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Originally Posted by ~Christina
Sometimes family's will just never "get it" and you have to accept that and just move forward treating your illness and learning ways to cope and help you live a wonderful life.
Finding a local "group therapy" will put you in a position to meet others that are in the same boat and will "get it" Also posing here on PC is helpful , No judgement , we all "get it"
Hopefully your family will finally come around until then, just work on feeling better.
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Great advice and well said. Families often go through the same stage of change process that clients do, which starts with denial, ambivalence, recognition/acceptance, planning and then action. There may be someone in your parents' life (relative, clergy, another physician, etc) who understands mental illness and whose opinion they would respect; if so, I would recommend contacting that person and discussing this with them (if you have any rapport with him/her).