[mikester]

Maybe it isn't crazy but from the outside it sure seems like it.

Every couple of months my mom seems to have a breakdown - you can tell when it is coming mostly but sometimes something will set her off.

This time it was apparently visibly coming but at Christmas last year with my sister it wasn't.

My mom had a rough childhood and it has haunted her since; she needs help but has never been willing to really commit to it.

Tonight she did her thing again with her miniature breakdown, calls me (I'm usually able to talk her down and get her to just go to bed because these things usually apex late at night). I'm on the west coast and she's on the east coast. Her husband is a good guy and I trust him; I've known him for a very long time as he was a family friend prior to their marriage.

I don't know what his options are for getting her help, she is seeing a psychologist so I suggested he call him and have him pages because it is an emergency. Hopefully he will do that but right now; she is at home and going to bed. I'll call her in the morning...