When it Comes to Mental Health, We Shouldn’t Expect Our Loved Ones to Just “Snap Out of It.”
The problem with mental illness is that the affected individual doesn’t necessarily look “sick.” The condition is in their brain, not their body, so they don’t necessarily manifest the signs of illness that we expect to see in someone who is unwell. That doesn’t mean that they’re not suffering from a real condition—one that is not going away on its own.
