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Originally Posted by Happy_Go_Lucky
http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news...-homeless?lite
The 60 year old Clark heir dying of hypothermia and his great aunt living in a hospital for 20 years while her palatial estates sat vacant is quite interesting. She left nigh a penny to her family, thus a familial squabble ensues.
Money does not necessarily purchase happiness does it? Especially mad money.
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Your title said 'sounds like undiagnosed mental illness'. I read the story and mental illness never entered my mind. I'm really curious why you think that.
The old woman could have had very good reasons for not dealing with her family. So what if she had vacant mansions. So what if she lived in a hospital for 20 years. Those things do not make her mentally ill. Eccentric, odd, different, filthy rich....lots of adjectives, but mentally ill is not one we can assign to her based on the story.
Lots of people in this country have relatives who are living on the streets. Are the relatives of all homeless folks mentally ill?
The term 'mental illness' gets thrown around a lot. It does a huge dis-service to those who actually have some type of mental illness (including many of the Planet family).