Plateau Tormented Space

You can’t love someone’s mental illness away.

#this is one of the hardest things to learn#and one of the most painful things to accept#you can’t love someone’s mental illness away#but you can love them through it and with it#and you can love them on bad days and good days and nothing days and everything days#and that’s more important really

All. Of. This!!! You don't even need to understand the mental illness, just love the person UNCONDITIONALLY, period. Knowing I am loved is what gets me through most of my days, even the bad ones. Understanding the mental illness lies to your loved one and makes it hard for them helps. BUT even if you don't understand that, love them. Don't force your expectations onto them. It's not our job to live up to someone else's expectations.