Personal Narrative: My Personal Challenges

One personal challenge I've endured occurred when my brother and father were placed in mental hospitals. As my first year of high school came to a close, both my brother and father wound up in mental hospitals within the same month. A domino effect, my brother first and my father not long behind. My brother was in his last year of high school, one day during class something switched off in his head. The reasoning behind it remains a mystery even to him. One day he was taken to a hospital by an ambulance, I didn't see him for a week. Though, when I did get to see him he seemed to be completely like himself. However, when he was permitted to come home, he was kept on heavy medication. He was in a complete daze, he looked as if he was always asleep even when he ate. …show more content…
It's an impossible memory to shake seeing your older brother cry and hug you for support when his own mind has taken a break. Ultimatly, both doctors and relatives concluded that their break downs formed from pent up stress. My father didn't deal well with my brother being sent off into a mental hospital. Rather than a quick change out of the blue, my father's sanity slowly slipped away. He would sing and shake, and hug me constantly. Hugging wasn't a thing my father ever did. And one day he became violent and I had to convince my mother that it was time for him to go to the hospital too. They were both diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Though, neither of them had prior signs. Now, a few years later, my brother has completely recovered and my father has never quite been the same. My mother will talk of how she misses what my father used to be, before the medication and before he went the hospital. ersonal ChaBoth remain on