Is that an oxymoron?  George Carlin would probably argue yes, but it is a serious subject, not to be taken (too) lightly.

I recently have been through the miserable process of trying to purchase an iPod Nano over the internet through a little auction site called eBay.  You might have heard of it.  After almost two months, several hundred bids on dozens of items I have nothing to show for my efforts.

I actually "won" 6 different Nanos, paid for them and they evaporated into thin air.  Now there are a lot of reasons for this evaporation.  As best I can tell, there is a huge amount of fraud and deceit involved in the buying and selling of these things and eBay has no clue how to first screen and then sift the good sellers from the bad sellers.  It has been an exercise in frustration, exasperation, exhilaration, obsession, depression and rejection.  It has just driven me nuts.     

When I started writing the above, I thought it would be a clever way to use my own experience to make the point that mental health issues can be paid for out of ones health savings account (HSA) and to say that some HDHPs (high deductible health plans) have provisions in them to assist with mental health.   Me "going nutty" and everything.  But as worked through, what was intended to be mildly humorous, it struck me how serious mental health issues are to people who face its, well, many faces.  So rather than try to tie this one up in a nice colorful bow we'll just give a little bit of thought, respect and prayer to any of our family, friends, colleagues, or other associates we know who have ever had to  battle mental health issues for even one day in their lives.