Comments:

Isobel Lane, 11 February
Thank you for writing this. I have a major depressive illness and struggle with the darkness too much of the time. That is what I personally need help with. I think the core of the problem is that a breakdown actually removes layers of energy and protection and coping with that takes a lot of energy in itself. It is something that others cannot understand with the best will in the world unless they have personal experience and a lot of perception. Mental illness is frightening for those with it as well as for others. What is needed is acceptance of the reality that people with mental illness live with, the ability to see through the illness to that of God within us. That said, the more education about mental illness there is the better.