Wise, loving, and inspired writings on the journey of life, love, and medicine | Jessie Mahoney MD
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Loving Someone With Mental Illness: Choose How You Show Up
Loving someone with mental illness is unpredictable and isolating. Your power is in how you show up—moment by moment.
You can’t control someone else’s mental health—but you can choose acceptance, hope, and connection without self-abandoning. This is about love with a backbone: allowing pain, releasing resistance, and choosing how you respond—especially in the hard moments.
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