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by allhailkatt 3178 days ago
Did anyone else find the tone of this article just a touch self-congratulatory?

When I want to hear about mental disease, I want to hear about it from the actual sufferer.

Otherwise, even someone willing to try to do the work is somehow a hero because the ill person is a burden. Focusing on the supporter takes away from how mental health is harder for the sick person, not the person who supported them (until it wasn't for me!).

If I heard people talk about a partner with cancer or MS this way, I don't think this would be a nice article anymore.