17 Things I want you to know about my mental illness

Mental illness has a profound effect on a sufferer’s life. Not just because the illness start effecting them physically, emotionally and cognitively, but it starts having a profound effect on their social interaction and personal relationships.

So very often I find patients in my groups telling me how they wish their partners and family members knew how they felt or understood what they were going through. You see what many people don’t know is that any mental illness effects a persons communication skills, therefore many, suffering from these illnesses, find it so difficult to express the way they feel.

I wished on many occasions that I can tell their partners and family members what they are unable to tell them, but of course I can’t it has to come from them.

However, what I did find today was this great article by The Mighty that might just be able to do this for me. the article is about the 17 things persons living with mental illnesses wish their partners and significant others knew. Please give it a read just click here.