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Old Nov 10, 2016, 02:58 PM
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Has anyone ever been called weak by your family, after they found out you suffered from mental illness? Especially if you had to be hospitalized because of it?

I've been told this by a few family members now. That I'm just weak and I need to get over it or I need to disappear. One of them in particular has added -- on top of being called weak -- that they didn't need me anymore because they are so much stronger than me. This person told me that I wasn't worth their time.
This same person, mind you, has several mental illness of her own. So, I can't tell if she meant it or if she was just...I don't know. I'll stop carrying on now.

To add to the original question: How did it make you feel and how did you respond?
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