As someone who has struggled with mental illness for years, I have learned that unless you have personally experienced mental illness, you can’t quite understand the deep internal pain that it causes.
One can understand intellectually what those who live with conditions such as borderline personality disorder (BPD), depression and anxiety experience; that is, they may be adept at recognizing symptoms and understanding how they fit together to form the illness.
However, it is extremely unlikely that they know and can relate to the intense emotional pain of dealing with a mental health disorder.
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