They may not know what to do. I took a weekend intensive last year. At the end we wrote and shared a letter that is intended to communication how it feel about the illness, what you it is like when you are down and how they can recognize it. What can they do that would be helpful (hold my hand, don't hold my hand, sit quietly, leave me alone). These are things that are going to be different from person to person so that's why you need to communicate. You also need to be prepared that mental illness is just too much for them.

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