Charlie Sheen was fired from CBS Warner Brothers yesterday due to his "dangerously destructive behavior" and because he was "very ill." I hear a law suit of great magnitudes coming!!! Last I checked you can't fire someone for an illness. Though I and many Americans experience this everyday.
Charlie Sheen is clearly sick. At first, I thought he was just a bully, blow-hard that liked to hear the sound of his own voice, just like many other Americans. The Internet, especially Twitter is full of opinions of Mr. Sheen behaviors, rants, out-burst, and commentary now-a-days. However, if it is not clear by now that this man needs help and HELP NOW...Than I am afraid this man will surely perish!!!
I understand that many want to continue to turn their heads and watch "great TV" and see how all this plays out. But who is going to stop this madness and help this man? At least Lindsay Lohan had a few people in her camp that cared enough to say "get it together." Where were all these TV Executives when he was spiralling out of control. Lets, say for a minute they did try to help. They tried to reason with him. Boy I would have loved to have been a fly on that wall. Did they bring in doctors? Did they take him to appointments? Did they attempt to call his family before all this happened?
I take this all very personally, because I lived with a mentally ill man for 6 years. My ex-husband suffers from bipolar . No one would listen to me either at first. When it comes to mental illness some want to think, "it isn't happening to my son or daughter...my friend." The sooner you can get them help the better. My ex-husband went from a very vibrant person to seeing things that were not there and shooting himself in the east wing of a hospital. That's not the only attempt of suicide. He also became such a different person he began to become very physically abusive towards me and to our children. Watching Sheen has been like watching my ex-husband.
They take drugs, believe it or not, because it makes them feel normal. When a person who suffers from bipolar is in its aggressive stages and not properly medicated (which can take years to find the proper medication for that particular individual) it does not only destroy that a person it can destroy everyone and anyone that comes in contact with that person.
Maybe, the Executives from CBS did the right thing. I am sure they will settle out of court and Charlie Sheen will get his payday. Yet, this isn't about a payday in the end. This is about a life. A life that is obviously in need. A life that is obviously very sick. Trust me, he is manic now, but when he comes down and he will... he will come down hard. God help those who are close to him then. He will need round the clock care. Someone to watch him, no matter how much he says he doesn't want it, because the risk for suicide goes up. That is if he makes it that far.
Someone needs to get in there now. They need to think of not Charlie Sheen but his children. Children can be the common bond, his saving grace, and a great way to reason with him. I know what I am talking about because I lived it. I still live it. I may be remarried and have gone on in many ways with my life, however, my ex-husband will always be a huge part of my life because we have children together. They are, our common bond. My ex got help and stays on his meds because of them, hence, his saving grace. When he is falling back into the manic behaviors I have to pull them back. Its not using the kids. It is saving them. It is reasoning with him. It is the only balance you can have with someone who suffers from bipolar or disorders like it.
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