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Mental Health Support

mopinko

(73,333 posts)

7. i've been spared your fate, but

Reply to crimycarny (Reply #6)

Fri Jan 16, 2026, 08:06 AM

Friday

i have several friends who wear your shoes. i raised a couple mentally ill kids, and lived in that fear.
is all i can say. it’s a special hell.
i guess u cant b mad at someone who has to find a story to tell themselves. but yeah, do it in a way that doesnt deny the horror for other ppl. and hard to respond in a way that doesnt tear another mother down.