Sylvia Hoole

Poor Mary - a Tale of Schizophrenia Sylvia Hoole

Schizophrenia is an evil disease marked by a breakdown in the relation between thoughts, feelings and actions, frequently accompanied by delusions and retreat from social life. A daughter watches Mary, her mother, fall prey to this disease and sees her change from an attractive and beautiful woman to a shadow of her former self. This story tells of a daughter's anguish, dashed hopes and despair as she battles with Mary and tries to understand what is happening to her mother. It tells of Mary's anguish and fear as she is possessed by the demons of insanity. All who have contact with Mary in those dark years are affected adversely in some way or another. So many met with frustration as they tried to reason with her and failed. Mary is at last laid to rest but the repercussions of her frantic existence are far reaching for those who were closest to her.