In this oral history, Marilyn Hillerman and her daughter, Andrea Crook, went over the time when Andrea began to experience an unspecified mental illness. She called her mother one day and Marilyn knew from how her daughter spoke that she needed help. Marilyn offered for Andrea to stay at her home, but she refused. Marilyn then visited Andrea and they both got into her car and went onto the freeway. At this point, Andrea panicked and attempted to jump out of the car window, and her mother held her back. They received a police escort to a hospital. Andrea refused to take her meds until her grandfather called, urging her otherwise and informing her that he had been through the same issue. It was then that Andrea began to recover from her illness.
Follow up questions:
(directed to both) How has this experience changed your life?
(directed to Hillerman) When you were on the phone, how did you notice that your daughter was in distress?
(directed to Crook) Before you were treated, how was this illness affecting your everyday life?
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