Hi everybody
We are doing something a little different today. One of our members, Donna-1, has written to me to ask that I attempt to answer some questions she has about mental illness and relationships based upon my personal life experiences. I will do my best to try to answer. Donna was comfortable with posting this publicly so that we can get some community discussion going on this topic.
Donna-1 asks:
"Did your mother have much depression along with her schizophrenia? How do...
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