Has dealing with the mental illness of a family member or other loved one helped you in later life situations?

According to Gary Dell’Abate – or Baba Booey, as his boss, Howard Stern, likes to call him – that’s exactly what prepared him for success.

In his new memoir, They Call Me Baba Booey, Gary (or Baba?) pens “the story of his upbringing and how his mother suffering from mental illness prepared him for his future success” (PopEater.com).

And, according to PopEater’s Rob Shuter, the fact that Booey chose to write a book about his own life rather than the tell-all about Howard Stern that book publishers wanted him to write is “a blessing for us all.”

Huh. Sounds like it might be worth checking out.

It’s climbing to the top of The New York Times Best Seller List (at the time this post was written, it was at #6), and according to certain reviews, there might be a few lessons within the pages:

Gary’s chronicle of how he developed the skills to survive a household shaken by both mental illness and the seismic shifts of the sixties, and of how he’s applied those skills to accommodate Howard and the gang, is nothing less than fascinating. – Dr. Drew Pinsky

So, again: Has dealing with the mental illness of a family member or other loved one helped you in later life situations? Perhaps a work situation, a relationship, or a tough decision?

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    Last reviewed: 3 Dec 2010