolation leading to more fear uppityperson Dec 2012 #2