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[quote=Anonymous]I will not elaborate on my personal experience with mental illness but a close family member suffered many years started at around 20 and peaked at about 25. 
My parents were not in denial but they refused to accept how grave his situation was. Until my aunt, my moms sister stepped in (she worked in that field). She took a very tough stand against them and really called them out on what they were refusing to see. Meanwhile all of my parents friends took this hushed approach where they were really nice to them in front of them but you could hear those hushed whispers a mile away. No one had the balls to come and tell them what they really needed to hear.
 
In the end, they agreed to send him to intensive therapy (in patient which eventually insurance covered about 80% of) My mom in the meantime refused to talk to her sister the very one who ignited this change for 2 long years.

Only after he came away almost a new person did she finally realize she owed it all to my aunt. I am all for someone speaking if you see something truly destructive- you owe it to the people you care about as long as its done with love and compassion.

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