With mental illness some qualities such as being intuitive, perceptive, and insightful can quickly turn into suspicision, mistrust, and paranoia. These things combined with intelligence, imagination, and irrational thinking are a recipe for a potential disaster or worst still – an emotional holocaust with little hope for a happy ending.

The fallout can seem hopeless and unbearable. After so many years of this cycle (or a similar one) you can very easily fall back into old habits and self-destructive behavior. Life may be hell, but at least you know what to expect.

On this day..