I would argue that the worthwhile thing you can ever do with someone suffering from any form of mental illness is to learn how to listen to them.
If you cannot express your anguish for yourself, sometimes all that is left is incoherent anger, frustration and tears. In those moments, help is absolutely crucial.
Here’s a series of haiku on how it feels to me when this happens.
Please Help Me
Nowhere else to go
Desperate plea: find method
Alleviate pain.
Knowledge eludes, true
Redemption out of arm’s reach:
Please, someone listen.
This voice, important
Requires immediate help:
Supply assistance.
Hand is offered, small
Gesture immediate: breathe,
Explain what is wrong.
Way forward defined,
Begin the healing process,
Together, stronger.
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