It is so true. I have had many episodes where looking back I should have been hospitalized, I could have died. When I am in the middle of an episode, I cannot think clearly or rationally enough to seek out help. I am usually dealing with severe paranoia and delusion, I am afraid of everyone, OR I am off on some delusional mission and think that everyone else is crazy, not me. But between episodes when I can think more clearly, when I can hold myself together better, and actually try to get help, nobody takes me seriously because I am able to hold it together. It feels like the world is chanting "dance, monkey, dance" and I have to wait until I get so bad that I am in serious danger before being taken seriously. But by then it's too late, I am too far gone, and there is usually nobody there to grab me.