The definition of disgrace means ‘to lose the reputation or respect due to a dishonorable action’ according to Webster’s dictionary. As a person who has experienced the loving side of her mother who loved to play games on Sunday nights to the mother who woke up screaming and cursing over a few dirty dishes the next morning, I on several occasions believed she was a disgrace. Instead of continuing to blame her, I educated myself. I educated myself by looking up the symptoms she had and realizing she had a bipolar disorder. A disorder she could not help without the proper treatment and the acceptance of her love ones. If my mother would have told our community about her disorder I don’t believe they would have understood her because they haven’t experienced the disorder she has nor have they uneducated themselves on the subject. They are not uneducated as a whole, but simply wouldn’t be able to accept what she was going through and instead would judge her for her circumstances. That scenario right there leads to further problems: the constant fearing of judging overweighing the need for
The definition of disgrace means ‘to lose the reputation or respect due to a dishonorable action’ according to Webster’s dictionary. As a person who has experienced the loving side of her mother who loved to play games on Sunday nights to the mother who woke up screaming and cursing over a few dirty dishes the next morning, I on several occasions believed she was a disgrace. Instead of continuing to blame her, I educated myself. I educated myself by looking up the symptoms she had and realizing she had a bipolar disorder. A disorder she could not help without the proper treatment and the acceptance of her love ones. If my mother would have told our community about her disorder I don’t believe they would have understood her because they haven’t experienced the disorder she has nor have they uneducated themselves on the subject. They are not uneducated as a whole, but simply wouldn’t be able to accept what she was going through and instead would judge her for her circumstances. That scenario right there leads to further problems: the constant fearing of judging overweighing the need for