Over and over again I hear stories of people who have loved ones with the onset of a mental illness and they have no clue what to do. I understand both the point of view of the loved one and the one who is going through this mental turmoil.
The loved one has no idea how to help and is often scared of the others actions while the one who is going through this illness is doubting every one. When some one tries to get close to help, often this person pulls back because of paranoid distrust.
There are many triggers that either make an existing condition or ignite the creation of bipolar disorder become unmanageable. It is hard for the person who has it and other people around them. The first and biggest advise I can give to a loved one of a person suffering from a mental illness is to first understand it. Begin to understand what they are going through by research, joining groups on the web and in your community and talking to people on-line.
Only then can you recommend certain therapies to this person in your life. You will know how to bring it up, and often in the beginning you can't be obvious, understand how your words sound to a person with mental disabilities and what they mean, most importantly to continually be a supportive person on there life's path to become a healthier person.
Being supportive means not pushing them into a phase of recovery or diagram of what you see they should be in instead encouraging their growth by verbal praise while supporting them, not as a perpetual crutch but as a support. Be that person's advocate by finding government and insurance help etc. Be a person that they can feal like their not judged and can talk to about mental difficulties and changes.
Please, if you need some one to talk to about your disability or a loved one's disability, please don't hesitate to mail me. pandora106@hotmail.com
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