Tag: helping loved ones with mental illness
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You Can’t Change Your Loved One with Mental Illness, But Here’s What You CAN Do
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Living with our loved ones can be a battle, let alone the loved ones with mental illness. We tend to want to change others’ behaviors, but we cannot. We can only control our behaviors and set healthy boundaries to encourage better behaviors. Here are a few ideas of what you…
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What To Do For A Loved One In Psychosis
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In bipolar disorder, as in schizophrenia, psychosis can be a very frightening experience. If the psychosis is left untreated, it may become full blown and even harder to manage. Here I give some advice on what to do to help your loved one through a psychotic episode. In psychosis, those…