No one really understands how much isolation and pain is caused with having a mentally-ill parent. I’ve had to deal with a lot from my mother and help her a lot. I’ve talked her out of suicide and have watched her have psychotic breaks and threaten to leave.

No one takes her illness into consideration and no one tries to help her or us. Dealing with this childhood trauma, I developed mental illnesses myself. Its hard. We need to stop ignoring mental health. It destroys families and people! Please seek help when you do because your life or someone else’s is on the line.