My Sister: Doctor, Schizophrenic—Gone But Still Here

This Story Will Break Your Heart. But Some Truths Are Too Important to Stay Silent.

Twins have an unusual bond that most people can’t appreciate.

• We were conceived together.

• We shared a womb.

• Shared every birthday party.

• Every birthday cake.

• Shared the same school until we graduated from university.

If I’m being perfectly real with you, I think I later struggled with codependency because I’ve been in a codependent relationship with another female companion from birth.

And this is part of why I generally like women.

Why most of my close friends are women.

When we were 13, she almost died from electrocution.

I made a brief mention of this in my book.

Our house was always falling apart in some way or other.

My father would have you think we were poor.

Poverty is a state of mind.

Although his apartments were always in good condition, he was less diligent about maintaining our house.

Frankly, my childhood home says more about my father’s self-esteem than anything else.

How you treat your things says a lot about you.

There was a known issue with the electricity in the kitchen.

I was vagu…