It’s so hard and exhausting to love and walk alongside someone with a mental health diagnosis. Without revealing too much of others’ private lives, I have several immediate family members who fall under that category. I always struggle to call them mental illnesses because, personally, I hate the stigma that comes with it. However, there is a difference between what most of the world is framing as mental health today and the more serious, life-altering versions that mental illness refer to. I’m so glad you have a supprt group to surround you. My family did not have that, and it’s a hard lonely road to walk. We have some support around my MIL as we’re entering a potential diagnosis, but it still feels very lonely and hard.

That is another good one!

Great suggestions!

I hope it will bless you when you get to read it! Have a great day!

Have you heard the song, “Make It Well” by MercyMe yet? It’s perfect for those tough times!

I’m glad this book is filling a niche that is sorely empty. It’s so strange the line of acceptable and taboo still of mental illness. It’s almost like the world is proud and happy to look at a character bandaid slapped over the real problem, but they refuse to acknowledge or look at the ugliness that lies beneath. I’m praying for your friend. Mental illness is such a struggle for everyone involved.