How To Cope With Your Partner's Mental Illness

How can I cope with my partner's mental illness?

If your partner is mentally ill, it truly can drive you crazy. The world becomes very shaky based on their illness. Suddenly the foundation of your marriage, the safety, the structure, feels like an earthquake has hit it. The most important thing to do is take care of yourself, and here are some ways to do that. You must stay centered and not react to their behavior. You need to get education and you need to find a support group, because right now you need all the friends you can get, you need all of the centering you can get. You need to make sure you have the help you need in your household, the help that will support you and keep you in reality, because mental illness shakes things up. You're the one who's going to be holding down the foundation of your marriage.