The fact that neurotypicals need a book on “How to Love Someone With [Insert Mental Illness Here]” speaks volumes
I mean I don’t understand how we can get upset that neurotypicals don’t understand us and supposedly don’t have the capacity to love us but criticize them when they attempt to understand. A relationship is a serious thing, especially if you’re low-functioning like me, and what I think everyone reblogging this fails to understand is that “how to love” isn’t literally “how to see this person as a human being.” These books often give pointers on how to help your partner during an episode, how to make a relationship last through constant inpatient, how to reconcile the fact that it might not get better, and when to potentially seek therapy for oneself. I think we need to stop pretending that our mental illnesses don’t affect others, and while we are of course the priority, if you can’t sympathize with your own partner or family member for struggling with it also, then maybe you’re simply not mature enough for a relationship.
I find comfort in knowing that people who I’ve cut out of my life are left with this version of me that simply doesn’t exist anymore. The memory and image of me that they have isnt who I am, and I’m happy that it’s that way. I’ve changed and grown and they wont ever get the chance to know the better version of myself that I’ve become during their absence.
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