Have you ever sat in silence and cried tears of pain because you just couldn’t get the right words together to reach someone you truly cared for and loved? You tried to change your habits, listened to every word, suggestion, criticism, and unrealistic idea that those persons spewed to you during a moment when you thought they were opening up and trying to work things out for the betterment of your relationship? We have all done this whether it been a family member, a spouse, a friend, a significant other. If you are anything like me you love hard, and when you love someone you do your best to show it and not just say it. You work hard to make your actions line up with your words. You try to let them know you are there for them and care for them no matter what happens in your day to day lives. But no matter how much you give, it never seems to be enough or the right combination for the other person. They appreciate you only for that moment or when it serves the interest of them. Don’t be too hard on yourself and don’t think you have not done enough.
When people are not healthy themselves mentally; whether it be a mental disorder like Bi-Polar Disorder or Narcissistic Personality Disorder (there are so many), it will always be the saying, “It’s me not you.” Something I am sure we have all heard at one point. Yet it does nothing to ease the pain and millions of questions that all begin with “Why?” in your head. What you have to first do is understand and except the fact that it is absolutely them and not you. Nothing is wrong with you and you have done all you can to show someone who is blinded by mental health issues and literally cannot see your passion, care, or worth. What’s even sadder is the fact that most persons with mental health issues will not be diagnosed at all or not diagnosed with these issues until it’s too late. To them there is nothing wrong with them and until they hit rock bottom and begin questioning their own life situations it will always be something wrong with everyone else. 
The only thing you can do is research for yourself what you have been dealing with. Once you have an idea you can put a name to it and being to truly understand why it’s them and not you. It will not stop all your pain but it will ease it and help start your healing process. It will help you learn techniques to cope with the person if they are a family member or spouse. It will help you release, walk, or run away from the person you have no legal or biological ties to. You will learn to love them from afar. Doing this will give you answers to the questions; they couldn’t or wouldn’t give you the answers to. It will help balance your emotions back out and help you regain the part of yourself they made you feel so unsure about. In my situation I never stopped loving the person. It still hurt that the love I had for them could never be accepted and that I would never get the love that I knew I deserved and wanted from them. It did help me to let go and begin to regain my confidence that I lost; feeling that I was not good enough and that what I was asking for was so unreasonable. I was not the “crazy” one they made me feel I was on many occasions.
The saying, “You have to love yourself first in order to love someone else.” is so true. You cannot love someone so much you sacrifice who you are to be with them. That’s not love. If you let someone change who you are, then they never loved you to begin with. I would never want to change someone I fell in love with. If I did, they would not be who I fell in love with any longer. If you are dealing with someone who is not healthy mentally you have to love yourself enough to know that you cannot save them nor change them. You have to understand that whatever arises, it has nothing to do with you and as long as you are being true to yourself everything will work out for the best. Learn to love and let go of feeling responsible for their happiness and care. Take only responsibility for yourself and your happiness. It is up to them to either seek help to be better for themselves and you or continue on the path that they are on. Just know you are on your own path and nothing and no one should create a detour on your path. Know that what is meant for you will find you. Take your time, heal fully, and learn from your past. Choose to be happy and healthy above all things the rest will work itself out in your favor.
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Yes, it is truly the mentally healthy who suffer at the hands of the mentally ill, indeed, well done, A+, pat on the back.
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Interesting take.